The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-24 00:00:00

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tatii
.pastes a r.e A satire of tempb:rni power
.an
.th 01 his spiritual prerogatives. It liatl been -Si .
that in the case mairtages they were Str,irei
t: ,14W of the land ; 'hut sopeosing,every lii else
a, °e granted, would not -the Catholics compleen
shnst that ‘eircuins-tan:.e as an inierteren'ce with
eaf religious rights ? It -was itnpossibl- to separate
• Piritual from Temporal power even in Pagan Reme,
tnd a twin put in possession of the sectets of another
e
!ne confession of the Catholic'Chnrch, mast have
• 11.,/ lannence over human condett which would ren-
cr (thee power of esreat importance;
.84 Jesus Cox El tri,lsi.Et said, lie should not de-
':;itiill the House long, nor should lie trounle them
-referring to any documents in support of his
`e;;"li°."%s.. He artmithrd thm the Catholics were a
Vet they were a great thiuority, and
(41111 be attenkhd to by that Utilise. If the
°use Would go into a ComMittee, that
,a Pr4elitnin-ary -step. In 17g at the instance
t,ue Empress of Hestia, the oath was modified,
4tirl° assented to by the Bishops of Leland—that ad-
lel!!(,)a reeueni:Zed the dominion of the-head of the
ei,-?utio Church in temporal patronage only, and
.dealer, the Catholics were content to swear dile-
race to the King of Great' Britt as the supreme
te`id of the Slate. Tt.e Heliometric Baronet here
11PressLII his readiness to give ally Gentleman ae
ati't full infurinteionupon the subj et; if the House
uuld agree to 111 itheieek for going into Z Com-
roittee, --every d.cument was as hand for that pur-
With re.peet to what the Right Honourable_
Learned Gentleman had urged as to the Coun-
rt: of Lateran that Council was called by one of
40si amambitiouspes that ever sat in tne,Papal
A lair ; 'to that Council were invited and assembled
thaisadors from all the Christian countries, So-
*l.2‘gli Princes at tendedin person ; the proceed ngs
d:re 01 ark uensull length, seventy Canons were
ried; the two first were of doetrines, the rest of
igs,c,iPittles but they were not to have operation but
teMuse States where they would be canonically re-
k, consequently they were not entitled to much
height. .What was the situation of,France as to
at Cutincil, and the Council of Trent ? The pro-
ire:lngs of these- Councils were not received by
nce, because thev.were hostile to the Civil Govern
ei"-
- the testimonies of Matthew Pat is
liern- They had
kePledicttne Monk, and of Platina ; the former had
" That there was a great concourse of persons
of mhied at the Council : many things were treated
was but nothing decteed." The object of the Pope
t° get money;and money be gut. Pope Gre-
-14(4Y did not recognise these Canons as legitimate
bt:11". In later times, of the same opinions w etc
11,34 Y enhnent divines, parti,culatly Bishop 'Hay ;
clot* balance of authority was in disfavour of these
speech of theßight Honourable and
jt rued Gentleman was more moderate than any
#le had. delivered on former occasions, and subse-
i-e-eritlY given' to the .pt,blic. Upon those he must
tli allowed to make some observations. In one of
ell qose speeches, the Right Honourable and Learned
oitirnan, in speaking of the claims of his cotinzy-
ens had said, " that the *hole of-the Roinantsts
„c
Ireland had entered into a conspiracy to overture
the Government of Ireland." In another part a
,e„ Publication, he Said, " Eveiy Catholic is, by.
dtSeienee a traitor." There was a repetition of
etie opinions in all his speeces, and lie had reason-
would those opitiions. The Honourable Baronet
not impute to the Right Honourable. and
El:earned G n to
entiema any other „)tite than a regard
u: Lis conntry : but lie was m• st unfortunately at
ihsue with the laws, fer did the laws authorise the
a,cceptationot o dh ? He had also said, " that
Ine Catholics could not amalgamate with the Pro-
ttekstants of the country." He ead-also stated, ~that
'"e Priests represented-the Piotestalits as the living,
agents of -Satan—as astrays from If
.".14iencin here spoke to order, and drilled the as-
.teril°ll•)—Zhe Honourable B :rotiet resumed, oh-
7-'rvine, that if he had not used the! expression, he
,as sorry fur I-aving imputed it to him. but whhin
Le last 48 hours_he had purr:lee-lid the book of the
ight Honour:Oak arid Learned Gentleman's writ-
L ge at Stockdale's, the publisher, who informed
t"al h w Ant horiz :d to. declare, that it was
Ile had introduced it not to duo w
tt'quYs but tar a better ptirpose—to s!rew that the
r lee of exciusive lelvation. ,s not cons, t utd by
Catholiks to Cite wanner stated -by the Learned
Author. , lit so doieg he shoul6 not descend to the
1 ';'ulor sr:hoolmer, but woul,i quo'e the authority of
8
i4r.l}:oies.ser Laroche, and of the highest of
"'use authorities, St. Austin himself, who recog-
hi" no ether means of salvation than in the
ninie of Christ aloiie," awl. does not exclude from
;11e Pale of t he Cai 'Julie ,Church .1
hose persons who
have net received the light of the Gospel by sedu-
lous application. The Hononrabie Baronet then re-
'erred to various letteis ;n " 7 he Morning Post,"
Under the signature of " A Real -Whig," &c. The
L'bst!rvations and arguments in these letter, were re-
kled by the. known declatatiens of -the See of
iss
'"e, namely, with respra to the dispensieg doc-
trine end the deposing doctrine; they utterly denied
asseition—that faith was not to be kept with
heretics. These doctrines had been-guarded against,
ind comprehended in the arrangements of -ige and
1805 . Hc. then alluded to the correspondence,
4'hich lie--maintained frOm authority with the See
Di Rome for seven years, in which he introduced
the extiuttlion of the order of Jesuits,- once at the
head of the English, Irish, and Scotch Colleges;
Old oath of allegiance to be taken by the supe-
riors, each nation having its Cardinal Proieacr.—
With respefl to the veto, he would refer to the
Noble Viscount then at the head of the Govern-
tltt'llt, namely, in the reign of terror as it was
Called, to bear him. out when he stated, that the
Copies which he had-pro,..ured of the opinions of the
four Men opoliran Archbishops and the Bishops was
correa. They stated their readiness to accept the
allowance proposed, and would upon tvery occasion
of vacancy in the lieiscopal Chair proceed to the
Pleaion of a candi late, w filch candidate should be
presented to the Got ernment for its approval. Upon
the rejoaion of the Claims in 1808, a synod was
held ni.on the subject of the Veto, as proposed by
br. Milner ; the result of their deliberation was not
only that it was expedient und,r existing circuit).
itances, but in a conference which passed • between
Dr. O'Reilly, Lord Sutherland, and Sir Eiwaad
Bellew, that opinion was confirmed—they reptio-
bated rip certain priblications, as tending to a:ienate
die affeaions of Leland. The Hon. lite:met then
read an extra& from a letter in The s.lorniog" Post'
)f this day, which csouWiled claiLzFs oh a descrip-

