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Carlile, Hone, Richard Taylor, Tom Paine, and the whole host of avowed infidels were never prosecuted by the Attorney general for blasphemy worse than that which attributes to the Almighty the effects of the errors, ignorance, despotism, and short sightedness of human beings! CARLYLE HONE RICHARD TAYLOR TOM PAIN AND THE WHOLE HOST OF AVOWED INFIDELS WERE NEVER PROSECUTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR BLASPHEMY WORSE THAN THAT WHICH ATTRIBUTES TO THE ALMIGHTY THE EFFECTS OF THE ERRORS IGNORANCE DESPOTISM AND SHORT SIGHTEDNESS OF HUMAN BEINGS
the worst feelings and extorted the few pence from the pockets of the half-starving peasantry,—when all these influences, forming an aggregate powerful enough to crush the most flourishing country upon the face of the earth, have been brought to bear upon unhappy Ireland, and have reduced her population to a misery which with such fertile causes was inevitable,—there are to be found men who are bold enough, in their deplorable ignorance or their abominable impiety, to accuse the Almighty of having purposely afflicted Ireland! People of the British Isles! be not deceived by this blasphemous proceeding—a proceeding that would shift an awful responsibility from the shoulders of incompetent statesmen, and lay it to the account of heaven! Our blood runs cold as we write these lines—we shudder as we contemplate the wickedness of this impious subterfuge! A General Fast to propitiate the Almighty—when the misgovernment and the misdeeds of men have worked all the horrible results complained of!  THE FLAME OF THE WORST FEELINGS AND EXTORTED THE FEW PENCE FROM THE POCKETS OF THE HALF STARVING PEASANTRY WHEN ALL THESE INFLUENCES FORMING AN AGGREGATE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CRUSH THE MOST FLOURISHING COUNTRY UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO BEAR UPON UNHAPPY ISLAND AND HAVE REDUCED HER POPULATION TO A MISERY WHICH WITH SUCH FERTILE CAUSES WAS INEVITABLE THERE ARE TO BE FOUND MEN WHO ARE BOLD ENOUGH IN THEIR DEPLORABLE IGNORANCE OR THEIR ABOMINABLE IMPIETY TO ACCUSE THE ALMIGHTY OF HAVING PURPOSELY AFFLICTED IRELAND PEOPLE OF THE BRITISH ISLES BE NOT DECEIVED BY THIS BLASPHEMOUS PROCEEDING A PROCEEDING THAT WOULD SHIFT AN AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE SHOULDERS OF INCOMPETENT STATESMEN AND LAY IT TO THE ACCOUNT OF HEAVEN OUR BLOOD RUNS COLD AS WE WRITE THESE LINES WE SHUDDER AS WE CONTEMPLATE THE WICKEDNESS OF THIS IMPIOUS SUBTERFUGE A GENERAL FAST TO PROPITIATE THE ALMIGHTY WHEN THE MISGOVERNMENT AND THE MISDEEDS OF MEN HAVE WORKED ALL THE HORRIBLE RESULTS COMPLAINED OF
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