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ISi&tiy ^ Willing and anxious to ri sk f * wjfffej yup sheet our blood in deten || je pFoi | r IProtestant King , we ar £ > tgy la ^ y , pi ecliidetl ^ From hiding a commission ip Wsset-vice : every civil
pffice and situation is by law denied tjs ; all means of attracting ihe ^ otfce olTour country , or , the favoJMr ^ bf o ^ i f Sovereign , are placed beyond oiir reach ; and we are thus permitted : ' drag on our existence , as aliens , on tbfs our native soil .
8 . That assembled as we are this jflay together , for the first time in bur ifoes , w « feel it a duty we owe to ourselves , to oar fellow-citizens , and to Our posterity , to state candidly , and qpehly , and honestly , our objects anci bur / wsihes . They are these :- ^ -That ^ very inhabitant of this United
Empire , who will swear allegiance to Iris King and to his Country , who is equally taxed with his fellow-citizens , and who is willing to risk his life wd to shed his blood in defence of liis king and his country , should be equally entitled to the enjoyment of tibte rights and privileges of the British Constitution .
9 . That in looking forward to the happy moment of our entrance into the temple of the British Constitution , we do most solemnly assert , that we entertain not a wish or a view to interfere with the Protestant establishnients of these realms . That if the
legislature of our country require any further security than that of our oath , the greatest and the strongest , we consider , that can be given by man —such legislative provisions will be made , we are persuaded , in a spirit of non-interference with the faith and
security of our Church—and thus formed , will be accepted by us , in a spirit of conciliation , calculated , we sincerely hope and trust , to meet the fears , to satisfy the scruples , and to remove the prejudices of every individual of the British Empire .
( 10 . That an Address to his Royal Highness the Prince R egent , together wf ^ a ^ humble Petition to the JLegpsla ^ ire , * t ^ prepared—th at Edward JeCTlJMjSbani * Ijsq- of Lincoln ' s Inn , be requested tp j ^ reoare the sameftn cjjLthat a copy of tnese Resolutions , A jgnefl py ( our ^ chairman , be sept to JWMWiJ & ? $ > h $ our tuariks are hereBy Mven ^ ljim for his great and various m Cj £ o « Silvertop , Chairman .
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Tlie C * aiitoan ufev ^ fe kftth ^ CHafn resolved , tfhat the cordial Wikhks of trie Meeting be givdh to him for hid able conduct in the Chair ^ 1 ; t v
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At * . . i ? rtXvjp ; ii >< i i v ^ &j . * v ., < : >• + 1 » ^ a- . \ - ¥ " - ^> - 2 , \» i-x- ¦ # 4 Intelligence . —Persecution of the French Protestants .
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At a Meeting of the '' 'Inhabitants ) ' of Newcastle-ujibn-Tyne , convened by ptibUc Advertisetrient , to 4 lake iiko consideration the state of tte Persecute ^ Profestaiits in the South of France , " held in the Town Hall , oa Thtrffeday , December ^ 8 , The Right Worsftfpful the MAvom il ^ the Chair , $ t itifiti undrtim&iisT ])' Resolved J \* 11 That , having 1 earned fl ^ ni but hbly religion , and from happp ^ ipkpe ^ ricnce , that liberty of conscience aii < J of religious worship' is one bf the b e ^ t blessings of the Almighty Cheater , this meeting had hoped , from the known iheificady , impolicy , and ini *
piety of persecution , and from the spread of knowledge throughout Europe , that th ^ time was at length Arrived , when religions' liberty * ' Was universally admitted to be the inalienable birth-right of every human being . r
2 . That this meeting , deeply kri ^ pressed with the afflicting details whiph have now been laid before' ? tp respecting the persecuted ' state of tftb Prdtestants in the South of France ,
desires to express its cordial sympathy with them , in the sufferings which they have now for many months experienced . "" \ •» .. >«* - S . That this meeting desires to "
express the liveliest sentiments of satisfaction and gratitude ^ , for tlfe prompt and explicit assurances of his Mrfjttstv s government , " that they feel thte deepest regret at the dreadful sceii&s lately witnessed ih'Fr ^ ince , and ttot they are using , and will < contrntMB 'to
use , their best efforts in their communications with the French government , to secure to all classes of French subjects , whether Protestants or Catholics , the full enjoyment of the advantages which the Constitutional Charter provided fof thfctii . " 4 . That this meeting aesfres also * to express" its ardent h&pe , thai ? t !* fc -Ordonnance latfely published % the French' Kinfe , Will prove ^ Hhfe ^ onirnencenietit df vigorous me&tih&fbr ttte pun ^ hiWent 6 t those i ^ h 6 s ^ t& % o long haras ^ edWnd biurdwe ^ 0 ^ « P ¥ ^ testant ^ with impunityC - "" > •>* 5 . That , irf m&m&ifom & ^~
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1816, page 54, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2448/page/54/
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