which corkeivcil h:s duty to nOtic.e. in the
,
House ; it .i-as dot., in
.51.stice iothe feelings and
character of tie individuah to Vilioni the letter
plied, and the House, when he read it; WArkl
sap-preciate the injorwils tendency of the charges. The
first charge, atter alluding to various alleged 'colt-
plaiJits it th • P•otestants, says,' On the other
not a syllable is uttered f the intolerant behaviour'
of the Catholic Committee, and its satellites, or the
least allusion made to their recent publication and
extensive circulation of Ward's Errata,' the most
' infamous work ever printed." With respett to this
passage, he must exonerate the Cathol c Clergy !tom
the charge of givitag countenance to the publication.
11 the Book was a bad one, the publisher was in
fault ; for he thought that to re-publish the work,
would be benefici el to him ; the (runes of most of
the Members of Maynooth College were not in-
serted with their approbation ; and. Dr. Troy would
have useditis interest against the pubiishing of the
book, conceiving it an extremely inj,.ed cious work.
As to the other charge, which stared, " the present
situation of the two Universities is most lamentable,
the conduct of the individuals at the head of them
in the course of this week, must prove how dan-
gerous, it is to admit men into high and important
°dices, whose principles are so loose, that, for the
let therance of party views, the utmost indiffetence
is strewn by them to the fundamen'tal principles of
the. Constitui ion; and a total disregard to the feelings
of the individuals they repres,\nt." Now, the Noble
Baron whO presides at the University alluded 'to,
couLt not feel more indignation titan he did at this
Unjust atack ; bar with, respect to the otherillustri. •
outs President, the extreme delicacy of the question,
and (ha habits of imbibe), with which he (Sir John)
had lived with him, did not lead him to form an
opinion as to the nearing of his mind upon the
question. But this he knew, that his Royal High-
tioss had. taken no-part tit it. .1-le knew also the two
Universities were entitled _to exercise their own
judment, and if they chose, to. I.itti-ion the House
on the earliest opportunily. As to Cambridge, he
had ascertained that the Bishop of Brisiol knew
nothing of the petition on Sunday ; it was voted on
Monday, and on Tu(:sday was sent up express to
the Chancellor. The Hon. Baronet then took a
reiro.pettive.siiew of the conouel of the Catholics,
from the reign of William the Conqueror, upwaid.,
during which the power of the Papal Throne in
England had not been recognized, and concluded
with voting for the Committee.

