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    Legislative Reforms . QOT

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    Connection of Unitarianism and Materialism . Sir , 1 admit the ingenuity of Mr . Wright ' s argument [ M * Repos . p . $ 51 2 . ] that if Christ were a God-man he was crucified only in part . His simile of «« a single hair on the head / ' is pertinent and happy . But will not his reasoningprove too much ? Most Chris .

    tiansbold the natural immortality of the soul ; and I find a favourite , too-Hiu eh neglected author , using Mr . Wright's simile to shew the superiority of thesoul to the body . " The soul ; * ' says Mr . Grove , of Tauitfon , ( Posth . Works ^ iv # S \ 9 y 320 > 3 - is prdperly the man ; the body bears no more proportroiv to thesoulj in real raiue , thaft a hdir of the head does- to - the whole Wy ^' r ^ Yet Mr . Grove and other iianftaterialists never heskated tfc >

    say that man is mortal ^ tha t man iipith ^ never suspected that this language w » s incorrect ; but if it be allowable , so also is the ortho-% statement of Christ ^ death , thpvijgh a component part of Christ was impassible and immortal . I Oppose , however , that Mr . Wriight opposes on somewhat similar grounds the doctrines of two na ^ jKjs in man in general and in Cbrise , and thet notwithstanding tfl ^ fejeble attem pt of your correspoadfint P . to discover a soul , that is consistent with Unitarianism , this favourite system of your ' s cah-^ t be established uti'tif man shall be proved to be soulless , and that 111 fact the cheerless doctrine of ^ Hterialisna and the cold Unitari 2 , n hypothesis must stand or fall H&hzr . > : ¦ j .

    I bhovild be sincerely glad oi some inforjnQ ^ tion on this point , for am a ¦ ar $ ligioiis inquirer though ^^ Orthodox Cukistiais ? -

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    Legislative Reforms . There are two grand articles of legislative reform , on which enlightened Englishmen should now fix their steady attention ; namel y ^ the melioration of our penal laws , and the abolition of all penal statutes relating to religion . Just and liberal sentiments on both these points are prevalent throughout

    the country ; and they may be speedily communicated to the legislature by a general and united expression of the public will . Who will despair oi success in the cause of humanity and religion , when he recollects their recent triumph in the abolition of the slave trade and the disuse of military torture } The press is the greatest engine of reformation ; a nd wkilst its

    liberty is maintained it is scarcely possible that a country should not advance towards legislative perfection .- Of this instrument of social improvement , let the advocates of limited and corrective punishments and of the " liberty of prophe * sying /* avail tfaemselvies assiduously , and in a little time * every vestige of barbarism will be worn away from our statute book .

    Next to the press the elective franchise furnishes the surest means erf reform . In the course of two or three successive elections , the House of Commdns might be impregnated with an abhorrence of sanguinary punishments and persecution , if voters would refuse their suffrages to candidates who wpuld ' not pledge themselves' to support a revision of the penal code and the emancipation ol conscience . Virtuous and enlightened freemen of England I do not un * . derrate your power or be wanting to your duty * , : , . -:-. ¦ ,.

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1811, page 607, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2421/page/31/