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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: A Letter To The Society for the Suppression of Vice, on their Malignant Efforts to Prevent a Free Enquiry After Truth and Reason - -Author: Richard Carlile - -Release Date: July 11, 2012 [EBook #40212] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE *** - - - - -Produced by David Widger - - - - - -A LETTER - -To The Society for the Suppression of Vice, ON THEIR Malignant Efforts -TO PREVENT A FREE ENQUIRY After TRUTH AND REASON - - -By R. Carlile - - -LONDON - -1819 - - - - -LETTER - - - -Associated Persecutors, - - - -That envenomed and malign spirit which you have so prominently -displayed, during the short time since you have turned your attentions -towards my publications, precludes the necessity of my offering any -apology for addressing you in a public letter. - -Having immured me within the walls of a prison, methinks I see -a demoniac smile glide over your several cheeks with the glowing -expression; of "we have now crushed him."--Be not too sanguine; feeble -as my efforts may be to propagate those principles, on which, (according -to my humble conceptions,) the basis of true morality and virtue must be -founded, nor the fear of imprisonment, nor the fear of death shall deter -me from a perseverance. What is the religion that you profess, that you -are so much alarmed at every attempt to investigate its merits? What is -the basis of your pretended morality and virtue, when you betray a -fear of being left naked as the breeze leaves the stem of the woolly -dandelion? What is that chimerical faith in which you pretend to centre -your future hopes, if you fear the result of your fellow mortal's -enquiry into it? On what ground must the established and dissenting -codes of religion, of which you boast, (and express your determination -to support, by imprisonments and punishments of such persons as shall -attempt to inspect its foundation,) be raised, when a small volume of -enquiry into its origin shakes its very centre, and threatens a total -annihilation? Pause! ye deluded and deluding hypocrites, and I will -compromise the matter with you. But how? Shall it be an instance of that -nature where many individuals whom you have laid under the charge of -vending, what both you and I consider obscene and objectionable books -and prints, have more than once satisfied your virtuous scruples by a -fee? Pray, would my paying all the expences you have incurred in this -prosecution, satiate that appetite which feeds on virtue whilst it -falsely affects to destroy vice? Is your answer--yes? I disdain it. -Nothing but a fair exposition of both our views shall induce me to -compromise this important question; rendered the more important, because -a sycophantic and hypocritical society--a refined banditti attempts to -crush it in its bud. No, the compromise I will make with you shall be, -either, that you shall renounce those persecutions you have instituted -against me, or I will expose your object in all its hideous features. -Although, like the assassin, you endeavour to conceal both your names -and intentions, and make a hungry Lawyer* your instrument, yet the -community at large; who have been more injured than amended by your -false pretences, will assist me in depicting your banditti in its real -colours. - - * Prichard, of Essex-street, in the Strand, whose clerks and - inmates are used as informers to this Society. - -By every exertion and enquiry that I could make, I have not been able -to obtain a list of your names, and am given to understand that no such -thing has been published for many years past. It appears, that in the -earlier part of your institution, you regularly published, your -names, but that the infamy which has, of late, been attached to your -proceedings, has deterred you from continuing it. As the best proof of -virtue arises when it is exposed to the fangs of vice, I challenge -you to proceed in your persecutions. But let us here examine how the -question stands between us. I have published a book, the contents of -which you charge to be impious blasphemous, and profane, tending to -bring into disrepute the Christian Religion. I reply, that this book -does not merit the charge instituted against it, nor has it any other -tendency than that of bringing into disrepute the religions that are not -supported by human reason, or divine authority. - -Did any thing but vindictive malice guide your councils, you would have -waited the time when I should have been placed before a jury of my own -countrymen, and there receive the reward, or punishment consequent on -their verdict. But no! the Society for the Suppression of Vice cannot -suppress their appetite for rancorous punishment, but seize their -victim, tear him from a fond and agonized family, and within two hours -lodge him within the walls of Newgate. For what? for doing that, -which, whether it is-an offence or not, is but matter of opinion, the -publication can injure no one but those panders who prey on the vitals -of their country. The publication, I admit, may be offensive to some, -but not to the virtuous and well meaning part of the community; it is -offensive to those persons only who are interested in supporting the -corruptions and abuses of the system we live under. - -You appear to be following the course which the Attorney General -(Shepherd) followed towards me in 1817, in regard to the Parodies*; -that is, you have no hopes of being able to obtain the verdict of a -jury against the work, and you are anxious to glut your vengeance with -punishment before trial. - - * The writer of this letter was eighteen weeks in the King's - Bench Prison for re-publishing the Parodies, and was never - brought to trial; it was he who challenged the Attorney - General to bring the Parodies before a jury, which led to so - grand and noble a result. - -I doubt whether any of you who have instigated these Prosecutions have -ever read the Theological Writings of Thomas Paine, for if you had read -them, And had possessed the least conception of vice and virtue, you -would have found nothing of a vicious tendency in them, you would have -found nothing that came within the province of your professions to -prosecute for. - -Have you no priests in your Society? Why do you not set them to write a -volume of the same size to refute the arguments and assertions of Paine? -I will pledge myself to sell it with the other, Is there not a Bishop -amongst you that can again attempt to do what Watson has vainly -attempted? For shame! do not attempt to destroy by the sword of -perverted law what so many bishops and clergy are so well qualified -to destroy by argument and reason. For what do they receive so many -thousands of the public money? For what have we universities and -colleges, and so many thousand priests who have to boast of collegiate -education? unless it is to support by argument, intellectual reasoning, -and controversial disputation, the several doctrines and dogmas which -they profess to teach, and wish us to believe. For shame! I say again, -spur them on, and do not let their professions be set at 'nought by -a few untutored minds. They must either do this, or raise again the -blood-stained standard of the cross, and again enforce their doctrines -by the sword. - -Christianity, like the material world, has had its rise, its progress, -and is now experiencing its decay, but differs in this point, that there -is no hope of its regenerating or revivifying. And vain will be the -attempt to oppose it to human reason. The press, that dreadful park of -artillery, will continue to open its destructive fire on superstition, -bigotry, and religious and civil despotism; and what shall check its -career? - -Hear, ye promoters of theological dissensions, and tremble, whilst I -tell you, that you possess the same dispositions as your ancestors, who -kindled the flames in Smithfield. Would public opinion tolerate it, you -would pursue me to the stake with the same satisfaction you have pursued -me to a prison. Reserving for a better opportunity any further opinions -and observations on your character, conduct, and views as a Society, -I would beg leave to call your attention to a work lately published in -London, entitled the Principles of Nature, by Elihu Palmer, the first -chapter of which I will here insert as a specimen, which is strictly -applicable to our relative situations, with the exception of a few of -the first sentences. - - - - -PRINCIPLES OF NATURE, by Elihu Palmer - -"CHAPTER I. - -"The Power of Intellect, its Duty, and the Obstacles that oppose its -Progress. - -"The sources of hope and consolation to the human race are to be sought -for in the energy of intellectual powers. To these, every