its practices, above all others tolerant in its
principles."--_Condorcet_.

Appendix S.

The claim is so often and so boldly made that Infidelity produces crime,
and that Christianity, or belief, or faith, makes people good, that the
following statistics usually produce a rather chilly sensation in the
believer when presented in the midst of an argument based upon the above
mentioned claim. I have used it with effect. The person upon whom it
is used will never offer that argument to you again. The following
statistics were taken from the British Parliamentary reports, made on
the instance of Sir John Trelawney, in 1873:

ENGLAND AND WALES.

Criminals in England and Wales in 1873.................... 146,146

SECTARIAN AND INFIDEL POPULATION OF THE SAME.

Church of England...............................................
6,933,935

Dissenters............................................................
7,235,158

Catholics..............................................................
1,500,000

Jews....................................................................
57,000

Infidels................................................................
7,000,000

RELIGIOUS PERSUASIONS OF CRIMINALS OF THE SAME.

Church of England.............................................. 96,097

Catholics..............................................................
35,581

Dissenters............................................................
10,648

Jews...................................................................
256

Infidels................................................................
296

CRIMINALS TO 100,000 POPULATION.

Catholics..............................................................
2,500

Church of England............................................... 1,400

Dissenters............................................................
150

Infidels................................................................
5

These statistics are taken from the report of the British Parliament,
which, for learning and intelligence, as a deliberative body, has not
its superior, if it has its equal, in the world, and it is surely a
sufficiently Christian body to be accepted as authority in this matter,
since a large number of its members are clergymen. These statistics
hardly sustain the allegation that "Infidelity is coupled with
impurity."

We are willing to stand upon our record.