18 Jan 1868
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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 18, 1868
Page
1
The text argues that the proximity of a general election will lead to near unanimous rejection of compulsion as a provision, if it remains in the law in any disguise. It stresses the need to remove this objectionable feature.
The piece argues the established Church consistently opposed liberty while Dissent supported freedom, citing Hume Macaulay Lecky and Fox on Puritan influence. It notes the Church’s long alliance with tyranny through the Tudor to Hanover periods, alongside reformist actions by Dissenters during 1715, 1745 and the Reform era.
A Manchester Education Conference debate reveals church dominance in education. Archdeacon Denison proposes state grants for schools with religious and secular options, risking reduced liberties for Dissenters and tying school policy to ecclesiastical control.
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