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    « ay now emerge from the gfoWifitar * - iKSss into which it had fe * &rplttf * ged ; and if we arc «* ho * ted tilth fe 8 « pr ¦ settings to get aBde ^ standiBg , tike price whidi Portugal has paitb J » ay not stfem too gteat in the « yes © f at futrarer geaerajtitm , for the advantages wiiicfc this revolution in its affairs may prsodutsd . What will be the effect as to civil liberty < amtot yet he

    known . It I * now become a dependent , instead of what it w&s before * a tributary powerv But it is not at all likeiy that the tftvii statar of the great mats of-the people wild be iferorse- than it was ? trader the former goveimtifceBt ; * t » religious « tat * is very much improved , and a severe bldvr & iit&icted oft the s * aperstkion

    of Rome , .-.- •» . ...... . * ..-. In Spain expectation is on foot for very material changes . It ifr certain that a great body of French is in the kingdom ; it is-reported that they have i « ct , ill } one place , with reststafrce , but overpowered the' Spariish troops ; and a ru * ittour is spread , that the sovereign of

    France wilL himself shortly make , his appearance in Madrid . \ £ the latter € vent should take place , there cannot be a doubt that very . ^ reat changes in the government of the country will be * be consequence ; and , a * : in Portugal 90 in Spain , the blow will fkU the most severely on the Inquisition , that odious v and cruel tribunal , and on the wealth of

    die chirrches and monasteries , and * m the estates of the archbishops add bishops , which form a very great portion of the landed property of the kingdom . Whoever has read , or heard any thing of that impious and cruel tribunal the Inquisition , cannot grieve that it appears to be very near to its dissolution . A more abominable and wicked tyranny ¦ was scarcely ever devised for the

    debasement of the human mind ; myriads have been put to dreadful deaths by fire or racks , or have suffered long imprisonments with inhuman tortures ,- merely because they did not believe What this wicked tribunal agger ted to be the true faith / It had its spies in every part of the kingdom . No house was safe j and the wife of a , man ' s bosom would

    betray him . Hencea dreadful and gloomy horror produced w < bat these wretches called- ; the peace of the church . No one . dared to insinuate a hint fil ^ it the least mistake could emist in-the ^ stablu&ed chujch , a ** 4 all access to improvement was cut off by the terror of punishment V ~ . ¦ ' ,.

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    SoW different this From the mild spirit o £ Chnft&nky r W&eanc * coulcT the « € fKng 9 jaoiio © have been derived , diat the Saviour of the world coulH he pkascd at the sight of raofe and iires to avenge hh clause against an unbeliever ? but we may expeetj that the Brst effect of the

    Frtnch power will be the destruction df this horriMe tribttiml , and S ^ iniardS will again hav < j the liberty- of thought , * nd the power- of readings the Scriptures . With the diminution of the aplerwfotir 6 f the Spanish jdhwrch , the loss of u great part of the wealth © f the clergy , and tfee abolition of nionasterksi the armies df

    France vi be fed and clothed . M fte& light will spring up ia Spainy anil whatever may b « the edfeet of ks cMlj its r * - Kgious liberty wi&be estid > Ksbed ; -uni 9 as we said before , the value of the latter i $ fair from being dudy appreciated even by Protestants . - $ * ¦ -. , ' : ? ¦ - »

    The true ; Christi £ W kri ^ ws , that every infringement of it is as hurtful t& > &se oppressor as to the oppressed ; and sb true Christian can possibly coKCur , la any measure , to rnck , os torture , or fine , or imprison , Ms-brother for interpreting the scripture in a manner dififerout from hirtiself . ' ¦ •*'•'

    The eifbet of tha recef ^ icna tfcb French oh the civil coDstitutioit of Spain it is difficult to foresee . Spain waa once a free country ; its monarehs overthrew the Gortez , or bodies similar to our parliatiients , and have reigned with despotic sway . A melioration in this respect may p ^ s&ibly be produced , but this the Spaniards will , purchase at a con *

    siderabie price , and 'with the changes &i their government wEI most probably experience a great diminution o £ territory in the East and West Indies , and in Anierica . But the papal power will be the greatest losers o » this occasion ; its indulgences , and consecrated relics , and other mummeries found a ready

    sale in 'Spain , and thence were transported to ijts colonies to deceive their unenli ghtened * inhabitants . * With " the changes in the government , these follies will lose their value ; and the falselycalled Apostolic Chamber , great part ok its revenues . Yec the harlot may still give to drink to- many kingdoms from the cup of itfs abominations ^

    From the south , if we turn our eyes to the north of Europe , we , * ee a ve ^ y di&rent seene . A itaocestenft king- ig i » great danger ; his assai Jants are tht emperor of Ku ^ ia avx > wc < iiy 5 the empe *« r

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1808, page 161, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2390/page/41/