The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-04 00:00:00

MANCHESTER.

ih 4: 0 niyo, "INNER TO MR. O'CONNELL.
;44teil Ter of the respectable inhabitants of Manchester. hay.e
- Copy r- O'Connell to a public dinner. The following is
°I the invitation :
" To DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ., M.P.
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" Manchester, August 29, 183.5.
ill Ma Ir's-We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, resident
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visit t "hester and its vicinity, having heard of your intended
'e ex 0 this
ter
and highly appreciating your puo-
IRIAN ho no of civil and religious liberty, shall feel
11.Ple;li I?°llred by your doing us the favour of meeting us a.t kit„ e dinner in Manchester on any day convenient to youi-
T„ •
tle tir,,1...."c,h invitation the Hon. and Learned Gentleman sent
"mg reply :___

" London, September 1, 1833:1 tile4ll* dear Sir,--I had the honour to receive this morning
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:iettstevricinh:t,,yi,
cmve
w---" you and s • ral other gentlemen of Manchester
ti7s_4l.p.ub_ lie dinner as dao rite:l:m:le, theof y
your
rnaopupr
appreciation
send,iat
ion ionfrmityingexmere.
vn , in favour of,civil and religious liberty.
m germt me to request that you will be so good as to do m. e
the
...
.r of informing these gentlemen that I accept the
''lritatlon with sentiments of the greatest pleasure and truest
Pride.
to t
jou do me but justice in thinking that my life is devoted
itibernte
Yadvancement Of the great principles of civil and religious
It , Civil liberty is nothing but justice reduced into action..
terives the unjust, the peculator, the underworked public
4rnf. eer, the partial judge, the squanderer of the public purse.
14gpower, from station, from the opportunities of doing
. It gives to the people equal laws, good laws, cheap
till h.. It leaves to every honest man the full enjoyment of
most Is property, not indispensably required to defray in the
se t ce°flornical manner the general government of all. It
it 1;111 Pies to levy a tax almost as it would scruple a robbery—and
4 as its basis in the utmost possible extension of popular con-
..roul
ovc:r all public functionaries, with one only, and a safe ex-
cePtien.
the" Religion is, I own it, more dear to me still ; religion is
134 roost important and awful concern of human existence.
is t its tenets are matters between man and his Creator. It
llethe, great Creator who alone can see the hearts of men, and
tada'°fle can judge how far each of us is sufficiently' sincere
Li sufficiently cautious in the adoption and maintenance of
its religious belief. Our fellow-men have nothing to do with
Ist, The law of man is impious—I would say blasphemous,
ti...eu it usurps the province of God, and in the pride of its
ile7rtil)ation dares to coerce conscience, and to attempt to corn-
v. eliet I feel that in vindicatinc, freedom of conscience I
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t ui ate our common Christianity from the foul stain of per-
ceution.
th_4` Pardon me for obtruding these thoughts upon you ; but
~e;', e,.mplirnent you pay to my exertions on behalf of civil and
3,0'11.110us liberty, has forced me to pour out my heart before
that I.e.iotg at the sympathy you evince for the prosperity of
th:Filrle )ou allowcause me to name Monday, the ith instant, as
tertp of my arrival in Manchester. You may reckon with
4,`,rltY on my being with you before four o'clock on that day.
LeribVisave the Honour to be, of
you, and of your fellow-sub-