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^ Bfe ^ bftW HVrfciJwd- Norway , f <^ ^^ P ^ orUtepp # of-- ^ hich the kipgqf Denmark i * duke in his 0 ^ 11 ijrighjt , the power of alienating it was > not touched . Hence the
abdication of the king ofDenoiark cqnfers no right whatever to any person or persons . The original compact ,. bywhich he held the kingdom of Norway , being broken , th ^ people returned to those rights ,
which thsy possessed before Norway was united to Denmark . ^ ipore plausible arguraeut used in ^ feupe of the transfer is this : El ^ Djmark : and No rway were united together in , a -war against the allied ppwers , and consequently the
conquerors bad a rjght to impose what conditions they pleased on their erictmy .. Denmark submitted to terms ; and Norway , if it does not accede to them , remains in a state of ^ q ^ ti Uty * aod is to be treated as a foe . This brings the question , as it is said , into a tangible shape : but
then there is an end of all the right cj ^ iaied by transfer , and the allies iri $ &fc cohcjuei the country before tft ^ x pr ^^ nd to give it to any one * % ) jxj $ is t { ie real state of Norway * Ajfiy cqnditipns made without cannot be binding upon her ; and it is
a question of prudence , whether s £ e should resist her enemies , and assert her independence , or make tfte best terms she caa for herself * aid acquiesce in their
determination * It is , aiuiohappy circumstance in the general joy on the destruction of one species of tyranny , that it should be accompanied with the ¦ abjection of a nation to another , v ^ h ose yoke it will bear with
impatience . , The king of Spain is returned to 103 0 Wn couutry * but not to his ca ~ pital ; 9 . 11 U difficulties have occurred wjueh mtard his progress . He will not , it is said , accede to the nsw
cOtt ^ jJ tuUoii j but what his parti <* ul ^ r idinXcuIti ^ s naay be ar ^ not known . 0 $ the / other ^^ hand , the Cortes are ilpt iuclirted to recede 5 , and a ^ there is ^ uq third party to api > caMo , < he
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difference may not-eerfifty ; tee ae&Ied *; In the ca « e of ^ our ' owe ntt \ Qiu ^ rtu cles were acceded to by WiMmm and Mary on their assuming the
crown ; and conditions weire ^ naexed to the wearing of it by- the Brunswick family , when the older branches were , on account of theie religion , set aside . The Cortes seem to be in the situation of our conren *
tion parliament ; and it is scarcely prudent in a prince , who has had sar little to do in the restoration of t ^ e country to independence , to xjavilat " the conditions ; Without doubt th ^ nobles will not be pleasfed ^ witir the power gained by the camino n ^
in this conflict : but it is n 6 t likfetp . that Spain will consent to return tot thatabominable system und ^ r v ^ iirJhii it groaned before the i revolB € teaiv We are at stich -a distance from Um + spot , and r notwithstanding the later intercourse between the ^ tifa * jm& ^
tioas , have so ^ little kttowtedg ^ uf the contentiiB ^ powers in tbm que ^ tiou , tliat we nn ^ t ^ ait ^ in patience for its development . We fca ^ that : the extension of libeaty af < coiiscij ence will not be aimed at by etthi ?
Piirty . ¦ < ¦ . ?';• ¦ r ; s ; : - ' V ^?> ; 4 . tO ^ OHOv The king of France is ^ etormedq to his capita ^ amid&tunbotf » Aed ^ s «^ ^ clamations . His first vilaft hsra « l td *" the cathedral , wh «« he ^ wasve ^ eiv ^ i ? in the usual form by the clc ^ B ^^>
and the wretched « ion fell prostrate to thank God and his Mofchc ** i ^» - this change in his affaire ^ o ^ SPfiantW to the Mother of God I We ' arte sorrythat so long a residence in stPw ^' testant country had not ^ i ven m * better tmrn to his mind , arid prevented him from offering- thanks t *^
any but the Supreme Bgin ^ fofr fco great a restoration . This is a ^ bftrf presage as to the religidus imf ) ix > vte * ment of France ; but still , if liberty of conscience is suffered to exi * tr an < J the Bible should be freely circulated in the countryv * -vte cannot doubt that the truth wiH make its
way . From the church fie fit ** - ceeded to his palace , and there i * e ^ ceived the homage of all p&ttitiai
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1814, page 318, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2440/page/62/
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