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atiMmsaad fCackjiowladged meist , who axe thereby i » juj < ed ! and ; defrauded of th ^ u ? rig hts > n thousand , ** vhd ; though jusSHfep ^ mftSWtoej | ipI ^ ynle «^ arc && > nied ity ^ 'feile itt is besttovved on those who < femt ¥£ it liot ^ isotrw ^ imes ^ venae tfce -wages ; of iniquity , t&roiighj . the me-7
diction mid interest ofan atdotoaplice of tfyeir crimes . What horror , Sire I that such ; abuses should prevail . The vineyard brings -forth only weeds , and thorns , CGhese are , resentments * clamours , aAd cojaaplaints , ) - Which ' cannot be i « emedied , but ? > by driving / from the midst of it these perverse husbandmen ,
fulminating against : 1 ; he * n / the sentence of tjie A&nighty , fC Destrdy those wicked men /' There are also warlike labourers in the Spanish vineyard . The individuals Of this department have a right , " as the defenders of their ¦• country /* that
justice should be rdnuerad to then * heroism , —that equity should- be obserVed in the distribution of . rewards and ranks , —that merit should obtain a * preference , ; aaad , theA , •! activity and valduf should take thelelafl of laziness
and • cowardice . TEbii j rfa * ? peculiarly needful in ' a profession hawltere honour holds so prominent a - place- But is this the teality ? \ Ah , \ 8 i ? e 1 Thousands of military men of * merit' deplore the
waftt of jUstice ^^ H-the Scandalous disorder which ieontrary fa your good intentions ) prevails in this branch of the service ofi fthe / . « tateJ Thousands
of men of vatofiitf see ^ others who , by intrigues and interefetr iei \ joy ct fictitious fame , elevated afobvts rthem , true nueiit being obsciiredby that which is unreal . Thousands o ^ nbt ^ LV ^ e irien who hkve been feithful to their country , see others , though tarnished by disloyalty ,
* 1 * yet covered by 5 tfuc veil of interest / 1 receive those raUitag'in justice due to t ^ e former . . Thtnisands of heroes , their botfies full of honourable scars , wfro are entitled to the highest rewards which' cari be bestowed , ftnd theniseivnes oppressed by waEQ ^ , scaitteTed through t £ e B ^ tu > ia , Hay ,: sometimes even in
prison , because ha none in powt * r tvaii raise his face tie : obtain justice for th ^ m ,- ^ because ho > one co mpassionates theic ntisfottitooafe . These mt im yery afottd , ^ raifibng their ^ hmld © to heRveny ^ pfotyiqg that t ^ e juatic ^ of yoiir Ma- » j ^ a ty m ^ y smM t& the < ftHn < jneAt «* the isen ^ em ^ of the Fathe r of ftitmli&i y ** t'&&tit 6 ptfease wicked mew /* ' i > ii " f | t ¦
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Finally , there arei in ^ the ^ rifieyard of Spain innumerable judicial f labourer 8 in tribunajg , gowsnimeiltstf rand a vaHetyof situations in which they ought to administer justice ; but what cotifaJ sian and disorder exists among them ! I throw a g lance around > the whole Peninsula ,- ^ examine the dentiments
of its iuhabitant * , ^—l ^ hear theit w 6 rds and * teflec € me thekl ^ omplainltS ; All 'Spain reseiftblos * oike -groat hospital , wherS each ? one bewails « his ' miserable lot One lains because that
. comp po weir ^ olipses ju ^ tice ^^^ becaa ^ e ^^^ tti has nibbed the balance > % o the op {> o ^ site sdde ^ 4 > ecause his rights are septtldhred without a chance of resu ^ ifectioh before the world « end . ' Others
lament the want of tnotfey torender their just claims effectual , without which their labours arid fatiguefe , they see , are lost . Th ^ ftsands of sufferers complaih ' becisftise that , under the nattie of rees in jj ^ osecuti&g their causes , they have beeit robbed J of all they had ,
and left prostratein the ; dfcffMi 6 f mis ery ^ from which they ! eaXk " 'never extricate' thecti « elves ^ unk ^ s Jesus Ghris « descend to jrive them Ms hand , a ^ he-dtdf to 'the ^ alaljrtfe person mentioned by the evangelist * Thfe conduct of these Wicked husbaiidmen , Site , is it
grievous to the nation ^ fitte With sorrow , —fwces it on to the fatal verge of most dangerous discontent , and imperiously demands that your Majesty should appfy to them the sentence of the Most High " Destroy those wicked men "
Sj ^ coki > . Wherefore it > Sire * after singing songB of triumph over foreign foes , that we are in such danger from domestic enertiies ? Gail it be possible , ot " tx > r all the labours of your Majesty hi search of men to execute thfci * duties faithfully and
promote our % apj > uieeg , that t&e vi&eyfcra of our nation ftfd&ac&d only tve& d * tod thorns m fyX&te ^ fifyit ? Can it be possible ' tha « s ^> many magistrates and itiiniet ^ rs wh ^ » fe at * e givett such proofs of fidtelity toivardB you , tiie c 0 tm «? y and reliffion , —who have' snflered so 1
mt&ehy w ^^ eVetk exposed theirlives for yote nm theAK - ^ caA ' ft be poseible that muM fiftfeH > fere C ^ e 4 e ^ & or utifaithfuf in ? ifce dfechatge of thefir-ofrligfttious ? i ' » - « J ¦ Alas I frokn henee' I ' tftlofc I hear eafehf of the nrinifetetfS e ^ tairti , ^ The jmto h fe « l 0 t unh ^ py ch ^ t ^ fc A * y
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 384, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/4/
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