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privileges & >» d distinctions to ^ Uwe . ' tlm -wealthy and ; corrupt the itMpLoeeut ^ -hence their desire to retain within i their own circle
all the powers of the legislative hvA executive , all the riches of church and stater of place and ^ molumentv by which they may bribe , coerce , and overawe , and thus perpetuate their own
despotic , sway , 4 f To this baneful source of exclusive political power may be traced the persecutions of fanaticism , the feuds of superstition , and most of the wars and
carnage , which disgrace our history . To this pernicious origin may be justly attributed the unremitted toil and wretchedness of your Majesty ' s industrious people , together with most of the vices and
crimes springing from poverty and . ignorance ; which in a country blessed by nature , enriched by $ rt , and boasting of her progress and knpwledge , mock her humanity and degrade her
character . , / V Your Majesty must be aware tfeatrthe conscientious and reflecting few have for ages past directed their energies to the rembval or reformation of all those
social and political evils winch h , a < ve produced the present distressed condition of the people , anils t ^ iat persecution and death fytyve itoo , , pften been the reward , of itheir benevolent exertions to ,
, t $ iery £ , i tfnftnkin 4 ;; ¦ y # t through , i |^ p Jafyou ^ s . and exertion ^ have , vtjhiei , i sfires ' i o , £ intolerance . , Jj > eeu quenched , and the sword , Qf war , Mk& jjperfcQtfutiQW , i bl ^ At ^ d—the , \ irnprti ^^ ci ^ l , an 4 r |)« p } jticalitruths , bee
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met byjt ^ e ^ ajne , o ^ om ^ Interests wni ^ h characterised' ' the former times of persecutib p and death ; and which , if they &o hot . execute their desires as formerly , refrain for want of power , and not from inclination .
" These exclusive interests , under the name of Whig and Tory , have for many yedrfe past succeeded in making to ^ alty a mere puppet of their will . In that name they '/ have plundered at home and desolated abroad ,
and have executed their atrocious deeds , foreign and ( domestic . Royalty has been schooled and moulded to their purpose , and been imbued with thei spirit and tactics of both , as either party
obtained the ascendancy ; it has been the impelled or willing instrument to . hide their corruptions , plead their excuses , and lias too often conspired ... / with them in defrauding and [ fleecing the nation * , i , ¦
These factions , wiH still endeavour to surround yoimv ; Majesty , ancl havelieco ^ ae to , every stratagem to idivide » . yott , from , the people ; and it '^ iLji . re ^ uire great strength of ; niind ^ nd prudence to resist their ' . influents . The ^^ \ yill Beek ta iti ^ mr ^ , fto ^ , with
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1837, page 305, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1837/page/9/
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