specific -amelioration must bear a constant and invariable reference; and whatever -opposes the progress of such a power, is unquestionably in most pointed -opposition to the best and most important interest of our species. The -organic construction of man induces a strong conclusion that no limits -can possibly be assigned to his moral and scientific improvements. The -question relative to the nature and substance of the human mind, is of -much less consequence than that which relates to the extent of force -and capacity, and the diversified modes of beneficial application. The -strength of the human understanding is incalculable, its keenness of -discernment would ultimately penetrate into every part of nature, were -it permitted to operate with uncontrolled and unqualified freedom. It is -because this sublime principle of man has been constantly the object -of the most scurrilous abuse, and the most detestable invective from -superstition, that his moral existence has been buried in the gulf of -ignorance, and his intellectual powers tarnished by the ferocious and -impure hand of fanaticism. Although we are made capable of sublime -reflections, it has hitherto been deemed a crime to think, and a still -greater crime to speak our thoughts after they have been conceived. The -despotism of the universe had waged war against the power of the human -understanding, and for many ages successfully combated, his efforts, -but the natural energy of this immortal property of human existence -was incapable of being controlled by such, extraneous and degrading -restraints. It burst the walls of its prison, explored the earth, -discovered the properties of its component parts, analyzed their -natures, and gave to them specific classification and arrangement. Not -content with terrestrial researches, intellect abandoned the earth, and -travelled in quest of science through the celestial regions. The heavens -were explored, the stars were counted, and the revolutions of the -planets subjected to mathematical calculation. All nature became the -theatre of human action, and man in his unbounded and ardent desire -attempted to embrace the universe. Such was the nature of his powers, -such their strength and fervour, that hopes and anticipations were -unqualified and unlimited. The subordinate objects in the great mass of -existence were decompounded, and the essential peculiarities of their -different natures delineated with astonishing accuracy and wonderful -precision. Situated in the midst of a world of physical wonders and -having made some progress in the analytical decomposition of material -substances, and the relative position of revolving orbs, man began to -turn his powers to the nice disquisitions of the subtle properties of -his mental existence. Here the force of his faculties was opposed by the -darkness and difficulties of the subject; and superstition, ever ready -to arrest and destroy moral improvement, cast innumerable difficulties -in the way, and the bewildered mind found this part of the system of -nature less accessible than the physical universe, whose prominent -disparities struck the understanding and presented clear discrimination. -The ignorance and barbarism of former ages, it is said, furnish an -awful intimation of the imbecility of our mental powers and the hopeless -condition of the human race. If thought be reflected back for the -purpose of recognizing through a long night of time the miseries and -ignorance of the species, there will be found, no doubt, powerful causes -of lamentation; but courage will be resuscitated when the energy of -intellect is displayed, and the improvement of the world, which has -already been made, shall be clearly exhibited to view. It is not -sufficient that man acknowledge the possession of his intellectual -powers, it is also necessary that these powers should be developed, -and their force directed to the discovery of correct principle, and the -useful application of it to social life; errors, evils, and vices -every where exist, and by these the world has been rendered continually -wretched; and the history of mankind furnishes the dreadful lessons, -and shocks the sensibility of every human being. The ravage ferocity of, -despotism has destroyed the harmony of society; the unrelenting cruelty -of superstition has cut asunder the finest fibres that ever concreted -the hearts of intelligent beings. It has buried beneath its gloomy vale -all the moral properties of our existence, and entombed in the grave -of ignorance and terror the most sublime, energies, and the purest -affections of the human mind. An important duty is therefore imposed -upon intellect, and a departure from its faithful performance should -be ranked among the crimes which bate most disgraced and injured the -felicity of the world. If the few philanthropists who have embarked -in the cause of humanity, have not been adequately rewarded, it is, -nevertheless, true, that the principle and force of duty remain the -same, unbroken and incapable of being abrogated. It is the discovery -and propagation of truth which ought to engage the attention of man, and -call forth the powerful activity of his mind. - -"The nature of ancient institutions, instead of forming a reason against -the activity of mind, should be considered as constituting a double -stimulus; these institutions are such a complete abandonment of every -just and correct principle; they have been so destructive in their -operation and effects, that nothing but the strong and energetic -movement of, the human understanding will be capable of subverting -them. The whole earth has been made the wretched abode of ignorance -and misery--and to priests and tyrants these dreadful effects are to be -attributed. These are the priviledged monsters who have subjugated the -earth, destroyed the peace and industry of society, and committed the -most atrocious of all robberies--that have robbed human nature of its -intellectual property, leaving all in a state of waste and barrenness. -Moses, Zoroaster, Jesus, and Mahomet, are names celebrated in history; -but what are they celebrated for? Have their institutions softened -the savage ferocity of man? Have they developed a clear system of -principles, either moral, scientific, or philosophical? Have they -encouraged the free and unqualified operation of intellect, or rather -by their institutions, has not a gloom been thrown oyer the clearest -subjects, and their examination prohibited under the severest -penalties? The successors and followers of these men have adhered to the -destructive lessons of their masters with undeviating tenacity. This -has formed one of the most powerful obstacles to the progress of -improvement, and still threatens with eternal _damnation_ that man who -shall call in question the truth of their _dogmas_, or the divinity of -their systems. - -"The political tyranny of the earth coalesced with this phalanx of -religious despots, and the love of science and of virtue was nearly -banished from the world. Twelve centuries of moral and political -darkness, in which Europe was involved, had nearly completed the -destruction of human dignity, and every thing valuable or ornamental in -the character of man. During this long and doleful night of ignorance, -slavery, and superstition, Christianity reigned triumphant; its -doctrines and divinity were not called in question. The power of -the Pope, the Clergy, and the Church, were omnipotent; nothing could -restrain their phrenzy, nothing could controul the cruelty of their -fanaticism; with mad enthusiasm they set on foot the most bloody and -terrific crusades, the object of which was to recover from infidels the -_Holy Land_. Seven hundred thousand men are said to have perished in the -two first expeditions, which had been thus commenced and carried on by -the pious zeal of the Christian church, and in the total amount, -several millions were found numbered with the dead--the awful effects of -religious fanaticism presuming upon the aid of heaven. It was then that -man lost all his dignity, and sunk to the condition of a brute; it -was then that intellect received a deadly blow, from which it did not -recover till the fifteenth century. From that time to the present, the -progress of knowledge has been constantly accelerated; independence -of mind has been asserted, and opposing obstacles have been gradually -diminished; The church has resigned a part of her power, the better to -retain the remainder; civil tyranny has been shaken to its centre in -both hemispheres; the malignity of superstition is abating, and every -species of _quackery_, imposture, and imposition, are yielding to the -light and power of science. An awful contest has commenced, which must -terminate in the destruction