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EXPLANATIONS AND ASSURANCSI

GITZIO TO TIM 11111$11 RONAM LATHOLICI ♦T Tin

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Is the Debate in the House of Commons, last
%Way. vs Mr. Grattau's Motion, for referring the
Polities of the kWh Roman Catholics to a Com-
mittee. Lord Cmidereogh said, ei he had to state
diminedy, that no explanations were made by Go-
emumest et the time of the Union, of their inten-
liesejtorthes than to providejor the Catholic Clergy.
They sever engaged to propose the Catholic Ques-
dee se press it ou the Legislature."

TM isfiewing siccount of the explanations given
lay Wm Majesty's Mioister to the Irish Roman
CMh Up. of the views of Government.in their fa-
tter. at the time of the Union, is extracted from
Mr. library Parnell's invaluable Historical Account
wf the Laws pine Roman Catholic., (pages
11111-138.)

The nest rut event belonging to the Catholic
ifieestioo is the measure of Union, not as having,
in any way. altered the political condition of the
• 'Coth•lics in respect to the penal laws, but as a
mensere, comecting which a compact was virtu.
Idly entered into between them and the English
°monment. For though. it is trot, thoit no regu-
lar Articles, like those of Limerick, can be pro-
diseed ni prove this compact, rill there is circum-
stantial evidence of welt a nature as is sufficient
M being conviction to every candid mind, that. on
Ike one hand. the Catholics did agree to support
ire Union; and. oo the other. that the English
allitltOMS•tt SO their part. did indirectly agree to
11111e011t to them. in comideretson of that support,
Abe ntoesure of emancinetion.
The evidence is to be collected. Ist. From the
'peed, at Mr. Piet. no proposing the (Yams Article,

M lbe ifeeee of Cemiaiina; Sdly. From the Act
If Mint Silly. From Mr. Pitt's Speech, and
the Isonre of Lead Cornwallis and him ry.neerning
Min Cheer ef the Administration in test.
Is. Mr. Fitt's speech I am well aware."
Men Sir. Pitt, r. that the millet, of retirees dis.
Untie* is Ausarten* sod delicate topic, especially
ahem applied le a ~wiry such as Ireland ; the
eillesnie of sibieb. is this respect, is different Iron
rein ether. Where the uotablealted religion of the
Nees le the MOW M the general religion of the
inspire. aid obese the property of the country is in
die beards of a aseasseeetieely smell number el pe,
isms prelessiog diet Mersin, while the relity;t•-
Ws. isajisity sr people is diffcreat. ;t
inns en scene's! swinri!st.., •,•; .1,
Chinch Eitill,l-11i.r •,, u, ry, a-11.4 be
fret crow, •••• ;V fly tummy
I brew it win I, that the religion pro-
fessed by the major:ty of the people, would, at
hest.lseeetitled to an elinslity of privi!evs. I
he.. tweed such an argument urged in th.. Hens ;
butt these who apply it withnut qualification to the
case of Ireland. forget. surely, the pr.nriples on
which English interest sod English rennecuion has
. been established in that country, and its present
' leretattere IS formed. No luau can say. that, in
the present state of thing., sad a tile Ireland re-
assess a separate kingdom, full couce.sinns ran hr
weds to the Catholics, ritimut endangesitig the
Stale, and shaking the Constitution to its centre."
U sot this, says Mr. Parnell, as much as
to declare. that, atter en ineorinyee union shall
lame taken place, these full concessions could he
made without endangering Ireland Could thrYie
swards be uuder.tood in any other way by the Ca-
tholic% and are they tint an indirect offer, on tile

