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^—CORRESPONDENCE. ii—i
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* f the press , the trial by jury , and the freedom of the subject on a plan similar to that of our Habeas Corpus Act : these , with religious liberty , are to form the bases of the new
constitution , and it has been ably argued , that the sovereign will be a gaiqer and not a loser by these regulations . This is a hard lesson for kiogs to learn : yet , if they would consult history , they would find that the
despot is far from bejng in an enviable situation . He enslaves the press , and is made the dupe of his courtiers ; he throws subjects at will into prison , and is ill-served ; suspicion is the constant attendant on his person , which falls a ' sacrifice to secret
conspiracy or open rebellion . Prussia owes its deliverance from the yoke of Buonaparte entirely " to the people , and this may teach its rulers to think less of the army and more of its subjects . Indeed , the conduct of the
French army cannot fail to have a good effect upon all governments : for the love of the people is the best prop of every throne , and miserable is the monarch whose dependence is on the support of an army .
The slave trade is not likely to recover from the decisive blow struck at it by Buonaparte . The flight of the Bourbon to Ghent was attended with this * advantage , that efficacious remonstrances were made on this
subject during hhs stay there , and our minister lost no time on his return to Paris to give stability to what had been done by the preceding govern-
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Communications from Mrs . Cappe , Dr . Morell and others , are designed for the next number , the first of Vol . XI . With the same number , to face the Volume ^ will be given a handsome engraved Portrait of our late venerable friend and correspondent , Dr . Toulmin , in which we trust our readers will recognize the mild intelligence , simplicity and amiableness which marked hi * countenance .
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We have received several letters in vindication of Mr . Worthinr / tons heresy * which we were not able to bring into llie present volume , and the letters of Mr . Joyce and Mr * Evans may perhaps set the matter at rest . We are disposed to say to our correspondents on this subject , " No farther seek his merits to disclose , " though , in our respect for the memory of the gentleman alluded to , we do not continue the quotation , lest we should be thought to convey an insinuation which we do not mean .
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ment . He very properly observed , that the trade could not be revived but by an actual law upon this subject , since it Was evidently abolished lie facto if not de jure . The French denied the validity of the preceding law , but the determination of the
sovereign was announced , that the trade should not he revived . The correspondence on this occasion has been published , and thus humanity has gained one point at least by the late commotion .
£ pain complains much of the inte ^ rest taken in our country in the fate of the patriots who so gallantly defended their own , and restored , to their own disadvantage , the return of
the present sovereign to his throne . But how can that unhappy country expect , that a nation which cherishes sound principles of liberty , should look with either satisfaction or
indifference on the measures which have blasted all their hopes of seeing liberty and religion revive under their auspices ? A cloud seems to be hanging over part of the dominions formerly subject to Spain in America . A great armament has crossed the main , and it is doubtful at present ,
whether Carthagena has not fallen before it . In that case , torrents of blood will be poured forth , and the war will be lengthened out : but still the cause of independence is far from being hopeless ; and what man of humanity can wish success to a nation , so far removed from all just ideas of religion and liberty ?
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State of Public Affairs . Correspondence . 779 t
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1815, page 779, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1767/page/51/
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