Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-11-28

gal restraint. 1t made It's way truth always does
But 1t advanced gradually, slowly, it inch by
inch. The nobest apostle Of "soul-ibcrty." Roger
W Villains, cnbarking IN Indian canoe, found but
five companions IN exile. The world VII not be hur
RED beyond it, pace. 1t dscards lis errors in detail
The act of supremacy which declared England spirit
uay independent Of Rome. contained not single
clause favorable to religious liberty The Monarch
gained what the Pope lost and FIVE years afierward,
the English Commons actually passed BILL "for abol-
ishing diversity of opinions
Nor did practical experience OF the injustice Of per-
sccution necessarily open the eyes. enlgtcn the
understanding even Of the prosecuted The puritan
Cartwright, himself twice mpr~oaCd for non-cOnior
NIFTY, - Titled distinguished the true spirit Of the
doctrines he taughtsO little rro.cd by hi, own SUI
icrlngs-as 10 write thus &" Hcrotvkcs ought to be
put To dcathc If thi, be bloudic and extreme
| am cor,cnte 10 be so coun.ed wiihe The llolie
Ghost And did not Marmaduke Stephenson and
rliam Robinson and Nary Dyar suffer death FIR
opRons sake, al the hands of those who lcf friends
and home and country embarking under the shelter
OF night, to seek, amid the ice and SHOWS Oft Wn,ry
wilderness, in the extremity of poverty. priyation
and danger, that which they priced for themselves,
beyond lie Itself, unshacied freedom OF conscience
\ ct was the change great and po~itive tho type
ct the maiady was essentially altered. M9ryrd m
was the exception. not the rGlc and ianatcl-n be-
cainc scrupuiou> and apologize. Barrow and Green
wood were indeed ranged at Tyhun but Elizabeth
they bud iorced themselves, Is il were, "a the Puri
tan tribunals and their eXeculoncrs thought 1t ncccs-
say To protest., that :. their lis a. rather
then their deaths present." they had desired. Asa
,.'encral rule hcresy ceased 10 be capital offence.
Fin, aud in2risonin mt replaced torture and ath.
Under Ehg1beth clergyman who used any bat the
established l.rgy incurred imprs rucat during LIFE
for tie third offence ana ~ TIC same sttute, the fine
for absence from church on a Sundiy WIS fixed at II
~hillingt
The modified intolerance of e,st d. occasionally
assum d a sufficiently ludcfotis form tnf'r Charles
L. all persons promoted to degrees in tl.- tnFeTSy
"a Oxford, were 90 subscribe article, de,i. rng
To be their opinion, that IN 10 ease was it lawiI for
subjects make use of force aga.ns; their king; ana
by solemn decree o. ihc learned academy they were
further required - take a1th that they mot only
al present deicstod the opposite opinion but would at
no future time entertain It," Well .ad Dugald
Stewart The religious and academcal institutions
IN some parts OF Europe are not without Their use TO
the historian Of the human mind. lnmageably nn,or-
cd 10 The same station by the strength OF their cables
and The weight Il their uncher,, they enable him 90
measure the rapidly of the current by which Tic rest
Of the world as borne a long"
But # Schoolmen, for very learning, overlook com
mon sense there were ound Statesmen moro WIS and
more liberal l'acon's phil sophie mind porc, we'd that
1t diversity II opinion be- an evil, legal force employ
cd age inst II X much greater one. - The wound
said he, - not dangerou- unless POI on with
our rcmcdics.' The last strong hold Of intellectual
dsspotism was her fayoritc argument. that the doc
trncs she punished were not false alone, they were
Of social order als, But in an are stirred
up To thought hy revolution IN government and rcior-
nation IN religion, the iiinsincSs and presumption Of
such an apology were detected by many. Elch man
Is OF right the Judge, not only If the truth, bat also oil
the tendency, of his own opinions The fears of
one class, SAYS elegant IN dcrn historian, ..are
not the measure of the rights 6 another"
John Faust, If indeed TO the goldsmith of AIcni1
the world owe the art of type setting. struck the hea-
West blow against aw-glyng for the mind. The
Srombol.an cave was opened; the long pent winds Of
opinion set free. and no ,dct-lraning 1Eolus could
recall and coniine them TO their prison house AGAIN.
Vet many such attempts made their lmpo-
tcnce discovered. The printing press had work.
ed the Reformation and without published books the
obscure and prescribed Lolard> might never have
erged TO honor and power the Protestant Church Of
England But when they did 80 emerge. they forgot.
: will, the means OF their success In the year
l5-j, Elizabeth, Star Chamber, at the nstigation of
Whltg fl then Just raised TO the prmacy. ISSUED some
strange ordinances for the regulation of the press.
No man was permitted to print except in London,
and one printer in each # the Universities. under
penalty of n wears imprisonment No printer who
had been IN business only SIN months was allowed TO
continue his calling nor any to engage IN 1t IN future
until the excessive multitude of printers be diminish
cd. and brought to such number the Archbishop
of Canterbury. and the Bishop OF London for the time
being shall think convenient" Additional printers
If ever required. to be selected bv the Station
er>' Company: and no book pamphlet might be
published until it first secn per,isod and allowed
by the two dignItarics already mentioned.
Good comes of evil The intolerance of the arbi-
trary Stuar t> hasened, If II did produce an event
that was to prove more influential than the Reforma-
ton itself exploding the cid idea that opinion.
when ~ squares not with established standard, l.
penal offence to be reached through the Statute
Book. -. VIII make these puri;ans conform /
VIII harry them ou of the land. said the vain and
sef-willed James. That threat had fer reaching
sequences. 1t caused the freghting Of the May
'''ower, and the settlement Of New England.
The reto..n. commenced in Protestant Europe, has
been completet, in Democratic America. Here at
last the principle has run out to lis ultimate
qucncc~. The laW-givcrs ca our Revolution did not
enquire how many laws might suffice to protect the
world from the dangers Of false opinions. They asked
not 10 what extent the penalties against non-coniorm
~ ght be mileaied nor how brefare publican test
oath ought 10 be. They demanded not what should
replace auto-da-es and lapal hU~ and ecclesiastical
cd. and acis Of supremacy ard High Commas on
Courts. and Star Chamber ordinances against TIC
press and church establishments, and al the p5roue
legal machinery tat had been used. in the Old World.
to clip and stretch opinion and manufacture conformity
tlereirom. Trey demanded not what should replace
these things Trey demanded-whe.hor they should
be replaced al al. lhos pliers had yeaiured that
question before: Statesmen never. But they answer
cd now. in the spirit. if mt in the Words Of the pen
that traced the Declaration Of independence " LrTu-
of opinion may safely be tolerated. while reason Is
Jeff free 20 combat It."
And So with noble confidence. the suffered Error
and Reason 10 meet IN the ISIS on equal .fr1s. AID
prayed God defend tie right. LET Truth and f.se-
hood grapple who ever knew Truth put 10 tic