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q&d the f ^ fjjf ^ n o £ ip p ^ o . vkled it dees rtot beWe ju nseeia £ y £ o ^ fce . public , should be flowed / The £ noa * t and exile to Sil ^ eria wil i ^ not j > e , frequent sentences , the codes , 01 law will , \> e purified from the barbarities of an . ignorant age and the technjcajjties of jbe profession * The undertaking of the three sovereigns is noble in Itself , requires prudence in the execution ,
and will establish their fame , if they act agreeably to their promises , on a more durable basis than , what is achieved by tiiilitavy prowess . In the latter they have for competitors all the , besoes of ancient and modern times , the Big- Bens anot Mendozas of history . They have opened to
themselves a new career , they have ventured on an untrodden path . May the wwH not Ire deceived ; may the sovereigns persist ia the line of conduct they have chalked out for themselves 5 and may prince and people acquire daily more and more of a true Christian spirit .
In the extensive dominions of Russia are to be found professors of every species of religion . The Greek is the established church , but no hindrance is given to other forms of worship . The temple of the idolater , the churches of the Chfistiau , the masques of the Mahometans , are all to be 'found in the same district . The cireuju
starxces of the country have led to a toleration of a very extensive nature , and Jew and Christian , Mahometan and Idolater are % q be fcMUvdt exercising offices under the state . The narrow policy of this country is there unknown ; and indeed despotism
iteelf would qM permit the content pttible folly that prevails among us > of prohibiting' tfce sovereign from availing himself of the services of a subject ,, unless he belongs to a peculiar sect , and that see * inferior in wuaibers to those who differ from
it . Yet , even jn Russia are some bounda set to toleration . Every ©** e is penanUed to follow bis awn form of wovs&ipy but he must be careful not to infringe on the domains of the established sect . He nmy meet bis brethren of the same persuasion uacooLesied * but be must beware of the spirit of prweelvtisjtt : he naust not enter into the Greek fold ,. Apr attempt to deduce any of that flosk firom their established
pastures * . An instance haa lately been presented to tb £ world * by which the vkwi of ikm Russian government on . this subject are plainly manjtiested . It had , giv ^ it at * ajtyiun } to tbfe J ^ suit % wlj ^ devoted tKenwelvea a ^ re « ably t < t tketh forna ^ jr » jradic « in otfcsr
c ^ ounlideJi i to the edmmiioa of ^ hiidrett . 7 hmK mge * MHH ~ y m Ut « ral » re and the apt of iEtefcriMtum , indnwid the haghor ranks to put ttai * « b « iibban under thair care , axud it weiu » th « t jn consequence of this prefer * « nce , Mwrud oi thorn b » v » quitted the Qjtmk for tft * Rfmbh « onwmaion . Now
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this may have arisen either from a cenpi . rison of the twp sects together , in dep ^ 0 . dent of any instruction received on th $ wife , ject , or it may have beep from the tethers' instilling into the minds of the if pupils notions unfavourable to the established
church , and gradually conducting * them to a different persuasion . A jealousy of the latter kind is very natural from the known character of the Jesuits ^ but of the proofs nothing-is known . The Russian government has expelled the Jesuits' from the country , and given , as the reason , their abuse of the education of the children
entrusted to their care , and pervertingthem , as it would there be called , by insinuating , contrary to the laws of hospitality , into their minds the doctrines of the Komish church . If the three confederated sovereign !
have manifested such good intentions , respecting their future government , the same spirit seems by no means % o prevail in the neighbouring- country . The exertions here in favour of our persecuted bre - thren abroad , have excited , it is evident , no small dissatisfaction in France . To
the denials of the fact no unprejudiced mind will give any credit , arid eve * y day confirms the opinion- the more that tbi truth is suppressed as mueli as pos&iWe . It remained , however * € e * t&& spirit
calumny to set the * lat » t sea £ to its aAroeities , and this has been full ; done in ike Wremk papers with tbe signature £ a p « el € et , who cLxes not scruple to as&ert , that tbe persons here who have undertaken tht cause &f the Protestant ajr « a set of Jauo
uins , d « seiiviiig- of no confidence ahroftd and despised at home . The word Jacobin is constantly resorted to by men who , in a different shape , perform the 8 * me action * u& u ^ e « e which dia tinguiahed the ceiefeiat ^ society t&kdeir tliat name . Jn fact , fch # re are royal jaeohin ^ and de » K > cratiettl jaaoh * m : the prevailing feature in both is , tbt
ditfregard of solejian t «* aties , covenants , obligations , every thing * whi « b is sacred between man * and magu , and making every thing * bend to their own will and the car price of ike moment . The royal jacobin call * others by th « ut name , who appeal to law * , religion and charters , and the Frenchman who dared to attach the contemptuou *
epithet to tlfcosa respectable bodies which undertook the cause o £ the Protestants , hat Uttle knowledge of our con a try . To hi » , to be rtispeetafele there must be titles and dignities : virtue , honotu : and independence , united with religion , earry n
weight . Hm iaaults , howei ^ r they may Ve vmemwed . in . France , and however calculated to serve a party there , will meet with euatompt among ua . The minister oi Bttgland will , wiAottt doubt , if neeesaaJTV takisr core tluit omx aa » nojsaador should inform the cabinet of Fr « jwe > * tbat if tl »
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1816, page 126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2449/page/62/
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