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siderable portions are not selections at all, but most ob-
jectionable manufacture) are " most valuable additions
to the schools of this country"—that the censures bestow-
ed on them are evidences of nothing but a disposition on
the parrot' the " mousers for faults" to carp and cavil
Without reason—that the Roman catholics who come
here are entitled toevy consideration, driven hither
as they are, he says, by the abuse of our power over Ire-
land through successive generations.
These few sentences contain all that was really said
in favour of the proposed change. Now, let us see what
they amount to.
In the first place, as we have hinted, the error of these
people i§ radical. The matter is not one of expediency
or degree; it is one of PRINCIPLE. The Romish
portion of the Irish commission object to the Bible be-
cause they know that that book was given for our learn-
ing as welch as for our salvation, and that the infallible
church cannot stand the test of Bible doctrines and
principles.

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In order to serve the purposes of popery, they hold
vague tradition to be superior to the word of God ; and
as no attentive Bible reader can be a good Roman
catholic, the church, wise in its generation, sets up a
higher standard—to wit, its own inventions, calling them
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Popery, however, is consistent, and, with reference to
its purposes, rational. It is your liberal protestant who
is most guilty. Professing to believe in the word of
God, which declares its own superiority to all other
authority, he, nevertheless, impiously attempts to supply
something better than the word of God! In this spirit
of foolishness it is that Mr. BLACKBURN declares that the
book of the Brummagem Catholico-Socinian commission
are " worthy of all acceptation," whereas they are worthy
of all rejection, unless, indeed, all men were of Mr.
Councillor RATHBONE'S way of thinking, and were ready
to extol a distempered judgment above that which the
'powers of hell strive against in vain. No. Bad as the
world is—self-sufficient and extravagant in their notions
as the march-of-intellect people are in things affecting
man's eternal interests—there is yet, we would hope,
not any very imminent danger that the mass of our
Countrymen and countrywomen will chime in with the
absurdities and monstrosities of Mr. Councillor RATH-
IioNE and the clique of which he is one of the lights.
They may sneer at " what is called the agony in the
garde n"--( vide RATUBONE'S speech )—they may turn over
the leaves of the Bible and pick out this or that passage
to suit their own crotchets, and fancy that their garblings
and sophistries are profound discoveries; but genuine,
Protestant,' scriptural christians will take the whole of
the inspired volume, and in it they find the following
Vassages, among many others of like import :

