The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-30 00:00:00

CATHOLIC 'C
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The followingia an extract fsom an exCellent
work entitled, " TnE:CLAIINI3 THE ROMAN CA-
THOLICS CONSIDERED, WITII ItE'ERENCE To
SAFETY Or TIM FiSTAIILISIIED CHURCH, AND Till
RIGIITS or RELIGIOUS TOLLIIATION:'
[Continued from our Paper of Tlitm.!ay.].
But difficult as' it is to limit, a deviation from
priaciple., a return to a strict observance of it,
after such deviation has been long allowed, is
abundantly more so. Man is a creature of habit ;
and it often happens that habits in. theinselvcs in-
.. furious, and tending to shorten his physical exist-
ence, become so fixed., and, as it were, inter
woven. wish his constitution; that their disconti-
nuance ‘vould pi abahlY accelerate that dissolution,
which they themselves threaten' prematurely to
bring on. A similar remark is applicable to his
clonditsion as a social being. Society is often tin-
der the necessity of persevering in habits which
are deeply injurious to its best interests, in order
to ovoid the greater mischief which would attend
a disruption of those habitS ; and, as far as this
is the case, it may be said to be in a diseased
state. - Such, however, is the actual state of this
country, with regard to the subject under consi-
deration. The exclusive principle of the Test-
Laws, on the efficaq of which depends the exist-
ence of the establishment, has been habitually
relaxed in such a manner, that to restore it to
tone and vigour, seems a task of ancointaon diffi-
culty. It is true, the law still requires conformi-
ty with the Established •Church, as a qualifica-
tion for offices of trust and emolament. Mit the
enforcement of thatlaw is annually suspended by
Indemnity-Bill, and even' its total repeal is•
occasionally attempted lo the legisiuure. -When-
ever such an attempt is made, it may truly he
said that the church is shaken to its foundation.
In passing .the Indemnity-Bill, year 'after year,
the legislature doubtless acts tinder the ithpres--
sion, that the power which grants can at pleasure
with4old, and that it will always be able to with-
draw the accustomed indulgence,'and to allow the-
.lasvto take its course, should the" safety of the
church ever require a return both to its letter and,
spirit. But it is a truth which Should.ndt be too
long forgotten, thatan Established Church, when
'it most needs protection, is least likely to pbtain.
it. The only sure way indeed of protecting such
an establishment, is to provide eflectually for its
fl
security, while it is in a ourishing state., It can-
not be denied, that the difficulty of defending the
Established Church of this country is become
alarmingly great, so much is the defensive prin-
ciple relaxed anti enfeebled, and so much grormd
has been gained by the hostile force -opposed to
the 'eStablishment. It •is not, however, proposed
to regain the lost ground, or even rigidly to
forte Ulu grand eXchriive principle of defence.—
The only question before us at -present is, whe7
titer we shall wake a stand where we now 4re ?
Whether Lee shall maintain the principle of the
Test-Laws, as that principle is uu'v applied ?-7.
Whether, in short, we shall defend the very
walls and ramparts of the National Church ?

The Subject considered with a Reference to the. Ro-
wan Catholics, us distinguished front Protc4ildnt
Dissenters, and particularly to the :?outun Catho
lies of Ireland,
The question, whether the principle of the
-Test-Laws shall be abandoned or maintained, is
now bronght to issue by the; claims of the Irish
Roman ; claims which directly attack
that principle, since their object is the removal of
every disability and disqualitication, on account of
religion, from the persons by whom they are pre-
krred. But it' the principle of the T. st-Laws
were to be given 'up in favour of one dt!scription
of non-conformists, it 'would be tliikult to find
reasons for retainiirg it wit', regard to
.others. If
t
no longer necessary for the pro-
teiTrti principle
thei,ot' *
lehureb, it bhould be ahandonctl al-
together, and on that very ground,, as a sacrifice
• dtie to
ne .eset
all cla sof not,-couforuiists ; but it' it lace
still a
bulwark
should not be relinquished in favour of any.
Frolli this dilemma it is presumed there is no
escape.
But if we would consult the safety of the
Established Church, of all descriptions of non...
conformists, the Roman Catholic are the last,
in whosefavour such alacrifice should be male.
We have seen 'Chat the necessity of :excluding
rouconfortaists from power, with a view to the
above object, is' fontuled upon the supposition;
or rather the certainty, that power in such hands
would be employed against the establishment.—
The motive which would lead any noncon-
formists so to employ it, is pot pate hostility to
• the Established ReliEio'n (if indeed it were,
Roman Catholics could not be expected to be
behind any other separatists in such hostility, to
the reformed church) ; but the desire by tvilltih
mankind,
:whenever religion
.excites an interest
in their minds, 'are invariably actuated-to *-
mote the ascendancy of their own peculiar wor7
ship. This motive must be expected to operate
turret powerfully on. the adherents 011ie See of
Rom than on tha on any other description of religion,
ists ; because ,"they are disth-iguislted from nil
others by ;teal for:the propagatiou theif reli-
gion. As, indeed, it is one of the maxims
.of
their church, that out of its pale there i11,1,3t1011,
,1,3t1011, iC would be: strange it they were not
actuated by an extraordinary degree of solicitude
to promote the uoiversal ascendancy of. such a
Church. Feelings of eontnion humanity must,
in their breasts, .eo-operate with devout attach-
ment to their re4gion, in producing that etfeet,
The ,strongest motives lutist ever ope7ate the
most forcibly upon the buimin mind, when
'duly sensible' of their force; and what motive
can net so powerfully on Alma, as a NOCitil
being, as the-good of a elnireh. Which he looks
in
their paessQti,;.rotitial .ituigiasteto
upon as the only guide. to eternal life. The
members of such a church, if they he sincere
hones.- men,---cannot WI to he actuated by the
thseairy-,faiitt.h,thateytd bt
eo
promote the ascent alit of their religion.
ally
this Is'trldieer:thzaeranel character by which they are universally
distinguished.

