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niaii x B ^^ PJI ^» S A ° exist . his mjestjf s Government tne points must js (|| l !? e | ir ^ d ; and I would put it to tfre $ 3 s statesmen . If we VM to maiotaiii pur £ &ce ~ -itf we desire still to navigate those vast lakes , let not these afflicting denio ^ agitate and annoy ! As to tfie * Registry of Baptisms , some
doubt still unhappily exists aud it is the ppiiii ^ l [ of M j * Justice Bayley , a judge not le ^ Cttiineut for his integrity than ¦<^^ | i )^^| S 3 ^ fl |^ -W ^ rti \ - tliifct ' ' tlie " registry of a I ^ t ^ )^^ i ^ § p 8 try of birth . The re-^^ r ^' . q ^^ l ^ g ett ^ criB . certainly never can he reoeivtedM t % e same way with parothe one record
dhial ^ ujd ^ ej | i is a uuivei ^ ally ^ r ^ ojmzecf in the courts , but the entry in JHe registry , m Williams * s re-{gistry , po |^ es $ e ^ rib such force . Dissenters ought ^ o . fei ) j > w the real situation in which they stand ; and , apprised of their peril , I trust tfeey will Join in an attempt
to procure $ ec ^ rity . There is' another point on which it h absolutely requisite that we should be incessant in our solicitations , I mean the repeal of the ICesi ' and Corporation Acts ; resolutions , however , on this subject , perfectly in unison with my sentiments , will be laid befpre yoii ; and it is therefore
the less nece ^ arftljat 1 should udw eularge upon tixh jsu ^ iect . We are told by the " Qtiuri&rlyjleviiew ' * that many ot the lavVs of tvlncli we ^ complain are obsolete , and aire rendered inoperative by the effect of the atintotIndemnity Act ; but I maintain that , notwithstanding that act , us
these laws do o ^ ess most severely , and ah I iilstaape sh ^ ll be given . — Mr . Mt ^ N ^ a respectable solicito r at Tenr ter&m ; ffi ^ Rent , and is much and dotei *^ aJy ^ t ^ enjed by the corporation of thaj ! - | 6 # ri , titid whp , on the death of his prtMtf ;^ ivas offered the situation hel d by Mm Hi' that corporation ; yet here the ) 4 vvs to \ ihtch I have alluded prejudifejall j ? ihtcrfiered , and deprived him of an honourable and lucrative office ^ otfceryirisc withW lii . fr ^ ch . ; 'I he design ' of ihe cyr-|» oiatl (> tS iuliis favour tvaa con > plqt ( ijy ' ruMhl i t « d . ^' auiiual tnHenMn Z ' et fe |'( M ' » fe « aie WUiih libMfeivdtfTiie m * Jv
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^ mfgm mimmiw&i £ f- fy ^}*^ Ste ^ Bfi »| Wn ^ ww . n : > 5 fc *™* \ ¥ j 0 js ^ jtpi | e ^^ j ^ ^ i bgnvet the Jione ^ e exp ^ Gtatio j ^ ^ pjf ey ^ ry ^ jman are frustrat ed , W ^ o rlove ^ - Ws ^^ n ^ djence and his God lietier . jhjsm , &if ! Here then is one fl ^ -
graut instance , at the least , where the wishes of the corporation , and the hopes of ati honest man , were entirely . set at nought ; and an individual was ' elected who otherwise could not possibly have succeeded . Let us then this day , and m this place , vow that we will never be satisfied until not a remnant of them
shall remain ! It is only by sound acquaintance with the generally diffused and unceasing exertions for their repeal , that we can ever hope to conquer these oppressive statutes . While they remain , they will be made instruments for our injury , and it is only by soundness in re ~ llgious principle that we can prevent the
continuance of these wrongs . —I turn to America . What was theory , is there fulfilled in fact . There , there is no state religion , and there is not a happier nation upon earth— -there is not a country where education arid religion are more eminently diffused ! Each denomination
is permit ted to celebrate its own rites in perfect independence , and all live in perfect harmony and lore 1 There they are not enlisting human power to support the arm of the Almighty—as though Omnipotence could not rule over his
own dominion ; and as though He , whose will is destiny , wanted the withered arm off man to carry on his work below . I am glad Of au opportunity of adverting to this , for it does honour to human nature : I will not permit myself to fear that freedom will continue to lie under a cloud .
ftp I u ? e who have our Bible Societies throughout the world—we who are sending missionaries to every part of the earth , ougjn not , must not , doubt that there is a change approaching when all its glory , all its ardent and demonstrating effects shall be fully known . No ; we will not fear biit that the love of liberty ,
the love of true and pure religion will yet burst forth with all its glorious and refulgent light . In this good cause then I pust that we shall ail advance . When our old friends have departed , our younger ones will rally round the standard , and the inclinaiion to sustain religious freedom shall grow into a principle . And if
the spirit of oppression should still arise , I at least wlien departing will say in the words of that brave Gene raj who lay immortal and not dishonoured , but dying in tfye dust , " Fear uot tl ^ e uuiss or opposition : | t ) i * t oNWABips , on ^ Aijj ^ n ,
Pjtf W ^ . HP ?! y ffliA empire i "; . H . K 'f ^^ - .. *«^ do ^ njcffnufiit tor / g > , toitd ^ gnd reiterated cheering .
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m ^^^ Pmiimi ' i ^ ylW . Witm $ > eech . 699
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1825, page 699, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2542/page/59/
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