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vtaaftdd& ^ imi : " Tife ^ i ^ maw ^^ with the matter . Whether a man will continue honest / w ^ hdi , Jk + nd * mmijly ^ n Ij ^ hi ^ tft' , otl ^ oportk ) nwifc-b ^ Tm » t » yio his
rwfcjf \ innma » s mat is ipoorwith a rental of halt' ^ u itaillio » £ { tvhsfe twmfkHtm rkh with half a thousand . Now it happeaa that r * p ^ n ftpte £ lta * f J . ; 'A * Roebuck as a man o £ eatteedhigly > frugal habit ** hnd , w&tftfdre , tfnfc not likely to be placed in cirfcumstanees iqf ^ rteeesMty , Ofr'Wiellfns birthright of honour for a mess of pottage . Hut the t& 6 ple haVe a better security than this in his intellect , which-is of
that strong analytical kind that does not trust to the representations of others , but refers all to the test of sound logical criticism , a # d thence driiws its inferences . Such an intellect will assuredly tell lunv that , even in a worldly point of view , the . people ' s cause is the Wjmifig pause ; up hill it may be yet awhile , but not the less cffrt ^ n en that account ; while the cause of their Ibes is * as the
position of a drunken man on the edge of a precipice . Even on fhts « howing the people may assuredly repose their trust in J . A . Roebuck , But they have still better security than this . For ^ yteaflMhfe tffcs pursu ed the same course . He began hisr career * as a ^ wrifer 1 br the people ; and whatever errors in taste hfc may
occa-; iftdnaHt' have committed , he has never swerved from the ^ path <* f ati ^ ataiest advocate of the people ' s welfare , workin g fry ttieafts of itie ^ people ' s freedom . He will not lightly throw dowr ] i . the good re ^> utfe he has won by consecutive exertions . He 19 too wUe > a 5 well as too earnest , a man to commit such a political suicide .
JH # , t , a- * Hember of the National Council , has taken vpwv hirtiself Ab ^ ta ^ k of ; speaking bold truths to the people , through the «* ed 4 uw of his pamphlets . By so doing , he has raisod a host of
^© e ^ ies , who spare no charge or vituperation : and all who > withcmttp ^ rsoaal objects , have the people ' s welfare at heart , are bound to up ^ oAd him in his work . Those who are exposed to his aoi-W ^ iv ^ rdionsiaccuse him of saying things and bringing forward jC ^ ATge ^^ n hia pamphlets , which he would not dare to make in tbev >^ ipu £ e of Commons ; but before we of the people can give > £ l } 34 * jpagcy peraous credit for truth , it is necessary fortheni first to an of
;|^ p > y ( ^ t ^ ^ can get opportunity saying in the House wbat 'Jie <^ y ^{^ hj * pamphlets ; and next , that the newspaper reporters WNRffr ifWTWcUy all that he does happen to say . Meauwhile , his BWWiIWWM . wear the stamp of truth and conviction . Jnt ? re $ te < cUmwf , wijl not r ^ e this Baal from off the bond which links
tftak . pugppfe wiih , the cause of , tU , ^ people . TJJO first pauaphUt , ' Oja ; 1 ^ -J ^^ aus of conveying Infor ^ a £ j * vi t ^ , the ( r ^ Qple / & ^ Q ut wM \* «• genera l summary of the , pro ^ ffs ffl mxing , polUiq ^ l k , no ^ d ge iix England , aud $ & wdWftHT * jB ^^^ X t ^ y ^^ ^ ev ) Vy ptjjrjo ^ c mea . TJif pbjec ^ j ^ gHJo « f Htt ^ P * 4 l hy public ; , w ^ t r ^ Uo n , w ?; it \* u * ^ a , rljj ( c ^ ftii cj ^ . . ^ 0 thM 6 who may have heard the charges of the irie ^ n ^ f iWr . ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1835, page 548, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2648/page/48/
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