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comm ^ nic ^ d ^ * WgtoM n another jftas&er , lit *© ni <* * ray , to those who could correct the sup * posed * vil , W * k % a «^ i mpression ori the public mind . But
may we not be allowed to doubt , fchai any ifiemori&i of his would have produced the desired effect ! If Mr . Wilberforce , or rather , the Q uakers , tvho though less known vfere the great Instruments in delivering this nation from the guilt of the slave trade , had been
content with writing * memorials to people in power , little would have beeh their progress . It was by those energies so ably described by Mr . Ckfk ^ orl , in the History of the Slave Trade , that the
public mind was roused ; that general attention was excited ; that the people were sensible of the iniquities of the trade * and the members of the legislature united at last in the general sentiment , and
concurred in the general voice of humanity . Sir Robert Wilson , then , so far frorn being liable to censure , has acted . on this occasion in the most honourable and dignified ^ naniier , and his nairi e will be mentioned m the annals of the
anny , not onlyfor hi § military exploits , but * for his tract , which , though its ^ ublka ^ idn did # ot meet tK ^ th the approbation of the jucjge , has feesii appjaudfcd by
high military characters , and has laifj thfe folxri&atioilof JaVgjreat ire * form in Ihnilitaty discipline . ' H < ir \ So W <^ agree ' more in ° j $ ^ ^ ^ ^ otft ^ udge , i * fc ? 5 ^ erft 6 v ^ in } c tri e eloquence of AHel ^ fried bkrri&er ^ better suited t : o
^ t jle ^ mr ^ nf mmom itmn *? Bari Biit ; thopgK . we s | iouhi ^ WtyM & % ^ & lieaHii ^ this mu mtP % ' ffl ± ; www y * f t iti t ^ Hotise ^ triat &e aidkt * bar , we cannot but applaud
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hinj , for en ^ e ^ iKotfrinff ta if ^ prfss ino&t strongly ii pen the rn in as of the jury the horrors which he conceived might be- excited in a Virtuous mind at the punishments inflicted in this country . We should be sorry to see t ^ e eloquence of the Bar restfam ^ cm either side ; but particularly , when such latitude has beer ? given to those who lay the charge of sedition on their felloe subjects . On one point the judges both agreed , that the defendants wjere guilty of a seditious libel - , by which they meant , we presume , that they
were guilty of writing something to create sedition , or that had a tendency to create sedition . Now as the defendants in one case were acquitted , it is evident that neither point was made out t 6 the satisfaction of the jury ; ind we cannot but think that extreme
catfctiotl is necessary , when we apply the term sedition to aay man . It ivas applied , we know , to oneof the most virtuous of men , an apostle of God , and this because his reli g ious opinions differed froirji those of the iriiiltiti ^ de . There mat b 0 a great de ^ l o ^* error
ttfithotit sedition , < ir seditious intention , and we carHiot but tfeink th ^ t judges are put in | o a Very a ^ rk * ward situation , When th ^ y , are called upon to p ^ ss an apihioh , previous to the vefarct or the jury * to be
It ^ eerns itior £ S ^ imih iheit province to lay down % he Jaw oh certain- '' acts ; . an < t st ^ ite clearly , how it sttajids UjpO 0 apy pomt : and we Xyish < ffiat ^ fie law o (\ i i > 4 wete m ^ de ^ o Jcteair , ah ^ djsf inc 4 that tfera was'Sfi fboi ^ for sucui » ' deyidttefi in t ^ rs ca ^ e ffp m t | i e us ^ alt | c ? itfse ofjud ^ nient fji ^ juagp uo ^ $ riot decl ^ r ^; k man to be gtaiity of murder at the ericl of his charge ; he lays the evidence
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Spate of Public Affairs . \ 81
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1811, page 181, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2414/page/53/
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