1803. A/ifwei' to (^hfervni'ions onl"ithes, iV;?. 13. />. 61-75. 449 



ceflTary cffc6Vs, in fome meafurc, of tlicir own principles :nul con- 

 duel, the evils actually ariling from the tithe Tyltem will be re- 

 duced witiiin a much narrower compafs. 



In cafe it Ihould be alleged, that thougli hardiliips be not k\U 

 fered to any coniiderable extent from the prefeut exaction of 

 tithes, yet, as they may be feverely felt in a llate of Ingher agri- 

 cultural improvement, and as the fear of their being tjius felt pre- 

 vents fuch improvement, therefore the owners ihould be compel- 

 led, by a polkivc law, to fell or commute them for a reafonable 

 compenf.ition, I beg leave to add, that I am as rendy as any of 

 your readers or correfpondents, to advife and urge thofe concern- 

 ed to concert mcafures for obtaining fuch a law ; but that the ac 

 iiudj [ore, and utiivcifal cxperietice of inconvenience and real mil- 

 chief arihng from tithes will go farther to obtnin it, than their 

 own mere theoretical conviction of its necelhty and utility, or the 

 united opinions and folicitations of their fellow-citizens. More 

 fpcedy and vigorous meafures are always taken to remove an evil 

 that isft'ltf than one that is only apprehended, 



I have now only to afk pardon of you, and tlie public, for oc* 

 cupying fo much of your Magazine, when it miglit have b.eu 

 more ufefully filled. Yet I am not confcious, eitiier in this, or my 

 preceding paper, of introducing extraneous maiter, or dwelling 

 diffufely on the topics illuftrated. Nor am I confcious of raifap- 

 prehending or millating the arguments of my opponents, or of 

 treating them, in any refpeft, with unfairnefs or incivility. I am 

 yet to learn that a caufe can be fcrved by fuch means, otherwifft 

 it were eafy to employ them. I reft my reafoning on facls, either 

 univerfaliy acknowledged, or furniflied by your correfpondents 

 themfelves. And I beg they will confuler, coolly and ferioufly, 

 the contents of my former paper, their own animadverfions upon 

 it, and the illuftration of it now fubmitted to their perufal. Al- 

 low me to exprefs a wifli, that (liould they, or any other body, 

 be inclined to offer any further remarks to the public on the fub- 

 ]cOi, they will fave themfelves the trouble of decrying tythes as 

 inimical to agriculture, as that point is not difputed, and confine 

 themfelves to the atempt of overturning the faCls on which I rea- 

 fon, or invalidating the arguments I deduce from them. I have 

 no other defire than to have my meaning clearly underftood, my 

 faCbs candidly inveftigated, and my arguments narrowlv, vet fair- 

 ly fifted. I am, &c. ' T. S, 



June, 2'jth, 1803. 



REAIARKS ON THE ABOVE BY THE CONDUCTOR. 



It appears to us that Mr T. S. has not underftood the plan 

 propofed by the prknd t^ Im^rovments fgr regulating tithes, 



whicfe 



