PREFACE. 



IT has long been a disputed point, as well 

 amongst theologians as others, " whether it 

 be justifiable to do wrong, that good may arise 

 out of it ;" and I confess the question has fre- 

 quently arose in my own mind previous to the 

 publication of the following sheets. It has, 

 however, as frequently occurred to me, that I 

 had only the choice of two evils ; namely, that 

 of submitting in common with a large portion 

 of my fellow-subjects to being deprived of, or 

 at least much restricted in, the exercise of a 

 right which appeared to me secured by the 

 laws of the country ; and witnessing a con- 

 tinuation of a system for the destruction of 



