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teemed liberal and comprehensive . The objects are not to embarrass any administration , to assume political importance , or to
menace any opponents by ostentatious displays of numbers or ot influence ; but legally and tern , perately ,- to protect and procure all the privileges arid rights , which the law has conferred , pr which
can be constitutionally obtained . These rights are to be defended by mild but firm remonstrances , and when remonstrances may be ineffectual , by appeals to law ;
and over all associated congrega - tions , over pious and useful itinerants , and over all other persons whom they may recommend , this society will endeavour to extend a shield . To afford such
extensive protection , annual contributions will be required , and the minister and a layman , selected by every contributing congregation , will be the members of the society . By opulent congregations liberal assistance will undoubtedly be supplied , and the poorest may without difficulty contribute , by weekly payments of one penny from ever } ' member , the very small annual sum which from such
congregations will be accepted . These sums will become due at Lady Day in every year , and those congregations who delay their remittance after the month of June , will be considered as withdrawn
from the society . The organiza-/ io&of-thc Plan , will , we presume , be intelligible and satisfactory . From'the union of ministers and Jay men a ^ -mem bers . of the comjmttee , beneficial consequences will result . Tie committee
resident in London , being selected by the members at the annual jheeting in the month of May ,
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when many country members visit the metropolis , will be the re * presentatives , not only of the metropolitan , but of the country congregations ; and will be
interested in their prosperity , vigilant for their welfare , dependent on their approbation ; and the country members being incorporated with the committee , will not be
received when they attend as intruders , or even as guests , but as members whose Opinions will be peculiarly entitled to respect ; who may give useful information and valuable aid . The execution
of the Plan is intended to be distinguished by liberality and promptitude . Advice , when necessary , will be immediately and gratuitously afforded . Reports annually circulated will communicate accurate intelligence to the remotest
districts , and by the early and regular diffusion of correct legal knowledge , misapprehensions will be prevented , and the ig norance as to their rights and privileges , and the public or parliamentary proceedings by which they may be affected- which Dissenters have
frequently deplored , will be completely dispelled * The eagerness displayed for the establishment of this association , has announced , that the necessity for its existence , and the
advantages it must produce ; are universally perceived ; otherwise we could multiply proofs , that it will afford to Protestant Dissente rs many benefits otherwise unattainable . But we must remark , that
the powers improperly assumed by magistrates in several counties require immediate restraint . T hat every week will p rubably present cases requiring legal interference That the spirit of persecution ha *
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35 G Toleration Act .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 356, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/36/
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