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    Rciiew of the letter fb W \ Skitb , 1 E $$ . M . Rxjrom % fi& Souihey , JE * £ . 27 $

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    o ^ ril ? R % nb& ! & i > £ rhay be a terft * of Sparii ^ i ori g in ; ^ fid J ^ f . Spu ^ h ey , a * a ^ master of that language * itiay be able f to affifc to it a'VerV itialignant sigfVifipat i 6 n : i \\\\; y $ e 'fiav ^' no

    notipii . jthai it is nevef ^ used in any other s ^ nse ' , or was indeed , on this dccasron ; bdt ' wa ' s ' rnerery meant to cofrvey the chaVge' of a tharige' of opinion , or associates , vvfthout any charge of moral turpitude : We think then that if Air , Smith is never guilty of a

    greater crime than the loose application of this term to Mr . Southey , he may recline without remorse on a dyirt ^ * pi l low . We think too , that Mr . SoutViey speaks rather from the efterve \ cerY 6 e of his mind , when he calls Mr . Smith a slanderer , than frdin ahy iiripression of deep depravity that he conceives to rest on Mr . Stbith ;"

    5 rfiere ^ rtins , howerer , through tTHs lerfe r li & . spi rit of censure and contempt w ¥ n * < inwe fhirrlv is not entitled nx 5 iurU ]§<* b ^ As " to * Kir . Smith ' s knowi hk \} P \ ui rig , ' ^^ ft ° K common re-\) ort \ ~ vvho" Was the author of t-he atilbld'in th ^ QulH ^ rt y Review , we cart ^ Si % re x ? with Mt . Southey . Evideixce ^ W yucfi a . fatrt is imt difficult io * fee o 8 tained , and in the presence of * iiome external evidence , internal of

    evrdeilde in the wor ^ s ^ 6 volutninoua ^ . vVriter as Mr . Southey wil l iurrt the scale . Mr . Smith believed he had sufficient" evidence of this production r ^> eing Mr . Southey s — and thcije is ' a bitter spirit in this article . Ife who calls liis opponents "the greatest of scoundrels , " has little . reason 1 * 6 Criticise with severity die language x usfrtf h y olhers . In ihis leifc'f' Mr . Brougham is classed With

    the Herniah Tribune Clbdius , wi £ fi wlial colour of justice we know not . At a time when the commerce of tke sixes was not strictly guarded by Cubh c c ^ piriion , this unhanpj Trinne ;\ yas the scandal of his a ^ e . IJtJepitfe'ii ^ , adulterous , incestuous , a profaner of the mysteries , a n ^ urderer , trie en ^ niv of ail excellence , the burner of (\ ie lidUse of Cicero , he directed

    all hits J ) ower to purposes of the inost depraved , selfishness . Is no U&s than all this the character of Mi * . 'Bjft > Li ^ ha m ? Is this the equity of the amiable and bfchevolent Poet Laureate . ffbw' detestable is part \ feeling , if sucfi e ^ ceifence as thai of Mr . So uthey , i ? capable of thir ^ Fc ? eiing it « ififlvi-

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    end&& ShsrarlSoifc W ^ Tft ^ dj t ^ a ^> M f 3 . Brx $ dgkictc iras pure ^ in mprai ^^ w ^ Da ^ ke ofr . Wellington s &t ^^ 1 ^ , 7 ^ % amiaWe > ( fdr : s \ Tiehr : H- ^^ jJwi ? Nieison , tber ; vw * o faYm ^ irit ^ s .-of M $ . Soothey , it . wii 1 req ^ i ^ / all- tj ^ e- ^ io j quei ¥ ce of Mri ' &outhey Xq recopc' ^ his writings either to trath s qj \ -d $ r

    cet ^ yl If ' a . 11 the advocates of a , < &m \ m $ tr $ r tionw ^ ere happy moralists , ancj a ^ Tifs opponents corrupt and in ^ pure , M ^ . Sotithey s severity were not only , justifiable but nTeritoriqus ^; but if this bjR riot the fact , there sliould be more discrimination in his censure . Why he sneers av the Unita ^ i pti s , ( except it is on suppo ^ tion qfrthgir

    bad morals ) we cannot tell—rfop t » is is the same author , who de 6 laie ^ ig his ineitioirs of Kirk White , in ^ th ^ spirit of true integrity , that- J ^ e t ^ v ^ entertained opinions

    aditvMstration capable- elf ft ^ hl i& r ^ ^ hatred against UakariatiS ?? f&qffra&p every sect of Chcfotiait ^^^ ^ s J 1 9 . uaA Jbe humble when they ^ oak v jpfe { kzp morality , but the Unkar ^ r ^^ r& ^ jrrft below other ' s in moral ra ^ . ^ Xfos Lardners , the Hartleys , t ^ i eu H ^ f tons , are not inferior tn m ^^ M ^ ^ the Laudfj , the Waierlauck , , ^ Ff-tbp

    Sontheys . " I ^ et another pifais ^ ^ h ^ e a ; id not thine own lips . " ilo . w K ^ uy thousands , who have no view to tne opinions or biographical dictionaries of remote ages , nuve Viveci with unsullied character in . the bosom rp ^ trienfamilies , more thankful for the * favour of heaven , which ureWrYetf them in

    vir ^ th ' e , than boastrul ot ; tM ^ i . ri * O |^ n invulnerable purity ! The l ^ iguige of the publican has often t > eot * ib < # & } , in the midst ( if all therr c ^ lte ^ , 4 fjord be merciful to tne a . 6 i im « r ^ o There may , however , be ^ iii ^) c ., ^ s < £ need 110 rept : titancc /> " ^ u 4 l-. vJVj * - Southey may be one of diheifv- ^ . rft when we see the * piou 3 hia u ^ r ^ fyrn ^ f

    our l \ , avci !» L ' r , -vvijo wa 3 . nu 3 -pujfe artu > l /* . Southey , without-Uve sannu , p * i ^ g > - ing ' c % re ^ i 1 nstances , \ ve eannntjrb iftbfcfc struck % wiih ^ -t'hit < lirlt ' mtPceq . Tof ^ ihdli " me * iHal * cBarafett'F : » ^ ' -i ^ ? noqqo ? jd I f ti 1 i i' ( dtter * ba *? & fbeeri / \ fb * ol 4 h < yQ-• liH ( . j > V \ + t « 4 iucuiii risR luxxifj UDUviC ^ t ^ il :

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1817, page 275, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2464/page/19/