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meetings , anjr eiie will read tovsa chapter ft ^ m ^^| j # ih | fr " ot ^ t |<| 1 Steekf thereby rectifying an £ ^ rtpr into % hic | i vvp ~ wj » y have been led hy the imperfect translations now in use , he will receive from us due estimation . This point is recommended to all who wish * b fee viMed for their tefcrfli
ing '; and whether we posset atiiong us dny one who can do this , it is left to others , who . ba ^ e m ore experience than the wri ter to determine . The legislature has been occupied for some lime on the bill of Indemnity . There
did not exist in any one's mind a doubt that sutih a bill would &e passed ^ . yet it gave occasion for animated debates lit bdtb houses , in wihich a variety of titcis connected with the Suspension of the Habeas
< 3 otj > iisf act Were developed , and scenes laid open , wnich , iti tfie page tit history , will disgrace this country . Th £ re w&one thitig howerer ^ which no Englishman could bave anticipated , and that Js , that the pains of a
human being should be made the subject <> f inerrirtient id an assembly of senators * Yet soil was . Among-the petitions presented to the House from the < £ <^< m £ s , was one from an infirm did man , W ^ o , ih consequence of the violence used towards him , and the
weight of his irons , was obliged to undergo a painful operation fbr a rojJfttre . \ ^ ! fnis was chosen & $ the ; thetiae for a display of wit by a member of adniimstration , celebrated for his parodies and satirical verses on all with whom he is now associated in the bonds of friendship . The torture of a
man under the agonizing pains of a dread * ful operation , excited a general laugh on otie side of th £ Abuse , v / he * dressed tip in all the meretricious arts of Serous eloq * en « &k What would tliis speaker have said to his friends during- the six weeks that he
lay oa his bed incapable of taming hitoself from the ball sW ttri-ottgh hw bttttbcfcs by this now valued friend Whose place he had be ^ n secretly tindermJttihff ? Wfettt Would fete have said , if hte plains had been turned into
a jest , and hfeWb ^ n made the object of their it ^ rrimetit ? This feature in the pmsfeg 4 > T the IM&tinliy bi » , tviM not be emily forgotten . The negteet bf pelitiotife WAs to hi feXjiected ; that the * ffl > etimtfe of th ^ priso ^ r * h ( Mild be a tnttiter of } e » % l > e ^
tmjfk erwA * & > gr& > 6 f 3 e | Mr « vitft arid vre tfligf ^ t Wish add b « d tk % te > as inflects e ^ qil » l dPi ^ r ^^ e on the speaker , And on those \ Vbo doMd ^ Mintetmhce sttch mitfplftced buffoonery . lit FHkftfc ^ tfre ifeHftfrei of th ^ ir fion ^ s
continue to be uninteresting . Libels as tttfcy > && mm , ftre daily pul ^ i ^ h ^ d , Bad t » i ^ fi ^ t ^ dt ^ hi ' e ot paf ^ i < f ^ ^ prevent the writers from giving theHTeiftj st ^ tb the ^ p ^ Hou Wm ytet * # kl ftflft the #$ d * l ^ % m Hi ft ^ h ^ e . TT ^ e CtaMfef * . da ^ ciffords matter for much spec ulation t
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the difficulties in its way are the bishoprics , for ^ hi eli funds are nat gas i fy ta be found . ^ 9 f W-WWW J }^ i # nd | e ^ rtb be sup-P # rl ^ y ^ ub } icop ^ iio » is s 6 much against it , that the Pope and his clergy are sunk too low ever to be again the authors of much mischief . tJffcfc shot at tho Duke of Wellington occupies still some attetition . ? ,, «¦"¦
The Polish Diet is abant to assemble , and the r ^ Mript of ; tfre Emperor Alexander on this subject does hiiii great credit ; The Autocrat seems to have better ideas-- > 'off Civil kiid religions ifcerty thitn any other sovejpfcfgff in Eufo |> e 5 and Poland stands a chance of enjoying tn < yre happiness under his m \} d domi * iron , thfin it coi >^ d have done tinder its form ^ p rou ddomineering an *
, oppressive aflitocracyv — ^ F ^ m ^ is ^ Africa , the accounts ar * afflicting to humanity , ^ paih fefas ever b ^ ett crueL Ahd it was not to be e ^^ eted that
Mitia , if taken , would b ^ treated otherwise th ^ n aia ^ ieL But tbe pa * liB « nis af the Spanish misrule , forgot tfcat their opponenis had tfie power of Vefcaiie % iou , and abo ? e a hundred Spafn ' ar ^ ds hare b « W fiacrifieeti to the manes of the unfortunate
chieftain . When the passions are thus let loose , the ! consequences must be 8 r « adfu ^ % the trAr must be liow carried oil to the annihilation of one or o&er of the parties . If Spam succeeffs , gibbets , tortures , And nil ike hqrrorsof thelnqni 9 ition will be iteaveng ^ - i ng instruments . We could hope that the other party , if successful , will not disgrace ks « &age by moh wretched and unjustifiable
expedients . . ' .-.. . Before this report is concluded , it maybe tho % g * hthy s < rme incumbent on the writer to tale notice of our friend B els ham ' s Ifest tirade—but the contest is too trifling . Oft the subject of his indignation it will be bnfr ficient to say , Qui < $ apit Me tfa&t : and once for all , he . i « recomBi « mled to Mr . Ro * binson ' s History of Baptism , ia which he will find a full refutation of all thai he Itffc
advanced on infaht baptism and hab ^ sprinkling . It is rather extraordinary thfct he should either not hare seen , or have made so little uso of that excellent work , in which there is more learning , and a h ^ MHr description of the manners aiid customs « f the early Cl » iJ * tiAa » , ihdn perhaps in any othfe ^ r ecelesiastical writer- As to ^ eimv
putfttion of the writer bf this paper 6 telo * lg » in ^ to a sect of late date > thesis a mistake ef oar worthy friend : for , when the writer quitted the « ect « stahli « jhed by lawy he T <» 1 low ^ d the exfttdpiie » fPdul * and * abl cohfering with fl ^ h itnd bh > oA , gwe hiimmiS wh <>) ly to the aafet ^ Scrtptirress and t # i those ortiy : ab 4 hU ««<^ tf it » tt > be cAlWT * t *«* t , fti 'Hmt lO ^ whieh Fftai bei « n ^ ed 9 « Hd wh lie
* f Wtim b ^ spok ^ » n « oia » " after the nmit&tibwt * # & $ ocAl heresy , worship 1 the God of mv Fathers . "
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 223, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/71/
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