The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-25 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

Market-street, 1-Terts, Jane 30.

1111. ED11:01i, Artiong the misny' alarMitig
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symptoms of the icatul,ilesetle,Facy of Ferrol n men's

minds and principles in the• present day, that un-
hallowed and irreverent manner in- which they
quote the holy Scriptures, cannot be regarded as
the least tranOrous. A few even in the gottse

of Commons ate not entirety free from this pro-

lane habit, but the presence of those religions
characters.‘,Thich I am happy to observe may be
found itt the flfltish Senate, generally impnses a

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atholesonte 'restraint, and puts to silence the

norance of foolish and inconsiderate men. but
this glaring indecency is more purticularly ma-

nifested at those public meet pip which are every
day, and every where, convened under specious
and popular pretences ; whether to:.promote
Reform in Parliament, or to draw up a petition

against the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.
In a Word, we. live in such an iron age, that be
die object of these assemblies real or pretended,
he it as visionary and absurd as that of all the

former• ones hos:appeared, some county, or some
populous inantitactiiring town, must be called toge-
ther; the expiring ashes of discontent and riot ate
again to be raked up, and stiPplied with additional
and still more combitstit4e,tueU---with or without

any meaning but one which is too apparent for me
to mention, violent and itktlammatory speeches are
innispeusably necessary—and provided Sir Francis
does her Move, and -Ittior Cart wright second, • a
host of Lords, Baronets, , and Knights, sup-
port them by their personal attendance : and .so
loug as men of rank shall continue to degrade them-
selves i., this manner, so long as these Machia-
11‘riticiatis shall find that they are encircled
and surrouuded by such a brilliant halo, they will
not _only summou their meetings 'but justify their
.•o•..luct, and who shall blame them, when they.
4ssr me that they are the centre of this new and fa-.
%nitrite. system of Reform, around which so many
s'ars at magnitude are seen to revolve. At these
in.-edit:4s so strict is the congeniality of sentiment,
ihat 411 generally goes on well ; but at a late as-
sembla4e of this nature n Middlesex, the harmony
vas tuterrap:ed, even Lord Holland was
10 the blush 14-• Nile daring hardihood of a spi-
yt, tvllo has otc,. far, and too long apostatised
hoot the right way,. it,is to be hoped that his
(is ip re,turned haa, - ashamed of his company
anti his eOnth!ct, anzr h a he will ,be still more
ashann:d when he vetievt* innt ice th..3tinnition
ihe world, his name vcill for ever be associat-
ed, and his pritteiply's- identified, with such as, to
say the best we possibly can, " are ever learning,
and never able to come to the knowledge of the
truth." EL Aever, this inliscriminate amalgama-
tion of noble and ignoble is now so lamentably
prevalent, that a transition front aristocracy to
democracy will be -Thuost imperceptible. This.l.
consider as one,' ;it first approaches to the gloomy
regions of rept4.icanism, and were it • not for
scitue who still thaintain their dignity, -anti whose
loyalty is still rsiiirst and Amtainted, the monarchical-
part of our Gocitnent would shortly be stripped of
support, and shift for itself. But to return to
our more immediate subject,. for I have been insen-
sibly led to deviate, andeveu now with difficult re-
strain myself., The profane temerity of these Scrip-
wrists can never be too strongly reprobated, who
is there hut must consider it as a very close and
faithful imitation of One " who is The Father of
Lies," and who, when our divine and adorable
Redeemer was led up into the Wilderness to be
tempted by him, supported his hellish views and.
suggestions by a well-known .guotation from the
Nelms. Now, Sir, it appears to me, that these
Modern Patriots desire to tempt and deceive their
credulous (and too frequently) deluded followers.
After having conducted them into a wilderness of
interminable error and exaggeration—after having
placed them upon the highest pinnacle of the
Temple of Reform—after having shewn them,
from this giddy and tottering elevation, all the
imaginary glories of that new kingdom which they
have prepared for them---they virt.itally tell them,
ail these things will_ we give you, if you will fall.
down and worship. us-,and at the same time en-
force their fiendish •machinations by a distortion
of one or more Scripture passages.
There are others, who go even greater lengths,
endeavouring to persuade their hearers that they
can almost work miracles who, give them, but
their own system,. will presently metamorphize
the very, stories of the street into bread to feed
ithe poor"; and who consume their time in trying
to contince the hitherto peaceable and contented
.Way-faring man, that. he is either starved or op-
pressed, enslaved or pillaged of his natural rights
• These men, with all their. tintounded assumptions,
and claims to superior discernment, are so .pter-
. blind, so hoodwinked, that for their parts they
' can perceive no differerence between the visitations
of Dieiue Providence, iii having last year sent us
an unfavourable harvest, itnd- the stale coro/Aaint
of the extravagance of •Ministers--they .never dis-
covered any dissimularity bet Ween that stagnation
of trade, &c. which is the natural consequence
of a sadden 'transition frOm-it protracted and ex=
pensive war to a State of perfecr'peace (at least
as regards foreign enemies), anti what they are
pleased, according to their peculiar nomenclatore,
to tetiii, the hmiess and unbounded profusion of
his Majesty's seri-ants. They consider not, that
the wheels of soch in immense machine must,
niter twenty ear thirty years incessant and racking
use, benecesarily so clogged as to impede- its
motion ,th'ey have not observation enoogh
teach them; that the stoppage will be only tee-