Thomas Miller, who is now,
suppose, hanged!

we

are nreatened with a book of transactions, except the convict, confessions, as we are in paragraph No. 7. It is not enough, nor nearly enough, to tell us, that the authority is unquestion-Keeling to be permitted to "folThis should be proved low the man to his cell?" Could

able.

to us.

Paragraph No. 2.-How came

We must not be satis- any body else do this? Were fied that it was "a pious gentle- MAGGENIS's friends allowed to man" who communicated it; do this? Was the poor fellow for there are such things as permitted to have his friends pious frauds." RAHAB, the about him? We hear of no such harlot's example, wrong inter-thing; and yet, why not they preted, lead to great errors and follow him to his cell as well as mischiefs! It is not enough to this undescribed Mr. KEELING? tell us, that Mr. KEELING saw Why was no friend from Stockthis and that, and heard this and port present? But, we shall that. We must know who this have more to say about this man is. We must have some bye-and-bye.-MAGGENIS blasvouchers for his vouchers. He phemed in a most horrid manmay be a real corporeal being, ner; and declared, that "the or he may be an imaginary Almighty had neither the power or to destroy him!" man. If a real man, he may be in to save his right senses; or he may be a This part of Keeling's story half or a whole madman, whose must be false. For, if MAGrantings and reveries are wholly GENIS was an Atheist, how came unworthy of belief. In short, he to talk of an "Almighty?" until we have detailed certifi- And, if he believed in one that cates, that this Keeling is a man was almighty; that is to say, of sound mind, perfect veracity, all-powerful; that is to say, and not an enemy to Reform, having power to do all things; and until these certificates be how could he believe, that that signed by some one or more Re- same being had "neither the formers, this man's story, un-power to save nor destroy him?” supported by other evidence, is-Ah! Mr. Keeling, Mr. Keelnot worth a straw; especially stories ought not only to have ing! Persons who tell tough when we find no talk of any good memories, but ought also other witness to any part of the not to be wholly blind.

Paragraph No. 3.-Here we must have become an atheist by have the poor fellow an Atheist reasoning. He must have exaagain, and "resolved to leave mined the grounds of his old the world with the belief that and those of his new belief. No no supreme power existed." matter how he did this: he must Resolved! What a thing for any have done it, and especially as

man to say! How incredible he was so firmly fixed as to his upon the face of it! It is a scrt new creed, as to be "resolved" of language that no man ever to die in it, and that, too, after makes use of. It was, in this he had been expostulated with case, something monstrous. It by this surprizing Mr. KEELING. showed a determination to listen-Now, is it to be believed, to nothing on the other side. that, in the short space of one And after this, at the very same visit, infidel principles, so firmly interview, this same man began rooted, would be shaken? And, to soften! Nay, at this very then, what is the result? Why, interview, he admitted, "that MAGGENIS says. "if your doc"if Mr. Keeling's doctrine was trine is correct. I am lost for "correct. he (Maggenis) was ever." The deuce he was! Why, "lost for ever."-Now, reader, it was just the contrary! For mark the richness of the culmsi- Mr. Keeling's doctrine told him, ness of this fabrication! MAG-that he might be saved, if he GENIS had, we are told, in pa- would repent even at the gatragraph No. 10, "been brought lows. So that, if the conversion up a protestant." So he might, had taken place, the senses of to be sure, and yet be brought the convert must have taken up an atheist; for a protestant their leave of him. He was merely means, not a catholic. But, it is clear, that it must have been meant, that Mr. KEELING'S "convert" was brought up in a belief in the Protestant Christian faith. Well, he had become an atheist. He could not have become such without reasaning for, if he had ever heard of them , upon the subject. Reasoning before, they would, of course, falsely, if you please; but, he have had no effect now; whereas

softened and shaken, it seems, by certain "evidences adduced by Mr. Keeling." We shall have these, probably, bye-andbye, in print. They must have been extremely efficacious, and also perfectly new to Maggenis;

What

it appears, that they had a very woman of Stockport." wonderful effect; and, there- was her name? Come, come!

fore, I hope, that we shall have them in print; as, I dare say we shall, Mr. Keeling appearing not to be a man to hide his

candle under a bushel.

Tell us her name! None of your shuffling! But, I had forgotten to ask, by what authority was this private letter opened, kept, and printed? Answer that question. Answer that; and then we shall know who to look to

Paragraph, No. 4.-We have nothing here worthy of particular remark. The progress of as responsible for the authenthe conversion is easy and na- ticity of the letter. Whether it tural; and it appears all to look was lawful, just, merciful, to like real life! In the preceding open, keep, and print this letter paragraph, the infidel principles is not the question that I am were shaken. In this they are discussing. The question is staggered. The Infidel is next this: is a letter, thus pretended made to acknowledge that he to have been obtained, and thus may possibly be in error. He used, to be relied on as genuine? is then brought on his knees. Was the letter ever sent to the He next desires correction. At young woman? She, we must last he weeps; and his ghostly suppose, was acquainted with friend leaves him to pray. All the hand-writing. What so

easy as to get her testimony? In short, I shall never believe in the authenticity of this letter, until I have the certificate of the person that it was addressed to, that it is in the well known and even the sworn-to hand

this was very well managed by Keeling, let Keeling be who or what he may; and, in this place, all we have to regret is, that Keeling did not think of providing any body to be witness of facts so very interesting and of effects which must be thought ex-writing of MAGGENIS himself. tremely marvellous.

