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tahv of the tnach too flattering terms in which the Resolution you shaver ? jnst car-Ti ** A * hW- h % 4 fc feiinedl Theitxnly rei tujrtf ) chfy Vf $ ke for the kindness j-ou ^ fiS- ^ fr ^ i ' H ^ stat e wttft th&t sin-^** f £ j ^ jhjph hU ? justly beeir described £ s the ' first w Virtues , lire real and heartich feel
iT ^^ ai ^ facttdn wh I in finding ^^ elf Tionnure d by the situatio n in v ^ l ^ I . OQW sta nd , in a meeting dedicated to the noble purpose of protecting Bellgious Liberty , i entreat yon to feel abjuredthat if I have copse hereto-day
by invitation , on a day which may perhaps rather be considered as a day of renew , I shall not be found wanting among you without invitation on the day of combat . I say combat , for I will not honour with the name of conflict that
series of petty persecutions , that little warfare of hostile but r trust of impotent religious intolerance , which has been described In tjie speech of your most eloquent and able Secretary , i will not allow myself to think that you can be
endangered by that are of petty musketry with which you are now assailed , while I remember how your forefathers so liobly withstood all those sufferings to which they had been exposed in different times , and in defence of their religion
and their country , from the heavy cannon fired by an intolerant , a bigoted , a persecuting , and therefore a wicked Gov Ternment . In this country you have the law with you , and I hope you will soon have it more so ; and while I shall not
be expected in this case to express a definite Opinion with reapect to any particular measure on which in another place 1 may be called to legislate , after having there heard all that then can be urged for and against such measures , still 1 trust that I may appeal to yoar
Observation of all my public life , and rnay ask whether you do not ant id pace t ^ i at my con d uct will , upon all those Matters , be determined by a desire npon erfery occasion , as the opportunity shall ari ^ e , to preserve and to secure the most inestimable blessing which a subject of a
free country oan possibly enjoy . I assure you , that it is with great p leasure tfiat I behold the meeting of to-day , noi only because it affords a great and useful facility for procuring information which is essential to you all , and of obtaining the enjoyment of those rights common to you all , btit also because 1 think the free
inter change of opinions between persons differing in some shades in their religious opinions ; but uniting hi the worship of one Saviour and of qne O *> d , is in itself attended n 6 t "' - ' oWly with great temporal , Scifci ^ ff I 'inafj bellowed the « expression , wl < hvgtfyipUfai-titdfcl ^^ m ag . You not &kVf yttM * -tb- \ \ i&tU'ti kHii ? ,. t * w ^ 4 iC € iiiiar
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prtaeH ^ Ww ^^^ tf ^ i ^ , J ™* ^ to regssd im i wmewte ^ fit o | ys $ ?§ r great p rinces ^ Y ^^^^' M ^ i on ^ . Pi ^ rirf ^ Mc ^ ; , mm ^ 9 mmu } S * m * mth m ^^ ir ^ te t ^ '| gards every relata ^ ii . ^^ + WvwCfe society , I am proud , ^< # W (^ lt ^ fe this day , M a ^< p , £ . (^ gj ^ itijfe unite ,-in p ^ e ^ iTln ^ t ^ ,. pt ^ ers > i $ \ Ypfoi % which . I Wish . tp ,, ^ rqf < ^^^ | % ^^^| £ ^ free- exereis ^ Df dmy <* # vii ; in | ey ^ c | rf , Q )^; firRt great gift , af ; i&ovid ^^ . to ^\ $ n J As a . political mewfer ,. qj [ society , \] f ^ j aitxious that the bie ^ ingi <> f tnp " . / qohstU
tutioa under . which I .. . live 3 , 9 } fall , ^ r e ^ - tended , without distinctioa ^ jlo % \\ % ' $ '' #$ that the attachment 0 / all Jtjs subj ^ g shall be riveted by tto wbic ^ h ca ^^ pi ^ consecrate and con firm , att ach rpeniC ^ participation in all the .. rights sljmI ipr | jt > r leges of the laud . And aueh Vpa £ dcip « i-
tion I would extend to ail , and ie > tho >^ who differ from me most I would e ^ tet ^ it in the greatest degree , because I kjer lieve that such participation will b ^ ,, ^ naily the greatest corrective of all i ^ J ^ B opinions , and the bond by which all ojh ^ nious may be bound together in the coja * mon cause of Christianity . I have said thus much as a man and as a member of
the political society in which I .-kv&- . ; but 1 also feel that I am a member of the Church of England . And as a i » ej # pev of that Church , I umst add , that Vparticularly feel thai her interests are ; c ^ p cerned tu connecting her existence wji . iji the sanction of a free exercise of rcl ^ gi o ^^ worship throughout the einpir ^ . 1 ^ far from thinking that she caw . wiui pfp .
priety ^ Or even safety rely upon tlie rp li ^ n props and the treacherous fMeftc ?* j >( penalties i nvposed . u pou consciences mi , of premunns held out t (> Uyppcrj ^ . Sl ^ owes it no less to t \ ev oafery tlf ^ ii £ p $ & fair fanje , to rm ^ i her existence and pjp ^ r perity , protected a * she qu $ \ it tp . W ^ SI ? established by the law , upo ^» the J * f $ tyJ basis of religiou . s freedom , a ^ 4 r , ty jjjh lowing men to approach their $ o $ t ^ 0 M $ * thai medium they may t ( bin ^ , b ^ , plW * Uted to the honour of . Jiis . jpag i ^^^ ft above all , by securing to eveiry n ^ a ^ , ilm liberty of cojuscieuc ^ ^ ihJ , ; , H ^ fHfr . # thought , which is not only , ?> 1 ^'
, « pfoto&'V ^ By poets , and by senators'iirtftrtft ^ ir ^ l > ut of which we may also $ jdd , , uw 1 44 Which whoso tastes can bet tinslaV&i no more . ' * u ' - yJ ' y
I will now take ray leave ^ jyvtyp ? ih should not have . ( joue « o . . _ eacly ^ J ^ jffiiBfl ^ that my family are in the cpui ^ rj , ^ through vvhWh 1-Mav ^ j ^ pi ^ a ^^^ iTO i 11 cu ii vegfcfip ?^ ' tnygf ?! 1 Wi $£$ ? % Wi ^*
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1826, page 438, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2550/page/58/
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