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firmed in this persuasion, by the 
negative put on a motion, made on 
the fifteenth of July, to exact a de- 
claration of fidelity, to the con- 
stitution, from the clergy, as a con~ 
dition whereon they should be per- 
miti@d to exercise their functions, 
The refusal to comply with a re- 
 @uisition that appeared reasonable, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1797. 
to the moderate of both parties, 
excited a violent dispute in the; 
council, It was not till the next 
day, that those who supported the: ° 
motion were able to carry it, by 
an immediate call of all the mem»; 
bers on their side that could be 
procured, he 
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