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The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser
Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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Commentary praises French Revolution for ending ecclesiastical oppression via reformed clergy support, contrasting it with pre-revolution France and England's tithe system, despite Mr. Burke's views.
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Whatever may be Mr. Burke's opinion as to the general consequences of the French revolution, every rational and unprejudiced man will allow that it has been productive of at least one good effect, the deliverance of the great body of the people from ecclesiastical oppression. The present mode of supporting the national clergy of France, is certainly more consistent with political wisdom, as well as primitive piety, than that which had subsisted in that kingdom previous to the revolution, and at present subsists in this kingdom—tythes.
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France
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deliverance of the people from ecclesiastical oppression; shift from tithes to new mode of supporting national clergy
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The French revolution has freed the people from ecclesiastical oppression by changing the support for the national clergy from tithes to a more politically wise and pious method, unlike the pre-revolution system in France and the current system in this kingdom.