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belonging' to the Protestants in forty departments of France , and one college for thfcir literary and theological instruction , established at Montauban ; and that in the department du Gard a persecution , partly
political bnt rendered most acrimonious by religious animosity , had continued during several months , —that many persons had been murdered , —that public worship was prevented , —that churches were despoiled , —that trade and manufactures were
suspended , — that hundreds , appalled and alarmed , had quitted their occupationstheir property and their homes , and become fugitives }—and that all the evils had locally existed , which mobs , unrestrained by adequate authority , and stimulated by party spirit , ignorance , desire of pillage and superstition , could inflict . 8 . That although the Committee do not
rely on letters influenced by fear , —on publications induced by interest , —and on assurances inserted in the subservient Journals which circulate in France 3 —and although they regret that perfect compensation has not been made to the sufferers , and more decisive measures earlier adopted against their aggressors , —they are convinced that , even in that department where the evils did exist , those evils are now much decreased :
that the rig-fits of the Protestants have been officially recognized , in reiterated publications ; ---anotber Royal Ordonance , for their advantage , has been announced ;— -civil and military authorities have united for their
protection ; — their ministers have been placed on an equality with the Catholic Clergy in the Electoral Assemblies , and flattered by titular and honourary distinctions }— their churches have been re-opened ;—many fugitives have returned ;—manutactures have revived;—some of their persecutors have been committed for trial —and repose and security re-appear .
9 . That this Committee cannot but attribute these results to the declarations of the Allied Powers , to the special efforts of the British Cabinet , and to those expressions ° f public opinion in England and throughout Europe , which have abashed the violent aud unconstitutional Catholics in
France—?» d , penetrating to the Thuilleries , have induced that Court to display an interest , a decision , and an energy , which had been too long deferred : —and that the Committee Jueiefore rejoice in all the exertions which i n ° t only contributed to this immediate effect , but which have formed an example tor future labours—have announced the n ghte of _ conscience— have declared to the existing generation and to future ages , that ttfclig ious Freedom is esteemed and re-Vcr , —that Intolerance will no longer he endured , and that all persecutors must expect contemporaneous abhorrence , and a ^ jntempt permanent as the remembrance ^ tbeircrimes . 19 * That aware that imperious necessity
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can alone justify a foreigninterference , and that' such interference , especially when needlessly protracted ^ may increase jealousy , perpetuate suspicion , and inflame resentment , in foreign countries ;—relying on
the auspicious change which has obviously and actually occurred , —confiding in the promises of future and equal protection , now repeatedly promulgated by the Court of France ,- —encouraged by the recent assurances which have been given by Lords Liverpool and Castlereagh to the inhabitants of Glasgow , and the Catholics-of the north , —and informed of the wishes and situation of the Protestants of France , —this Committee will not solicit Subscriptions-on their behalf , and will now withdraw from active
interposition with their affairs;—bnt that they will continue feelingly alive to their future destiny , and ready to afford them all that assistance , —cordial , prompt and abundant , which authentic applications may invite , or unexpected exigencies shall demand .
11 - That the Committee cannot announce this determination without renewing their acknowledgements to the British Government for their wise and liberal conduct ,- — nor without expressing their thanks to the Corporate and other Bodies , —to the public spirited inhabitants of Glasgow , Hull , Newcastle , Gosport and . Plymouth , and to the Catholics of Dublin and of the North of
England , who have afforded them manly and Christian co-operation and support . And , 12 . That convinced of the resistless power of public opinion in a free country , and of the inestimable value of the independence of the press , the Committee cannot but offer their unfeigned and grateful applause
to the spontaneous perseverance and zeal with which the great majority of the Editors of the public Journals have , with judgment and eloquence , advocated the cause of humanity and freedom , have counteracted the efforts of opponents , and have promoted an important and memorable triumph for Religious Liberty and Truth . T . PELL ATT , > Secretaries J . WILKS , 5 secretaries .
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Intelligence — -French Prbtesttvnts . 117
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At a Meeting of the Committee of the Protestant Dissenting Ministers of fhe Three Denominations , held at Williains ' s Library , Red-Cross Street , on Monday , January 29 , 1816 , It was unanimously Resolvedy That the Committee , at length , feel it an imperious duty to declare publicly , that they have never had any connexion- with the Association denominated , The
Fj-a-testant Society ;"—that , from sufficient evidence , the Committee can assure the public of the correctness of their published statements ; and that the contributions which have been , or still may be , entrusted to their care , continue to be highly ae-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1816, page 117, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2449/page/53/
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