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London, England, 1807-08-26 00:00:00

IRISH CATHOLICS.
The following is ae accurate Copy of the Petition
6nally agreed to by the Catholics of Ireland. and
intended to be presented to Parbameet seat Sessions

PETITION.
TO The RUIN? NON. AND NOW. Tat COMMON/ Of
THE UNITED EINOIDONI OP •El
IRELAND. IN PAlLLl‘iiiiir •11116M11.10.
'MO humble retitSol of the III0.4a•I Caul lea of Ireland..
7 wins. Hamm ere herenuto solestorbee, on babelf of them.
end of *Omer, file IldaNilty*Ssineete ptededieltg the
Zeman Catholic Rel4ionr,
sit a WEIN.
That your Petitioners, as is set forth in their humhle
Peti-
tion presented to thA H-.utiumble Hare, tin the 115th ofJKassit,
1805, are by &nos Statutes, still of force whim this realty,
tendered liable to many ineepacitire and rest,rtions, net into
posed upon any other eescription of His `{gen-ii's setiemets
That Toot ?endears with confidence mere, and they are
supported lay the tesdniony of meaty of the ablest Senators sod
wises-Oarsmen which the Empire conk' ever boar, that them •
jesiothoig in their conduct as Subjects, or seems as Christians,
Vick aught to disqualify them from enjoying equal privileges
iris% His Majesty's idher subjects; sod they beg leant is
thetthey do not yield to any class of persons, in affectionate
allechment to sacred person and fa sir, in due onedie
Meet° the laws, and just predilection for the British Cousti-
whoa.
That at the present period, which requiem all the energies of
lbw state, and the intern ~,, of an uoited people ; your Peti.
donna core..,. that th,ii cannot offer a stronger proof rather
loyalty, than by humbly representing to this Honourable
House, their earnest wish, to be altogether curniained with
their country, and reinstated in a full and ovinplete enjoyment
of the Entre Government and laws
Tour Petitioners beg leave iesp, ctfullv to submit to t hie
Hon. House, that use Coristitutioe of England is the great
charth of this lead, and the inheritance of the dutiful and
.aithful subjects of H's Majesty; the condition wash the
ancestors or sane of us acceMed, when they sob +.itt•el to the
Crown, and on the faith of which. the ancestors of others
pared ore, and effected their settleseir•t ro lotiaad..-was.
that they should iorticip.te in the taws and liberties of Eng-
land ; many concessions of His Vlaiestrs.loyal Progenitors,
and repeated Acta of Pailiansent, ro..ki reed the iiivaleable
Iftessiag; n ha 4 had the moieties of an eetableihrnent of 6(0
yeas; whilst the privatitioe, of which we curtylain, are but
the inwewemn of a century ; from that Innovation we appeal
le Ain enlightened age, to the wantons and iti.dire of them
august bodies, in whose hands are the fate ar.ri fortunesof the
Empire; we appeal against Acta, repugnant t • tie sense arid
habit: of Englishmen, and to the genii., of the Foglish Coe.
stitut;ciii against precedents, not entitled, from the cirenot.
stances in which they were formed, to be immortal We
weir excluded rosin our heathen', when Si,. t.nsult of
Wars lied scarcely been apiwased; whilst the -nonotitierwhey
produced were recruit ; and at the close of the convulsion
inci.,eutal to a widely eytended revolution of nroverty. We
were excluded at • moment when the sett,:ment was preca-
rious arid new, upon which *tree and h .bit, the extinction of
All other claims, common principles of obedience, and coin-
moo intensity, have new conferred all the solidity of ut.quee.
ironed and immutable Latablishinent.
Your Petitioners further beg leave to recall to the attention
of ohs. lion. House, that we do not pay the penalty, neither is
the blame imputed to us, of an innovating or capricious tem-
per. We have not revolted from any Institution', which chal-
lenged our obedience. We have adhered to the Tradition of
our Fathers,tha immemorial usage of the Land. We 'urger
a Religion, cem;atibie with the form of Goe•rnment wader
which we are placed; accommodated to the spot, arid dear to
the fee.ings, of toe gre.t and growing majority of our coulter?,
a religion whets the existing incapeciries do riot seem c dee-
Lie •, and are probably 004 eapechel, to IllippfeoS; few it has
been,i.emed. in a considerable degree, to merit public encou.
racement and promlion
Your Petitioners do then most humbly state, that they are
enclened foam many of the msot important oilier of trust,
porde, and 11I110141111eilt in their crpentrit • whereby thee ere
defended het. w the c s edition of their fellow- • object.. ems of
t'a meanest class, aid stigmatised as aliens and strangers la
their satire land.
That in the immediate efA. of this --
than four-fifths of the inhaultants of Leland
funnel into a distinct penphl, depressed
sod diadetious of ra.ik, of -I .nerico, and in
sun:Jiro: of lie does tor desiv.A.ng Inferiority
influence meshing to eery proherlos, to es,
pursuits of industry .usd commerce.
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