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1824 | <head>1824 Dec<hi rend="superscript">r</hi>. 16 1825 Dec. 20 <add>+</add><lb/> | ||
Constitutional Code. | Constitutional Code.</head> | ||
Ch. XXVI. Local Headmen Registrars | <note>Ch. XXVI. Local <del>Headmen</del> <add>Registrars</add><lb/> | ||
§. English practice | §. English practice<lb/> | ||
Deaths, Marriages Births | Deaths, Marriages Births</note> | ||
1 12 | <p>1 12</p> | ||
<note>Religion the cause</note> | |||
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In this way | <p>In this way then as in so many others, without end<lb/> | ||
may be seen what is called religion around against morality | may be seen what is called <hi rend="underline">religion</hi> <unclear>around</unclear> against morality<lb/> | ||
and employed in forcing <gap/> men in countless numbers to live a life of insincerity | and employed in forcing <del><gap/></del> men <add>in countless numbers</add> to live a life of insincerity<lb/> | ||
on pain of <del><gap/></del> remaining divested of those common<lb/> | |||
rights which at the same time in pretence and profess | rights which at the same time <del>in pretence and profess</del><lb/> | ||
pretended and professed and thus falsely pretended to be given to all <gap/> | pretended and <add>professed and thus</add> falsely pretended to be given to all <gap/></p> | ||
<p>And to what purpose so flagrant an injustice? To no<lb/> | |||
other than by the power and profit to contribute to the keeping<lb/> | |||
in f<gap/> an order of men engaged at an immense <sic>expence</sic><lb/> | |||
in the capacity <add>quality</add> of instruments of delusion compliance and<lb/> | |||
oppression in the hands of the <unclear>prominent</unclear> determined in every<lb/> | |||
point by an interest or a state of constant and <del><gap/></del> <gap/><lb/> | |||
opposition to that of the vast majority of the people.</p> | |||
<p>2. On every one of these occasions, under the name of<lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">fees</hi> payments <add>taxes</add> are exacted which though to the higher <add><unclear>ruling</unclear></add> classes are<lb/> | |||
as nothing, are <add><gap/> <gap/></add> to the vast majority a <sic>burthen</sic> of severe<lb/> | |||
pressure: a <sic>burthen</sic> which when the act that <gap/> the<lb/> | |||
pretext and means for the taxation is voluntary, as in the case<lb/> | |||
of marriages and <del>for</del> <add>the <del>equivalent to</del> <gap/> to</add> registration of births operate not infrequently<lb/> | |||
<gap/> to | as a prohibition</p> | ||
<note>Christening</note> | |||
Of a < | <p>Of a <unclear>compound</unclear> of extortion and sub<gap/> of insincerity<lb/> | ||
the very word christening is of itself conclusive and <gap/> | the <add>very</add> word <hi rend="underline">christening</hi> is <add>of itself</add> conclusive and <gap/><lb/> | ||
and conclusive evidence. | and conclusive evidence. The points <del><gap/></del> <gap/> <gap/> falsely<lb/> | ||
who takes and who cares? most profess a certain belief, or they | who <unclear>takes</unclear> and who <unclear>cares</unclear>? most profess a <add>certain</add> belief, or they<lb/> | ||
<gap/> the child is put out of the protection of the law. Belief? | <gap/> the child is put out of the protection of the law. Belief?<lb/> | ||
and such belief! and on such ground! The or when the light run is not | and such belief! and on such ground! The <add>or</add> when <add>the light</add> run is not<lb/> | ||
entirely | entirely <unclear>quashed</unclear> let him but read <del>in <gap/></del> <add><unclear>firmless</unclear></add> professors what<lb/> | ||
in <gap/> <gap/> was forced into men's mouths! Not but that up with | in <gap/> <gap/> was forced into men's mouths! Not but that up with<lb/> | ||
the | <add>the</add><lb/> | ||
the | <note>the <gap/> of <gap/> <gap/><lb/> | ||
<unclear>as close</unclear> as the <gap/> <gap/><lb/> | |||
of the <gap/> at under<lb/> | |||
the <gap/> of it would<lb/> | |||
still <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/><lb/> | |||
<gap/> <gap/> unjustifiable by <gap/>.</note></p> | |||
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1824 Decr. 16 1825 Dec. 20 +
Constitutional Code.
Ch. XXVI. Local Headmen Registrars
§. English practice
Deaths, Marriages Births
1 12
Religion the cause
In this way then as in so many others, without end
may be seen what is called religion around against morality
and employed in forcing men in countless numbers to live a life of insincerity
on pain of remaining divested of those common
rights which at the same time in pretence and profess
pretended and professed and thus falsely pretended to be given to all
And to what purpose so flagrant an injustice? To no
other than by the power and profit to contribute to the keeping
in f an order of men engaged at an immense expence
in the capacity quality of instruments of delusion compliance and
oppression in the hands of the prominent determined in every
point by an interest or a state of constant and
opposition to that of the vast majority of the people.
2. On every one of these occasions, under the name of
fees payments taxes are exacted which though to the higher ruling classes are
as nothing, are to the vast majority a burthen of severe
pressure: a burthen which when the act that the
pretext and means for the taxation is voluntary, as in the case
of marriages and for the equivalent to to registration of births operate not infrequently
as a prohibition
Christening
Of a compound of extortion and sub of insincerity
the very word christening is of itself conclusive and
and conclusive evidence. The points falsely
who takes and who cares? most profess a certain belief, or they
the child is put out of the protection of the law. Belief?
and such belief! and on such ground! The or when the light run is not
entirely quashed let him but read in firmless professors what
in was forced into men's mouths! Not but that up with
the
the of
as close as the
of the at under
the of it would
still
unjustifiable by .
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