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fcj 6 d £ C ; between tte two contending ^• jpawfersTi But-tHe &rin y pf the vizier is to the south , and its relative strength is not known ^ Indeed , nothing will be known for certainty , unless another great battle should be fought , and then we may be able to sketch out the positions of the armies , and the future progress of the campaign . Both empires are dilatory in their proceedings . Their vast domains afford but a comparatively thin
population . The grand signior has ac * teowtedged tM French fcing ^ of the two Sfcilles , whence it may be conjectured , that he feels his weakness , and is hoping itfe& £ 1 > y tfci interposition 6 f the French , ^ i ^ tWti ruin may be delated . pi
^* Wii ? ^ ehlhsula Spain and / Portugal ' Excites a greater degree of attention . In Wif ^ tkkf AeJCb rte ^ Is naturally a very ijtiportant dubject > and it appears to contain irom ^ m ^ of spirit and talents . Their ^ proceed ings may be of use , and shame onie people in England , who do not Value as tli ^ y ought the liberty of the press . ; This subject ^ has been discussed ,
artd as might pe expected from a people , where ibijgptry has pofeng prevailed , the aiuthbrit y of councils has been brought into tne debate , and the sentiments of the pretended holy fathers of the church pressed into"the argument . 'They are not Bufiiciently enlightened to have cast 6 ff th ^ yoke * of these 0 I 4 Women , these garrulous dictators of nonsense , these
imjpudeut impostor ^ who set up then own vain philosophy in competition with the W 6 rctoV 6 f revelation . VWhiat can be offered ii ) tip ^ eeoatenipt ^ the reason - ing . mlnd than a pack of pticist * m « t together , aticl issuiog their decrees to stop the progress of knowledge , and to bow
the minds and bodies of men to a cross , to a relic , to a wheaten god . Above all , the pretensions of these wretched men to be lords in Christ ' s church , and
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t < Mgfr § laws tp jth $ whole worM , is % m ^ a species of impudence ajad , hypofcrisy thfat if it l > ad j ^ ot taken plaee ^ we couH not hav 4 supf > fosGd it -possible for 5 mcn to have-submitt ? rf to * suc ' h io * po $ tors ^ much less ytiat ^ a ; ril ?» ' $ 0 & ^ ffelegates « of a nat ^ n . # g ^ di ^ fe % ^ fe ^ y 4 w ) ld 4 have
appealed to such vain authorities * Y : l ^ c liberty of ^ e pjress lias # however , been xarried - £ & ? Y . && ** $ ^ gpea ^ - ^ ajority , but : it i ^ onJy as far as regards politics . Religion is still to be kept In shackles , and England was represented to be in thitTespe <; t in . a mpst 4 rea 4 ful state , its numeroiis Eect& beicg fostercdr by this
fatal liberty of the . press > Let us then look to the peace « f Spaia fot the last two centuries ; its priests * by fire and swordj and famine and prisons , subdued the rational mind . Theyi ^^ wdre compelled to keep silence ; they Were compelled to prostrate themselves in churches , whose impious worship they derided secretly , and despised in their hearts . Atheism . and deism prevailed in the higher clasisfes , superstition ,
ignorance and bigotry . ift ^ the lower . They Cf 4 led . it p ^ ac ^ b ^ a ^ p xtesoladon an 4 terror were sptea 4 ^ gg ^ > They had np sectaries , because w ^ Jiiiry was prohibited ; because die reaa ^ g ° f the sacred scriptures was " : $ , crimjs . The
Gallic king of Spain yvjll hoyreyvr , permit religious Jibejctv . ^ in his jdoininions , and the jresotves p £ th ^ Cortei ^ riK ) 3 iake way for it in tlie parts * wh *« & subebit to its authority . Thus whicK ever side gets the better , the situation of mankind will be improved . \> v ^ The decrees of the . Cortcz have not , however , a wide circiilatidcu Thq
cannon of the French still respirods through the isle of Cadiz , an 4 what : is very extraordinary in so large a cityt up sallies appear to have beeii niad ^ by the besieged ta drive the ass ^^ bn&rfrom their wails . In spitei of accountsup £ : vk ^ oriesf the French sec&i to havie greiit ^^ force in
the interior of Spaing and the meeting of the Cortez has beep fax from producing a general lnftu rrectiffri . On both sidei must be frequent instances r , o (; partial succeas , and we are n ^^ c , discQ ^ ragcd at the > failure © f pur ^ atp ^ dition from 4 ft the
GjH > ta lt ^ r > w ^ i ^ en < ; in capture qt the commai 4 er , ^ Engli fH lord , witft a xumW bf ou ^ c ^ r ^^^ ni ^
dispersion of tlje $ ] & * #$ * X ^ ft . ^ TT who-formed tjie greater p . * r i ^ f tftp boay employed upon this occasion . . But on Mas * a » V * Mrmy la Portugft *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1810, page 568, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2410/page/44/
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