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that had shone upon her. And this he contended was .1
Mush and amply sufficient. The sun-light did not change
thy. nature-of the tiger, but it sent him to his den. He
(continued the Hon. Gentleman) who set apart this island
ler his own good and wise purposes, has shed a glory upon
us, Re had here established true religion on a firm and
innninishable basis, and appointed us to bear aloft that holy
light`arnong all nations. Bat, in fact, he thought, that
if Protestantism was worth five years purchase, they might
"mit the Roman Catholics into Parliament ; for if they
were not et that moment in danger, such a circum-
stance nould have no effect. And he would ask, if, at a
time when superstition and Popery had made so strong a
lodgment in the minds of men—when wealth and power,
and individual prejudices. and the sanctity of time, and the
coufatthoenn,cadioili
Ol lol(y reverence, were all enlisted upon the side
Church, the truth was yet able to fight its
way uPtcands, want it rational to suppose, that now, "with
all appliances itpp liances and means to boot," it should sink before
had conquered at such mighty odds ? He did not
think that they could apprehend any danger to Protestant-
um' unless they supposed it was rotten at heart, for, if a
sincere lone of religion continued to exist, it was impossible
sits (:01114 Auffer in the least. If preaching had sufficed in
-nue other days to which he had alluded, to overturn Po-
r.ilty, was there, he would again. e slightest proba-
yof it then succeeding? sconenced, as he washirnself,
hi „
nelf, tint there was not, he would entreat the House
t° turn Their regard towards Ireland, and see what could
done for that unhappy country, if the measure then
under
consideration was not carried. They should recol-
al" tnat Ireland was at that moment a prey to a set of de-
er:Vies, whose constant endeavour and employment it
to awake and excite in the breasts of the deluded pen-
Pleall
the bad principles and feelings of the human heart.
--ass The whole island had been converted into one wide
D'intof discord by the destructive eloquence of these un-
srtincinieel. men. And he again `offbegge o them to consider
'th.L'ere was any other mean.s or hope rescuing it from
r 4" Kva,p, than by gr toting the boon for which the Ro-
t: Catholics had so long prayed. He had simply one
°n the observation to make. He had spoken very plainly
subject of the
.Rornan Catholic Church and religion
is ,n2'l heeprayed was, that justice might be done him—
nle first place the House would believe that he acted
qll'cientiOuely in pursuing the course he had adopted—and
.he second; that in speaking of the Catholic religion as
isse s"an done, he was not influenced by any wanton disre-
ro to the feelings of the Roman Catholics. If the
truth gave pain, he was sorry for it, bat he could not
",11) it.
'I% FIT7GERALD said that the Honourable and
'4l'ned Solicitor-General had made some observations,
that were calculated to remove the impression that he had
mat
was made upon the House by the Hon. Baronet
the ieinlbrought forward the motion that was then under
l consideration of the House. He alluded to what had
:1 en front that Hon. and Learned Gentleman on the sub-
t'hcat of the Treaty of Limerick, and to his having declared,
statet is! his opinion the lion. Baronet had taken an un-
les,;,'"anelike view of that transaction. Now he (the
Les--4't of Kerry) differed completely from the Hon. and
ea,-,r4i Gentleman in this, for he thought that the Hen.
view°llet had taken a most masterly and statesman-like
tc; of the whole transaction,' while, on the contrary, the
rectn'tand Learned Gentleman seemed to have chiefly di-
elskT his attention to, he would not say, a point of special
rigiding, as it was not his wish to be uncivil, but to the
inss construction of an Act. The Hon. and Learned
ns4,4tnan said, that the benefits to be derived from the
sitthZ-h of Limerick were confined to the inhabitants of
tbsr Y of Limerick, and to the army actually serving
In answer to this he would beg to remind the
441.°14rable and Learned Gentleman, that in the second
the 'le of that Treaty, it was provided not only that all
ssidiltlllabitants of the city, but that all the officers and
eft)•' then under arms for King James in Ireland, should
h, ccy
all the benefits and immunities that were conferred
atd at treaty. Such were the provisions of this article,
wiihilfhs . thee l
and Learned Gentleman contended that
nsth Intended to except all other classes of the Roman
cin he would be endeavouring to lead the House to
:4P4sPts4se it was that Monarch's wish to confer greater be..