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poet of Mr. Pitt. to the Cads°lies, to make these
foil esneeasiests. tirevided that ercit:d enable 11;in
asks them, without cisaatigcring I % • Ilu:
leogoar which be mitt stringer,
Med nttill are is root. He Miturtinudy
;NOR the other bona, without antimpatiug fire
nis-
lsaiMsN die propriety of agitating the qicos.i wt.
it saying how moon or how late it may be hi so
tlgsesss it, two pcopmitioti. ore iialisput•li e
" When Me mosfret of the Citholies Moll be
meg M ee make it sift for she Gore-oesent to admit
hide to the zsortieipatiois of the privileges crested
is dew Vat Estsblishei ifteizion, sod when the
Myer 1 Megaton •skell he f to such a
ommost; whra those events take place, i• a el..
trim. that sods • qurstim may be agitsurel in so
Vuitml topesiel Parissamot. with am+ greater
lady thee it mold be is s separate Leg(iitttore.
is therSil Owe. I thiak it eertoiiir that reels for
whatever reined it may he thought tar ...ary. Orr
the Voles, 1 withhold from the Catholics the
riipyineat of timer advantages, messy of the oh.
imams which at resew UMW wt of their ritostiosi
smell be emoimeil, if the Protestant Legislator,
OM. se longer seperete sad heal, hot getter.. and
imparliol."

Tise rpm% Goys Mr. Poroal. frees which
list foresails is extracted, woo circulated. gratis
• Lard Camaterregb Goer be admit (eve bie spree* he weir
Verses abet .14ere sow gegen seoprenseee ea tier Cob..
See sms:ll. dot rem reit. t ovoid be Noe eftworrisesonr
Del if In LrA.h eloserreql Ce.
Mawsensed low tM eeeteeee •016 Anse Cake mossosiows•
ribo wok saisterme ihas !

by Gavitinnen4, througlicut all Wend. it wus
considered, by the Catholics, a. a tender of etuancl-
patiou ; it was ■nxlously read by all who could
read ; at the Castle it was explained, to those who
sought fur eXplawition, as so initquivocal offer of
every concession ; and, in the result, the Camelia
opposed their own Parliament, and gave tacit sup-
port to Mr. Pitt ; and. by the rid of this support,
lie was ambled to conteud with a majority in the
House of Commons, and to tarry the oueusure.

We come now. says Mr. Parnell, to the evi-
dence to be collected front the Act of Union.—
Many of the leadiog Catholics have not hesitated to
declare, that the oath h • ibed by this Act, to
qualify Members of Parliament to take their seats,
was framed uuder an arrangement, (hid, immediately
after the measure was passed, they were to enjoy
the privilege of sitting in Parliament. The Act
nine thus Tart every one of the Lords and
Commons of Parliament of the United Kingdom,
and every• Member of the House of Commons of
the United Kingdom, in the first ■nd every suc-
ceeding Parliament, phial, until the Pasfigtorat of
the United Kingdom shall otherwise provide, take the
oaths as now enjoined to be taken." Do not quilt.
ble with us, the Catholics my. concerning terms
and formalities ; it was clearly understood lietwceit
us, that, if we co-operated to bring about the
Union, as we actually did, you would effect the
emancipalion. To give a colouring to this engage-
meut, you inserted, in the articles of Union, au in-
timation of a proposed change of the oaths in our
favour; when, b-hold ! now you roundly tell us that
this alteration never shall take place. ■nd that we
most make op our minds to wear our shackles till
the ernd 01 time.

Tile third heti of evidence, says Mr. Parnell, is
Ist. Mr. Pitt's speech nit explaining the cane of
hi' resignation iu 1801 : " A. to the merits," Mr.
Pitt said, "of the question, which led to my re-
signation, lam willing to submit them to the !louse.
I, oud some of my colleagues in office, dial feel it
as incumbent deity epee as to propose a measure oe
the port of Goversatent, which. under the eir-
cirmstonees of the Mims. aa happily 'Pried between
the two cotattries,we thought of great public import-
ance, mid necessary to complete the bend:fits likely
to 'veal: from that measure. We felt this opinion so
strongly. that, When me met with circumstances
which rendered it inippssible for as to propose it. as a
mareeere of Government.. we felt it equally bacon-
Astern with our ditty and our Lamm any longer to
remain a part of That Government. What may be
the opinion of Where, I keno set. bit I beg is have
it understood to be a measure, which. if I had re-
mained in Government. I MUST NISI reoposea.•"

\V.•t• must Mr. Pitt have proposed this measure?
c. lie question, one 'sewer alone eau be given;
1 • ruse his honour. as a Statesman, was suh.tan.

ttAlly engaged to the Catholics that. it they imp-
rinted the Unto 1. he would propose Emanci-
pation.