Dr. DLI-IGHNAN, in exilanation, deoied some of
the ovinion., mitibuted to him.

Mr. W. BANKES conceived the question lay in a
very. narrow compass. He deprecated the glaring
inconsistency, wiecri was generally contended for,
of claiming for the Catholics heir natural rights as
citizens, at a time when all the ti,ork are iu arms
against this country. He wished to know whether
this was the proper time for renovating—whether,
like subtle alchyinists., it was proper to iamper ith
the- State Ctucible, and mix up ingredients wilier(
might eventually explode, to the direct and manl-
iest injury of the State ? Allustons•had often _been
made to the valour of the. British armies, tuff of the
brave men who a e the objects of this motion. But
would they not bleed ler us to spite of their disqua-
lifications; Would they not, as became united ci-
tizens of one empire, continue to win anti
wear the laurel which they su eminently were
entitled to ? Wizeld they net sill cosoperot
in the cause in which they at first embark.
ed ? If those %vim supported the claims of tout-
millions of the subject; of -the Empire thought they
were aggrieved, they need only look to their con
du:l in the British service, and ten congratulate
themseltes that they were not at the ebb of
their pbpularity ; that though they were a party
tithout power, they .would, if their claims were
conceded, be a party with power. In saying this,
he di,i not mean thereby to contend, thm, having
power, they would abuse it ; bat concessions might
be fatally given. It was not from the mass that,
danger was to be at prebended ; it was from the
solelin invocation of S,ints ; it was not from the
pTa6tice of the Romish religion that danger was to
be feared; but it was well known that the element
lire is " a goad servant, but a bid master," hav-
ing once the ascendancy, must.be guarded ae°ninst—
h it-ing no controui, it was not to be feared. He was
uordisposed to retaliate upon the Catholics the sins
of their forefathers, but he, was for restricting them.
Certain (latrines which they maintained might in
then evil tendency hate been exaggerated ; he
might • apply the tines of the Poet :
Some truth there is, though rnix'd with dust it lies,
'To please the fool, and puzzle all the wise.'
At ore period the Catholics were willing to allow
the Veto; now they were not. What ! War
there a sort of compound interest to be exaCled on
the delay in granting them their claims ? He at-
niboted no improper tnotives to' the Gentlemen
opposite. They, no doubt, considered the cause
which they had espoused to be the right one ;. but
surely it would be unwise in the House, by acceding
to the motion, to raise hopes which must ultimately
he disappointed. There was far from a distinct un-
derstanding on the subject among the middle and
lower orders in both countries While the English
'peasant dreaded he knew not what unde; the name
of Popery, the Irish peasant claimed he knew nut
what under the name of Emancipation. Feeling as
he did the dangers attendant on the proposed con-
cessions, he must vote against the motion, unless
he were% c‘invinced that mankind were so changed
as to tender ad retrospect useless, and all experience
rain.

L'ild BINNING argued in favour of the motion. A
full participation in all the benefits-of the Constitu-
tion ought, not to be refused to any class of the peo•
pie, unless it could be • shewn that the grant was
a' tended with danger. Tilt, Catholic Q..iestiote;g3M-
ed stiength year after year. The mist was falling
from the eyes of the people of this country. Pub-
lic opinion was much divided, and this was 'a suffi-
cient ground for an inquiry into this very important'
salject.• The test laws were not the laws of the
land. They were an innovation on the Constitu-
tion, .called for by the necessity of former times,
and lett to posterity to be modified or annulled
as circumstinces . might demand. The French
revolution, founded on principles of infidelity,
had rendered Popety innoxi,us thi9 country.—
Ekpenence nvinifested, that Catholics t. 4 ere not
adverse to liberty-; for to tt horn did we owe
the greater part of our existing riglAs and privileges,
bot.to our Catholic ancestois I We had conceded
tuu much to the Cat:,ohcs to stop. Were Mr. Pitt

