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a assailaftt « pbn **?*^ ^ ' for to that wutnt <*| d tW Honorable Member ' s motion apply- ( B « t * iv ) r It was singular that tin * Monotorutote Gentlemen who supported the present motion for aflfordfttg such a latitude of opinion and action to the disbelieves * of be the who
all religion , should very men , on a late occasion , when tfe < 4 rights and opinions -of * ix milHops of fellow-Christians , not unbelievers , were under consideration , felt themselves justified in withdrawing from the Hou ^ e , and thereby exposing to a defeat , which their presence might have averted , that
principle of the ejcercise of conscientious opinion without controul , for which they had this night evinced so uncomproimsing an attachment . ( Hear . ) He was not surprised to bear from the Honour * - able Member ( Mr . Ricardo ) who was the advocate of free trade , such free opinions
upon topics of religion ( a laugh ) r-r-lie was properly enough an advocate for free trade , because it was a bounty on , production , and for the same reason he ( Mr . Twiss ) was not an advocate for such sentiments as this , petition asserted . ( Hear . )
Mr . W . Smith was afraid that this was not a topic well calculated to secure that grave attention in a debate wfiich it so essentially required . He could as * - sure the House , that no man felt mot'e disgust than he did at the publications for which Carlile had been prosecuted ; but at the same time he thought that
liberty of conscience without the liberty of divulging one ' s opinions , was a pqor and imperfect privilege . The . ojily question raised this night , was simply thiswhether all manner of treating religious subjects should be allowed in controversy . He had long thought upo « this subject , and the result of his reflections was the
painful conviction , that it were better to leave such matters to the general opinion of society . He then argued the impossibility of establishing a safe test of option jor the peual guidance of society . What * i \ England they thought moral and lust , { night not be equally so considered if * India . The Brahmin who , from mo-€ rell
fu ° j »* » » eaoctfowftd the burning « t Hindoo widows , might , if left to bfS decision , cons * g « to the sai&e Hamee the t ^ giishmaii who comn 4 sUm > d a gafiie t so cruel and irreli gious ' aprapcin : ' ¦¦' - Mr . Thqmai WnuNUf inmeo * € h * t * he " > " * e wo «^ * ew-b f its vojN * oMftti wSi li- lts ° P in * on was nof in unison 7 hl » om " ^^ -iw-wp&uiity le thooght that tkfe iattifllfe orders were Poi ^« d » l « ffi ^ tl'l » Fjwiicattotte 'liffiifa tW ffi ^^ ^ Th € io ^ if % ^ k ^ W ^ Wild ^ dgerly
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imbibe jthe ^ pbisafr , Ijjrt qroifla aot peek tbe antidote , . ? ^^ fe ^ - ¦¦ * * ** . >• •¦ Mr . Money opM | MttJfilaotii > n . Since Parliament and bthSKpcietiea had done all ip Its power to MsseaaiojatQ tfee
bjessing « s of education , care ought ( a be taken that it was not abused . His principal object in risipg was ta do justice to an individual who had been . allude 4 to during the debaterr-he meant Mr * Oweo . r Fhe Honourable Member for
Portaiiiagton had said that Me . Owen disbelieved in a future state . Since that assertion had been made , he ( Mr . Money ) had communicated wUh Mr . Owen , and he had great reason to believe that the Honourable Member for Fortarlington had mistaken the opinions of Mr . Owen .
He begged the Honourable Jlemher to state in what part of Mr . Owen ' s works he found that opinion promulgated which he had attributed to Mr . Owen . Mr . Ricardo said the last act he would commit would be to misrepresent the opinions of any individuals . He had
gathered Mr . ( Jwen ' s opinions f ~** rL the works which he had publishe ^ ^ ^ fter reading the speeches which M ™ Owtfn bad delivered in Ireland , and other placed he bad come to the conclusion , that he ( Mr . Owen ) did not believe in a future state of rewards and punishments . It was one pf the doctrines of Mr . Owen , that a man could not form bis own
character , but that it was formed by the circumstances which surrounded him *~ - that when a man committed an act which
the world called vice , it ought to be con-$ \( iered his misfortune merely , apd 9 * lpuld not bej visite 4 with punishment . He ( Mr . Ricardo ) certainly had imagined that Mr . Owen would extend the same principle to a future state . It would , however , ^ Ive liim great concern to find , that he had inadvertently misrepresented Mr . Owen ' s . opinions .
Mr . Pkel contained , that an Honours able Member oil the other side had assumed that the House was prepared to go a very considerable way in accordance with the views of the Honourable Member for Aberdeen . He , for one , was ntoit prepared to advance one step along pAih the Honourable Member . ( Hear , hear . ) He objected to his motion
altogether . He disliked the form in -which the Honourable Member had brought the question before the House . The practice of proposing resolution © declaratory of the opinion of the Houee hail , he was sorry to sec become very -prevalent of late . If the Honourable Member j ® ou- » » idere 4 the law wlncn subjected
iadividuals to punitthraent , improper or faa-» eoe 0 « aiy , / why did lie not move for it # repeal ? ( Hear , hear . ) la the resold Uou which the HetiourabJe Member had
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/ teltiff ^ nee . Christians' Petition against th& / Prosecution of Unbelievers . : 4 & 3
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1823, page 493, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1787/page/61/
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