of thrones and civil despotism--in the -annihilation of ecclesiastical pride and domination; or, on the other -hand, intellect, science, and manly virtue will be crushed in one -general ruin, and the world will retrograde towards a state of -ignorance, barbarism, and misery. The latter, however, is an event -rendered almost impossible by the discovery of the art of printing, by -the expansion of mind, and the general augmentation of knowledge. -Church and State may unite to form an insurmountable barrier against the -extension of thought, the moral progress of nations, and the felicity -of nature; but let it be recollected, that the guarantee for moral and -political emancipation is already deposited in the archives of every -school and college, and in the mind of every cultivated and enlightened -man of all countries. It will henceforth be a vain and fruitless attempt -to reduce the earth to that state of slavery of which the history -of former ages has furnished such an awful picture. The crimes of -ecclesiastical despots are still corroding upon the very vitals of human -society; the severities of civil power will never be forgotten. The -destructive influence of ancient institutions will teach us to seek -in nature and the knowledge of her laws, for the discovery of those -principles whose operation alone can emancipate the world from dreadful -bondage. If in the succeeding chapters we shall be able to destroy any -considerable portion of human errors, and establish some solid truths, -our labours will bear a relation to the progressive improvement of the -human race, which, to intelligent minds, is of all considerations the -most beneficial and important." - -I presume, Gentlemen, since you have attempted to suppress certain -creeds as well as vice, that each of you are in duty bound to peruse -this work, of which this is part and specimen, it is a work which I hold -in estimation, and consequently requires your attention. - -I hope I shall have the pleasure of selling a few copies of this work -to your Honourable Society, whether for the purpose of a prosecution or -not, I am quite indifferent, as I hold Paine's opinion to be good, that -under a bad government it is well to have a good work prosecuted. - -I am, Gentlemen, - -Your firm opponent, - -R. CARLILE. - - - - -COPY OF WARRANT. - -Newgate, Feb. 13th, 1819. - -England, (to wit).--Whereas it appeareth unto me by the affidavit of -George Prichard, and the affidavit of Thomas Fair, that an indictment -was found by the Grand Jury for the city of London, against Richard -Carlile, late of London, bookseller, for selling a certain blasphemous -libel, intitled "Paine's Age of Reason," which indictment has been -removed and filed in his Majesty's Court of King's Bench, and to -which the said Richard Carlile appeared in the said Court, and gave -recognizance to plead thereto within the first eight days of the next -Easter Term. And that since the said Richard Carlile, hath entered into -the said recognizance, he hath sold another copy of the said libel to -the said Thomas Fair, for which said last mentioned offence, the said -George Prichard intends to prosecute the said Richard Carlile in the -said Court of King's Bench. These are therefore to will and require, and -in his Majesty's name, strictly to charge and command you, and every of -you on sight hereof, to apprehend and take the body of the said Richard, -and bring him before me or one other of the said Judges of his Majesty's -Court of King's Bench, if taken in or near the cities of London and -Middlesex, if elsewhere, before some Justice of the Peace near to the -place where he shall be herewith taken. To the end that he the said -Richard Carlile may become bound to the King's Majesty in the sum of -£200, together with two sufficient sureties in the sum of £100 each, -for the appearance of the said Richard Carlile in his Majesty's Court of -King's Bench, on the first day of next Easter Term, to answer to all and -singular indictments against him, for publishing the said libel, and -to appear from day to day in the said Court, and not depart until -discharged by the said Court. Hereof fail not at your peril. Given under -my hand and seal the eleventh day of February, 1819. - -(L. S.) C. ABBOTT. - -To Thomas Gibbons, gentleman, my tipstaff, or any other tipstaff of his -Majesty's Court of King's Bench, - -and to all chief and petty constables, headboroughs, tything men, and -all others whom these may concern. - - - - -COPY OF COMMITTAL - -The within named Richard Carlile having been brought before me this day, -by virtue of the within warrant, and not having sufficient sureties to -answer to the offence in the within mentioned warrant, is committed to -the custody of the Keeper of his Majesty's gaol of Newgate, being the -common gaol of the city of London, where the said Richard Carlile was -apprehended upon the said warrant. - -Receive the body of the within named Richard Carlile into your -custody, and him safely keep until he the said Richard Carlile shall be -discharged by due course of law. - -Dated the 11th of February, 1819. - -G. S. 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: A Letter To The Society for the Suppression of Vice, on their Malignant Efforts to Prevent a Free Enquiry After Truth and Reason - -Author: Richard Carlile - -Release Date: July 11, 2012 [EBook #40212] -Last Updated: January 25, 2013 - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE *** - - - - -Produced by David Widger - - - - - -</pre> - <div style="height: 8em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> - </div> - <h1> - A LETTER - </h1> - <h3> - To The Society for the Suppression of Vice,<br /> ON THEIR Malignant - Efforts<br /> TO PREVENT A FREE ENQUIRY<br /> After TRUTH AND REASON - </h3> - <h2> - By R. Carlile - </h2> - <p> - <br /> - </p> - <h3> - LONDON <br /><br /> 1819 - </h3> - <p> - <br /> <br /> - </p> - <hr /> - <p> - <br /> <br /> - </p> - <blockquote> - <p class="toc"> - <big><b>CONTENTS</b></big> - </p> - <p> - <br /> - </p> - <p class="toc"> - <a href="#link2H_4_0001"> LETTER </a> - </p> - <p class="toc"> - <a href="#link2H_4_0002"> PRINCIPLES OF NATURE, by Elihu Palmer </a> - </p> - <p class="toc"> - <a href="#link2H_4_0003"> COPY OF WARRANT. </a> - </p> - <p class="toc"> - <a href="#link2H_4_0004"> COPY OF COMMITTAL </a> - </p> - </blockquote> - <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0001" id="link2H_4_0001"> - <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> - </p> - <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> - </div> - <h2> - LETTER - </h2> - <p> - Associated Persecutors, - </p> - <p> - That envenomed and malign spirit which you have so prominently displayed, - during the short time since you have turned your attentions towards my - publications, precludes the necessity of my offering any apology for - addressing you in a public letter. - </p> - <p> - Having immured me within the walls of a prison, methinks I see a demoniac - smile glide over your several cheeks with the glowing expression; of "we - have now crushed him."—Be not too sanguine; feeble as my efforts may - be to propagate those principles, on which, (according to my humble - conceptions,) the basis of true morality and virtue must be founded, nor - the fear of imprisonment, nor the fear of death shall deter me from a - perseverance. What is the religion that you profess, that you are so much - alarmed at every attempt to investigate its merits? What is the basis of - your pretended morality and virtue, when you betray a fear of being left - naked as the breeze leaves the stem of the woolly dandelion? What is that - chimerical faith in which you pretend to centre your future hopes, if you - fear the result of your fellow mortal's enquiry into it? On what ground - must the established and dissenting codes of religion, of which you boast, - (and express your determination to support, by imprisonments and - punishments of such persons as shall attempt to inspect its foundation,) - be raised, when a small volume of enquiry into its origin shakes its very - centre, and threatens a total annihilation? Pause! ye deluded and deluding - hypocrites, and I will compromise the matter with you. But how? Shall it - be an instance of that nature where many individuals whom you have laid - under the charge of vending, what both you and I consider obscene and - objectionable books and prints, have more than once satisfied your - virtuous scruples by a fee? Pray, would my paying all the expences you - have incurred in this prosecution, satiate that appetite which feeds on - virtue whilst it falsely affects to destroy vice? Is your answer—yes? - I disdain it. Nothing but a fair exposition of both our views shall induce - me to compromise this important