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    t ^ diactaii ^ ofypote- persecution of Protestants . The state which first , after tfo rjeforniation , established freedom of conscience * was aJloroan Cagholio State-r-that < tf Maryland , in North America . The only

    fjpveniinentin modern days that has granted lotd and unqualified emancipation to a reli&en different from its own , is the Roman Catholic Government of Hungary ; in which theProtestants were in our own times fully emancipated by their Roman Catholic

    countrymen . . Let us hope that the day is not distant , \ frbeitftbose noble examples of justice and pore religion will be not only admired but imitated by Christians of all denominations . JUet us hope that man shall at length be allowed to worship hi * Creator according to the dictates of his conscience , without the

    impious interference of penal laws ; and that bigotry and persecution may be banished from amongst nations boasting of Christianity read civilization . I have the honour to be , With sincere respect , Your very faithful and obedient servant .

    DANIEL O'CONNELL John Hancock * Lisburn .

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    South a mpton , 13 th March , 1816 . Sir , COULD wish to draw the atten-I tion of your readers to the great ijuestion of _ a religious establishment- — is it wise 9 just , necessary or politic ? The Dissenters from the Establishment

    are now become So numerous and respectable as to challenge and deserve the serious attention of the legislature —let . them then unite on the broad ground of dissent , and present a respectful petition to the House of Commons , that they may be no longer subject to the payment of tythes .

    To be obliged to support a church whose doctrines we reprobate , as contrary to reason and scripture ; and to he punished and disgraced for our dissent , by being excluded from the discha rge of civil offices , is no longer to bcrborne .

    f-et every congregation then be required only to support its own minister * as is the case in America , and e « ewhere—particularly in Prussia ; aud let not one sect be obliged to sup-P ? rt another , by a tax levied upon the Mmmunjty at farge ;

    1 he beneficial effects of such an ar

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    to their ptoper rank aDuistptioa i& tiSf community . ^ The abolition of tyt ] bcs woujd 1 ? £ also a national advantage , especiall y in the present distressed state of agrXq culture , whose necessities imperiou | l | f demand their remission . Who are the persons that wquk consider themselves aggrieved ? Th ^ jg . who are not entitled to any favour OJ consideration from the public , —thcif ?* dolent and luxurious clergy , th& ** fruges consumere na ' u * 1 compar ^ this class to a large and increasin g wt ^ attached to the body politic , which , ig drawing off its nourishment , and w 2 p [ prevent its restoration to health unt }] l it be removed . ^ The money drawn annually from tl ^ e industrious part of the community uxx ^ der the head of tythes is enormous , and the shameful manner in which it - ^ distributed renders the burthen more grievous and intolerable . With civil sinecures let vis then get , rid of spiritual ones , and it wouUf strengthen us to raise the supplies . fq £ the year , and save us from the alarming apprehensions and dreadful conse ^ . ' quences which our present distressed and oppressed state cannot fail to . ex ^ cite in the breast of every thinking in ^ n . b . t :

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    Sir , COPY the subjoined from Niles ' s I Weekly Register , published in . Baltimore , America , Vol . II . p . 33 * thinking it not unsuitable to your work T A . B . Legislature of Kentucky , Jan . 10 , 18 l 2 :

    Report of the Committee of Reli g ion , The Committee of Religion to whom was referred the petitions of sundry' ^ persons respecting the people called Shakers , Hav « , according to order , had the subjects of the same Tinder consideration , and beg leave ta

    report—Without regard to religions persuasions , ftects or faith , of any particular denomination whatever , your committee recommend to the consideration and adoption of the house , the following Resolutions j

    1 st . Resolved—^ That ^ n open renunciac : tion of the marriage vow and contract arid total abstinence from sexual and coruiubial intercourse , agreeabl y to the intentions and pbjects of matrimony ., plight to he protidtfj [ against by law , . * * 2 nd . I&esolycd' —T \ &X provimoiv twight < $ be madei ) y law , for t ^ e competent support

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    Proposal far Abolition of TythesV £ 0 7

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1816, page 207, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2451/page/19/