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ence upon the subject; although, he ventured to question the propriety of my opinions before he found I was disposed to meet him fairly, and even upon his own dunghill!

The Christian Religion has not only the immoralities above mentioned connected with it, but it is the portrait of injustice throughout. It damns every human being that ever lived and knew nothing of it, even if there were no means of acquiring a knowledge of it, or before it existed. Both in profession and practice it creates all kinds of dissentions in families and in nations, the members of which inevitably happen to disagree about its ill-defined dogmas. The act of putting Jesus to death, even if true, was an act of injustice, as the alleged object must have been practicable according to the common notions of Deity without any such outrage upon humanity. If Jehovah had more power than Jesus, his dooming him so to die upon so shallow a pretence was an act of injustice, and such was the begetting him upon a woman betrothed to another Jew. The whole thing, in and throughout, teaches us nothing but acts of immorality, injustice and tyranny; and such has been the practice of those who adhere to its doctrines from the time of Constantine the first Christian Roman Emperor down to the present time, wherever it has been a state religion.

Let our Christian friend read and reflect on those assertions: let him refer to Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire as an authority for them: let him then read such volumes as are avowedly written for the true exposure of Christianity and all other Idolatries; and if I do not much mistake the portrait I have drawn of the man in my mind, his abhorrence will be turned from mine to some of his own present and past opinions. I shall hope to hear that he has read what I now write to you, and will freely give him room in the Republican to discuss mine and to defend his own opinions, if he fears not discussion upon this, both to him and me, important matter.

To all friends in Edinburgh I pay my respects, and return them thanks for their continued support. I hope to afford them the satisfaction of witressing the good effects of that support; for I am vain enough to think that I increase in strength amidst all the persecutions heaped upon me; and I defy the Christians to do as much again towards ruining me in property and checking my career as they have hitherto done.

I am, Sir, sincerely yours,
R. CARLILE.

to mr. r. carlile, dorchester GAOL.

DEAR SIR, Liverpool, May 31, 1822. SOME time since I remitted you through the hands of a friend, a trifle raised by a few friends here towards defraying your fine, we are going on with our subscriptions, and I hope in a short time to be able to send you something more. My object in writing is to induce you to publish at length those parts of the Bible which are referred to in the sheet published, entitled "The Beauties of the Bible." I should wish it to be done in as cheap a form as possible, say three pence; myself and friend will take fifty copies, and I have no doubt you might realize something by the sale of them: I would have them sealed up, and addressed to the fathers of families. You must not suppose that I am wishing to disseminate such immoral trash from immoral motives, my object is to lay bare the deformity which lies hidden beneath the cloak of revelation. The Vice Society take especial care to suppress immoral caricatures and pamphlets, at the same time that they are sending abroad the vilest bestiality and filth in the name of God! If you print them, it is my intention to send one to every Christian father of a family with whom I am acquainted. I will, if you think proper, write and transmit you a preface or apology for printing the bawdy part of God's word.

Yours, sincerely,

A LOVER OF TRUTH.

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A Lover of Truth is informed, that the publication he mentions has been in consideration and determined on for some time past; but I have so many pamphlets waiting for the Press, both as prints and reprints, that it must be delayed. There are now out of print and waiting their turns, the "Address to Men of Science;" Scripturian's Creed;" " Report of the Trial of Mrs. Carlile" several numbers of "The Republican" necessary to complete sets, besides the Reports of the Trials of the Men in Giltspur Street Compter, that have not yet appeared. "The Report of the Trial of Humphrey Boyle" will be the first to appear, and as early as possible, and this Report will embrace all those obscene parts of the Bible he read in Court, when the women and boys were ordered out! after those have appeared I shall judge of the propriety of making a complete collection of the obscene beauties of the Bible, as a beacon to parents. It may not be amiss for the Lover of Truth to forward his preface. Dorchester Gaol, June 16, 1822. R. CARLILE.

P. S. The letter dated the 31st of May, did not reach Dorchester Gaol, until the 14th instant.

TO MR. R. CARLILE.

SIR,

THE following lines were written by a friend of mine five or six years ago, and only had a private circulation, but are so applicable to the present state of Society, that if you will give them insertion in your Republican, you will much oblige a constant reader from its commencement, or if you cannot a notice to that effect.

Yours,

J. S.

ON THE DECLARATION OF THE ALLIES, IN 1815,

GUARANTEEING AGAINST REVOLUTIONS, &c.

"PEACE upon Earth!"-From Danube's wat'ry bound,
Borne on the voice of monarchs came the sound!

Wide thro' the world the kingly chorus ran—
"PEACE upon Earth, and servitude to man:"
Ambition, Discord, Hate, at last agree-
Peace among despots-War with Liberty!