question; rendered the more important, - because a sycophantic and hypocritical society—a refined banditti - attempts to crush it in its bud. No, the compromise I will make with you - shall be, either, that you shall renounce those persecutions you have - instituted against me, or I will expose your object in all its hideous - features. Although, like the assassin, you endeavour to conceal both your - names and intentions, and make a hungry Lawyer* your instrument, yet the - community at large; who have been more injured than amended by your false - pretences, will assist me in depicting your banditti in its real colours. - </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> - * Prichard, of Essex-street, in the Strand, whose clerks and - inmates are used as informers to this Society. -</pre> - <p> - By every exertion and enquiry that I could make, I have not been able to - obtain a list of your names, and am given to understand that no such thing - has been published for many years past. It appears, that in the earlier - part of your institution, you regularly published, your names, but that - the infamy which has, of late, been attached to your proceedings, has - deterred you from continuing it. As the best proof of virtue arises when - it is exposed to the fangs of vice, I challenge you to proceed in your - persecutions. But let us here examine how the question stands between us. - I have published a book, the contents of which you charge to be impious - blasphemous, and profane, tending to bring into disrepute the Christian - Religion. I reply, that this book does not merit the charge instituted - against it, nor has it any other tendency than that of bringing into - disrepute the religions that are not supported by human reason, or divine - authority. - </p> - <p> - Did any thing but vindictive malice guide your councils, you would have - waited the time when I should have been placed before a jury of my own - countrymen, and there receive the reward, or punishment consequent on - their verdict. But no! the Society for the Suppression of Vice cannot - suppress their appetite for rancorous punishment, but seize their victim, - tear him from a fond and agonized family, and within two hours lodge him - within the walls of Newgate. For what? for doing that, which, whether it - is-an offence or not, is but matter of opinion, the publication can injure - no one but those panders who prey on the vitals of their country. The - publication, I admit, may be offensive to some, but not to the virtuous - and well meaning part of the community; it is offensive to those persons - only who are interested in supporting the corruptions and abuses of the - system we live under. - </p> - <p> - You appear to be following the course which the Attorney General - (Shepherd) followed towards me in 1817, in regard to the Parodies*; that - is, you have no hopes of being able to obtain the verdict of a jury - against the work, and you are anxious to glut your vengeance with - punishment before trial. - </p> -<pre xml:space="preserve"> - * The writer of this letter was eighteen weeks in the King's - Bench Prison for re-publishing the Parodies, and was never - brought to trial; it was he who challenged the Attorney - General to bring the Parodies before a jury, which led to so - grand and noble a result. -</pre> - <p> - I doubt whether any of you who have instigated these Prosecutions have - ever read the Theological Writings of Thomas Paine, for if you had read - them, And had possessed the least conception of vice and virtue, you would - have found nothing of a vicious tendency in them, you would have found - nothing that came within the province of your professions to prosecute - for. - </p> - <p> - Have you no priests in your Society? Why do you not set them to write a - volume of the same size to refute the arguments and assertions of Paine? I - will pledge myself to sell it with the other, Is there not a Bishop - amongst you that can again attempt to do what Watson has vainly attempted? - For shame! do not attempt to destroy by the sword of perverted law what so - many bishops and clergy are so well qualified to destroy by argument and - reason. For what do they receive so many thousands of the public money? - For what have we universities and colleges, and so many thousand priests - who have to boast of collegiate education? unless it is to support by - argument, intellectual reasoning, and controversial disputation, the - several doctrines and dogmas which they profess to teach, and wish us to - believe. For shame! I say again, spur them on, and do not let their - professions be set at 'nought by a few untutored minds. They must either - do this, or raise again the blood-stained standard of the cross, and again - enforce their doctrines by the sword. - </p> - <p> - Christianity, like the material world, has had its rise, its progress, and - is now experiencing its decay, but differs in this point, that there is no - hope of its regenerating or revivifying. And vain will be the attempt to - oppose it to human reason. The press, that dreadful park of artillery, - will continue to open its destructive fire on superstition, bigotry, and - religious and civil despotism; and what shall check its career? - </p> - <p> - Hear, ye promoters of theological dissensions, and tremble, whilst I tell - you, that you possess the same dispositions as your ancestors, who kindled - the flames in Smithfield. Would public opinion tolerate it, you would - pursue me to the stake with the same satisfaction you have pursued me to a - prison. Reserving for a better opportunity any further opinions and - observations on your character, conduct, and views as a Society, I would - beg leave to call your attention to a work lately published in London, - entitled the Principles of Nature, by Elihu Palmer, the first chapter of - which I will here insert as a specimen, which is strictly applicable to - our relative situations, with the exception of a few of the first - sentences. - </p> - <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0002" id="link2H_4_0002"> - <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> - </p> - <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> - </div> - <h2> - PRINCIPLES OF NATURE, by Elihu Palmer - </h2> - <p> - <br /><br /> - </p> - <h3> - "CHAPTER I. - </h3> - <p> - "The Power of Intellect, its Duty, and the Obstacles that oppose its - Progress. - </p> - <p> - "The sources of hope and consolation to the human race are to be sought - for in the energy of intellectual powers. To these, every specific - amelioration must bear a constant and invariable reference; and whatever - opposes the progress of such a power, is unquestionably in most pointed - opposition to the best and most important interest of our species. The - organic construction of man induces a strong conclusion that no limits can - possibly be assigned to his moral and scientific improvements. The - question relative to the nature and substance of the human mind, is of - much less consequence than that which relates to the extent of force and - capacity, and the diversified modes of beneficial application. The - strength of the human understanding is incalculable, its keenness of - discernment would ultimately penetrate into every part of nature, were it - permitted to operate with uncontrolled and unqualified freedom. It is - because this sublime principle of man has been constantly the object of - the most scurrilous abuse, and the most detestable invective from - superstition, that his moral existence has been buried in the gulf of - ignorance, and his intellectual powers tarnished by the ferocious and - impure hand of fanaticism. Although we are made capable of sublime - reflections, it has hitherto been deemed a crime to think, and a still - greater crime to speak our thoughts after they have been conceived. The - despotism of the universe had waged war against the power of the human - understanding, and for many ages successfully combated, his efforts, but - the natural energy of this immortal property of human existence was - incapable of being controlled by such, extraneous and degrading - restraints. It burst the walls of its prison, explored the earth, - discovered the properties of its component parts, analyzed their natures, - and gave to them specific classification and arrangement. Not content with - terrestrial researches, intellect abandoned the earth, and travelled in - quest of science through the celestial regions. The heavens were explored, - the stars were counted, and the revolutions of the planets subjected to - mathematical calculation. All nature became the theatre of human action, - and man in his unbounded and ardent desire attempted to embrace the - universe. Such was the