The Dissenting ministers seem to be even in advance of
the clergy when the safety-valve is open. Mr. Townshend Main- waring asserts that during the Denbighshire election a Dissent- ing minister asserted that Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn "ought to be crucified, his head cut off and used as a football," and he asserts that the minister of the chapel in which this language was used confirmed with regret the assurance that it was authentic. Mr. Mainwaring mildly observes to his correspondent that he hopes he will use his influence in repressing this "exuberant patriotism." It is clear that the blood of religious teachers undergoes some special fermentation in party-contests. Could not a special Riot Act for Religious Teachers' be devised, which any layman might be empowered to read if violence were threatened?
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