PEACE! Ye blaspheme, and take her name in vain;
Peace shall be none on Earth while tyrants reign.
Insulted Reason scorns the hollow breath-
Your Peace is slavery, and your rest is death!
Nature's dearest gifts in your accursed hands
Are furned to poisons, and corrupts the lands-
Her plagues to blessings-Tumults, Slaughters, Swords,
REVOLTS, REBELLIONS-these are holy words-
These, evermore, with Furies arm'd and fears,
Shall shake your thrones, and thunder in your ears—
Peace to the Free-Deliverance to the Slave-
And war with Tyrants to the very Grave.

TO MR. R. CARLILE, DORCHESTER GAOL.

SIR, No. 1, Scott Place, Bird Cage Walk, Hackney Road. FROM my superior knowledge of Natural Philosophy above any now taught, I hope you will not be offended at the liberty, I take, by trespassing on your time at such an important moment as the sent, with my opinion on the subject of Deity.

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Every one who pretends to, or does know any thing of philosophy,

ought also to know matter is so very essential to every animated being, that nothing can exist any where without it; whether natural or supernatural. They ought also to know (for sufficient are the proofs in nature) that animation cannot exist in one particle of matter only; for it cannot adinit of any motion of its parts because it has none; nor can it admit of any internal motion, for it is solid. Therefore it is an undeniable truth, no being whatever having life whether natural or supernatural, can exist any otherwise than in plurality of particles united together by the cause of cohesion, (commonly called attraction of cohesion. Now because matter is so very essential to every animated being that nothing can exist without it: and cohesion is equally essential. No animated being, such as we can in any ways suppose to exist, could have existed previous to those two most essential things. Likewise, animation does not exist in those two things only, but in the motion of some internal fluid matter within the substance of the being. Therefore matter, cohesion, and motion, must have existed before any animated being; consequently they must have existed before God. Hence it is obvious, whatever beings exist superior to man they must still be subordinate to nature. We know the power of man, and in the anatomy of him we find no part superfluous, nor in the chemical analysis of him do we find any part, without which would render man superior in power, invisible to sight, and insensible to touch, more than in his natural state. How then can we affirm by nature the existence of being all-powerful, invisible, insensible to touch, and able to penetrate though the most solid substances of walls, &c. without any displacement of those substances or injury to themselves, when all nature denies it? I want no man to refrain from his religious motive for my opinions, I know it is considered part of the law of the land; but the cultivation of good morals free of superstition would be far better to produce pleasure to one's-self and happiness to all.

I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,

E. BUSHI.

TO MR. R. CARLILE, DORCHESTER GAOL.

RESPECTED CITIZEN, Chester Castle, June 19, 1822. YOUR kind letter containing the award of Ten Pounds, came duly to hand, and which sum I have received according to your order. I have also to acknowledge the receipt of One Pound from the Republicans of Leeds, about the 19th of May last, for both of which I return my sincere thanks, and as there has never gone a regular statement of my case from me, you shall have one in a short time. I could wish to know why we should be treated worse than the debtors, but I suppose I might as well ask, of what use are Bishops to the

people; or, why one Parson is allowed the benefits of two Churches, and employ a man to do the duty of one of them, at about one-third of its benefit. I believe Parsons to be the greatest tyrants upon earth, and the supporters of the worst of villainy. If you can explain these few questions you will much oblige,

Your most sincere, and grateful Citizen,

JOSEPH SWANN.

N. B. Since the arrival of your letter, Mr. Harrison has received Ten Pounds from Mr. Hunt to be divided between us, and we have likewise received several pounds from different places, but cannot give you the names at present, but they will appear in the “Black Dwarf."

SIR,

TO MR. CARLILE, DORCHESTER GAOL.

Norwich, June 30, 1822. I INCLOSE you Three Pounds, being a contribution from the Friends to Parliamentary Reform, meeting at the Town House Tavern in this city. I beg leave to add that I have contributed to this subscription, not from any approbation of your attacks upon revealed Religion, but because I wish as a Christian to do that which I believe my great Teacher would have done, to bear my decided testimony against the interference of the magistrate in matters which concern a man's own conscience only.

I am, Sir, your sincere well wisher,
EDWARD TAYLOR.

TO MR. EDWARD TAYLOR, NORWICH.

SIR, Dorchester Gaol, July 2, 1822. I RETURN thanks for the contribution of Three Pounds transmitted by you from the Friends to Parliamentary Reform who meet at the Town House Tavern in the city of Norwich. I can both believe and respect the motive for your individual contribution, as it would be a lamentable state of society indeed, if there were no exceptions to the general variance in the professions and practices of those who call themselves Christians. On the other hand, I beg leave to say, that, I am as earnestly and sincerely attached to and equally impressed with the superior importance of those principles I advocate, as any Christian can feel towards the principles of Christianity. I ask nothing but unrestrained discussion, as in my humble opinion, the summum bonum for mankind.

I am, Sir, gratefully yours,
R. CARLILE.

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