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    loiyed oeliever&ip that age were visible . Vdo hpt k notv ' of any at present .. I do not wr $ h for angry discussion , bat for information . Many persons refer me toother parts of Scripture , and make

    inferences from them . My object is to get an explanation of the passages deferred to above . In the prosecution of my inquiries on this sutyect , I find many U n itarians have long held opinitths sinttitaT to the author of the work 1 have Referred to ^ 3 . ' It

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    Stft , ' l ? eb . 2 , 1817-REQUEST yo * ir irtsertion of the I { blip-wing passage , which is peculiarly seasonable , and . contains a just tribute * to the memory of a man ^ wliosc name and reputation are dear to most ofycfuT readers . The ; passage is quoted from The Spirit of Dtspotism , a t 2 mo . volume , ** printed inthe year 1795 /' but not published .

    Tne author has drititled his Ninth Section , 4 * On taking , advantage of popular conViriotioris , accidental excesses ^ an& f < tfeign' revoiufions , In exteud prerogative a ^ 4 power , and en-CFO&cfron thelibefrttes of the people . " tf

    A * p \ € & 9 heis ^ ^ ^ Wrkr fool ¦ wou ld wfefe tb restorer the perpetual despotism > of th

    - ^ are potic hey last ; but the fornrtef is a ^ rr eti t that Haws * fbr ever , the latter o ^ ly a land flood ji that ^> V € * r ^ the meadow s -to-d ay , and disappears on the motfro ^ v . " '' " / H ^ j then concludes the Section in

    the < ft > Bowihg terms :- — Jf . Dxv Piice has a passage s ^ ap ^ iicabfeito the present subject , that I shall beg ^ teave to close this section by the citation of it : and on the mention of his * n&nve , L-niudt pay a trifling tribute tohis ' wiemory , which is the more

    necessary , atf hij * Jcharacter * bas been scandalously aspersed by fcbose who are e > er bu ^ in discrediting the people and thtifur frierudsy and who , pretending a loioe of goodness ^ iul reli ^ ionj , blacken wi | hithevr i foanlefit tial ^ nirty th'tfse wlio are singularly remarkable for both , foR fjo otbtr » . reason - than that , tinder

    thfetinfluence of / gdodnoss and * religi < n , su ^ U persons ? espouse the cause of freg 4 aint » i and > fifefer theiia'pfiiniess of myikii ) $ to tha pom p and » pride ^ of a fe \ ft a 3 i ^ ra n Is at unlimited do 01111 10

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    Meek fc g ^ tle aod , Ku m ^ jie ^ ^ c ^ v eloquent ^ ncl prpfb ^^ dfy ^ ll ^ ip . pqfc YitlcA and philosophy ; takeiriiii ^ for ^ and all , the qualities of _ his iiearV with the abilities of hi& he * d ^ and . yp * # iiiiay rank Price aman ^ ihe fi rst * o rn iwn ^ a s of his age . JL , et his enemies produce from all . their hoas £ e , d degppts ^ n 4 > 4 « - of hi & $ &

    spQtical satraps , an ^ one , ^ > * temporaries whom , in | h < e mdnqq- <* f Plutarch , they may pls ^ ce . by , his ^ ide ^^ a parallel . Jrosteruy fwil ( Qo him f ^ justice of which thepc < PU < Lbave rolled hfrn , and . snatch him , / rora ' |« e qaluw * - " nfators , to place him In tfee teippJe » of personal honour , high' ajnjQiD gr the ^ b&r ; to the

    neFac ^ oTs human race . . ' ,,... ' . ; . ; ?* But I return from jthe j ^^ ssiop into w ^ ich I was led bj an , l |) w > n « s ^ iindignatlon ag ^ ia st the vi lest of calumijie ^ against fthe best of , Vn ^ n ..., " -Tf ^ csfu . ^ i » tiie ^ orib of Dr , JSfi& : r v * , .: ^

    " ' . LiCentipU 9 O ^ 8 ;^ 4 j ^{ bti ^ uMrQ iiwre neaT !^ all M than . is cornfuonl >» irnagfn ^ d . They are ^ p th ajp ^ incot ^ sistent yvit . h liberty aria the true eptf of government ; nor is tliere any-other 3 iflference betweea tiieni ^ th ^ n tfrax one i s' the Hcentioifsne $$ cof q k ^ X M ^ n and

    the other the liceHti ersoBs and propertyof . a pepple ar ^ { iu ^ jejet ; to-oarage &ncl Uivatio ^ cv / rQjqqL a | c | dgi « orf ^ lawless bo ^ V 9 f gr ^ jfidfees ^; . £ jrf ^ ^ t , > y the other A they ar ^ subjec t tpL iT ^^ L ^ k ^ e o u trage rrom a Ja ^ v les | rnf > b ., If gtipii ? ing one of ( hese emi ^ l ^ m ^ ind ^ Me ; , #$#$ runftifdfheotfyer . B ^ V aj TvV : eU- c ^^^ tuted governmentsguai (| ec | ua ^ Iyagaintit both . 1 ndeed ,, of t ^ e % o )) % &J ^ s tf ^ on frevera * ^ ccoiihtsV . ihri leMt ^ M %

    , dreaded , and has dotfe ^ \§ & ji ^^ t W *" chief : It may truly fee s | ijdp&i ^ n > tiousbesfi has desirdyed iirf tJiQ ^ apda I despbrism has destroyed its { ti ^ pip o n ^ Thetoim&t having Uttfe poWdC' ¦ ak ^ no system i ^ o sup ^^ KT it , ^ p ^ es ^ arily fittds its own retnjeily . } and a ; people sooii get out of the tatnuh aiid a ^ a ^ cUjf attehdin ^ it . But a cJ espotisni , w ^/ ijqig a form oi % overnmen * , pftcl ^ tein ^ a rnieS with its Jvrce , is an evil not tb oe ^

    conquered without dreadful ^ tfu ^ gles . it g ; oes on frorn age to affe , debSin ^ f tlio human hjculties , levelling all 1 piStihCr tions ^ and pfeying on the rights ^ alfA blessings of society / TlReserves to be added , that , in a state disturbed t > 7 ^ % c

    whicji is favottftmlife jto the ^ + Mamab mind r andfMUk ii tlboa eitdrtmij AS powers i but in a ^ is ^ te Kabitu $ tttl i $

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    94 " 7 % ^ Spirit of / DespQtum *" ~ - . Price .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 94, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/30/