Paragraph, No. 6.-The letter, mentioned here, I have not. I have lost the paper, in which it was published. Nor does it signify. It was, we are here told," addressed to a young

What! Are we to take things, brought forth in this way, as authentic documents? A letter, said to have been written in a prison, no witness being present; and, not sent according to its address; opened, kept, printed without even any pretended consent of the party writing or

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the party addressed! If such a at Birch? Would he not, have
document be to be taken as evi-prevented the deed, and also
dence of any thing other than prevented MAGGENIS from be-
of the impudence and profligacy ing an atheist at all? If God
of the publishers, there is an end chose to interpose specially,
to all idea of truth and justice, even late, what need was there
and mens' characters and lives of the offices of Keeling? Is it
must, in future, depend on more not to offer an insult to God to
chance, or something even less assert, that he must have been
certain.
fellow-worker with Feeling ?--
Paragraph, No. 6.-Having, Oh, no! Mr. CHESTER COC-
in the former paragraphs, RANT and Mr. LONDON COURIER,
brought the "Radical Infidel" I (whatever the infidel or the
to weep, Mr. Keeling here lays profane may do) am far from
him prostrate on the floor of treating the pretended scenes
his cell, weeping, bitterly re-as the visionary frenzy of
proaching himself with his in- fanaticism;" I treat them as
fidelity and wickedness, and, the result of a deep-laid contriv-
finding him a true penitent, ance of political corruption and
him accordingly" roguery, carried on by match-
but, in words, that I. will not less impudence, and intended
profane by a repetition of them! to answer the worst of all pos-
But, it is the beginning of this sible purposes; namely, falsely
paragraph, which merits our to fix the charge of infidelity
notice, and, I may add, our in- and a love of blood-shed on ail
dignation. Here the profligate those who are contending for
publisher says: "However the their political and civil rights.
"infidel or the profane may be Paragraph, No. 7.---These
disposed to treat the scene paragraphs is all pith. There
above described as the vision-we have the whole scheme de-
"ary frenzy of fanaticism or veloped! The confessions of
delusion, WE dare not deny MAGGENIS, are to come forth.
"to it the genuine marks of They are in the possession of
"Divine Interposition, vouch- Mr. Keeling, and when "
"safed in an extraordinary "rected and arranged by a
manner on an extraordinary pious Clergyman of the Esta-
"occasion." If this be not blishment, are to be given to
blasphemy, the word has a "the world in the form of a
meaning now-a-days which it“ pamphlet!” Oh, brave! Now,
never had before. Where is the I will bet the COURIER what if
evidence (even supposing the pleases, that no Clergyman of
facts to be true) of a special ir- the Church ever puts his name
terposition of God, upon this to this pamphlet: and that no
occasion? If God had vouch- such person ever suffers his
safed to interpose directly and name to be used as the compiler,
specially, in the case of this or editor, of this pamphlet. The
man, would he not have inter-Clergy of the Church will do
posed before the shot was fired many things; but they have too

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much wisdom to do such bare- come forth with proofs as clear faced things as this.The ob- as the noon-day sun. We must jeet of the pamphlet will be, as have the oaths of those who saw is, indeed, hicre set forth, to re- him write it, or, who, at least, claim, and to convince of their saw it in his possession, and errors, those whom MAGGENIS resh from his pen, and who, had wished, which he confessed with their own ears, heard him to be great multitudes !---This avow the writing of it. And may be very well; but, in the these persons must not be keepfirst place, these "multitudes" ers or turnkeys or any persons must be made to believe, that in employ about the jail. They Maggennis wrote the thing; and must be, too, persons, not hosthis, I believe, will be very dif- tile to Reform; or, at least, ficult indeed! The whole terms some of them, or one of them upon this however; for, as to must. For, I, for one, shall the arguments against Atheism, think it extremely strange, that t would be hard indeed, if Mr. | MAGGENIS's former friends were Keeling, who converted MA- kept away from him (if that GENNIS, could not, in his own were so) after his conversion, name, furnish as good, and even when there was any possible better, than MAGGENIS himself. reason for permitting him to see Or, indeed, the "pious Clergy- and converse with them; be"man of the Establishment,' cause, it must have occurred to who is to be MAGENNIS's editor, you, that their testimony as to could, doubtless, send forth his conversion would be the best matter of his own far more in the world.“ Declarations powerful than that of MAG-" of dying men" are not so GENIS. Aye; but, then, as his greedily swallowed as they used "judicious adviser" observed, to be. People of any sense "the declarations of a DYING think, now-a-days, that the opi"MAN would be likely to have nions, which a man avows in the "influence with those whose prime of his intellect, are worthy "minds he had contaminated." of more attention than those, Aye, aye! That is the nick! which he may profess in his But, then, Mr. Keeling, the dotage, in his second childhood, world is now got to be too cun- or under the distracting and ning to believe, without excel- maddening torments of discase. lent proof, all, or any part, of Men on the rack have often conwhat is related about the decla- fessed the commission of acts rations of " dying men:" be- which they never committed. cause, as the world now knows They have said, in the delirium very well, dging men have been of pain, things which they never belied even more than living meant to say. And, though So that, in order for your there be no acute suffering, a forth-coming pamphlet to have man may, by solitary confinethe smallest chance of influence, ment, by long silence, by almost except in the way of exciting incessant darkness, by low diet, ridicule and contempt, it must be reduced to imbecilily. I re

men.