jiving., he wo'olo support.- the mot's )n. Mr. Pitt
knew iitaman nature better than to Suppose that a
Catholic Barrister woulJ be content without being
allowed to aspire to the Bench.) a Catholic
without Prinz permitted to indulge the
hope --CI commanding an at my, or a Catholic
Gentlemiin with returning his Protestant neigh-
bour to Parliament Were the principles of the
Catholics hostile to the Constitution 3 Why had any
of their claims been granted ) Were they not hos-
tile ? were not all granted ? Either the pre-
sent. conduct of Parliament was a censure upon site
past, or the past was a censure upon the present.—
By the relaxation which had already taken place,
much improvement had been made both in the cha-
racter of the people, and on the lace of 'the country.
Was not that an encouragement to go on ? Some
thought they foresaw great danger to the Protestant
faith in granting the Catholics their right.S. He
had a . better opinion of the Protestant utith he
thought it founded on scripture and reason. If it
could not stand against Catholic logic, not all- the
exclusive tests that could be devised i.vbuld secure it.
He approved of the moeicin, because it plAg,ed the
House to nothing but consHeration. He loved the
Catholics as countrymen ; he honoured them as'
freemen; and he looked forward with confidence to
the day when they would be put in complete pos-
session of heir rights. He besought them, how-
ever, as they alued'their own interests to continue
prod-able and I Tat. If they did so, they would have
his hearty players for their success..

Col. LcmoN declared his opinion to be in favour
of an inquiry.
Mr. OWEN was convinced that if ever there was a
finestion entitled to calm discussion, uninfluenced by
party feelings, it was the present. Every individual
ought to be allowed the free exercise of his religion,
without being rendered responsible to any human
tribunal. But while we abStained from meddling
witn the reliv.ion of others, we were bound.io•
policy
to maintain our own. fie allowed that theexcln-
sion o! the Catholics from a full participa.iion of civil
rights could be justified only on' the ground of ne-
cessity ; but maintained, that.that necessity actually
existed. Much had been said of strengthening- the
Empire. To do this, however, care roust be taken,
that, while the Catholics were conciliated, the Prop-
testants should not be alarmed. The immer;iate ef.
fed of concession might be to tranquilize Ireland ;
but that calm would be followed by a tempest of
the most dreadful violence. The mote was given,
the more would be required. The Catholics would
aspire still higher, and Ireland would present a mi.
serable scene of unrestrained struggle for power be-
tween the Catholics and the Protesiants, ending in
the ruin of both parties. He did- not believe that
the greot body of Irish Catholics were interested in
this question—he meant the Catholic peasan4ry.
Their habits, manners, and rank inlife, formed so
many insurmountable obstacles to their obtaining
high situations, that the expeaation of doing so
could never enter into their minds. In point of
tali, they never could reach those-situations. It was
only to deceive them to talk to them of their cccu-
pying s tuations which they were morally incapable
of filing. He .thought that it was a peculiarly -uutit
tithe for giving additional power to the CatholiCs,
when the head of the Catholic Church 'was so com-
pletely under the controul of France ; and he could.
not c-urseet by any rash ad to endanger that an-
cient monument of wisdom ind• policy which had.
braved so many worms and assaults. The present
was a most critical period. At home we were suf-
feting under the most lie,vy burdens. Abroad we
were assailed by a powerful euemy. Such was not
the moment for taking a step ol'at least a doubtful
tendency. We ought to be in a more tranquil and
secure state before we made such an experiment on
the Constitution as that now proposed. To accede
to the motion, would only be to hold out to the Ca-
tholics hopes which must be disappointed, and he
should therefore oppose it.
Mr. VaalloN contended, that the Learned Gen-
tleman who had just spoken was very much mis-
taken in his estimate of the moral cap city of the
thiddle and lower r lasses of Ili, Irish people. Tha
Learned Doctor,. who bad replied to the speech of
the Right Honourable Mover of the question, had
been very good in explaining the tenets of the Ro-
man Catholic reli•gion ; but tie out it to the Learned
Dolor, whether, if a Roman Catholic Doctor were
to explAin the ?Q Articles, he (Dr. Duigenan) would
he very willing to receire such art intet isetation'?—
He certainly gave the Learned Do&tor great credit
.for the bravery with which he stood-the laughter
that his own arguments occasioned. He certainly
bore admirably the recoil of his own artillery—

" He, unconcerted, could hear the mighty crack."

