The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-25 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

THE SCOTTISH UNION.
NTR. Enrroa,Not looking to England, or to
-"eland but to my own country, Scotland,
claim for her, as the condition of her Union, the
perpetual and unimpaired Establishment of the
Presbyterian Church.
When two or more States have become incor-
"rated by Treaty, the terms of their incorpora-
!ion cannot be altered by any majority of votes,
l'uvrever great. The Treaty was designed for the
pr!rpetoal protection of the Minority.
Previously to the Union my Country took es-
Peeial care to establish her Religion. The Act
" for Seeming the Protestant Religion and Pres-
bvterian Church Government " was passed in
Seolland in 1707, and it for ever confirms the
411 and sth of WlLLtam and MARY, en-
titled " An Act ratifying the Confession of
and settling Presbyterian Church Go-
vernment, with the hail) other Acts of Parlia-
s, 'bent relating thereto, in prosecution of the
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declaration of the Estates of this Kingdom
_

Containing the Claim of Right." In which last
111:4(4/tied Acts, all Laws, Statutes, and Acts of
:liFttnent, made against Popery and Papists, and
rlinlintenance of the true Religion, are revived,
;tlfied, and perpetually confirmed. This Act of
lel4ll.lty was ordained, in its whole extent, to be
f"dinnental and essential condition of any
Y of,Union between Scotland and England,
tr,"bout any alteration of; or derogation there-
, for ewer; and was to he so inserted in any
of Parliament for concluding such Union ;
t the which was, at the Union, done accord-
,nor.

ih~" See, Sir, that my countrymen did not leave
tsf'se essential ytestions to any future discussions
4 Parliament, the greater part of which
h 4: t 4 be of a religion different horn diens ; and
At't-ivvill Please to observe, that as some of the
e'es of the Union were made absolute, and
ilit.4" left to the wisdom of the United Legisla-
h4 1(4 alteration, so the Articles concerning
sti,44)O, being among the absolnle and perpetual
I‘v 'lions, can never be changed,
e have honour too on our side, as well as the
Ane" honour of. the British Parliament.
etNi on certain terms
_consented to be-
tOtia very small minority, forty-five in one
and sixteen in the other—we can mike no
111-t iative defence at all ; and we may safely rely
la•iv-4glish Justice, that we shall not now be de-
triti'°
.„41 °I: what we could have kept without the.
1%1111:"Ctite Establishment of our Presbyterian
"Tr:p'.(lovernment, and the Scottish Laws against
F.
i9e4e-1101' wish at present to examine the conse-
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141' attendant-on a breach of the perpetual
1941: the Scottish Union ; hut, when English-
4ruple not to talk of their Throne being
141e"condition, Scotchmen surely may say the
I,4ia ;°I their Union ; especially when the midi-
both
P°Per. the same in -cases—the exclusion of
lty'
Aetio
not very probable, Sir, that the Scottish
l'othoh ' if she had not fortified her Establishment
f ,-,Y,the elaw of the Union and by the honour
epipiPaod, would have consented to exchange
tilit")".ependent Legislature, for a minority in the
l'arliament. Neither is it very well worth
t 4 endanger the legality of that Union by
toitin'ilg its condition, merely for the sake of an-
(hludating ihiSfi POPERY more especially
/he nejlet of Union (so conditionally made) is
4 ex-t4tY Lan, by which the Hanoverian Succession
t'inded to Scotland.
1%),,,,:e1e observations are noticed, you shall hear
4t more fully from

A SCOTCHNIAN.