The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-12-07 00:00:00

lint wit selected parasites from their wrili.gs, which,
io jodgment of 601110, would have ;limited trans•
• ' Bay. Ti,ff e• as mother class
of persons, too, upon whom this Rill would be et-
ce,lingty oppressive; the pn..r News-vender, who I
pits with equll indifference 1.0)11 Add,iises and
11 • tinti Rasolatingta, world Fa Wall, in the soma
risiishreent, or et least he would only retain his
litre ty at the discretion of 1144 Majesty's MMMtea
or i.l the Judges. With respect to some ponieb-
nwvi,, he thought if the case sits begged before 12
men, and humanity had any effect, It wield be more
likely tdropereie there then pendent error is the
minds of the elfraddrs. Ile hoped, however, if the
Rill cues persisted le, that she posishmeet week! be
crinfined In particular offences that would he clearly

pointed ost.
The LORD CIIANCELI.OII. said, i bat the Bill
Was accessary for the gel of the Constitution el
the rooster. When the Noble loud spoke of Eng.
siotanin being et the illsoetinn of the Judges, he
snow remind hint that It was • discretion that never
bad beets abased since it was intrusted to them
When that great and leagued non, now no more (iif
5.1112.1 11011411)). ohms be loved and respected
hr I.ts great anrih, and he most be allowed to say
so, (or Ito person knew hint better. and be was oblig.
ad front his negtiation. broeght in his Bill
to do •Cas with the panist Gwent of the pillory. escept
in I nod assimilating the penisheneut
tot 01,14 In au er solulemeanots, there wss not
• grind said then *host the disetetioo of the iodates.
What penisinment •as it lei the pewee of the Jade*
now to give for the most blasphemous and seditiom
libel ?—ssething bet flee anti lesprisooment ; sod
what knoll was it to Imps. 6 ins on a person
not able to pay ? They might bevy pressested each
number of • libel; bet where was the rusisameet,
escept ins sod imprisomment, as list of the pit•
lory was taken sway ? It was, is his *pinkie,
impossible to do away with the kelp's,' of the
people of England lentil they had been sebverlid
from the religion of she eoestry ; this bad been sot
about, by distributing blesplessiness pebbestioes by
wsegoo loads. The ono who sells time is spiky
of a libel, and as also is the emu who gives. them
tansy ; bet the Inc• of the land is not sulkiest to
emit the case. 110 wneld be the last men to say
that Juries did not do their defy; bet sometimes'
Jerks miscarried, and it •as ono of the imagoes •f
the Constitution that all parts of it ears fallible.—
Bet if these peblicatiens •et• allowed logo forwent,
there would be as end of Juries, for the cooped
they sere held by vivid be gone. The glestiee
they had to dispose of was, whether they were or I
were not satisfied that these blasphemes' aid sali.
tines libels should be suppressed, sod it they thought
they should. he would tell their Lostlships that the
pr. sin: lass sere not seSekot for that purpose.—
T..try wets called on hat gratitude for the happiness
they erloyed soder the Constitution, to ;novels some
legislotive meager, to pet them dean.
Esti GREI opals lie was ',try, frees his melee/
health, that he • s hut cspabl• ef deists jostle* OM
the question. Ile was well aware fits, this nefells'
lino weigh' be liable to Ike same lamas heat the
Lords that his .to Friend (Lord
11.,:rool) had rsoerteticed. The present messare
celled fair the isorrposoi.to of ever: toter of los coon.
try. 'The Nol,le and Leaviseel I.out ms the Woolsack
went to she• by hie •10.11.1.,11'. OP. the Je./11.. erre
vesool with earibmittew de r too; bet would Is' • he
admit (bat this ea- sr evil, a.ol if 'relit!, which be
teener be obliged to do, !bore wa• as rod to has res.
mew. Was el !sec.'s, the pools. meat of tho pill sr,
was dire away eith be the ISill hie eft,. to-be-1..•
men tea f ion.% il at the Jades should hives. their dis-
traint.* transportation end tmoisl,merat? Ile hailed tee
Weals of the 15,•b1e Lord (Elleobetoison), •ho bad
made his maiden speech in that Hoene that eight, as
they shooed that meth might be eapected from him
liereatter. Bet the Noble hid said he approved f
L• 11, because it wrist to pet dews the seilitioes libels
which bad gone forth. Ile 'spelt defy hies to deene
what was a seditious libel; if be Ise instal be
the first thst ever was able to de it ; for what at one
time might be considered a laudable *Mut to raise the
spirit of the people. might be called at a ,other a min-
tines attempt to raise t e people opium Gne.tos.
aro,. It is said that the coootry is inevidsted with
blasphemous and sellitimss lithely • the first certainly
diihra merit from the lanes, said there could be its
man more di.gested si.h the former than he nes,
bat be did not apprehend (longer from them, °seven
an injetious taint to :he morals of the people of the
country. If a person wanted to week confusion,
he •nul.l meet greater success by fans:seism than by
blaspheme. ind they rot evidence in former times
of it? Had they tint en instance lately whet, the
leaders of the most corrupt thought it aeressary to
deny that the, held the tenets of Mr. Paire, or that
they hi.l ever reed kis .Ige of Reason neer,
hear I)—The Noble sisal Learned Lord had told
thine of his sonfideoce in Jetties, sod that 'eery noes.
bar of a libel th.at was published might be proseceted.
Then if it was fullosed op, who sill deny Ike law,
estit ogle stands, Is not saficient to pal them down?
Ile says, the pofi:islsms are instigated by intro Isere;
then valid not not • Cie on each c t,seivi..s, sedoco
Toe N.,,.10 Earl 'her took a seeks of the his.
listr of libels fron. she time of Kris Wittier is
the
present they. end thee raid, 11,.6 for a few yeass
beck, eri every try of daoger, the Crov.e gaitiesl
every thing, and the people beriosl the teems. lie
looked r a the promo messier( as gee of that listen);
for, iostead of anesistitse what was c,,nsplei, .s 1 of, it
went to add le the eemplattet. Tie spirits of the
Itsrlools hid (s emit they Isere &pie vei,•ll by
thr pros ...Jugs of the 16th of Aegcst, mad so they
woos.' br raised offer the passing uf these measures.
lir I,inkerl ern those lees es en lob isigesent of the
Cossoitotion, ouJ that they world tend to the tie.
s.ro.sion of it. Ile hoped, however, that be might
lie :ire ieeth.
Esti of I.IVERPOOL raid. that the opposi•
finli In this acid the other tit's' was groonded Ai. the
asmr ergement, that then was no denier Imes tie
pitseee/lings of the people. Bat she doented that?
'rho quoitieu ass. hag lone the people of England
wet.ll, 4;llll.inVe.l a religioss people, ohms they
Ce.o•id. rielltbor Or C.I.S•
peblicathous, std
o err Lni.!•!.ips maul know that three would be
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