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.0 De consiaereu as Ae«suiiia.uioForemost in the rank of these prejudices, which tend to obs^ct Lhe progress of complete suffrage, we may place that which has been2aUed into being and installed in power by the indiscretions, therecklessness, the dishonesty of too many who, until recently, have stood forth os the undisputed leaders of the popular cau^. It is no intention of ou^s to p^ate their inconsistencies, to defend their follieS) or to excuse their crimes* The declamatory ^ash thej mouthe in the ear, or print for the eye, of the public, their dissolute morals, their insane hate of religion, the meanness with which they will stoop to pander to the lowest passions of human nature, the abjec^ cowardice with which they almost invariably abandon their followers in the moment of danger, their profound ignorance only to be surpassed by the grossness of their assumptions—all this we giye up most heartily to well-merited execration. For ourselves, we feel it impossible to look upon the frothy braggarts with any other fe^ngs than those of supreme contempt. They have defiled with their speeches anti writings a truly noble cause, and have made men turn away w'ith sickening of heart from principles which otherwise would have won their admiration. Most of them we believe to be conscious or unconscious puppets in the hands of the direst enemies to popular freedom—and whether female charms, or flattery, or money, be the price paid down to them for their services, thev are working: out the purposes of tory cunning.
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Nonconformist
London, Middlesex, GB
Wed, Jul 06, 1842
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