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      at but cannot be refuted It is . in fact ^ unanswerable . We have neve ? seen a , Jm % ffl ? pMilP ? HM ? ^ W .. W . wiowings which ;^^^ I ^ % ^ . j » i ^^ ^^ gijffsfjBpt op ||^ e Church itate XJlUv ^ i ^ in a /' jj ; . f vr ?* : ¦ »">/» . ? . > » r wo ^ # y ^/ iy ^^ 'ii ^; 'j . 07 * v a A corporation k endowed by the Legislature ttith aertain lands for the n&ifltenanofc of iWhighw ^ ys of a ffisttiet , fr # of ^ ftirdi@picost to

      the comtauhlty . Aftef a trhile complaint is made to the Goterbment , that not 4 $ nly is a toll levied on the said ibad for the rfcpaifr of > certam byeways , which the original covenant Expressly included in the charges on thelandMof tjie cotporatioiif but it is fttrthenhore * hoWn that thfs : 1 toll is levied on many who nt'ver use either ? the highway or bye-wiBLys of the corporation I Thi ^ , cau ^ e ^ great cUsturb ^^ ce among the people , and brings the corporation 4 ntp dispute , which , begins tp , $ nd ; t very * difficult to raise the toll at all . Tlie Government , on inquiring into the matter ,

      find that the fiscal necessity for this impost is entirely occasioned by the gross nfismanagemerit of a portion of the lands j and thafc , by a new system of farming them , an increase of income may be easily attained , which will p not pnly supply the whole amount raised by the toll , but give a Very consiSieVafefe' sur ^ Ms % o the corporation into the ba rgain . The Governm % it % emg ? 6 f course ^ in duty botmd tt > protect the public interest , proceeds to enforce tMs improved rnanagement , and to put a stop to the toll . ; Whereupon the corporation denounces the plan of increasing their revenues as one of rank robbery and plunder ; insists > ob its

      rigbfcimmemorial to mismanage its estates ; and , above all , to compel the people to pay the tol ) , incjr ^ especially that part of them who never use the high * wiys ; an impost Which tfyey do not hesitate to declare iStal to their existence as a corporation T " Ewrysposition h ^ r ^^ suBied is dktin c ^ proved tp be ^ ircect in the ^ Dursf \ Q $ ? th e paippUlet , \> y refereiac ^ to anciqnt law and unquestk >)* at > Le authorities . The most important of these positli of

      tions * : bebg ^ rrthute repairs churpb ^ $ w 4 r # prigift ^ lji ^ charged qn the tilfeelji thM ^ wg ®* g > tbem on tjie parishiowf ^ wa ^ J ^ egun byan <» bii 8 ^ hf ^ tiie faW , ti $ d gnew by 4 egr « e § into * custom , md so into e « wi » ftt ( P ikw *> - -. A *> to / th # t ^ meAy proposed ,, w « think no onie oau ; WincWnediQrMnynteAhqfi'rr- ^ > l . » rdj " ¦ TTft Jukic ^ igPi $ * & # * pf'Vbbbitfg € hui kcli > ii eVexiu ^ by iAf i > lan whtcllhV tte ' &g ^ fytite merges those f ^ vemies , rtight be we ^ tt left to th ^ cdhi m ^ n ^ ettse 6 f ivery 6 ne , who has Hot a direct interest mpe ' rregt ^

      Ere ^^^ M ^ esibfe ^ Sh ^^ ^ estioh rfioiiW ^ o ^^ s himself of this p ^ tri | Siiiet / ' wn ^ nv ; . yi ;^ v : ; i ; ^ : -a , » m % in < y . . >> :-Tne speech of Mr Northhouse on the same subject is k brilliant refutation of some of the prevalent errors of the times . We take from ita . fiVieqtwitalioh , froni Milton ' s ^ Reasons bf Clmrch G 9 V « r »| iaeliiV--ttoi > aotJ ^•'; . ; . ! 7 nl > .-:. * ' £ ' . ' . ¦ ¦ .-. ' - ^ A < s ^ V . « AUhoug ^ t ^ lf ^ teftu i ^^^^ w ^ sometimes friendly enough ta ^ Magfta . Ckarto , it was because they stood upon their own bottom , wit ^ outr ^ hw , main , 4 ^ n 4 aiice-on the royal nod : but

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1837, page 316, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1831/page/61/