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December 13, 1823.

THE CAPTIVE.

HAIL child of truth! hail glorious woman!
Whom tyranny could not subdue;
Since all the pow'rs that she could summon,
Were baffled, and defied by you.

What tho' the Christian bigots blame thee, What tho' they frown upon thee still; While truth is thine they cannot shame thee, Rail and bluster how they will.

Tho' bars on ev'ry side surround thee,
Tho' bolts of steel thy limbs confined;
The knaves must leave thee as they found thee,
No Jailor can lock up the mind!

Ah! great was my surprise rely on't,
When I beheld thy slender form;
"Is this," methought," the mighty giant,
That battl'd in the legal storm!

"And was it she that brav'd the fury,
Of the ruthless bench and bar,
And scorn'd the verdict of a jury,
Empanell'd for religious war!"

When from thy presence I retired,
A sigh escap'd, perhaps a tear,
And while thy courage I admired,
Some genius thus address'd my ear:—

"And they are Christians that retain her,
Beneath oppression's iron rod;

But innocence, and truth sustain her,
Where truth is not, THERE IS NO GOD!

"That captive," said the friendly spirit,
"With pallid cheeks, and tender frame,
Has won the laurel wreath of merit,
And purchased everlasting fame.

"For not a name in hist'ry's pages,
Shall be found more fair and bright,
Which may descend to future ages,
Than the name of Susan Wright."

ALLEN DAVENPORT.

MARY ANN DAVENPORT TO MRS. WRIGHT, WITH HALF A CROWN.

THO' all attempts to find out God are vain,

How worlds could come by chance seems very odd;

My ne plus ultra is the works of Paine,

And Paine believed in, and adored, a God.

Printed and Published by R. CARLILE, 84, Fleet Street.-All Correspondences for "The Republican" to be left at the place of publication.

No. 3, VOL. 9.] LONDON, Friday, Jan. 16, 1824. [PRICE 6d.

A GRAND REVIEW!

I HAVE a bundle of pamphlets by me, which have been sent for my notice, so I must now try my hand at a general and critical review.

The first is a pamphlet written by the Reverend William Baily Whitehead, A. M., Vicar of Twiverton, Somerset ; entitled, "Prosecutions of Infidel Blasphemers, briefly vindicated, in a letter to David Ricardo, Esq., M. P.”

This pamphlet has been out six months, but has not been long in my possession. It is an attack upon Mr. Ricardo for having asserted the right of free discussion in the House of Commons, on a presentation by Mr. Hume of the petition of M. A. Carlile. I am not aware that any one has thought it worthy of notice; and I have no doubt, had Mr. Ricardo. lived another year, but he would have answered it as it deserved, by re-asserting, in the House of Commons, his unchanged conviction, not only of the right, but also of the propriety of the advantages of free discussion, with an expression of sorrow for the judgment or the principles of those who heard it. My notice of this pamphlet is to be partly of the humorous kind; for to reason seriously with a man whose interests are at stake rather than his opinions, would be a proof of an imperfect view of the question at issue therefore, all humorous hints are to be understood as intended for the author, all serious reflections for the public including the author.

The spirit of this pamphlet is rage at the sight of such men as Ricardo, Hume, and Burdett, urging the rightful necessity of free discussion. Our Twiverton Vicar, who, I am informed, is also a busy Clerical Magistrate, begins by lamenting that Anti-Christian opinions now form an integral part of what is called liberality in the political and religions world; and he sagely argues, that the only true liberality in him, and those, who like him have similar interests

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