nature of his powers, such their strength and - fervour, that hopes and anticipations were unqualified and unlimited. The - subordinate objects in the great mass of existence were decompounded, and - the essential peculiarities of their different natures delineated with - astonishing accuracy and wonderful precision. Situated in the midst of a - world of physical wonders and having made some progress in the analytical - decomposition of material substances, and the relative position of - revolving orbs, man began to turn his powers to the nice disquisitions of - the subtle properties of his mental existence. Here the force of his - faculties was opposed by the darkness and difficulties of the subject; and - superstition, ever ready to arrest and destroy moral improvement, cast - innumerable difficulties in the way, and the bewildered mind found this - part of the system of nature less accessible than the physical universe, - whose prominent disparities struck the understanding and presented clear - discrimination. The ignorance and barbarism of former ages, it is said, - furnish an awful intimation of the imbecility of our mental powers and the - hopeless condition of the human race. If thought be reflected back for the - purpose of recognizing through a long night of time the miseries and - ignorance of the species, there will be found, no doubt, powerful causes - of lamentation; but courage will be resuscitated when the energy of - intellect is displayed, and the improvement of the world, which has - already been made, shall be clearly exhibited to view. It is not - sufficient that man acknowledge the possession of his intellectual powers, - it is also necessary that these powers should be developed, and their - force directed to the discovery of correct principle, and the useful - application of it to social life; errors, evils, and vices every where - exist, and by these the world has been rendered continually wretched; and - the history of mankind furnishes the dreadful lessons, and shocks the - sensibility of every human being. The ravage ferocity of, despotism has - destroyed the harmony of society; the unrelenting cruelty of superstition - has cut asunder the finest fibres that ever concreted the hearts of - intelligent beings. It has buried beneath its gloomy vale all the moral - properties of our existence, and entombed in the grave of ignorance and - terror the most sublime, energies, and the purest affections of the human - mind. An important duty is therefore imposed upon intellect, and a - departure from its faithful performance should be ranked among the crimes - which bate most disgraced and injured the felicity of the world. If the - few philanthropists who have embarked in the cause of humanity, have not - been adequately rewarded, it is, nevertheless, true, that the principle - and force of duty remain the same, unbroken and incapable of being - abrogated. It is the discovery and propagation of truth which ought to - engage the attention of man, and call forth the powerful activity of his - mind. - </p> - <p> - "The nature of ancient institutions, instead of forming a reason against - the activity of mind, should be considered as constituting a double - stimulus; these institutions are such a complete abandonment of every just - and correct principle; they have been so destructive in their operation - and effects, that nothing but the strong and energetic movement of, the - human understanding will be capable of subverting them. The whole earth - has been made the wretched abode of ignorance and misery—and to - priests and tyrants these dreadful effects are to be attributed. These are - the priviledged monsters who have subjugated the earth, destroyed the - peace and industry of society, and committed the most atrocious of all - robberies—that have robbed human nature of its intellectual - property, leaving all in a state of waste and barrenness. Moses, - Zoroaster, Jesus, and Mahomet, are names celebrated in history; but what - are they celebrated for? Have their institutions softened the savage - ferocity of man? Have they developed a clear system of principles, either - moral, scientific, or philosophical? Have they encouraged the free and - unqualified operation of intellect, or rather by their institutions, has - not a gloom been thrown oyer the clearest subjects, and their examination - prohibited under the severest penalties? The successors and followers of - these men have adhered to the destructive lessons of their masters with - undeviating tenacity. This has formed one of the most powerful obstacles - to the progress of improvement, and still threatens with eternal <i>damnation</i> - that man who shall call in question the truth of their <i>dogmas</i>, or - the divinity of their systems. - </p> - <p> - "The political tyranny of the earth coalesced with this phalanx of - religious despots, and the love of science and of virtue was nearly - banished from the world. Twelve centuries of moral and political darkness, - in which Europe was involved, had nearly completed the destruction of - human dignity, and every thing valuable or ornamental in the character of - man. During this long and doleful night of ignorance, slavery, and - superstition, Christianity reigned triumphant; its doctrines and divinity - were not called in question. The power of the Pope, the Clergy, and the - Church, were omnipotent; nothing could restrain their phrenzy, nothing - could controul the cruelty of their fanaticism; with mad enthusiasm they - set on foot the most bloody and terrific crusades, the object of which was - to recover from infidels the <i>Holy Land</i>. Seven hundred thousand men - are said to have perished in the two first expeditions, which had been - thus commenced and carried on by the pious zeal of the Christian church, - and in the total amount, several millions were found numbered with the - dead—the awful effects of religious fanaticism presuming upon the - aid of heaven. It was then that man lost all his dignity, and sunk to the - condition of a brute; it was then that intellect received a deadly blow, - from which it did not recover till the fifteenth century. From that time - to the present, the progress of knowledge has been constantly accelerated; - independence of mind has been asserted, and opposing obstacles have been - gradually diminished; The church has resigned a part of her power, the - better to retain the remainder; civil tyranny has been shaken to its - centre in both hemispheres; the malignity of superstition is abating, and - every species of <i>quackery</i>, imposture, and imposition, are yielding - to the light and power of science. An awful contest has commenced, which - must terminate in the destruction of thrones and civil despotism—in - the annihilation of ecclesiastical pride and domination; or, on the other - hand, intellect, science, and manly virtue will be crushed in one general - ruin, and the world will retrograde towards a state of ignorance, - barbarism, and misery. The latter, however, is an event rendered almost - impossible by the discovery of the art of printing, by the expansion of - mind, and the general augmentation of knowledge. Church and State may - unite to form an insurmountable barrier against the extension of thought, - the moral progress of nations, and the felicity of nature; but let it be - recollected, that the guarantee for moral and political emancipation is - already deposited in the archives of every school and college, and in the - mind of every cultivated and enlightened man of all countries. It will - henceforth be a vain and fruitless attempt to reduce the earth to that - state of slavery of which the history of former ages has furnished such an - awful picture. The crimes of ecclesiastical despots are still corroding - upon the very vitals of human society; the severities of civil power will - never be forgotten. The destructive influence of ancient institutions will - teach us to seek in nature and the knowledge of her laws, for the - discovery of those principles whose operation alone can emancipate the - world from dreadful bondage. If in the succeeding chapters we shall be - able to destroy any considerable portion of human errors, and establish - some solid truths, our labours will bear a relation to the progressive - improvement of the human race, which, to intelligent minds, is of all - considerations the most beneficial and important." - </p> - <p> - I presume, Gentlemen, since you have attempted to suppress certain creeds - as well as vice, that each of you are in duty bound to peruse this work, - of which this is part and specimen, it is a work which I hold in - estimation, and consequently requires your attention. - </p> - <p> - I hope I shall have the pleasure of selling a few copies of this work to - your Honourable Society, whether for the purpose of a prosecution or not, - I am quite indifferent, as I hold Paine's opinion to be good, that under a - bad government it is well to have a good work prosecuted. - </p> - <p> - I am, Gentlemen, - </p> - <p> - Your firm opponent, - </p> - <p> - R. CARLILE. <a name="link2H_4_0003" id="link2H_4_0003"> - <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> - </p> - <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> - </div> - <h2> - COPY OF WARRANT. - </h2> - <h3> - Newgate, Feb. 13th, 1819. - </h3> - <p> - England, (to wit).