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itJrtffiSaV mH 1 ® ieV&d ! frsian ^ estheir « tatet *^ t"ft * ada kit ^ htohts&tei ^ oji ^ ite c&mP < tp $$ hetits tf fmg ° & 6 i&xix ^ atftoJ ^^ iy ? r * i § f . iOur ° fi * st proposal " was , m adjourn the mtetitxg tijl the -ibliow-* nj | Satur 4 fc £ y . This was negatived by a lai * ge iriajority i and wfc then moved
aft uflcxfcfe ^ ibria ^ Ie ^ petit ^ n , # fckh ( far frahtof ttoe to draw tip ohc )^ re to-^ c ^ fr tftrt the ' proceedings of the Wflt-¦ afeGWf * ftigjetSng * ^ h ts to of course jf ^ egafflVed ; bat ' ¦ j # 6 $ rve notice that it Wouf ^ Be presented to the House x > f ^ hfiteitmij a $ : & % 6 tmfcer 7 > etit ? on from * l ^^ iotes 1 ^ t * mha oifcants of Exeter .
% never expected that our petition Wo ^ M receipt the signatures of any large proportion * of the inhabitants . We Jiad imur ^ r ^^ ntolerauice ^ and misrep rescntatiou against us . - I * dui not mean to say , that none of the opponents of the : Kcafafehv € ? afehdlic claims are so from
principle , —because ^ after cool investir -gaticaip ^ hepGthifikfth ^ y perceive danjgdrs i © £ ? j 3 © £ ismall ; magnitude , arising fitnai ^ beh : faeiiJg acceded to , as inevi-£ ablinconsequences : but I do say , that £ hjft ( Jate > proceedings of this city and county * display a spit-it of intolerance ^ ndrbBgotryi which I should have hoped
would not arise in this enlightened age cttx ztisgfrate tito aretfgtte of Protestan ts ; Iri « t » 36 ay ^ tliat it has led in various in--gtknoG * to the Jmost unjustifiable and tnjjurioxi scrnjsr ^ picstfntations , respecting to tig the Roman Catholics * and those ^ i # to havcfstood ibvwards in their behalf .
Ass to ourselves , our caufie is so noble a © bc , ; appealir ^| « i o powerfully to our Feelings as Britons , and our principles £ si € k * i&vinnsi that we regard them not ; cSMKi ithoJUgh we » have been publicly - * &&d gcd < v % j ^ i pttr& \ ng " a crooked and 8 naaBtakpn |> olioy /? though we have been iheitinup $ o » the ^ odmm ^ of our fellow 4 nhabUanttfJbyrp | acand&x Jull of the vilest « 4 fia 9 inifMitDxi ^ and ^ tfer * names posted up not
tm& l ^ tJconepiratbi ^ M do hesitare in ftbwhtelfcfi / thaC'Wc ishouW cheerfully go Mtve&lwg&b * « ttic ame traek , if similar mbcaiiQVtfOPk > u ^ txevtionsehould arise . : tt 3 $ « t to return . The advocates of Int&kewnc * fouhd ^ it « a »>>; tP appeal to the prbiuditt& ppamofis ; wad fearg of the ig-«» rai | t . ^ Th 0 y wive informed , that tbe ^» wliir ^ iC ^» ri © licS are aiming- at ^ uhe ^ dbrom ^^^ soitietimes that the oathsiwHich thfe ^ 3 «> ^ present take , are among the £ t » t * iet 4 ons whid »^ 4 i » ey ^ w iifhatonhavc WWrfe 45 M *« aitf odicfr » , tliat they wilt not to ^ ibfl ^^^ lUt When - in power they
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% H 1 ; O ^ crturtii the chpnifa ; $ 1 $ ^< thit iflier ^' i ^ oti li be a ^ abfet kW whxi yrSSfd trbt t » eir tfardats . ^^ f 61 s l a ^^^^ Wife actually employed \ b ^ . a persdn who' lately ^ eld the oflice 0 I qhfef magistrate in this city , to induce a |* £ rcel of mere boys ^ to sign the Anti-Catholic
petition / He was seen in the act of directing a lad of about 9 or 1 o yeaya of age , in the manner of signing the petition ; and whe ^ n remoiistratea'w ^ th dn tlte subject , he replied that t ^ ejr were all interested in the business . It
is but justice to the present mayor to state , that when informed of this vitiating transaction , he gave orders l ; o prevent a repetition of it . The opposition to the Anti-Catholic measures at the Guild-hall , was confined to the Unitarians , ( in which appellation .
I include all the advocates for the proper unity of God , and its necessary cpnse « quences : ) and this might a littifc ¦' ' , "contribute to the subsequent measures taken by some of their dissenting br / edirfn > in order to remove the disgraceful tniputation of being favourable to the Catnolie claims . On Saturday airernbon , a
requisition was delivered to r thc ^ riat / 'OT , signed by twenty DisstntprS ) revesting him to call a meeting of Ae PUseriters of this city , to peiition ' against \ . Jtxfe Roman Catholics ^ If he ha ^\ airbed to the request , it might 1 iatve o'hi 0 p . ~ in the power of their friends , to : ij ^ vc convinced their mistaken brethren ^ ' . ftfQt it did not become them to ende ^ vbur
daintts . The mayor however Was & \ mnr nion , that m hjs official caparfty h ^ c ^ ial d not take any shate | ri ^ -: ^ eetintf V ^ r % | - senters $ tout h $ Xhlftitriif fMpb WSl th <^ uisitionls ]^^ t tfffe OMfckit t 6 ral them tftat he coutd tl 6 i coi ^^ mm their request . This appear ^ to na ve SiVe n rise to Lord ^ W ^ i ^^^ S ^ le House ot Lords . jtna ^ tile retmoti of ffie biSsenters of ^ i ^ ^^ WMc « W « flJc < iiim 8 f had ti ^ k m&tt ^ ^^ iifc ^^ tiifr . ndiercf ^ EM ^ td'Mb-^ c ^ cecifi ^ pC &e Dissirfteki $ '' tlttffth fpr tft ^ W ^ n aWaa / kirigflcdi 1 WlU
to prevent the conciliatory purposes of legislature , towards those Who are labouring under much heavier difficulties than themselves , on account ^ f their fidelity to what v they thirik rwgious truth , and to have shev ^ h tH ^ ni , py various unquestionable documents , d ( Jat they need not feel those alarms , 4 vbich have been stirred up for pur'fo ^ ea u * n d bv means wnich ChristUniWittteJ&r : di $ -
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1813, page 219, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2426/page/71/
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