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God has given us a fair and beauteous world to dwell in,—he has endowed us with intelligence to make the most of the produce of the soil,—and his revealed laws and doctrines have supplied us with precepts competent to maintain order and regularity in society. GOD HAS GIVEN US A FAIR AND BEAUTEOUS WORLD TO DWELL IN HE HAS ENDOWED US WITH INTELLIGENCE TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE PRODUCE OF THE SOIL AND HIS REVEALED LAWS AND DOCTRINES HAVE SUPPLIED US WITH THE PRECEPTS COMPETENT TO MAINTAIN ORDER AND REGULARITY IN SOCIETY
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! 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! NHAPPY 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 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
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