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suuatkms could not surely mistake the nature and tendency oi ( the measure . We have amongst us , it may be presumed , some wise roen ; we have certainly many cool , p hlegmatic , hesitating men ; wehave . nwn who from ^ th ^ ix past
political conduct we are apt to view with , perhaps unmerited , suspicion ; but when the time came f $ r exertion we found no roan of any character or aay class absent from his po ^ t ; each . party forgot ijs peculiar interests in favour of . thecomm&ximesa }; ihershibboleths
Qfsi ? Cl » were dtopt ; . arid , as with one t 0 ngjm ± 4 ik €$ & w&s throughout tjiedftbote 4 i ss ^^ M ^ & body a manly ^ t ^ pemte- asserti on of -ihe right teiis ? iigipua ilifeer ^ y
. iH&RPMy Jfeirrth& reputation of fa jpii * senters their strenuous opp ^ sitiqn . to Uie BiU ia question 4 i 4 ^ t 4 i *^ tfeem > in 3 , single ^ n-$ j ^ C £ , intoimpiudent measures . ibfy faffttedt the .. > .. proposer i of it
With $ tu $ ied respec t . Theipwhole , strength vv #£ employed in petition * ing 4 he , hegisla * qre % Political con-$ j ( ki $ . tiaj ) s were carefully preservfddErpna mixing in -their deliberations * » Their pr * idencfi disarmed
tiiei r * enemies * and in the debates Qn ti ^ e sji bject . nola single rejection was cast upon theirqhaiactery fitfir did ^ w ^ -fciijar one prognostic of « vViL ffom ^ compliance with their wishes . U Let the Dissenters , "
* ua slj distinguished pejrsonage ^ 1 always conduct thsjpseJves with « iw « tein |>^^ eneiiSK K > Tjd wisd om ^ W < Lthay vdlL probably jaever find ^ he government averse from gran t- * - fljg ; the ^ n any ^ reasonable reiief /' : < W ^ «^ y bjei taxed with weakne ^ bttt W ) e must avow that , we are ^ p « ^ P ^^ siyc that vhe qDi e ^ tiQji jusi
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Refection * on Lord Sfdmouth ' s Bill . 301
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Jaid to rest will be again agitated A more moderate , and therefore a more dangerous , bill will probably be introduced into parliament . To weaken opposition , an attempt may be made to detach the regu * lar Dissenters from the Methodists ,
by introducing provisions in favour t ) f the former . Should this scheme be tried , we trust the virtue of the Dissenters will frustrate it ; the Methodists stand upon the sajne
grounds of conscience with themselves ; and if the follower of Whitfidd or Wesley be sacrificed to the bigot to-day 9 the Baptist , the Independent and the Presbyterian will be demanded to be
given up to-morrow * The true policy of the Dissesifcers is tanjiite , heart and ha-nd , with all their ifellow * citizens who are oppressed or fharrassedibrConscience' sriqe . It may be doubtful ,
indeed , whether any immediate Japplication to pariiaaaaent will beeftectual ; but it would unquestionably be ftttile to ^ pursue any par * tial * exclusive abject . The next
petition from the Dis&e&terjj should be for universal religious lilbert ^ fr AH that separate frotift the JEsUlb . lished Church have in tbi ^ resj > ect a common causes Let them pro » , ceed in concert , with firmness &nd at the same time with modefatUHV
and thtjir success is certain * IntoletaiKre ^ which is warned * by public opinion to take l ^ ave- of every * state in Europe ^ cHhn&l long fiqcl an asylum in Britein ; its last retreat may be to the Houses of
Lords , but it will be-speedily expellet from tb ^ a < j «^ if ithe Noble advocates of freedom be timely 3 trengthcjned by th € confidence of th ^ people * . - ^ f * . ^ ¦ ; ^ - 1 ; - .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1811, page 501, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2419/page/53/
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