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606 Instance of the Operation of the Test and Corporation Acts .
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Tenterden , Sir , October 9 , 1824 . IF you judge the following narrative to be sufficiently interesting to , the Dissecting body at large , and % o all liberal-minded € Jhiirchmen , be so
obliging as to give it a place in your valuable work . The 29 th of August is the day , according to their charter , of electing the iifiayor of Tepterdea , in Kent , and also public office-bearers of that
corporation . Mr . Joseph Munn , in consequence of being ; articled to Mr . Witts , who had been for a considerable period the town-clerk , and afterwards having entered into partnership with liim , had for some years virtually filled the office , and this to the entire
satisfaction of the corporation ; Mr . Witts , from a nervous affection , not being able to apply himself to business . In these circumstances it was at length judged to be necessary to elect another person . Mr . Munn , of consequence , naturally offered himself
to the corporation , apd had a very fair prqspect of success > although , as a Dissenter , he could not conscientiously comply with the provisions of the above Acts . An opposition took place , and the opposing candidate availing himself of the circumstance
just stated , and objecting that Mr . Munn as . not qualified r and determined npt to qualify , was not eligible , this objection prove < l fatal , nullifying every vote which He ight be given . him . Upon this Mr- Muna declined , a , nd the opposing candidate w ^ s of cours e elected ; Mr . Munn receiving ; the most flattering expressions , of respect and
approbation from the corporation and all present . Upon Mr . Munn ' 3 return , hom ^ he received a most pleasing testimony of approval , frpit ) , his venerably a nd respected pastor , in a letter , ; with the presentatioiy of tm giiii ^ eas . . fbjr ftgp ld medal XQ have the following inscriptions :
Tenterden , August 29 , . 1824 . /\ Tribute of Respect To unshaken uprightness > frpm The Rev . L . Holdch To Mr . Joseph Munn , Upon his refusing to prostitute The Lord ' s S . upper As a qualification for a Civil Office .
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On the reverse : The Triumph of Truth .
Let it be understood that the sole ground of these circumstances being offered to public attention , is to awaken the minds of Dissenters , and all liberal members of the Established Church , to a just sense of the disqualifying nature of the above-mentioned Acts , so unworthy of a land of freedom
It is also to be observed , that ^ the very circumstance which recommends a person to any public office 0 r piaffe of trust , even'his conscientipusaess , is here the cause of his disquklificatiofiL Whereas unprincipled persons ,
whether Dissenters or otherwise , and those who reject all religion , natural or revealed , will have no scrupjes of the kind , but will readily comply as matter of form , and may thus hold the highest and most important offices
of the state . We may confidently assert also , and this without fear of contradiction , that th 6 Dissenters , as a body , have ever proved themselves tlie true friends of the civil and political constitution of their country .
AMICUS .
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Sir , YOUR Correspondent frona Bristol ( pp . 201 , 202 ) has , undoubtedly , been a little too indiserimmate in his ft ¦ " * t *¦ y . ' . •'•' .- ¦ I ' - » J k > r 1
severe centres , of Umt ^ rians 5 , uppn the important subject of tlie ^ duc ? ition of the poor . Many great and honourable exce ^ ti ^ n ^ inay certainly be , adduced , and w ] hich perhaps are not much "inferior to the solitary one
yvjncfy , he has - . mentioned . But I am afraid i % will . be f ^ nd tl ^ at another of yftur . tfojcf ^ jp 6 iiqenis , * f Vejus /' vyho wiite ^ frodi > Si } efl ^ d ,. ( pj >» 54 P , ^ 50 >) Jtas Jt >^ at i ^ as ^ ^ quf rtly , . undistin ^ niahiug ' . i \\ hls ( vindicatioii « if the tfnitanans trom these charges . , Tae former has asserted , that it ; is a la-Jher ^
ii ^ enjt ^ blefiact , that among Unitarian C ^ r ^ t ^ nsi ; are to be found t hose , > hd ^ : $% r % Wi ^ wh o , ifjiot averse , are : ^ ma ^ ilfestly ;; i || diflfei ^ nt , to the . teaching j of tKe poor ,, in otter words , to . Sunday-Scbopls . In j'eply tp tjiit ^ , Verus undertakes most positively to deny the correctness of tjie general statement as to the facts .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1824, page 606, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2529/page/30/
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