The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-28 00:00:00

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1819.

been found hollow and delusory.; it was the energy
of British industry and the exertion of British capi-
tal making the last effort, but which have now sunk
under the accumulated weight of their burdens.
The funded property has sunk in value nearly e 2.1 per
rent. in the two last years, el:minishing the actual
wealth of the country, if money lent to Government
can be so considered, by Two Hundred Millions.
Agriculture is depressed, as must always be the case
in any situation of public suffering, and as evils
cause evils, and sorrows come not single, the
deflikations of the revenue are meet alarming. In
the mean time public discontent never ran so high.
The country is absolutely divided into two parties
equally dissatisfied, though disposed to take different
ways of applying the remedy required. One is for
upholding the authority of the Crown, as it is called,
and trusting to force and to authority to correct evils
which those very engines themselves have caused,
whilst the other would anxiously remoite discontent
by removing the prdps upon which it rests, and the
food upon which it feeds. They would relieve tax-
ation, because taxation is the very rootef our misery
and misfortunes ; they would intro:lnch a sober and
well-digested plan of Reform into our *stem of Re-
presentation, because its present iajispOty is glaring
as the Sun at noon-day, and adraittOd by every
honest man throughout the kingdom ; hey would
remove civil disqualifications on the mire solely of
religious opinion, because time the dictates of consci-
ence man ought, and can, be only accountable to
his God. One system has been tried, and its fruits
are fairly manifest. Private and public prosperity
has neither of them certainly been promoted. True
religion has still less reason to boast ()flier isrogress.
Our liberties are most alarmingly threatened, and
yet this is a time, says a certain
" to raly round the Throne." Ike
these men at their word, we st
tb-
scribe to their creed, but by the
throne these wise sages, we fete ing
round its worst and most crut. tey
mistake the servants for the tn;
fur the substance, anti worshi

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" their tecthing pots and flesh-hook:
devotions should rather be direct
whose Owls these men officiate 1)1

a day. Of this unhappy eharact,
ton important to be lat unnoticed,
Milner to his flock, as Catholic "

land District ; it inculcates the
mission to rulers, whether eirt

whether the instruments of good
answering or not the purpwe for
they bear were ordained, and in
their full force and absurdity
trines which have already caused
England, and if ever they shoul
enforced again, we sincerely hope
by anoth,:r. But whilst we thy
litical danger, as well us nn
cannot forget how heavy a charge
upon religion itself. Christian
suds doctrines, and speal:s no
Dr. Nlilner would pat into her

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and holy precepts, aLhor all oppression ailiiinjustice
and wrong, in those who rule, and eqtttlly forbid
those who are subjects to minister to sucli...:isdoings,
or even to acquiesce in silent and tame i Annission.
Our saviour did indeed charge his hAters "to
render uato Ctesar the things that are , se3ar's ;••
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rallying:round tl
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naster, t ateillen
tip the ests wit
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ted to t; .(t Deity ,
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