The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-17 00:00:00

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Ant obtain!.llC accritning to 'the
'petralties of that Nil, s-ee, indeed, t 1 Catholic
P,ist&rh their
fidelcs—::shet tnight see
than sti r,ed
hiec to Oblotlay, priVatitm,
stie nii ht ice thent tran.tported fekti-S and suf-
fering as murderers; bat she would never Fee
them 'fs. lost, end ,so abandoned as ft) taketbe
'Oath whiCh was proposed---;:an oath not to seek
eir(*.tilb.or ind;.;Y.i4iith the stiliversion of the Pro-
testant Charbb ! Why this would be to. ablise the
Divine moneed, which says, " Go, ye and teach
. all nations would be- to proscribe the writ-
:cud viritrill,thours of a Botsoer, an AitNOT,
a LING %1117, or a Mmxte, to, forego the defence
of the Catholic Faith, for that vindicated—how
can the %(ieparatioa, from it be justified ? DO not
.even the virtues and morality of a Priesthood go
indirectly to. propaga.e• the faith which they pro-
f,:,. ? Do they not operate more effectually than
words ? For .what is .more poWeaul than ex-
ample ? Was War then to be waged with the Vir-
tues ? Airere they too to be abjured ? No! it the
Church of England trembles for its's'afety, it must
seek it elsewhere; we have no Secutit.ies to give !
That she stands in great need of Securities who can
doubt, when lie sees division in the camp, and
observes the determined war that is carried on
against her-r-iniaro, pugnutur infra ct extra—that
her articles of assOciation ace despised by 'those
that pretend to be governed by them. That the
itionans, andineti of.strange Faith, are amongst
those, in command.; whilst, front without, she is
incessuntly a-,sailed by the thousand- bands and
nssociations of tribes, who' iteithi-r give nor take
quarter. Why tire, not means taken to coerce
Why are they not hound over to keep the Peace
Why are they.not.pat opon their Securities i
Fu-
rious Tribes, Religious Warriors, who neither. take
-nor „give
.tptarter. Why are lea Ciey put upon
their Securities ?—why are: they not boomt over,
to keep the peace4--to pass over others ? Observe
the Methodists, a sort of COssack lulautry, reli-
giously irregular, who, themselves of
the fields, and fighting' 'from ruined houses rind
church-yards, are carrying on a desultory, but. (lc-,
Struetive warfare against her. In the tneen time,,
tha strong and, republican phalanxes of Presbyte-
rianism occupy an imposing position ; and the Co-
lmar's of Catholicity are collecting, %rho challenge
die possession orthe Ark, Eind unfurling the Orni-
fianie,, display its glorious motto, Ti' Ma,
• " lint' the Establiffied Church win stand—it
will survive the storms With whick it is assailed,
„If it be built upon ROCK--but if, its 't utislat hot)
he on sand, oo human power can support it. In
Vin shall Statesthen.put their bends together-4n
'vain shall l'arliatnents,. in -Mockery of Omnipo-
tence, declare, that it is permanent and inviolate'
7--in vain shall the Churchman Cry from die
Sauctitary, to the Watchman on the Tower,. that
dan:rer is at band—it shall fa,ll, for, it is human,
'and liablelo force, .to accident, and to decay—it
shall fall, and nt!thing hut.the 'memory of the nit's-
chiefs it has .ere et-ea shall survive. Already the
marks of approaching rtr.:n a.re upon it ; it has had
its -time upon the eartha. date. nearly as lout; as
lou as
any other .miVelty ; end, when the tit!4e •errives, -
shall CathOlics be Called, by the sacred bond of
an oath, to uphold 4. Tys!eni ..vhicri they beheve
will be one day reieetedby the whole earth. Cart
they be i;)dteed to swear that they ;would oppose
even the present Protestants of England, if, cea:3..
ing to be truatits, theithoiieht fit in l' turn to re-
turn their ancient worship, 'and to have a C,:,:thutic
King and a Catholic ParliainFnCY .
Hut Who is so simple .as tai think, that Lora'
CAS'iI.EUE AGIT is alarmed' for tl safety of the.
(Mirth, or that he is boon foie, looking for Se-'
(amities ?, No, it is intlueocer good solid in-
fluence, through the degradation of the Priest-
hood,.that.he seeks to convert the Pastor into the
little Magisterial Tyrant of his Flock—go have
him ti,rently 'instrument to play the part.of an iti-
fOrmer—to be the Whipper-in itt an Election, or
belted in the accoutrements of a Vein-min, the
• gem, th, bayonet, and cartouch-hcix, to be ready
at every little appearance of popular tumult, to
dip his hands it, the blood..Of his parish
such , purposes we know the Miokiers of a
Christian Worship have' been perVerted, uodoobt,
very much -to the advantage of the State—and, it
is natural to suppose, that the same demoraliziog
systeM would be acted upon, and similar seevices.
be expected from ours'i The hope of being Ale
to accomplish this, it is, that makes the influence
of the Pope latterly appear so dreadful. This, it
is, that has produced the necessity for Securities,
at wHch the late Administration, and the; pre-
sent, equally,laugh, although they have each, in
their hum, excited the cry, and spread the alarm.
They call for Securities, but their, object, is in-
Iluence-7-the subsets iency and degradation of Ire-
land--;-,the rendering its great Population, through
'the Ine.dinni of .the 'Priesthood; submissive to all
the purposes of the Minister of the day
.; and no
Oath, -nay, not ten thousand Oaths, will, with-.
out this, give that kind of Security they seek. 7--
-IVit'S"tbere a illan hi'll'cland,—Miert the •questi9n
of Securities was first' broached by Lord Giustl-
- that did not see, . that was ;tot convinced
It was for other purposes than those pretentled.
If Owe be one who-does not think so, let him
look to the ' Records of Parliameat ; let him
read the. Speech of Lord GitiNVILLE in the De-
- hire 'of 'ISO, and he will ..thera 'find how his
Lordship, when .the matter was hinted at.
vaunted and - laughed at
.the suppositiOnof their
necessity. Gentlemen who may hereafter speck
upon this subject, will• find their advantage ip
studying thiS Speech. It is :a perfect reposi-
tory of arguments, she iviitg the folly of call-
ing for' SecuritieS from Catholic SubjectS.
surely Lord GR'stqvrt.LE was not to .be trusted.
when he afterwards urged their necessity; and
spoke of their concession as the sine qua non
of his support. The cry for Securities, or, in
Other wor,ds, the propos'edthraltioni of our Church,
is a jegacyleft by Mr; PlT't to his unfor: :mate
country; considered the Unitin ineo:oplete
without it, and he would have carried it at the
saute time, but that the consent-of the Pope re-
(wired tittle, and his favoured measure ;could riot
be postponed.
Recollect that it was in that ill-
°owned year, When. Ireland lost her independence
and political existence, that the Veto and Salaries
to our Clergy' was first proposed ; and connect
with that recollection the eflorts that have been'
made, and-are now making; toeosinVe Or destroy
our Bierarchy. As the intention- of effectiug the