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the last part of the nation to learn a new doctrine. And a nation is not to be instructed as you can instruct an inquisitive individual. Were a statesman in advance of the knowledge of the nation, he would find insuperable obstacles, in attempting to act up to the extent of his knowledge. Mankind, as a body, is ungrateful, and will not thank you for benefits conferred, nor see your good intentions to serve it, if you step out of a beaten track. The sound Reformer has no other encouragement than to be queath his merited caresses to his senseless memory; or to enjoy them in anticipation. His patrons live not with him; but are to be his posterity: and from those persons with whom he lives, he finds more of insult than of gratitude. They see not the end of his reformation; they appreciate not his motives.

It is consolatory to be able to say, that, while the foregoing complaint is true, in relation to mankind as a body, it has, like every general rule, its exceptions in a part of that body. The life of a Reformer would be intolerable, if there were not some keen sighted individuals who can see his ends and appreciate his motives, and who are bold enough to encourage him to proceed, and honest and benevolent enough to assist him. His state would be intolerable, but for these exceptions; for his proposed changes constitute an arraignment of all existing political and prejudicial powers; and these powers naturally make war upon him, while he is weak enough to suffer from their influence. To posterity, then, I dedicate the fourteen volumes of "The Republican," and to posterity I appeal to say whether or not I have done my duty as a Reformer. There are thousands living who will say that I have done it; but I aspire to the approbation of mankind as a body, and that I know must be the approbation of a future generation. RICHARD CARLILE.

62, Fleet-street, December 28, 1826.

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CONTENTS.

VOLUME XIV.

No. 1.-An Address to the People of this Island, by Richard

Carlile, on his past proceedings and future prospects. On the

Rise and Progress of Priests, by Philanthropos. A poetical Ad-

dress to Richard Carlile on his Atheism, by Cicero Winterbottom.

Letter from Wm. Inman and A. Sim to R. Carlile. Answer,

Notices, and Extract from Mr. Wm. Blackshaw's Letter.

No. 2.-To the Working People of Manchester and places

adjacent. General Emancipation, contended for in a reprinted

Letter to Mr. James Cropper, of Liverpool. Correspondence

between an early Secretary of the Society for the Suppression of

Vice, and some Young Ladies. Fair play at last among the

Christians. Ultimate Danger of Investing Property in the Pub-

lic Funds, British or Foreign. July the nineteenth, Anniver-

sary of the Coronation of George the Fourth. Anecdotes of

Thomas Paine and Napoleon Buonaparte. Ben David's Sixth

Letter. Letter 26 in conclusion to the Christian Judge Bailey.

William Cobbett. Mr. Carlile's Compliments to his Old Pastor,

the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, Vicar of St. Dunstan's in the West, on re

turning to his parish.

No. 3. Declaration of the Catholic Bishops, investigated.

Priestcraft. Christian Evidence Society. Society of Universal
Benevolence. To Mr. R. Carlile, with Lines on the Nettle. Mr.
Cobbett. Letter from A- B. Do. from William Cam-
pion, W. V. Holmes to William Campion. Phrenology_no-
ticed, by R. H. Kings and Little Girls. Lingering Spite of Reli-
gious Persecutions. Mechanics' Institutions. An Address to the
Journeymen of Great Britain, by F. P. Magisterial Politics.
Free Discussion. Joint Stock Book Company.

No. 4.-Emancipation." Mr. Cobbett's Account of his Visit to
the King's Cottage. Cobbett's Petition. J. F. to R. Carlile.
Charles Walker to R. Carlile, with a statement of Subscriptions
for Messrs. Clarke, &c. Continued Loves of the Black Guards
and the Red Guards of Church and State. Joint Stock Book
Company. To the Public, on education, by Michael Rough.
On the Poor Laws, by R. H. John Clarke's Letters to Adam
Clarke noticed.

No. 7.-R. Carlile to William Allen. Letter to Mr. Peel, by

R. H. Brutal Assault. Poor Laws noticed by A. Davenport..
Hindoo Comic Story. C.'s Notice of Swift's View of Population.
No. 8.-R. Carlile to William Allen. On the Locality of the
Jewish God, by Bailey Potts. Christianity in Nottingham. Mrs.
S. Wright to R. Carlile.

No. 9.-Death of Thomas Jefferson. Death of Lord Gifford.

Christian Evidence Society. Letter from a Friend, on Fossil

Exuvia and Planetary Motion. J. F. to the Editor of "The

Republican." Letter copied from the "Morning Herald." Leu-

cippus to the Editor of "The Republican." State of the Coun-

try. R. H. to Allen Davenport. On Religion, by Tencer.

Dorchester Gaol. Mr. Jefferson. Bartholomew Fair.

No. 10.-Squabbles and Tricks of the Bible Society exposed

by its own Members. Letter to H. Drummond, Esq. on the

Apocrypha Controversy. The Fanatics Beat in Nottingham.

O. O. to R. Carlile.. Robert Affleck to R. Carlile. John Jones

to the Editor of "The Republican." R. Carlile's Observations

on O. O.'s article on God of Nature, Matter, Motion, and Mind.

