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MONT»Y BETEOSPECT OF PUBLIC 4FI4XRS* OR , The Christian's Survey of the Political World.
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France it seems is eager to re * turn to the ancient system . As a proof that it has not forgotten its former follies , the follow ing instance has been given * The city of Nismes , ardently desirous to
see a prince spring from the ancient stock by means of the Duchess of Angouiesme , * has made a vow , that if heaven should grant this favour , which would crown the felicity of Ffance , to consecrate to God a statue in silver of
an infant of the usual weight at the period of birth . This vow \ yas solemnly proclaimed on tf \ e 19 th of J . itly , in the parish chuFch of St . Castor , and in the chapel dedicated to St . Francis rfe Sailes , whose particular intercession was
invoked by Mor * s . Baron , counsellor of the royal court of Nismes , and churchwarden of the parish of St . Uauzilie , who first conceived this religious and patriotic idea . The Abh « JFerran < L rector
of the parish of St . Castor , delivered a discourse appropriate . to the occasion . We are assured , that it was in consequence of a similar vow made by Louis XIII , that Louis the Great was born .
It is difficult to convey any con * ception of the impression made by thb affecting ceremony or the minds of the faithful . A
deputation has been commissioned to lay 4 ios vow a ^ t | i e fee t of her royal highness Madame the Duchess of AttgattfesOTev' * This is inserted in ihe Gazette de France of the 23 d
of August ^ evident intention to procure similar wows ^ and thus this besotted nation after so n ) any
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years has returned again , like tht dog to his vomit , and has not forgotten its idolatrous rites . The rector of the University of Paris rejoices equally in the change that has taken place ; for he says ,
"it is a friend of traditionary usages it most bless their return , and is resolved that children should be taught what their ancestors had been taught , " We aje extremely sorry that the good rector could not make a distinction between
the old wives ' fables of their ancestors , and what ought to b « taught in a place dedicated to education . But the world is not wise enough to adopt the true eaaxirei vf education * imiuely , to teach young people how to think , not what to think : to be
reasonable beings , riot parrats . One . good precedent , however , has made its appearance . Two authors and two printers , who had been taken up for a political pamphlet , have beeji released , the
court of Paris 'having decreed , that " there is 30 ground for ac * g using the said Jbutr persons of being accessaries to a criraetending to excite civil war , by atipting or i nd ucing th e Qitizens to atfi
one against the othpr . " vTh ^ ifect is , that tkese writers viewed a political measure in a different Irght from their opponents , ant ^ the way to treat them was to au ^ wer tb ^ r
work by argument , not by ^ W ? - prisonment . A writer may Jtrp ^ f * roneous in } fh 9 pmion » y aft ^* ° may be aa attuirQ ^ y-ge ttcral in attacking theip ; and supposing 4 he Jailer t ^ ba righU whicfc ^
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Mont»Y Beteospect Of Public 4fi4xrs* Or , The Christian's Survey Of The Political World.
MONT » Y BETEOSPECT OF PUBLIC 4 FI 4 XRS * OR , The Christian ' s Survey of the Political World .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1814, page 574, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2444/page/50/
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