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... I The Liberty of the Press: it is like the air we breathe-if We have It not, we ?? Whig 7tosat. Every attempt to curb its'licentiousneis, otherwise than by the applica. tion of law, after an Offence committed, must likewise restrain its liberty.- Loan Jotr4 UtUNSaLL's Essay on the Constitedion, p. 458. IN 1819 the Tories passed those famous Acets of Parliament called the Six ACTS. These Acts ...