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ch a ins that burst from around him , anq he stands redeemed * regenerated , and disenthralled tby tthe Irresistible genius of universal emancipation . 3 . Irish Hospitality ,
An Irishman ' s hospitality is not the running account of posted and ledger ed courtesies , as $ & otfoer countries ; it springs like all his qualities , his faults , his ? virtues—directly from the heart .
The heart of an Iris&inan is by nature bold , and he confides ; it is tender , and he loves ; it is generous , and he gfv $ 3 £ it is social , and he is Jjospitable .
4 . Scotland , A nation east between the spiritless acquiescence of submissive poverty , and the sturdy credulity of pampered wealth ; cool and ardent , adventurous and persevering ; winging her eagle flight against the blaze of every science ,
with an eye that never winks , and a wing that never tires ; crowned with the-spoite of every art , and decked with the w ^ ea tfi of every muse , from the deep , stud scrutinizing researches of her Hum ? ,. , to the $ wee $ . and ; ? simply but » ot . }^ ss sublime and pathetic morality of her Burns .
5 . For ^ ce of Pu blic Opinion . Though a certain class of delinquents may be screened from punishment , they cannot be protected from hatred and derision . Ti * e great tribunal of reputation will pass its inexorable sentence upon their crimes , their
follies and their incompetency ; they will sink themselves under the consciousness of their own situation ; they will feel the operation of an acid so neutralizing the malignity of their natures , as to make them at least harmless , if it cannot make them innocent .
If . you are obliged to arraign the acts of those in high station , approach them not ii ^ malice , nor favour , nor fear . Remember that it is the condition of guilt to tremble , and of honesty to be bold ; remember that your false fear caa only give them false courage ;—f
that while you pobly a , vow the cause of truti ^ you will find her shield your impenetrable protection , £ ui < J that no attack can either be hazardous , or inefficiefyj ^ if it be j ust w <| , reaplute * If Natl « H * Iwl n ^ fof ) tiA ^ ii Hn » elfin the boldness and directness of his charge ,
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he might have been hanged for the malice of his parable .
Q . Bigotry . ..,-.,- f Analyze the bigot's object , said \ ye see , he takes nothing from religion but a flimsy pretext in the profanation of its name . He professes the correction of error and the propagation of truth 5 but when he has gained the victory ^
what are the terms he proposes for ' * himself ? Power and profit * What terms does he make for religion } Pro *' fesston and conformity * What is that profession ? The mere utter&nce of the lips—tlieutteranceof sounds which after a pulsation or two upon the air m
are just as visible and lasting as they are audible . What is the conformity- ?' Is it the forgiveness of injuries , th « payment of debts , or the practice of charity ? No-such things . It is the performance of some bodily gesture , It is going to some place of worship ; It is to stand , or bo kneel , or to bow y
but it is not a conformity that ha $ afey * thing to do with the heart , the ji ^ g ^ ment , or the conduct * All these thingC bigotry meddles not with , but leaves them to religion herself to perform ! Bigotry only adds one moj * e , and that a vary odious one , to the number of those human stains , which it is thfc
business of true 'religion not to tfc * rn out with the bigot ' s fire , btit to / ex * punge and wash away with the Christian ^ tears . S uch invariably in aty countries and ages have been the motives of the bigot ' s conftiets , such the use of his victories ;—4-not the propagation of opinion , but the engrossment of power and plunder .
7- The Revolution . The glorious aera of the revolution shewed that if man descends , it is not in his own proper motion ; that it i $ with labour and with pain , and that he can continue to sink only until by
the force and pressure of the descent ^ the spring of his immortal faculties acquires that recuperative energy and effort that hurries him as many miles aloft , —he sinks but to rise again , It is in that period that the state « eek $ for shelter in the destruction of the
press , — .. then that tiie tyrant prepares for an attack 11 pon ^ the people by destroying i the liberty of the prejs 8 r—by taking away that shietd of wtwlom aild virtue behind which tlic people aro
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Specimens of Mr . CurrmCs Eloquence . 545
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1818, page 545, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2480/page/9/
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