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Review Of New Publications.
He goes back to the commencement of hostilities , talks about the decree of fraternization , the opening of the Scheldt , and after having given as much political information of equal novelty , intimates some sort of acquaintance with Mr . Pitt , by roundly asserting , as if his authority were that of the minister himself , that no man can deprecate the present war more than he does i and that it' has interrupted that state of publictranquillity , which alone could give efficacy to the plans which he had formed , with so fond a zeal and such
commanding sagacity , to ease the burthens of the people , and advance the prosperity of his country . ' The following short extract mi g ht easil y have been mistaken for a transcript from one of tbe premier ' s speeches . ' As I have already observed , the superinducing motives of private ambition aiming at importance , of a dubious intellect resting on the opinion of others , the vexations of a desperate fortuneor the factious habits of a
re-, publican education , can alone induce men to represent our country , amidst all its embarrassments , as in a declining condition . On the contrary , Great Britain continues to maintain its place in the scale of nations t nor do I fear to rest the truth of this assertion on a fair examination of its aftual state and internal , condition . ¦ ' We are now in the fifth year of the most " extraordinary and alarming war in which this nation was ever engaged : nevertheless , Great Britain never
felt , in this period of any former war , so little pressure on its trade , such abundant revenues , and a more general as well as active disposition to support the public measures . In what former war were supplies raised to such an amount , with so much ease , and on terms so advantageous to the country ? Save we not seen a loan of eig hteen millions anxiously contested by two distinct bodies ofmoneyed men ?—while a loan for thc service of the present year , to an equal amount , was raised in the short space of fifteen hours . ^—¦
an unparalleled example of national wealth , and the confidence of a people in those who govern them ! * The taxes which have been imposed to pay the interest of these supplies , are such as must be approved by all who consider their genertl effect and application . Those objects which conduce the least to the real comforts of life , and are more distinctly removed from the natural wants of man , have been collected with curious discrimination , to increase the revenues which the exigencies ot the times imperiously demand . '
The postscript , which is almost half the pamphlet , is addressed to Mr . Erskine : it blends some personal illiberalities with personal compliments , and represents the French Revolution as a ' monstrous compound of every crime of which human nature has been guilty , from thc day of original sin to the present moment ; ' infidelity , blasphemy , and atheism , forming a part of this incongruous mass of abominations . The author talks a great deal about the indignities which have been offered to the christian reli gion , and shews
the humanity which he has" imbibed from it , in the following sentence ,, written in blood , and that would do honour to a fiend . As b y the extinction of kings the British constitution must be destroyed , I should hope that even the threat of such a system of decapitation would ever be considered b y Englishmen as a sufficient cause to prepare for war with the whole world . ' ' Christianity suffers more from such disgraceful advocatesthan from the
, most inveterate hostilities which an enemy can offer . Who will give credit to the gentle and pacific influence of Christianity , if they behold , among its professors , a spirit of such unqualified ferocity ? It makes our hearts bleed , to observe , among the followers of the amiable and excellent author of our reli gion , sentiment ? which would have drawn tears of the deepest sorrow irom his eyes .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications.
He goes back to the commencement of hostilities , talks about the decree of fraternization , the opening of the Scheldt , and after having given as much political information of equal novelty , intimates some sort of acquaintance with Mr . Pitt , by roundly asserting , as if his authority were that of the minister himself , that no man can deprecate the present war more than he does i and that it' has interrupted that state of publictranquillity , which alone could give efficacy to the plans which he had formed , with so fond a zeal and such
commanding sagacity , to ease the burthens of the people , and advance the prosperity of his country . ' The following short extract mi g ht easil y have been mistaken for a transcript from one of tbe premier ' s speeches . ' As I have already observed , the superinducing motives of private ambition aiming at importance , of a dubious intellect resting on the opinion of others , the vexations of a desperate fortuneor the factious habits of a
re-, publican education , can alone induce men to represent our country , amidst all its embarrassments , as in a declining condition . On the contrary , Great Britain continues to maintain its place in the scale of nations t nor do I fear to rest the truth of this assertion on a fair examination of its aftual state and internal , condition . ¦ ' We are now in the fifth year of the most " extraordinary and alarming war in which this nation was ever engaged : nevertheless , Great Britain never
felt , in this period of any former war , so little pressure on its trade , such abundant revenues , and a more general as well as active disposition to support the public measures . In what former war were supplies raised to such an amount , with so much ease , and on terms so advantageous to the country ? Save we not seen a loan of eig hteen millions anxiously contested by two distinct bodies ofmoneyed men ?—while a loan for thc service of the present year , to an equal amount , was raised in the short space of fifteen hours . ^—¦
an unparalleled example of national wealth , and the confidence of a people in those who govern them ! * The taxes which have been imposed to pay the interest of these supplies , are such as must be approved by all who consider their genertl effect and application . Those objects which conduce the least to the real comforts of life , and are more distinctly removed from the natural wants of man , have been collected with curious discrimination , to increase the revenues which the exigencies ot the times imperiously demand . '
The postscript , which is almost half the pamphlet , is addressed to Mr . Erskine : it blends some personal illiberalities with personal compliments , and represents the French Revolution as a ' monstrous compound of every crime of which human nature has been guilty , from thc day of original sin to the present moment ; ' infidelity , blasphemy , and atheism , forming a part of this incongruous mass of abominations . The author talks a great deal about the indignities which have been offered to the christian reli gion , and shews
the humanity which he has" imbibed from it , in the following sentence ,, written in blood , and that would do honour to a fiend . As b y the extinction of kings the British constitution must be destroyed , I should hope that even the threat of such a system of decapitation would ever be considered b y Englishmen as a sufficient cause to prepare for war with the whole world . ' ' Christianity suffers more from such disgraceful advocatesthan from the
, most inveterate hostilities which an enemy can offer . Who will give credit to the gentle and pacific influence of Christianity , if they behold , among its professors , a spirit of such unqualified ferocity ? It makes our hearts bleed , to observe , among the followers of the amiable and excellent author of our reli gion , sentiment ? which would have drawn tears of the deepest sorrow irom his eyes .