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Jesus, have sent mine angel to testify unto you these
things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of
David, and the bright and morning star. And the. spirit and
the bride say come; and let him that heareth say come; and
let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let him take
of the water of life freely. For I testify unto every man that
heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall
add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that
are written in this book. And if any man shall take away from
the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his
Part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from
the things which are written in this book."
It is very possible that Mr. Councillor RATHBONE may
think this passage as ridiculous, if not so " filthy" as
",vghat is called the agony in the garden ;" but we
would fain flatter ourselves that he has not many fellows
even in the Liverpool town council.
Mr. BLACKBURN says that the Irish papists who are
in Liverpool, and who have been driven from their coun-
try by abuse of power, have a claim upon the town
council. The cause which brings the swarms who light
among us from the oilier side of the channel has as little
to do with " abuse of power through successive genera-
tions,"as that gentleman's argument has to do with
common sense and common honesty. Yet we admit that
swarms do come; we admit, also, that those who thus
come, with whatever intention, or from whatever motive,
have claims upon the town council, and we should heartily
rejoice to see some provision made for their instruction ;
but, as the minority contended on Wednesday, let separate
Means be provided. Do not mutilate and set aside the
scriptures to promote the views of agitator O'CONNELL
and Priest WHALE. Do not, under pretence of guard-
jPg the children of Irish popish parents from inconveni-
ence or wrong,- do violence to the children of protestant
parents. Do not, under pretence of getting Roman
ealholic scholars, expel protestant scholars. The town
Council, indeed, have proclaimed their determination to
let thus; but the friends of sound scriptural education
in Liverpool will not be thus treated, and if the council
will not perform their duty, the inhabitants will take the
question into their own hands, and effectually settle it.
Ta-tnerrow the friends of the established church meet
at the. Amphitheatre at the request of our able and zea-
lous Clergy. They properly call upon all persons who
are members or friends of the established church and
advocates for the fundamental principle of protestantism,
the free use of the unmutilated Word of God, to assist
them in building and supporting schools where that word
'ray be freely taught under their direction and superin-
tendence. The call will be obeyed. There will be such
a Meeting as Liverpool has seldom seen, and the fruits of
it Will soon appear to the confusion and discomfiture of
the unprincipled idiots who are playing O'CONNELL'S
.!4tne among us. Mr. RATHBONE may abuse and bully
M'NEILE, if he pleases, again and again, and give
that reverend and truly estimable gentleman the lie five
hundred times in that vulgar strain in which he is so
Treat a proficient, still that which Mr. RATHBONE so
'4)areelycontroverts and denies is true to the letter. The
unhallowed scheme is " the syren voice of the enemy of
ell righteousness," who lays his snares by mild and gen-
tle means, in order to lull men into repose, and while
they are asleep lie sows his tares. Nor is it a local
'utter. It begins at Liverpool, but it is a feeler of the
national pulse, and is to all intents and purposes at once
4131.0-popery and levelling movement. Parties of oppo
site views are united in this thing on the same principle,
"_.r rather the same want of principle, that actuates the
dissenting body to join in O'CoNNELL's raid against
110 Protestantism, though claiming to be considered the al-
-7).a exclusive friends of civil and religious liberty, by
1 they mean their own political dominancy, and
the liberty of cramming their own nostrums down the.
taro ata-
of their neighbours. Mr. WNEILE asks the
Protestants of Liverpool if they intend to bear this? We
undertake to answer for them—NO, NEVER. This
answer they will confirm at the meeting to-morrow.
end we say to every friend of the church—to every true
t 0 every one " who is an advocate for the
fu
lamental principle of protestantism, the free use of
the
unmutzlated Word of God"—be present and do your
duty like Christians, duly impressed with your accounta-
hi].
'tV to Rim who has commanded that the gospel in its
3itil
speak
shall be made known to every living creature.
1. Peak the truth boldly, yet speak it rightly—" speak
Eh* truth in love."
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e make no apology to our conservative readers for
131 lee more reminding them of the REGISTRATION. This
4s the point on which the elections turn ; therefore let no'
11.14 e presume to call himself a conservative who neglects
the easiest, the least expensive, the most legitimate
Ineans of victory. Conservative electors for counties, or
divisions of counties, claim your votes, or claim coriec-
tion of inaccuracies, on or before the 20th instant. That
is the last day. Depend upon it that a general election
*ill take place under the next registration.
Conservative borough electors have a different duty to
Perform. As soon as the lists are published it will be
their task to see that their own names are rightly put on,
and to send in claims in cases of omission or error.
There is also another duty—namely, to see that no per-
Sons on the adverse side are improperly on the list. If
there are, let objections be sent in. A clear stage and
40 favour. Stand by the law. The country's best inte-
rests Supersede ordinary notions of courtesy.
The London Reform Association is at work with its
tiloulating 'circulars, and the local associations on the
same side are not.idle. Their efforts will be in vain, in
Illost instances, if the conservatives exert themselves as
thCY ought to do. Shame on those who hang back on
Such an occasion !
We are glad to see that the enemy is alarmed. The

reformers are called upon to defeat every attempt on the
part of the tories to tamper with the constituency of the
country, and thereby to regain that power which for so
many years they had exercised and abused.
We all know what this means. The conservatives
have no rights; to place their own names on the lists,
or to prevent improper names from remaining there, is
to " tamper with the constituency." The best method
of resenting this insolence is by following our advice—
calmly and perseveringly attend to the registration.
This is the alpha and omega. As to the abuse of power
by the tories, we will say broadly, that if they have com-
mitted in half a century a tenth part-of the abuses and
tyrannies committed by the whig-radicals in the last
three years, they ought never to return to power. But
it would t'e a libel on the tories to suppoe theM capable
of so disgracing themselves.