Notes on Lord John Russell's Marriage Bill (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Notes on Lord John Russell's Marriage BillThe crisis in which the Dissenters of Great Britain are now placed, is one of such consequence, that the effects of the measures which may be adopted will, in all probability, make themselves felt for ages. If, in point of wealth and social elevation, the Church sur passes the Dissenters, it is not less clear that the Dis senters have the advantage over the Church in num bers, activity and works of love. It is not, therefore, likely that Dissenters can any longer acquiesce in a to leration, which, in its every essence, however large and liberal, implies in the Church a right to domination, and in Dissenters a social pravity, justly punished by disqualification. In the matters at issue, the Church can no longer be permitted to plead a right to do Dis senters a wrong. We are not content that their vested interests should be spared, to the prejudice of our just claims. We ask not what they will give, but what we ought to have, not as much as we can wring from power, but as much as the decision of equity will allot. We disallow the argument drawn from prescription.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.