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the barriers of profligacy ! Are the Americans profligate ? The Prov testant States of Germany , both Lutheran and Calvinistic , are they
2 > roflig-ate ? They have only the half , and the more offensive half , of the remedy suggested . They do allow divorce , but the ) r do not make seduction marriage , without which the manners of modern Europe will never be purified . But I mean not to argue this question at length ; it is only one amongst many , on which great differences of opinion may reasonably be expected . * Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind / And of all people in the world , let not those
he intolerant in such a matter , or make it a test of Christianity , whose faith is regarded by the great majority as a denial of the Gospel and a passport to eternal torment . I will not believe that the spirit I have exposed is cherished by any very large portion , and especially will I n > t believe it of the rising generation of Unitarians ; They cannot'be so insensible of the moral and social power which ought to reside in the simple beauty of their faith , blending it with the cause of mental freedom , of political right , of expanding intelligence , and of human improvement . They will never consent to hold the most unsectarian religion in the most sectarian spirit ; and , I trust , will rou 3 e themselves in time to prevent the denomination from being dry-nursed to death , upon the husks of a worn-out verbal controversy . Unless they do , all is over . But if they feel the importance of their vocation , and the worth of their position , and act accordingly , their principles—the principles of truth , love , freedom , and
progressiveness—the principles of the soundest philosophy , the purest religion , the most useful morality , and the most inspiring hope , are about to achieve wide and glorious triumphs . And if not a * bond of
union , ' they will , at least , ever find a faithful ally in The Monthly Repository , which appeals to them , as it does Jo all good men and
true , for support against sectarian hostility , and for renewed encouragement to persevere in its course of sparing no public wrong , neglecting the assertion of no public right , and promoting in every direction that which tends to the perfection of human character , and the increase of human enjoyment . The Editor . .
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354 A Letter .
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In the Times of March 20 th , under the head of Kilkenny Assizes , is to be found the following copy of the oath said to be administered by the Whitefeet to every new member of that confederation or conspiracy : — 4 1 . I hereby swear to keep counsel of all this united business or ribandism . 2 . I hereby swear to suffer the right arm to be cut from
the left , and the left from the right , and the right to be nailed to the metropolis of Armagh gaol door , before ever I'll waylay or betray a brother , or go on a green cloth to swear against him . 3 . I hereby swear never to have carnal pleasure with a brother ' s wife , sister , aunt , or first cousin , only by lawful permission . 4 . I hereby swear never to rob a mnri , or keep company with a robber , unless in gaol or at work , where it cannot be helped . 5 . I hereby swear to give money to the
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THE WH 1 TEFOOT OATH .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1833, page 354, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2614/page/66/
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