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meaiorstions might not celebrate hU ffivtb-da& ; they were not needed ; hi « predictiona , bad keen accomplished ; ne- ^ glegt of hm warnings was deplored ; the . ruin $ he would have prevented , were a sad memorial of hi& wisdom . Great bad >
Ijeen his labours and successes ; in hun » Protestant Dissenters and civil and reli ^ gioug freedom ever found a steady and powerful advocate . By bi $ assertion of the rights of juries , m affairs of libel , be had formed £ mound against the torrents q { overwhelming power , destructive to
the freedom of the press . Humanity exulted and his heart was happy , as he prevailed on Parliament to decree , that the slave trade was no more . Mighty was his eloquence ; masses of prejudice and interest , vast and rocky , were swept away by its resistless power ; it was a
cataract impelling and subhme . But he delighted rather to view him as he flowed , in the retirement that he loved , transparent anxl unruflied as a lake , meandering as a river through a sylvan vale . He delighted to see the averter of war , the opponent ; of slavery , the unbought defender of freedom , the intrepid maintainer
of the right * of Dissenters and of conscience , the giant of the Senate-house relaxing to gentlest efforts ; yet efforts shewing a simple and nature-loving mindv He delighted , as he seemed to view him cultivate his fifty specimens of roses in his garden ; and hasten to Paris , by
research to vindicate the memory of the illustrious Russell , He delighted as he rea , d his correspondence with Wakefield , on the literature of Greece ; or , as he beheld his portrait sketched by Rogers , in his poem , on Human Life .
And now once more , where most he lov'd to be , In his own fields , breathing tranquillity ; We hail him , not less happy , Fqx , than thee !
Thee at St . Anne ' s so soon ef ca * e beguH'd , Playful , sincere , and artless , as a child ! Thee , who would ' st wateh a bird's neat on the spray , Through the green leaves exploring day by day . How oft frqm grove to grove , from
seat to aeatl , With thee conversing in thy lovM m * treat , I Saw the sun go down t Ah , then t 'twas , thine , - Ne er to , forget some volume half dU
vine : Shatepeairts or Drydim'a through the chequffc'd ahade , « prne in thy hand hshin <* thae ^ as we stjjiy'd , ^ m where wo sata ( and mnav ji hrtt . we rmm
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To read there with « fervour all thy own , And in thy gran . d and i » eJaucholy tou ^> Som * splendid passage not to th ^ to unknown , Fit theme for long dUrcsonr ^ e .- ^ -rTby bett haa toll'd .
But he would add the lines of the same poet , addressed to the noble Chairman * as the reason of his present pleasure and his ftiture hope ; " But in this place , among us ,, we behold One who resembles thee V ( Reiterated applause . }
Whilst he was encouraged by the ex- » pected aid of surviving legislators and honourable men , he would also refer with loyal pleasure ta the conduct of the King . Very lately he had been addressed by the Dissenting Ministers of the me-r tropolis , on his accession to the throne .
Then he had assured them of his < purpose to preserve the toleration inviolate ; and although mere toleration could not limit his wishes , and was really an assertion of that right to tolerate , which it was the business of the friends of freedom to deny ; { continued cheers - ) yet from the
eonduct of the King on that occasion , he was willing to draw more favourable auguries . The reception of the ministers was gracious ; court etiquette was of course observed ; but it was obvious , that the heart of the King corresponded with his words . He added some
observations to the prepared reply , that proved his liberal sensibility , and that he waa interested and impressed . { Plaudits . ) Well might that occur ; the atmosphere of courts was frequently and intention ^
ally obscured ; but the light of nature andl of truth would sometimes penetrate . His Majesty was too well versed in the history of his country and his House ^ not to know that he was then surrounded toy the descendants of those men . whose
support that Royal House was accustomed to desire ; by men whose good wishes were unbaught , and < of whose esteem ; princes had been proud . { Cheers . ) Like b ^ venerable father , he would probably think if : he did not , like him , utter
—rwhen tola by one of his servants that hia Diasent \ ug Minister prayed for him with all his hea * t : " Yes t Yes ! If he prayed , it must be from his heart ; as > for his , prayers , he is not paid . { Great applwme . )
To these hopes , supplied toy the force 0 f fcratfi , tke aid of statesmen , the khul B 0 sjt qf the monarch , He would add a tleduotloit from recent experience witfc tvhkfc be i « ott !* eonofculfc , —Of all Hio mm ; UuXMighMfe fap w * M teaet WMy M » Ntecto * WMk die ibwet ^ or Mbertm < | mt tag hoem tfco e « ijiitee of Sf aki ; ifcfc **
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fftt 0 lttg'&nce . ~* Pr&testmfit & ** t € iy : Mr . &Uk * s Spereti . 49 ^ 5
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1820, page 495, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2491/page/51/
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