It had been recently contended that the senice of
the, State suffered but immaterially fmm the, re-
maining exclusions of the Cstl-olic3. But the het
was, that they were excluded from above 500 !Liza!
and civil offices ; from above 2000 municipal situa-
tions, and from all the highest-ranks in the army and
navy. The House had recently been saluted with
sounds, winch, though. highly gratifying, had for
some few years past not been unusu.d. • (The fir-
ing of the Park and Tower guns hr the. cap-
ture of Badajoz.) Let the Howse contemplate
the Irish or English Officer who fiist mount-
ed the breach,. and there planted the British
flag. Who could deny to siNha t:ra(e man, a su-
perior commission ? And yet if be should prove
to be a Cat:toile, he could rtceive no such re-
ward for his great valour and services ; although
if it- were a Portuguese Officer of the same religion
by whom the achievement was performed, no obstacle
would prevent his receiving the honours which his
zeal and gallantiy had deserVid, Lord Wellington
himself wa: an Irishman. It was to the immortal
honour of Ireland. that he was so. Superior in dis-
inieresieduess to the Noble Duke who bad fOr-
merly held the most distinguished rank in the mi-
litary annals of Great Britain, he was second to him,
not so much in glory as in time. If Lund Welling-
- ton had been a Cathdlie, he would profit* ha‘e
remained in Leland' in the command of -a Com-
pany. fie would have been employed in taking an
illicit still by storm instead of Badajoz. It he had
attained a higher rank, and had ventured to this
country, he would have been subject to a fine of
5001. and to the forfeiture of his CommisslCM, It
had been said, that without the veto there would be
no controul over the nomination of the Bishops.—
What conttoul was there now If the Catholics
were disposed to be disloyal (which there was not
the J-tast r'4430/1 to suppose) they might be mucb mot c

easily so af preient than if Their chime were granted
to The history of the Catholic clew
was
must interesting: Ot his Majest; he. was un•4•ililng
to speak, btu with all the dehcacy and respt_.al due-
to his misfortunes: aitd his:- virtues. But -cet tautly
It was iiroorttinate that the opinion of au in ti+
vidital, who for the last twenty-five years had been
sti..)jettt to the occasional visitations o: That c
under which it was to be feared 'that he now
-permanently laboured, 'should have had Ow
weight which it was known to have had on
the consideratioti of
.the Catholic Question. That"
day was past. The time i,vaS arrived to which toe
Catholics, however loyally atiiiched' to their Sotre-
regn, looked tor ward with ii san,:itin6 exrecta,iori
of being relieved from the d sabiiiiies of which they •
had so long cu oplabi-d. He who'd abstain, be-
cause he knew he ot.r4h -to abstain, from alluding to-
the opio;ons of the Prince Rogent. Ot the avowed"
opinions of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
be had a tight to speik. The Catholics were most
certainly entitled to expect from those opinions, not
perhaps thht his Royal Highness would use that
personal influence in their favour which his Royal
Fattier had used against them, but that at leen his
Royal Highness would have given them the; Chance
of a fair consideration of their Petit too, which it
never could have while the Right Hairoorable
Getideinaii• opposite was at the head of -the Ad-.
ministraioo. He was as little interested as any
man in the overthrow of the present Ministry.
—Unquestioliably, no one could •appEuve morc,
than he did the conduct t f his two Nuiib Frieluls
in the other House, in refusing the off:I-which, at
the sUggestiba of the Right Hon. G:-htleman, had
been made to
_them, and made with the apparent
impression, that it Must be rejected. To accept
high situations in the State, was no sin ; but to ac-
cept them tinder the existing clicurnstanees of the
Government, would ha,e been on.the part of his
Noble Friends, to sin against all consistency and
honourable feeling. The opinion, however, of such
an humble individual as himself, of their conduct,
was little impoi (ant either to them or to the public.
But it he had been a person of illustrious bin n, and
placed in exalted situation in the State—it the
destinies of the ceuntry, had hung out his condutl—
if in !800 he had expressed his approbati at of the
Trinsal of those Noble Lords to accept.otlice-7-lf
at the present period, on a 'similar, refusal pm-
ceeding from those Noble Lords, founded an simi-
lar reasons ke had wi:hdrawn from them his appro.
batiOn—however cett.tio interested individuals night
exult in the circumstance (although they; could not
hope long to enjoy the fruits of shoul.l not
expect that the country at laige would be very solo!,
citous about his Opinion on the C41601;c, of any
other subject, Ur I bat they would care w hether or ,
not be had any opinion at all. Tle R ght Hon.
Gentleman opposite had excited himself in every
possible direction. to fill up the coesm in Adinnii-
stration;• Which these circumstances had occasioned.
His applications had been ii•tinite. The Rsht •
Hun. Gentleman might say with the poet,.
"'Urg'd by the storm, at any dour 1 knock."

