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« » Ti s you * ^ nd Taylor are the chief Wha are to blame ^ Vor this mischief ;
But , gm the Lord ' s aia folks gat leave , A toora tar-barrell An' twa red peats wad send relief An' end the quarrell . " Burns ; To the Editor . Sir , Sept . 5 , 1827 . . One way or other , it seems as if something would be done towards emancipating Ireland from the mental slavery under which she has so long
groaned . Miserable and degraded , indeed , has been the fate of that country . The mass of the people under the bondage of Popery , and the remainder divided between the dominion of the Fresb ^ eriah priests and the thraldom of the Established Church . ; Priestcraft ha ^ there three heads , all equally ugly and forbidding . There is the same gpiritlin each . The Church of Rome ( fortunately ) is compeUejcL"to confihe ^ itgchains to the mind . The Church of England collects its reimivk&tey $ iik ^ force ai * d bloodshed—the
tithe ^ battle of Skibbereen to wit * . The * Pres % yEerfen Church seeks to persecute an honest and faithful officer because \ $ & fias ^ Spoken the truth . But to enslave , to domineer over conscience , to ^; lo * d it over God ' s heritage , " is the end and aim of them all . The history of thetester Synod is a precious document . It transports one back to the times of John Calvin . It is the y § ry counterpart of the diabolical conclave which ; at the instigation of that hgrp of the Reformation , condemned Servetus < to be burned . There is the
yexy same spirit , almost the , same language ^ Luckily for Mr , Porter , the days of burning are over . ; tthe we lfare of the Redeemer ' s kingdom , they keep a very sharp ijof ^ ojufc after the riches of this world . If they have one eye for God , they ; j ^ v $ , fWQth ejc for Mammon . They are all paid by the Government *—these are all out the
J ^ Qi ^ onformist divines pensioned of taxes . ** What will the jGr # mernment think of us ? " says one . " Turn out these Arians , " says an-. g ^ jei ^ jff Jq ^ se ^ fr ui ( : of an alliance , between priests and politicians , between Churcji ^ U ^ 4 fa $ ^ ?* Hear this , ye that abhor judgment and pervert all equity , ye ^^ hl ^ Wmp ^ Zion with iniquity . Your chief men judge for reward , your p $ es £ s teach ,, for hire , and your prophets divine for money—^ yet ye say , Is : n ^ jifcp J ^ rd amongs t « s ? " I have sai d these men had the spirit of Calvin , but I do him wrong . John had nothing to put in his pocket by the death of
his ] victim . He destroyed Servetus for the honour of God , and not for the service of Mammon . But with this Presbyterian conclave , all their pretended zeal about religion is base , hypocritical cant . They knew that Mr . Porter was an Arian when they chose him their clerk , and , heretic as he was , they went on quietly enough with him till of late . But these inquisitors have smelt out that there was a demur about the parliamentary grant to their coli " ¦¦ ' ! *¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ! i n i i | » i ii i i i ,. » - | i * . . ¦ ¦ — ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ — * John Goudic .
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