—Whereas it appeareth unto me by the affidavit of - George Prichard, and the affidavit of Thomas Fair, that an indictment was - found by the Grand Jury for the city of London, against Richard Carlile, - late of London, bookseller, for selling a certain blasphemous libel, - intitled "Paine's Age of Reason," which indictment has been removed and - filed in his Majesty's Court of King's Bench, and to which the said - Richard Carlile appeared in the said Court, and gave recognizance to plead - thereto within the first eight days of the next Easter Term. And that - since the said Richard Carlile, hath entered into the said recognizance, - he hath sold another copy of the said libel to the said Thomas Fair, for - which said last mentioned offence, the said George Prichard intends to - prosecute the said Richard Carlile in the said Court of King's Bench. - These are therefore to will and require, and in his Majesty's name, - strictly to charge and command you, and every of you on sight hereof, to - apprehend and take the body of the said Richard, and bring him before me - or one other of the said Judges of his Majesty's Court of King's Bench, if - taken in or near the cities of London and Middlesex, if elsewhere, before - some Justice of the Peace near to the place where he shall be herewith - taken. To the end that he the said Richard Carlile may become bound to the - King's Majesty in the sum of £200, together with two sufficient sureties - in the sum of £100 each, for the appearance of the said Richard Carlile in - his Majesty's Court of King's Bench, on the first day of next Easter Term, - to answer to all and singular indictments against him, for publishing the - said libel, and to appear from day to day in the said Court, and not - depart until discharged by the said Court. Hereof fail not at your peril. - Given under my hand and seal the eleventh day of February, 1819. - </p> - <p> - (L. S.) C. ABBOTT. - </p> - <p> - To Thomas Gibbons, gentleman, my tipstaff, or any other tipstaff of his - Majesty's Court of King's Bench, - </p> - <p> - and to all chief and petty constables, headboroughs, tything men, and all - others whom these may concern. - </p> - <p> - <a name="link2H_4_0004" id="link2H_4_0004"> - <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> - </p> - <div style="height: 4em;"> - <br /><br /><br /><br /> - </div> - <h2> - COPY OF COMMITTAL - </h2> - <p> - The within named Richard Carlile having been brought before me this day, - by virtue of the within warrant, and not having sufficient sureties to - answer to the offence in the within mentioned warrant, is committed to the - custody of the Keeper of his Majesty's gaol of Newgate, being the common - gaol of the city of London, where the said Richard Carlile was apprehended - upon the said warrant. - </p> - <p> - Receive the body of the within named Richard Carlile into your custody, - and him safely keep until he the said Richard Carlile shall be discharged - by due course of law. - </p> - <p> - Dated the 11th of February, 1819. - </p> - <p> - G. S. 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: A Letter To The Society for the Suppression of Vice, on their Malignant Efforts to Prevent a Free Enquiry After Truth and Reason - -Author: Richard Carlile - -Release Date: July 11, 2012 [EBook #40212] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF VICE *** - - - - -Produced by David Widger - - - - - -A LETTER - -To The Society for the Suppression of Vice, ON THEIR Malignant Efforts -TO PREVENT A FREE ENQUIRY After TRUTH AND REASON - - -By R. Carlile - - -LONDON - -1819 - - - - -LETTER - - - -Associated Persecutors, - - - -That envenomed and malign spirit which you have so prominently -displayed, during the short time since you have turned your attentions -towards my publications, precludes the necessity of my offering any -apology for addressing you in a public letter. - -Having immured me within the walls of a prison, methinks I see -a demoniac smile glide over your several cheeks with the glowing -expression; of "we have now crushed him."--Be not too sanguine; feeble -as my efforts may be to propagate those principles, on which, (according -to my humble conceptions,) the basis of true morality and virtue must be -founded, nor the fear of imprisonment, nor the fear of death shall deter -me from a perseverance. What is the religion that you profess, that you -are so much alarmed at every attempt to investigate its merits? What is -the basis of your pretended morality and virtue, when you betray a -fear of being left naked as the breeze leaves the stem of the woolly -dandelion? What is that chimerical faith in which you pretend to centre -your future hopes, if you fear the result of your fellow mortal's -enquiry into it? On what ground must the established and dissenting -codes of religion, of which you boast, (and express your determination -to support, by imprisonments and punishments of such persons as shall -attempt to inspect its foundation,) be raised, when a small volume of -enquiry into its origin shakes its very centre, and threatens a total -annihilation? Pause! ye deluded and deluding hypocrites, and I will -compromise the matter with you. But how? Shall it be an instance of that -nature where many individuals whom you have laid under the charge of -vending, what both you and I consider obscene and objectionable books -and prints, have more than once satisfied your virtuous scruples by a -fee? Pray, would my paying all the expences you have incurred in this -prosecution, satiate that appetite which feeds on virtue whilst it -falsely affects to destroy vice? Is your answer--yes? I disdain it. -Nothing but a fair exposition of both our views shall induce me to -compromise this important question; rendered the more important, because -a sycophantic and hypocritical society--a refined banditti attempts to -crush it in its bud. No, the compromise I will make with you shall be, -either, that you shall renounce those persecutions you have instituted -against me, or I will expose your object in all its hideous features. -Although, like the assassin, you endeavour to conceal both your names -and intentions, and make a hungry Lawyer* your instrument, yet the -community at large; who have been more injured than amended by your -false pretences, will assist me in depicting your banditti in its real -colours. - - * Prichard, of Essex-street, in the Strand, whose clerks and - inmates are used as informers to this Society. - -By every exertion and enquiry that I could make, I have not been able -to obtain a list of your names, and am given to understand that no such -thing has been published for many years past. It appears, that in the -earlier part of your institution, you regularly published, your -names, but that the infamy which has, of late, been attached to your -proceedings, has deterred you from continuing it. As the best proof of -virtue arises when it is exposed to the fangs of vice, I challenge -you to proceed in your persecutions. But let us here examine how the -question stands between us. I have published a book, the contents of -which you charge to be impious blasphemous, and profane, tending to -bring into disrepute the Christian Religion. I reply, that this book -does not merit the charge instituted against it, nor has it any other -tendency than that of bringing into disrepute the religions that are not -supported by human reason, or divine authority. - -Did any thing but vindictive malice guide your councils, you would have -waited the time when I should have been placed before a jury of my own -countrymen, and there receive the reward, or punishment consequent on -their verdict. But no! the Society for the Suppression of Vice cannot -suppress their appetite for rancorous punishment, but seize their -victim, tear him from a fond and agonized family, and within two hours -lodge him within the walls of Newgate. For what? for doing that, -which, whether it is-an offence or not, is but matter of opinion, the -publication can injure no one but those panders who prey on the vitals -of their country. The publication, I admit, may be offensive to some, -but not to the virtuous and well