We ima cow' to the written communication%
which, ■t this time. were wade to the Catholica by
Mr. Pitt ■nd Ln-J Curo4allis. and which were
given by Lord Castlereagh t I) . Troy.

with men of licobittical principles. they ninst of
course lu.e the support and sift of those who bare
sacrificed their own situations in th•ir reuse. but
who would at the saute time feel it to be their it'd's-
pensuble duty to oppose every thitig trading to
coufusion.

" On the other hand, should the Catholics be
'visit& of the beuetit they poses., by haring so
many characters of eminence pledged not to embark
in the service Government. except on the terms of
the Catholic Privileges being obtained. it ib to be
hoped, that, on ()shaming the adtantages and dis-
advantages of their situttiou, they would prefer a
quiet and peaceable demeanour to any line of evi-
dence of en opposite description."

The originals of these two declaratioloi were
handed to Dr. Troy, and afterwards to Lord Fingal.
by Marquis Cornwallis. His Excellency desired
they should be discreetly communicated to the
Bishops and principal Catholics, but not inserted
in the newspapers. 'they appeared, nevertheless,
in the Etigiish pints soon afterwards, and were
copied iuto Irish papers.
Under circumstances such as these, is it surpris-
ing that the Catholics should now feel that faith had
been broken with them by the Government of Eng-
lund? Mr. Pitt, so long ago as in Lord West-
morland's administration, had made no hesitation
to say, in such a manner that his sentiments might
be known to the Catholics, that he would not risk a
rebellion by withholding emancipation. :In 179.5„
he sent Lord Fitzwilliam to Ireland to carry this
measure into effect ; and, in 1799, he held forth,
in language not to be misunderstood, this measure,
as the reward which he would give the Catholics
fo► their support to the Union. At this time he
had governed England for fourtesti pars; he was
supported by great majorities in Parliament, and
he possessed the unbounded confidence of the King
and of the people. What other construction, then,
could this language oa the Union hear among the
Catholics, than that of a positive engagement on
the part of England to give them emancipation,
provided they gave the Union, in the first instance,
their support No one cam say, that they formed
their expectations thou this measure would be con.
ceded to them, without goo:I grounds for doing so ;
and there bring good rounds, no correct moralist
can matutsin that England made no such eugagr-
went.

Thus far Mr. Parnell. We shall add the speech
of Mr. Elliot, in the debate in the /louse of Conti-
nuum. when Mr..Grattan presented the Petit•uu of
the 16.1 i Roman Catholics in ISO. It is to tie oh-
served, that, at the time of the Ilion, Mr. Elliot
held the situation of Irish Under-Seerttary of State
to Lord Castlereagh, and is therefore the person
most likely to be informed of the nature of the
communications betwe,o them and the Roman
Catholics. 66 I do not rise." says this truly Ho-
nourable Member, •" fur the purpose of entering
into any discussion on the general topic; hut, in
consequence of what has fallen from my Noble
Friend opposite, (Lord Castleresgli), merely to ad-
vert to the circumstance of the Canon, of wl.ich I
tory be supposed to hare some official knowledge;
nail the nature of the expectation held out to the
Catholics, in order to conciliate their acquiescence
in that surans.tre. My Noble Friend has said, that
no pledge was girt"' to the Catholics, that their
emanctimtion was to be the immediate conse-
quince of this m aaaaa is conside►alion of their imp-
p,,rt. IT IS TRUE, INDLED, THAT NO BOND WAS
GIVEN TO TUC CATHOLICS ON THAI POINT; BUT

TIIERR WERE CERTAINLY EXPACTATIONS. AND
SOM.TIMING LIRE PROMISES. NEED OCT TO THEM.

I(11, 1% MY MIND, OUGHT TO It MORE BIND-
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