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    the ^ bJi ^ tiott ofan article their neW-papers reflecting upon the administration of government . The expediency of si censorship in jmti&ed on the present situatiou of affairs , and the evils produced by the freedom of the press in the first

    Mtagea of the revolution * But they who argmed from the abuses committed at that period , forgot that this evil arose not from the freedom tf the press , but from the evil dispositions of a people who had just broken their chains * and who were

    smarting under the yoke of the tytanny they had so long endured . Jt is not uncommon , even in England ^ to judge of these atrocities abatroctedly , not considering the state

    * f the people by whom they W ^ re fi ^ pctrated . Had France enjoyed ihtfwme freedom that has prevailed in England aiflce the revolution ^ woh revolution a « theirs could have

    t « feoa place . But they had been ^ t ^ Vy ihe court ali much in igno-^ pce aa powible * The news-papers ^ hpi ^ e » t mtp th e provinces were UttfW publications dictated by the i ^ iiter of the day . To speak freely «« It * i&ea ^ es of government was % * na » € y aud aBastUW was held out ^ it ^^^^ i J ^^^ E ^ e M ' large . B » ac « secretly publications were dif . IpfiH ainuilg certata classes and diptIBie&t m * & esttited * Subjects were

    ¦ it feiarly argued j and the slave , Vmtef h& brake * his chains , acted as 4 toec » ever wiii d © , and affording a lewm to tyraftajr by which , if it is ti »* d * d , the horrible sufferings of tabft « &d peopte may be beneficial M&ftfotttffe generations . pjhk aucbit quesiioH it was natural

    P « wW tvould be fre <| uently *» Me 4 to , aiwi the minister ggtve a 2 J ^ i « ccott » t of < mh : government , ^ Ai / ace ^ difiig ta hiw ^ ifl the jgMijrt ^ ^ T ^ : !*^ SPlBlCTWM ^^ ej ^ Stoi an ^ r *» 5-3 ^ j ^ % a ^|^^ w « ry j j ^ SPBSJy iwjijife ^ y yyj 9 R i 9 ^ -H Wfc wi ^ yi ft y mti m tho

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    law , the accusation , the sentence , and finally executes it . Against suGh an energy of authority , it is necessary to give the people a kind of compensation ; or a government so vigorous ^ if not pressed upon by another force , would no doubt end

    by destroying itself . England maintains the liberty of the pres& by meaus which we know not haw to imitate . The prisoner there livas and dies in prison , abandoned by all . Such , modes ought not tp be

    envied . Here the prisoner is an . ob ject of interest . He receives tfaef visits and the consolations of friendship . In Fraaoe liberty ; ia more moderate , and our manners are gen tler . In England the laws

    repressive of defamation are supported by terrible ; means . Libel te . punished by sentences which ruin individuals which cause them to die i % prison : for offenders are often subjected W fines beyond all proportion to their

    fortunes * In France the judge ? are more mild , they sometimes look to the accused alone , they consider the deplorable adtuation of his family . ^ Such is the opinion publicly declared by a minister of France on our law of libel . Let us lament

    that their censorahip will prevent a fair trial being made on this subject between the two countries . If their judged are really milder than course we should be very glad , that ovm might take $ lesson from them : far justice ought to be administered with mercy ; and the malice of the

    libeller is not so injurious to soqiatf : a , ^ malice if it m found in the seat of justice * A still naore melancholy sul ^ ect it& trudes itself in the affairs of Fr ^ nte * of

    The ve ^ eratioijt present sav ^ reigtt for the pretended mother of Gpfl ha « already been iwaNtaced : it ' hm displayed itself in a still IWM ogfensiye manner ^ Tber « i » . aci * in tte Rou * fah calendar , fi ^ cd f ^ 4 l » farti v ^ pf J 3 he A 5 ^ t » ptiaa « T iWr mm ^^ ml ^ mfi ^^ ^ ttMNttah-ft * JL ^ ui ^ -tile XVIHfli it i #

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    State of Public Affairs . 521

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1814, page 521, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2443/page/73/