Cr o bracontinued).

I by WII.ITAIkI momitiA Smith Nfolton.atreat,
11. the papri Lett6rs for the Gras

MR.' LEE'S PA:1,111107dt

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(Cuntiweeti from our I);iper of Thur 4
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meret ut;
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a erscei
res
the discucsion of the s'opb istry nLict lovb
cacies. in which it bus been attempted
voh'ed, dat(l
)..Itchea to t
triple. thet'
te to facts o.
seems,
China,. is at length, under certain limn
belopened to the British. public ; that
it seems, ihat,, provided the British co
public Will find capital, the East India.
will find management ; and- will also ace‘
revenue, in the shape of duties, on a tt%
if they .had capital, which they have nil
India Compartv would carry on. This
the present state of the question. Thei
ask these duties has been conceded to,
the presumption, possibly, that, but t'
elusive government, and management
charter, India and' its dependencies'
have presented# as it now presents, a s
cure mart fol. every legitimate comim.
The question -of' duty, perhar,
ately concerns the consumer : but wha
bused measure calls fok a greater eaPitai
arked in the prosecution of a ‘partic
than, unless buck measure be-adopted,
necessary to carry it On, such measure
claim the merchants,consideration, and'.
will of course provide that the duties be
other motives than those which the'
interest, or' the caprice of the Company
time to time suggest. It is not to be
that, With -relation to the duties, som
permanent principle of limitation-of th
and object, will be established.

..
1:lie letter of the Chairs, dated 13t
1809, to the Right Honourable Rolm
(now Lord Melville), NO. 8, Paperi, &C
treat the question upon the general gro'
.of right and expediency. It presents,
the phenomenon of men expressing an
.sire exclusively to circumscribe a trade
ruinous, or not worth pursuing, by e`
that monopoly can desire to place anon!
by, scarcely sincerely, deprecating the ru
petitors in that very trade.:*
" The trade is a losing one; and thei
wishlo retain it wholly to ourselves. I
bark in it as a Competitor against us, w`,
„perienee the mortification of beholding ra
a rival, and in order to prevent your
this barren field of commercial speaal
cultivate it ,you cannot,. since it Wiltno cultivation,', we ,will that it be sIY
that a few strays only be allowed to I+
beitts,'
,
" This is the sitm and substance of the Pi'
i the ,
mercial part of the letter. of.the.Chairs )' ~i COO
January, .180:), and on tt closer view of !', to be
tents, and of those which follow, and
,Lu'oiii Ile
considered, twist .of. the same length, 4.wor
seen that such a farraL'o of cant and cow"' .
ver before met the pablie eve.. , / IP
'`+ a .i .
If a certaio and yet en% iNi po;i0 fiat
thoyeto
commerce be ruinous or unproiitad::t dolvlrl ,
i
tire .already embarked, ortVllo (leil`t e0,.,,,r16 w
it; salty %,%ish to circumscribe it Iri '
sett
. , , , „,
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It I.) that deitructire speculaticu' dt:► sm' to
length it is attempted to beshovn citeocbtr ! it,
suiiicient charter ? Needs ruin lid .c 1 up /of
why are the Company to set theitiiviogtion ;
nesses and judges upon- this gre,ant vet couvi
the way of argument they have 1---Witi,h ErlIP,
1
the great ronithercial body of the I flow la
tvho are: j•zstly clamorous tor particlPa,
,as of .1
Chafle.ei of ~oted and evil ; nq Witnec'' 1, d
fRa
t, the Company adduce they cannot ' be 1:1
'moment be act:tided to otberwise than t°
terly diicredited• 1
" Tile inference intended to be tirawn fr'''n':
na r.oeltvt iyoennos,r,tat
be
bi
vt
eftt.itkniCal7doreoleyr.tin;nlit:
ae(itlilltae,h:aoit.sefteaevcriethdlptoer
0:::i
ex:
sill )&fri:l'
is as ill warranted as its inapplication to
t
ft eirrneenscrent'
than is per down for it to prove, namely,
competition was not. successtul. The Oa,'
it was unsuccessini need not be inViliq'
time-of day. Because Sir Hugh :Nliddiefol
and that Ether projectors have been turn
schemes they embarked in or projected., ile'i
to this mode of reasoning, ottght never !'
been revived or continued. The .New lti:,e,
patty ought not to have existed,, or that '
for supplying London with . water on& (
have existed; and not a colony in, Atli
elsewhere, - would now have being, si'e
one of these great.schemes' of such infinite
to mankind, almost without c xception•wcil
ous to those %rho first embarked in thon•
.... _ . _ an lie,cantinue4 ..

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