meaning part of the community; it is -offensive to those persons only who are interested in supporting the -corruptions and abuses of the system we live under. - -You appear to be following the course which the Attorney General -(Shepherd) followed towards me in 1817, in regard to the Parodies*; -that is, you have no hopes of being able to obtain the verdict of a -jury against the work, and you are anxious to glut your vengeance with -punishment before trial. - - * The writer of this letter was eighteen weeks in the King's - Bench Prison for re-publishing the Parodies, and was never - brought to trial; it was he who challenged the Attorney - General to bring the Parodies before a jury, which led to so - grand and noble a result. - -I doubt whether any of you who have instigated these Prosecutions have -ever read the Theological Writings of Thomas Paine, for if you had read -them, And had possessed the least conception of vice and virtue, you -would have found nothing of a vicious tendency in them, you would have -found nothing that came within the province of your professions to -prosecute for. - -Have you no priests in your Society? Why do you not set them to write a -volume of the same size to refute the arguments and assertions of Paine? -I will pledge myself to sell it with the other, Is there not a Bishop -amongst you that can again attempt to do what Watson has vainly -attempted? For shame! do not attempt to destroy by the sword of -perverted law what so many bishops and clergy are so well qualified -to destroy by argument and reason. For what do they receive so many -thousands of the public money? For what have we universities and -colleges, and so many thousand priests who have to boast of collegiate -education? unless it is to support by argument, intellectual reasoning, -and controversial disputation, the several doctrines and dogmas which -they profess to teach, and wish us to believe. For shame! I say again, -spur them on, and do not let their professions be set at 'nought by -a few untutored minds. They must either do this, or raise again the -blood-stained standard of the cross, and again enforce their doctrines -by the sword. - -Christianity, like the material world, has had its rise, its progress, -and is now experiencing its decay, but differs in this point, that there -is no hope of its regenerating or revivifying. And vain will be the -attempt to oppose it to human reason. The press, that dreadful park of -artillery, will continue to open its destructive fire on superstition, -bigotry, and religious and civil despotism; and what shall check its -career? - -Hear, ye promoters of theological dissensions, and tremble, whilst I -tell you, that you possess the same dispositions as your ancestors, who -kindled the flames in Smithfield. Would public opinion tolerate it, you -would pursue me to the stake with the same satisfaction you have pursued -me to a prison. Reserving for a better opportunity any further opinions -and observations on your character, conduct, and views as a Society, -I would beg leave to call your attention to a work lately published in -London, entitled the Principles of Nature, by Elihu Palmer, the first -chapter of which I will here insert as a specimen, which is strictly -applicable to our relative situations, with the exception of a few of -the first sentences. - - - - -PRINCIPLES OF NATURE, by Elihu Palmer - -"CHAPTER I. - -"The Power of Intellect, its Duty, and the Obstacles that oppose its -Progress. - -"The sources of hope and consolation to the human race are to be sought -for in the energy of intellectual powers. To these, every specific -amelioration must bear a constant and invariable reference; and whatever -opposes the progress of such a power, is unquestionably in most pointed -opposition to the best and most important interest of our species. The -organic construction of man induces a strong conclusion that no limits -can possibly be assigned to his moral and scientific improvements. The -question relative to the nature and substance of the human mind, is of -much less consequence than that which relates to the extent of force -and capacity, and the diversified modes of beneficial application. The -strength of the human understanding is incalculable, its keenness of -discernment would ultimately penetrate into every part of nature, were -it permitted to operate with uncontrolled and unqualified freedom. It is -because this sublime principle of man has been constantly the object -of the most scurrilous abuse, and the most detestable invective from -superstition, that his moral existence has been buried in the gulf of -ignorance, and his intellectual powers tarnished by the ferocious and -impure hand of fanaticism. Although we are made capable of sublime -reflections, it has hitherto been deemed a crime to think, and a still -greater crime to speak our thoughts after they have been conceived. The -despotism of the universe had waged war against the power of the human -understanding, and for many ages successfully combated, his efforts, -but the natural energy of this immortal property of human existence -was incapable of being controlled by such, extraneous and degrading -restraints. It burst the walls of its prison, explored the earth, -discovered the properties of its component parts, analyzed their -natures, and gave to them specific classification and arrangement. Not -content with terrestrial researches, intellect abandoned the earth, and -travelled in quest of science through the celestial regions. The heavens -were explored, the stars were counted, and the revolutions of the -planets subjected to mathematical calculation. All nature became the -theatre of human action, and man in his unbounded and ardent desire -attempted to embrace the universe. Such was the nature of his powers, -such their strength and fervour, that hopes and anticipations were -unqualified and unlimited. The subordinate objects in the great mass of -existence were decompounded, and the essential peculiarities of their -different natures delineated with astonishing accuracy and wonderful -precision. Situated in the midst of a world of physical wonders and -having made some progress in the analytical decomposition of material -substances, and the relative position of revolving orbs, man began to -turn his powers to the nice disquisitions of the subtle properties of -his mental existence. Here the force of his faculties was opposed by the -darkness and difficulties of the subject; and superstition, ever ready -to arrest and destroy moral improvement, cast innumerable difficulties -in the way, and the bewildered mind found this part of the system of -nature less accessible than the physical universe, whose prominent -disparities struck the understanding and presented clear discrimination. -The ignorance and barbarism of former ages, it is said, furnish an -awful intimation of the imbecility of our mental powers and the hopeless -condition of the human race. If thought be reflected back for the -purpose of recognizing through a long night of time the miseries and -ignorance of the species, there will be found, no doubt, powerful causes -of lamentation; but courage will be resuscitated when the energy of -intellect is displayed, and the improvement of the world, which has -already been made, shall be clearly exhibited to view. It is not -sufficient that man acknowledge the possession of his intellectual -powers, it is also necessary that these powers should be developed, -and their force directed to the discovery of correct principle, and the -useful application of it to social life; errors, evils, and vices -every where exist, and by these the world has been rendered continually -wretched; and the history of mankind furnishes the dreadful lessons, -and shocks the sensibility of every human being. The ravage ferocity of, -despotism has destroyed the harmony of society; the unrelenting cruelty -of superstition has cut asunder the finest fibres that ever concreted -the hearts of intelligent beings. It has buried beneath its gloomy vale -all the moral properties of our existence, and entombed in the grave -of ignorance and terror the most sublime, energies, and the purest -affections of the human mind. An important duty is therefore imposed -upon intellect, and a departure from its faithful performance should -be ranked among the crimes which bate most disgraced and injured the -felicity of the world. If the few philanthropists who have embarked -in the cause of humanity, have not been adequately rewarded, it is, -nevertheless, true, that the principle and force of duty remain the -same, unbroken and incapable of being abrogated. It is the discovery -and propagation of truth which ought to engage the attention of man, and -call forth the powerful