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not stop , till it rests in happiness ; in happiness far mote equally diffused over the whole surface of the country , than has ever yet been allowed to be the case by partial institutions . We may yet have to pass through a stormy period in which indignation will demand , and apprehension concede , and both misunderstand the real value of what is given and taken ; but experience will successively cast down from their altars many social idols which are now worshipped , and discover that many supposed injuries are real interests—until , at length , the forms and operations of government shall be directed solely to the benefit of the whole , the pro- » duction of the greatest happiness to the greatest number .
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The Irish Tithe Question . J 201
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Dr . Hincks has published a most interesting and important pamphlet on the great national question of tithes , as it affects Ireland in particular . It is important for its accurate information and powerful reasoning—it is , perhaps , still more important as expressing the deliberate opinion , that the Irish church must be altogether deprived of its endowments , of one who appears to
be sincerely and devotedly attached to that church as to its constitution and doctrine , and who has been led to his conclusion , not by abstract views of justice towards other sects , or by any doubt as to the expediency of an endowed church where it can be obtained , but by a practical conviction , from experience and extensive observation , that the peace of Ireland can be secured only by the sacrifice of its national church . This worthy clergyman does not think that the nation should be sacrificed to the
church , or that it can be either expedient or lawful to support even the purest religion by violence or bloodshed . He would rather throw his church , like other religious sects , on the voluntary exertions of its friends , though preferring a legal provision where it can be had , than preserve its revenues , were that possible ^ at the risk of deluging his country with blood , or even of keeping it in a state of constant uneasiness and irritation . He sees
clearly , that the half-measure , which seems to be contemplated by his Majesty ' s ministers , is impracticable ; and supposing it carried into effect , would answer no useful purpose , the chief objection felt to the tithes being , not the kind of payment , but the payment for the benefit of the clergy of a church , which is that of a very small proportion of the people . Whilst the church continues on its present footing , Ireland cannot have peace ; but there is a compromise ^—a midd le course—for which many contend , " and which appears to be favourably regarded by some dis-* What is to be done with the Tithes in Ireland ? The Question answered by Edward HincJts ^ D . J > ., Rector of Kil lyleagh ,
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THE IRISH TITHE QUESTION ^ .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1832, page 201, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1808/page/57/
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