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      THE MONTHLY BEPOSITORY ,

      Lord Durham's Vindication Of Himself,

      LORD DURHAM'S VINDICATION OF HIMSELF ,

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      Lqrd Durham , in a speech at the first dinner of the Reform Society which he patronises , lias completely established his adherence to the principles he advocated at Glasgow in 1834 ; and thereby set at ease the doubts of those who feared they saw a possibility of his falling

      away from them , in the coldness of his letter to Mr Boultbee . For it was the coldness of that letter solely , we conceive , which they charged him

      with , and not any proof of his having actually so fallen away . At least , this was the only thing that gave apprehension to ourselves ; and the reader will do us the justice to

      remember , that we very unwillingly admitted it , and called to mind , in his Lordship ' s previous actions , whatever could counteract its alarming- tendency in the minds of our brother

      Reformers , and the too evident joy which it excited in those of the Tories . * Now the fact of the cold tone of that letter has not been noticed by his Lordship ; anjL

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      therefore , while he has successfully vindicated himself from the suspicion of abandoning principles , the Reformers remain vindicated in the right of having unwillingly admitted the fear ; since consistency in point of literal conduct surely does not invest a man with the

      privilege of using any tone he pleases , convenient for the occasion or the circle , and calculated to excite that fear . And we confess , that our objections

      to that letter , founded as they were on the tone and spirit of it , still exist ; for the questions that were begged in it are still unanswered ; and the popular benefit of the indiscreet

      distinctions drawn iij it between the different ranks of society still unexplained . His Lordship , we see also , makes a point of still using the terms high and low , in speaking : of rich &ncl

      poor ; though he adds the qualifying phrase of " in worldly station ; " a phrase nevertheless objectionable , because it is partly a repetition of the question ^ begged , and partly a guarded

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1837, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1837/page/1/