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petialtik,or why should restrittions
which rendered the performance of his eltitlis; th-
rompati'ile with the Laws of the Land? But wthat
were the circumstances of the case, and d
they hear • upon the arguments of the !tight
Honourable Gentleman who preceded m ? st:,e
NS was, that. Comp-taints Qn this sunk& were
.node in the year 1795; Eaten's:us were mafie to
me last year. fronn the. county of Wexford, com-
plaining of cruelty on this point ; and 1 have this
moment a letter in ory pocket, wherein it irs assert-
ed, that the Irith`Catholic.soldi,r was-nnt only pro-
hibited trnm attending his chapel.' but scantly
torced to go to the Protestant Church; -7Tlins you
tender his religi ,n the tormentor. and make 'your
- _ — Hon.

own Ilia mode of punishment. The Right
Gentleman has expressed his.decided opposition to
Catholis: concession, because Ise-is -convinced, trait
such concessions would &redly lead to destroy the
Protestant establis!iment.. 1 cannot agree with sue)S
a statement, nor coincide with such apprehensions.
1 cannot recognise that agonising foresight, Which •
can predict danger, anttauticipate clAtruttron in she
appointment of a CatWO, subjca to this
rank of a Generkl on die -bpi," wo,bi.,...the.ctitis
of the country, will Mr: from • Catholic
a sistance, or deduce its soggestions.frorn.Protestans
understanding Is the Right i lon. Gentleman (Sir.
Pe: ceval) prepared to say. or it IllislicoltSelaClineil
to support the opitnOp, Alt..* if
.an Isish Catholto.
Officer has displayed introoidily, am& talepti in dit
ex,rei,e of his military duties-Ttliat if he tat digs.,
played, in the progress of his professional life, all
those great qualities which fit him for high and
isn
portant command—that if he' has evinced a ea.-
pacity equal to the great Duke of Marlhoroug,h-a.
he i., after all his exTrtions lit hiltecouotry, co be
debarred, on the mere account et his religious faith,
f'om conferring on that couatry those great and'
signal services, which, by histabilities and experts.,
ence. he is so eminently qualified to perform t
It is true, speculation may tot tore the plainest I
and safest occurrences into the extreme of refined
and unjustified alarm; but take care, that in your
zeal to avoid imaginary evils, you incur not dan-
gers both real and permanent. At a time when Tau
have found it necessary to call upon the energies of
the empire, to place the hopes of your bisects.. upon
the physical ;rower of the country ; is that, I as
you, the period when you ought to reyeEt the alli-
ance cf its intAleElual force t The measure pro-
posed was a past of your national defence ; it was
A branch of that system which rested its ht./ty es
upon at °using the energies of the will:sic population
or the empire ; it pot this question to this. Ilouse
and to the country ; is the bigotr yof xhis ;olight-
ened age, either so malignant in its nature, or„so
formidable in its operation, that in , proviging
against its effeflss, yeu ought to impose di...Jib:attics
upon your own strength, upon your utsin
sr: uriq.
upon your own shimate success t But the Right
lien. Gentleman has attempted to conv,/ censure,
upon the late Administration, in giving up a
measure which they justly esteemed of ttidtsgenaable
necessity. In this charge be has fallen Otto this
mistake, that he has argued, as it the hlkniseacs had
the power of carrying the measute into effeilt, as it
they absolutely abandoned it irons a change in their
own views. or from a dereliaion of their principles
Whereas the truth was, that they possessed no
option on the subje3, and were forced to relinquish.
because unable to &et:tits adoption. Indeed tlitoug
out the whale of that Right Hon. Gentleniads
sprec.i. he seemed to lay more stress on the disposi•
tom of the late Ministry, than on the principleol the
measure. lie forgot, or seemed to looget, to what
objeas the bill was direClesls lie
•kept out of view the

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