activity of his mind. - -"The nature of ancient institutions, instead of forming a reason against -the activity of mind, should be considered as constituting a double -stimulus; these institutions are such a complete abandonment of every -just and correct principle; they have been so destructive in their -operation and effects, that nothing but the strong and energetic -movement of, the human understanding will be capable of subverting -them. The whole earth has been made the wretched abode of ignorance -and misery--and to priests and tyrants these dreadful effects are to be -attributed. These are the priviledged monsters who have subjugated the -earth, destroyed the peace and industry of society, and committed the -most atrocious of all robberies--that have robbed human nature of its -intellectual property, leaving all in a state of waste and barrenness. -Moses, Zoroaster, Jesus, and Mahomet, are names celebrated in history; -but what are they celebrated for? Have their institutions softened -the savage ferocity of man? Have they developed a clear system of -principles, either moral, scientific, or philosophical? Have they -encouraged the free and unqualified operation of intellect, or rather -by their institutions, has not a gloom been thrown oyer the clearest -subjects, and their examination prohibited under the severest -penalties? The successors and followers of these men have adhered to the -destructive lessons of their masters with undeviating tenacity. This -has formed one of the most powerful obstacles to the progress of -improvement, and still threatens with eternal _damnation_ that man who -shall call in question the truth of their _dogmas_, or the divinity of -their systems. - -"The political tyranny of the earth coalesced with this phalanx of -religious despots, and the love of science and of virtue was nearly -banished from the world. Twelve centuries of moral and political -darkness, in which Europe was involved, had nearly completed the -destruction of human dignity, and every thing valuable or ornamental in -the character of man. During this long and doleful night of ignorance, -slavery, and superstition, Christianity reigned triumphant; its -doctrines and divinity were not called in question. The power of -the Pope, the Clergy, and the Church, were omnipotent; nothing could -restrain their phrenzy, nothing could controul the cruelty of their -fanaticism; with mad enthusiasm they set on foot the most bloody and -terrific crusades, the object of which was to recover from infidels the -_Holy Land_. Seven hundred thousand men are said to have perished in the -two first expeditions, which had been thus commenced and carried on by -the pious zeal of the Christian church, and in the total amount, -several millions were found numbered with the dead--the awful effects of -religious fanaticism presuming upon the aid of heaven. It was then that -man lost all his dignity, and sunk to the condition of a brute; it -was then that intellect received a deadly blow, from which it did not -recover till the fifteenth century. From that time to the present, the -progress of knowledge has been constantly accelerated; independence -of mind has been asserted, and opposing obstacles have been gradually -diminished; The church has resigned a part of her power, the better to -retain the remainder; civil tyranny has been shaken to its centre in -both hemispheres; the malignity of superstition is abating, and every -species of _quackery_, imposture, and imposition, are yielding to the -light and power of science. An awful contest has commenced, which must -terminate in the destruction of thrones and civil despotism--in the -annihilation of ecclesiastical pride and domination; or, on the other -hand, intellect, science, and manly virtue will be crushed in one -general ruin, and the world will retrograde towards a state of -ignorance, barbarism, and misery. The latter, however, is an event -rendered almost impossible by the discovery of the art of printing, by -the expansion of mind, and the general augmentation of knowledge. -Church and State may unite to form an insurmountable barrier against the -extension of thought, the moral progress of nations, and the felicity -of nature; but let it be recollected, that the guarantee for moral and -political emancipation is already deposited in the archives of every -school and college, and in the mind of every cultivated and enlightened -man of all countries. It will henceforth be a vain and fruitless attempt -to reduce the earth to that state of slavery of which the history -of former ages has furnished such an awful picture. The crimes of -ecclesiastical despots are still corroding upon the very vitals of human -society; the severities of civil power will never be forgotten. The -destructive influence of ancient institutions will teach us to seek -in nature and the knowledge of her laws, for the discovery of those -principles whose operation alone can emancipate the world from dreadful -bondage. If in the succeeding chapters we shall be able to destroy any -considerable portion of human errors, and establish some solid truths, -our labours will bear a relation to the progressive improvement of the -human race, which, to intelligent minds, is of all considerations the -most beneficial and important." - -I presume, Gentlemen, since you have attempted to suppress certain -creeds as well as vice, that each of you are in duty bound to peruse -this work, of which this is part and specimen, it is a work which I hold -in estimation, and consequently requires your attention. - -I hope I shall have the pleasure of selling a few copies of this work -to your Honourable Society, whether for the purpose of a prosecution or -not, I am quite indifferent, as I hold Paine's opinion to be good, that -under a bad government it is well to have a good work prosecuted. - -I am, Gentlemen, - -Your firm opponent, - -R. CARLILE. - - - - -COPY OF WARRANT. - -Newgate, Feb. 13th, 1819. - -England, (to wit).--Whereas it appeareth unto me by the affidavit of -George Prichard, and the affidavit of Thomas Fair, that an indictment -was found by the Grand Jury for the city of London, against Richard -Carlile, late of London, bookseller, for selling a certain blasphemous -libel, intitled "Paine's Age of Reason," which indictment has been -removed and filed in his Majesty's Court of King's Bench, and to -which the said Richard Carlile appeared in the said Court, and gave -recognizance to plead thereto within the first eight days of the next -Easter Term. And that since the said Richard Carlile, hath entered into -the said recognizance, he hath sold another copy of the said libel to -the said Thomas Fair, for which said last mentioned offence, the said -George Prichard intends to prosecute the said Richard Carlile in the -said Court of King's Bench. These are therefore to will and require, and -in his Majesty's name, strictly to charge and command you, and every of -you on sight hereof, to apprehend and take the body of the said Richard, -and bring him before me or one other of the said Judges of his Majesty's -Court of King's Bench, if taken in or near the cities of London and -Middlesex, if elsewhere, before some Justice of the Peace near to the -place where he shall be herewith taken. To the end that he the said -Richard Carlile may become bound to the King's Majesty in the sum of -L200, together with two sufficient sureties in the sum of L100 each, -for the appearance of the said Richard Carlile in his Majesty's Court of -King's Bench, on the first day of next Easter Term, to answer to all and -singular indictments against him, for publishing the said libel, and -to appear from day to day in the said Court, and not depart until -discharged by the said Court. Hereof fail not at your peril. Given under -my hand and seal the eleventh day of February, 1819. - -(L. S.) C. ABBOTT. - -To Thomas Gibbons, gentleman, my tipstaff, or any other tipstaff of his -Majesty's Court of King's Bench, - -and to all chief and petty constables, headboroughs, tything men, and -all others whom these may concern. - - - - -COPY OF COMMITTAL - -The within named Richard Carlile having been brought before me this day, -by virtue of the within warrant, and not having sufficient sureties to -answer to the offence in the within mentioned warrant, is committed to -the custody of the Keeper of his Majesty's gaol of Newgate, being the -common gaol of the city of London, where the said Richard Carlile was -apprehended upon the said warrant. - -Receive the body of the within named Richard Carlile into your -custody, and him safely keep until he the said Richard Carlile shall be -discharged by due course of law. - -Dated the 11th of February, 1819. - -G. S. 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