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nity ; and , above all , the extension of equal laws and equal rights to all classes of his Majesty ' s subjects . Engaged in these sacred duties , our success for the people is highly probable , unless we are thwarted by the people
themselves- We have no idea of acting for persons who would be so foolish as to put themselves in the power of their enemies ; and we now , and for ever , disclaim any kind of alliance with persons
who could be so wicked as to commit crimes—besides , our power to do good is necessarily weakened by any disturbance on the part of the people , whilst the strength of their enemies is thereby augmented and reinforced .
Thus , fellow-countrymen , we have submitted to your judgment and reason these topics—1 st . That no good has ever been the result of Whiteboy disturbances and secret
societies . 2 d . That the persons engaged therein are liable to the severest punishmentto imprisonment , whipping , transportation and death .
3 d . We have shewn you that your religion distinctly and loudly prohibits and condemns all the outrages and crimes which are produced by Whiteboyism and secret societies . 4 th . That it would be quite foolish and absurd to expect any kind of success from Whiteboyism or secret societies .
5 th . That such disturbances give great pleasure and many advantages to the Orange faction , and are , in general , secretly instigated by that foul faction . 6 th . That these disturbances and
secret societies are reprobated and condemned by your excellent and matchless clergy—a clergy whom you ought not only to esteem and to love , but whose advice you are bound to respect and obev .
7 th . That these disturbances and secret societies are most distinctly and emphatically condemned by your most sincere friends , the Catholic Association of Ireland . 8 th . That the necessary consequences
of such disturbances and Wliiteboy societies , is to impede our legal and constitutional exertions in our progress to put down the Orange faction , to obtain redress for many of the oppressions and grievances under which you labour , and , in fine , to achieve Catholic Emancipation
There remains one topic more , and that is peculiar to the present times . We have , at length , an Attorney-General who exposes faction , and is anxious to do his duty impartially to all the King ' s subjects . We have , for Lord Lieutenant , an Irish Nobleman , who loves the land of his birth , of which he in a bright ornament , and wlio is sincerely solicitous to give her
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peace , quiet , liberty and happiness *; but above all , and greatest of all , we Lave now upon the throne a Monarch , to wliom the people of Ireland ought to look with affectionate hope ; a Monarch who had the good sense and the manliness to commence his reign by that noble decla
ration , " That power was a trust for the jrood of the people ; " the first British Monarch who ever reached the shores of Ireland in the sweet garb of peace , and for the purposes of be uevolence and kindness ; a Monarch who has often declared his warm affection for his Irish subjects
and of whom we have every reason to believe that the leading wish of his patriotic and cultivated mind is to see dissension cease , and cordial unanimity of sentiment prevail in Ireland . In the name , then , of common sense , which forbids you to seek foolish
coursesby the hate you bear the Orangemen , who are your natural enemies ; by the confidence you repose in the Catholic Association , who are your natural and zealous friends ; by the respect and affectioii you entertain for your clergy , who alone visit with comfort your beds of sickness and desolation ; by all these
powerful motives , and still more by the affectionate reverence you bear for the gracious Monarch who deigns to think of your sufferings with a view to your relief ; and ,-above all , and infinitely beyond all , in the name of religion , and of the living God , we conjure you to abstain from all secret and illegal societies and Whiteboy disturbances and outrages .
So shall you permit us to seek , by peaceful , legal and constitutional means , for redress of your grievances and oppressions 5 and so shall you enable us to obtain for our beloved country those constitutional privileges and blessings which can alone make her what she ought to
be—<< —Great , glorious and free , First flower of the earth , and first gem of the sea . "
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There will be a religious service on the settlement of Mr . Edward Tagart , as Minister of the Octagon Chapel , at Norwich ^ on Wednesday , August lOtli - Mr . William Turner , Jun ., of York , will deliver the Charge to the Minister , and Mr . W . J . Fox , of London , will address the congregation . E- T .
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The Rev . John Howard Ryj-awiv Birmingham , has accepted the . unanimous invitation of the members of the Unitarian Chapel at Diss , in Norfolk , to succeed their late pastor , the . Rev-. Charleft P . Valentine .
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432 Intelligence . —Notices .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1825, page 432, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2538/page/48/
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