No. 11.-Bickerings of the Bible Men. J. F. to the Editora

of "The Republican." The Age Newspaper. F. G. B. to R.
Carlile. C. B. to R. Carlile. The Articles of the Church of
England paraphrased. State of Religion in England. New
Biographical Dictionary. London Burying Grounds. Extracts.
No. 12.-Letter I. to the Lord Mayor. A Song for the
Saints. Mr. Cobbett. Baron Maseres. Machinery and Popu-
lation discussed by R. H.

No. 13.-Letter II. to the Lord Mayor. Mr. Shiel's Speech
against the Duke of York. J. F. to the Editor of " The Re-
publican." A Question. Greece and Ireland. On Character.
Thos. Jas. Freeman to the Editor of "The Republican." John
Fellows to R. Carlile. J. Fellows to the Editor of "The Re-
publican." Origin of Cobbett's History of the Reformation..
Rusticus to the Editor of "The Republican." O. O. to the

Editor of "The Republican." O. O. to the Editor of "The
Republican." A Phrenologist to the Editor of "The Republi-
can." W. Millard to the Editor of "The Republican." Horrors
of War.

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No. 14. Political Economy. A Contrast. Distress at Home.
Royal Buildings. Observations by the Editor of "The Times."
Note by the Editor of "The Republican." What is God? No. 2,
by O. O. Inconvenience and Immorality of Oaths. W. V.
Holmes to the Editor of" The Republican." A Dialogue between.
a Philanthropist and a Labourer. Proof of the Importance of
the Instructions of Every Woman's Book. Biographical
Dictionary.

No. 15.-State of the Reviews: Ecclesiastical Establishments.
Bible Society Bickerings. Thetford Bible Society. Tithes.
Lines on contemplating the Statue of Venus de Medicis.
Criterions of Truth in Speculative Questions. The Westminster
Review on the Formation of Opinions. Specimen of a pampered
Aristocrat. J. F. to the Editor of "The Republican.

No. 16.-Corn Laws. What is God? by Shebago. What is
God? No. 3, by O. O. News. What is God? Intolerance of
the Saints. Epicurus to the Editor of "The Republican."
Questor to the Editor of "The Republican." Opinions of the
late Professor Porson. Ecclesiastical Establishments.

No. 17.-The new Orthodoxy. Meeting at Manchester.
Speech of the Rev. Rowland Detrosier. E. K. D. to the Editor
of "The Republican." Epitome of an Anatomical, Physiological,
and Noological Lecture. On the Duties which a Man Owes to
his Country-A Discourse by the Rev. Robert Taylor. Eccle-
siastical Establishments.

No. 18. On the Duties which the Government Owes to the
Governed-A-Discourse by the Rev. Robert Taylor. All Reli-
gions are Cruel. Extract from the Will of Richard Barrow."
Extracts from Voltaire's Letters to Madame du Deffaud. Lord
Mayor's Day. Geology, by Shebago, Supplement to Shebago's
What is God. Ecclesiastical Establishments.

No. 19.-Death of Richard Hassell. The Gods; or, Theolo-
gical Reflections, by Allen Davenport. O. O. to the Editor of
"The Republican," concerning the reality of Jesus Christ. Omi-
cron to Herbert Marsh, Bishop of Peterborough. Lines on the
Death of Richard Hassell. Lines written after witnessing
Richard Hassell's Funeral. Infernal Cruelty of Christians towards
Women. E. K. D. to the Editor of "The Republican." Eccle-
siastical Establishments.

No. 20.-On [Miracles. Homo to R. Carlile. Metaphysics.
Letter to and from Mr. G. Knight. Twenty-four Questions by
the Orator of the Christian Evidence Society. Answer to Homo.
R. Carlile to J. E. C. Philo to the Editor of" The Republican."

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No. 22. Oath-making. Infidel Deaths. Joint Stock Book

Company. A Petition to the House of Commons, by R. Carlile.

Deisticus to Homo Om Fortune-telling, and the Sortileges of

the Ancients. The Moral Doctrines and Ethical Precepts of

Paganism and Christianity compared, On the Nature of Oaths.

A Constant Reader, to the Editor of "The Republican."

Promised Newspaper..

No. 23. To the Republicans of the Island of Great Britain

on the War that is likely to, and in Universal European Republi-
canism. Forgery. Remarks on the Genius and Writings of the
late Mr. Percy Bysshe Shelley. Infidelity and Catholicism.
the Nature of God What is God, by Shebago. Caduceus
to Mr. R. Carlile. A Petition to the Commons of Great Britain
and Ireland in Parliament Assembled. Epitaph on a Faithful
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No. 24. Arguments proving that: the Romish Religion Ruins

all those States where it is the Established Religion."

¡No. 25,- To the Readers of the Republican. Statement of

the Affairs of the Joint Stock Book Company. John Smith, of
Fordmoss, to R. Carlile. Bible versus the Priest, by Regulator.
Verax in Defence of Roman Catholicism. Letter from Robert
Little. Notice of the Abuses of the College of Physicians.
Death of Mr. Thomas Davison, and of a Mr. Sealey of Bath.
Squire Farrar on Currency. William Millard to R. Carlile.

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