But he could riot congratulate the Right Hon. Gen.
tleman on the recruits which he had obtained. 1:110
concession of their rights to the Catholics had been.
misrepresented into a proposition, pregnant «till
-danger to the Established Church. It. so, he should
be the last man to suppoit it., Connected as he
wits, by the- most intimate ties of duty and affection
to one oldie Dignitinics of that Chureh, he was ne-
cessarily- conversant with the excellencerof its
insti-
tution=, and might perhaps be accused. of pabiality
its its faidur. Whether it might be let med preju,
dice or opinion, he knew not ; but certainly lie
thought that no church establishment could better
fulfil ti,e various Turposekof its formation, nor
avoid with more success the maintenance .of
trary power on the one hand, and the °au.
sion of deniocratic °plutons on the other. It weal
therefore that he considered hiatselt entitled to cre-
dit, when he asserted that nothing would induce,
him to support a measure'hy which the saf;ty of•the
Protestant establishment might be endangered. But
conceiving that the present proposition, while it
• was innoxieus•to the Church, gave to the State that
power of uniting and consolidating its s7ret...rth,'
which the urgency of the times imperiously de•
minded, it sl.oulit live his war in and decided sup-
port. In fa t, the yvtoposition was the most eau-
tious and the must prod.:int that could be. submitted
to Parliament: For, unless it were cclitended that
the consideration of the Ca.hofeClaqns should at
no time take pl Cie, t!..e motion could norpt ooips;
posed, since there could be no time so prto
that consideration as the present. The monopoly
of power might- be opimed" t, the C ithotics its
easily as the monopoly of: the East trade" to
thu general Me:chaols of the country and lie would
not ipsitate to say, that the qnestion- respetting the
East India Company's 'Charter, the discusslon of
ev hich would, involve the next two months, even if
it invotved the loss• of our Asi it c empire, was rin.
imporiant, when set in c.imporison vt ith this tin-
portant Irish question. Let the House look at the
state oh Ireland—thriving in arts, in agriculture, anti
(in spite of the Learned Doctor)- i t population--=a
population willing to conquer I.r•Elglanst, but-de-
manding the just rewards of coNjuerors. Where
was the danget of concession ? Unlesi it were prov-
ed—nay, tuore—unless it were proved that the dan-
ger of concession would 'be greater than the danger
of refusal, the Legislature would be no more jO.titi-
ed in declaring, tttat the liish Catholics should met
be freely'admit!ed into all dirt Odic, s of the State,'
than they would be j‘stified in decioring, that theariny
should notratiltsr..truln who were six teet
,higtt
proposition to which he presunit.d, even the LAiarn-
ed Doctor would not assent. Did the Catholics
really hold such barbarous doctrines as I hose'imput-
ed to them by the Learned• Doctor.? did they really
maintain that no faith was to he oh:it-iv-A with herc•
tics, they ought not to be allowed,
,participation iu
any civil right whatever. Bat this Was a most un-
founded assertion. It was to charge the Catholic;,
cot with superstition, but with madness, ,to say th.tt
admission, to the Constitution would not endear
it to thein ; or that exclusion • from it would not
render them comparatively indifferent to its sop._
port. Innovation 1 It was the Cathohcs who
to complain, of Innovation. In the reign' of Wil-
liam the Toird they were excluded Iwin Parlia-
ment. In the reign of Ann, they were excluded
from civil offices 1., crinsequence. of the ei!enslnt) ut
thefts( Acts to Irelimd. /I;lv...fling no ,he Petition
against the C.ittiol'c Claims, which 'tad been pre-
szoted flow y ul Oxford, he obseri ted