Then Blackstone, in 1763, IV. 59, repeats the words of Hale, that
'Christianity is part of the laws of England,' citing Ventris and
Strange. And finally, Lord Mansfield, with a little qualification, in
Evans's case, in 1767, says, that 'the essential principles of revealed
religion are part of the common law.' Thus ingulphing Bible, Testament,
and all into the common law, without citing any authority. And thus we
find this chain of authorities hanging link by link, one upon another,
and all ultimately on one and the same hook, and that a mistranslation
of the words 'ancien scripture,' used by Prisot. Finch quotes Prisot;
Wingate does the same. Sheppard quotes Prisot, Finch, and Wingate.
Hale cites nobody. The court, in Woolston's case, cite Hale. Wood cites
Woolston's case. Blackstone quotes Woolston's case and Hale. And Lord
Mansfield, like Hale, ventures it on his own authority. Here I might
defy the best read lawyer to produce another scrip of authority for this
judiciary forgery; and I might go on further to show, how some of the
Anglo-Saxon priests interpolated into the text of Alfred's laws, the
20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd chapters of Exodus, and the 15th of the Acts
of the Apostles, from the 23rd to the 29th verses. But this would lead
my pen and your patience too far. What a conspiracy this, between Church
and State! Sing Tantarara, rogues all, rogues all, Sing Tantarara,
rogues all!
I must still add to this long and rambling letter, my acknowledgments
for your good wishes to the University we are now establishing in this
State.
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