The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-08-20

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rise, insolence aftcr he had risen the nerAti.
tude towards his benefactors and the most ifsvete
rate hatred towards all whom he believed 70 be, in
any way, obstacles to the increase Of his powers
But how shall we attempt to describe the attroci.
ties perpe,rated during the twelve years intermis
sion OF parliament. under the COVER of Charles
and OF these worthy INSTRUMENTS? In the space to
which we are conued, it would be the height of alb
snrdity to make the attempt. Mr.. Brodie has dedi.
Gated long chapter to the purpose, and to him,
therefore, the reader must refer. Suffice it to saw
that ship money, benevoicnces, loans, were now the
least oppressive modes Of extortion. Obsolete TO
rest laws, statutes concerning tagc and an old Ia "
against the increase OF the metropolis revived
and under prctcnce of these laws fines were levied
upon hundreds. Every person who possessed eco
year in land was compelled to receive the honour
OF kniShthood, ehinvoved the payment of exor
bitant fees. On the prctext of remedyins defective
titles to land, those who would not nav iarpelv for ,
new title were threatened with the loss of their
estates. MonoPolies were carried 10 an extent be
'o'e unknown, and the severest penalties were in
h'cted on all who nlriuged them Chambers a
"ie o"a''' OF LONDON Tor refusing TO pay tonnage
and Poundage without parliamentary authority was
summoned before the council, where having re-
marked that the merchants of England were as
much screwed up es in Turkey, he was fined
@='ooo IN the star-chamber; and lay twelve years
IN prison, because he would degrade himsc elf bv
submission. One Hilyard was fined Is 900 Tor sell
ing saltPetre, contrary to proclamation Rea, e.,
ooo Tor exporting fulier's earth and SO in hun
dreds OF others OF instances which it ould be tedi
oas IL mention. g Such severlies' saws Hume
were afterwards magn flied into the greatest enor
mites" They really were not, then, in his opin.
ion cnormiiesl
In respect to religion Hume iabors 10 the utmost
OF his power to excite contempt and scorn for the
great mass OF the people, because they there
was reason to apprehend the establishment OF no.
perry; and he says that sthe groundless charge"
Popcry against Laud bel ed by hi, whole life
nd conduct" We would willingly ask Hume, or
ny who share his sentiments, what there is in DO
perry which renders 1t SO great cure to mankind?
IS intolerance But If in this respect ther was any
Inference between the church of England and the
church OF Rome, it was only that the one employed
one sort OF torture, and the other another that the
one prosecuted by burning, the other by protracted
torments, exceeding in magnitude a hundred burn
inss hut they differed perhaps in tenets Srarea
~ so; when image worship, prayer 10 the dead
alteration at The aiiar worship Of saints the real pre
sence, confession, and dissolution, part Of the
established religiont In ceremonialsl But the for
maaties OF the catholic church, whether with res
pect TO worship, to days, meats, and vestments
were scupulousiy exacted. Nor was this all : even
the supremacy of the king denied and the d.
vine authority Of bishops, and their superiority 10
the civil power, became fundamental articles ofthe
high church creed. Nay, an open defence of pope
ry itself, published by Chowney. was dedica rated
to, and patronized by, Laud. The assertion, there
fore, that there was danger of popery, if it be
true in sound, is in substance one of the grossest
fasehoods ever palmed upon the credulity of the
world.
o! the punishments in flicted upon all who vindi
Gated the doctrines OF the reformed in opposition
PoPery and to the church of England, shall pre-
sent the reader with a few examples.
Leighton, doctor of divinity, for writing against
the hierarchy, and the new ceremonies, seized
by theS Ulcers Of the commission and after the
most brutal treatment, adjudged by the star
chamber TO pay 10000 pounds in addition to which
ordained that after degr ada ion he should
Re whipped at Westminster, and Sc in the pory
there during tbs sitting of the court; have
cut off, side of his nose slit, and check
branded with s. s. for sowcr of sedition that he
should then be carried back to prison, and, at fu
,ure convenient time, be brought to Cheapside, on
a MAJ ket day, aud be there whipt again, and in
the pilIory, and have his other off, his other
cheek branded, and other side Of his slit after
which was only to follow imprisonment for e."--
Brodie, IL 1851 The whole Of this sentence
executed to the letter. What unfeeling slave
must he be, who talk in the following strain of
these attroc ious cruetieJ:
Leighton who had written ibcls against the king
the queen, the bishops, and the whole administra
ton, was condemned by very severe, If not cruel
sentence but the execution Of il suspended for
some time, in expectation of his submission.t All
the seventies, indeed, of this reign exercised
against those who triumpbed in their suFerings,
who courted persecution, and bravcd authority !;
elf Hume IS to be believed, Laud perfectly
sincere aud disintcresJed. All his enemies were
also imagined by him the declared enemies TO loyal
ty and true pety, and every exercise OF his anger
by that means, became IN his eyes merit and vr.
tue" How Hume knew all this he has not thought
it proper TO inform
Hume, with his usual candour, constantly 70
presents the disputes about religion involving no
thing but mere ceremonies: f'thc suTplice the rails
placed about the altar the bows exacted approach
ing IL, the liturgy, the breach of the sabbath, EN-.
brOidered capes lawn sleeve, the Of the ring in
marriage, and OF the cross in baptism. On account
Of these" says he. the popular leaders con
tent TO throw the government into such violent con-
vulsions - Can disingeDuousness 60 beyond this ?
This assertion by the way is proved by Mr., Brodie
to DO sise.