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ifcsite Aiimf ^ wwvffifc ^^ **? h ^^ k ^^^ ' s ^ - 'ttPsi ?^ # mr &mfilr 7 $ ? tm e # P * r *!§ &P ?* r-au $ , seek to r&e yW ? cfeyreh ; , to eminence by a displ ^ of , t h $ H * virtue hel 4 out , b ^ y the e&mPt&fcf&RM * tp all maukiad . TbfbiS e ^ ii » 3 # Tqwnsen : ^ assured
^ . ^^ ti ^ g ^^ ait so entirely was he the jgjpgjfldWf ? p ? fice > tlm if he thought ,, the itffflffih : < i $ * i&& ; ty ifce least degree tjy its flr £ ^ # te $ , q < ni £ tii < q&qn or proceedings tp > " jfepipr . ojjaption of discord ox disunion , Ij ^ oujji jte t ^ last to approve or suppprt . it ; but he contemplated it as an
fnstitutum formed for protection and de ^ fence * and principally , oi $ ho $ e . who . wer& livable to protect themselves . Th $ representation that had that day been made to thein suf ^ cienily established the imporfawe of its objects , and the propriety witih which . those objects were effected .
The cases only of ti ^ e two ministers ap * pretyg ^ a ^ d aj ; Newport Pagnell , ancf of t ^ e ' fflejfeh couple who had . l > een refused ^ ajrlage because they were Dissenters , were pf jtkeinselves amply sufficient to provesthe utility of the Society , $ ut for
t £ ? assistance those parties n ^ ver cpuld ha \^ e ob tained redress . And thus , while protectuig the feeble against the niighty , the Soqie | y should by all tfe justly ap ^ proved / And he particularly would rq- ? meinber , not only . the good that it has actually jperfoirmed , but ifce evil it has
prevented * Doubtless Ji # d it not been for its existence , eren worse instancea , of persecution would have occurred ; for it was well known that in this Society the ; , hunablest would be able to procure re * dress > and thus the proudesyt ? were cautioned to " Beware . " He knew . inapY clergymen who were most excellent and
kmd , and who would pe as ready as himself to deprecate the varjotis instances of wrong which , others $ f theii : body had performed . He ( cpucluded by r ^ - ^ xpressmg his w ^ arm attachment ^ to th $ principles of the Society , a , nd his desire for Its success . ' ' * . '' ¦ ¦* ¦ •• ¦• ¦¦¦¦
The Re ^ S ^ ppx ^ G moved tjie two uext resolutions , which were seglided ^ y / The Rey . Di \ Codman from America , Wftp assure ^ the meeting that he should na , ve hesitated to step forward upon that occasion , T ^ d nut the kind , affectionate aqd liberal sentameut ^ which had been in
S xP ^ ssed veference ^ to his beloved country , re ; a | Jy compelled , him to appear . 4 # 4 tjxouyh an Ani ^ cfiu , if aiSorcled him Sf jH ^^ feu rejo address a Cltai i r * W "y . ^ iW ^ fcr of the British Parliament , tvit ^ i , ijm ct yjn ^ xiqn pleasure h , ejiiid Wefifled at fihmf&nfy . 9 pd W U ^ ^ 7 ^ i ^ ° f # M ^ l h * $ . oeffirrc 4 , TO ^^ ^ ^ Pf ^ ial ^ ejight to . the Iui ^ i ^ qms
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aid ^ J 8 R ^ eJ ^| rrftenjlJ ^ sje oajpe t "W * vthftt . ^ f 3 ^ vej ^^^ l ^^ Ws a ^ tiv ^ . ^ 94 , ptpus . ^ glh gr ^ fn tfie c ity ^ of Paris , wquJ 4 ^^ B ^ ^ ^ e ^ Desqended . fyp ^^^ ri ^ n ^ ^ ncesto ^ , and conning irpno % pajffc t > f ^ e world which was peopled by ^ fae Nonconformists of this country ., % c ^ iuld not but rejoice in the ^ abli ^ bnie | iti Society for the
, pa support of ^^ flbp ^ e principles for which ihese hqly meaJU ^ ft their native shores , and planted tjie staivJard of the cross in the western wo . tgld . The meetiag would be now persuaded to rejoice with him , when jie assured them that in America there was no . iieed for the establishment
of such a society L There every denomination enjoy the same rights and privileges . There , he thanked God , no question would ^ arise as \ o the emancipation of any body—for there every naan , whether Catholic or Protestant , Episcopalian ,
Presbyterian or Baptist , or of any other denomination ^ is eligible to serve in the highest offices of state . And no evil bad been produced ; but effects precisely the reverse > -r-and he would conclude with an expression of his ardent wish that Religious Liberty would prevail ,
unshackled and complete , in erery country throughput the world . The Rev . Joseph Fletcher , M . A ., in proposing the next resolution , observed , that the atmosphere was oppressive —but it was the atmosphere of liberty ! He felt that duller should he be than the
dull leaf that grew on Lethe ' s banks , if he did wot willingly take a part in the proceedings of the day . It had been well remarked , that religion and liberty must ever be intimately allied , and that in their true principles they were identified 1 —where religion was received , liberty would be permitted—and where liberty , with its moral and religious influence *
was established , religion would be permanent and secure . He could not but regret the existence of such a Society a $ the present—or rather the necessity for its existence . And yet he must mingle rejoicings with his lamentations , that , ia the midst of such dire necessity , an agency so powerful and efficiejnt had been
raised up . Thus when God intended the serpent should be strangled , he provided the strength of an Hercules for the achievement ;—and thus , when a broodnig darkness was gathering over tjie
kingdpm , and the great principles <^ f liberty were e ^ ppsed to innovation , thi ^ So ciejty ajrjjse to .. establish thein o * i a proper ^ as ^ ^ id , by its effectual and cfjftcicnt ^ er ^ tj ^ ju tu torm the only coinpen ^ atiop jrtuit c 9 pM ^ ceivc ^ W ^ ron ^^ ntt ^ tol aud ' . ffic evils endured ^ Her rej ^ c £ d ifo $ t
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Pv $ teHant £ o # i # tfri § & ** & $$ yf M *« Tv&nseiyl&ntl Qihsri . 701
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1825, page 701, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2542/page/61/
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