pea„ 00 those
c. ad rebelled against him than on his
"'able In• is who h
The neat point made ha' the Hon.
ites u ije
th.
snt•arned Gentleman was in introducing time his.tory of
ntat f 11' h arose the code on winch the
huh utes, out owhich
6 to
the Sovereign was founded. He drew from.. alld
ii`ne opposite conclusion to that which had been insisted
t the Hun. and Learned. Gentleman, for he considered
If the oath were necessary, all the others were not.
Bat
he Wnaild ask the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, if
heth was not excommunicated by a Bull from Rome,
4.7
if her subjects were not absolved from their allegiance
-..nt they were not also excommunicated, and if this was
not • •
those days of terror so efficacious, that it might
,
4 oe followed by treason ; and he would ask hi if, un-
-4511 these circumstancee, Elizabeth did not consider it
Its ossuary to distrust the Catholics of the better order.
ter ollected too, that that great Sovereign once said in
Whatppiofuhe.r speeches to Parliament, " I always distinguish
n h 10 religion from Papists in faction." And that was
the and his friends called upon the House to do when
lb 3); entreated them to do away with the restrictions
were felt so grievously by the Roman Catholics.
"on. and Learned Gentleman had read extracts
vel'tin a mass of controversy, from which it appeared that
yie,attut learned and distinguished individuals had puzeled the
teystim exceedingly. Upon this he had only one remark
was, that if there were difficulties on this sub-
tl' connected with the church, it was with respect to
tee securities themselves, but not to going into Commit-
s)), these securities. The Hon. and Learned Gentle-
E' therefore ought, like the Hon. Baronet who preceded
,
thto have confined himself to the general question, and
cog ene points for future discussion. He should have
eine,(-1 himself to the security in respect of civil ohedi-
Is: tont was offered by the Catholics. In the year 1759,
st,,'o Pitt had addressed the Universities upon the subject,
esoin 1791 he had received answers of so favourable a
in, that he at once proceeded to legislate in favour of
tri,s,lotnan Catholics. He (Mr. M. Fitzgerald) was ex-
telY desirous to address himself to this topic; for it
tit his fate, at the time a legislative union between the
tl,; countries was proposed, to express his concurrence in
cte,P°llcn of the measure. By' this he in some measure
es,th..."lnitted himself in the eyes of many who loved their
trY, and he was exposed to a vast deal of obloquy.
neti:clous, however, of the purity of his motive!, he bore it
do out repining ; for he was then, as now convinced that
(,r'ther course could be taken consistent with the freedom
iis,", country. It would be unnecessary for him to enter
4'l• the motives in which the Union had originated.—
set" likely Mr. Pitt's intention to bring about such mea-
tso'n 'arose from the collision which took place between the
st4harliaments on the Regency question. He was in all
t} ability struck with the danger of such collisions, and
pslnfor the first time looked to the possibility of extending
0,t1,'41 freedom to both countrine. But Mr. Pitt gave
tidy other snore legal and more pressing reasons. of
ne,l-"n the first was, the conspiracy of the United Irish-
nse Which was as formidable, as combined, as artful,
let alarming a conspiracy as ever existed. Five
tn,,,:ced thousand men were united for the purpose of
enorninis the existing Government, and putting -the
ce:trY under the protection of France. The conspiracy
ntr4lenced in the North of Ireland, and time conspirators
ntl,' At first exclusively Protestants, because Catholics
flee excluded on the opinion of the French Directory, that
Were not to be trusted, the Directory having argued
ttto b
Y the rules of their faith they would be compelled
I'nectlf"3 all to their priests, and that the priests being
Ciss even would unfold the whole conspiracy to the
iiytrritnent. The next reason assigned was, time invasion
1'4114° French in 1796. If Iloche, one of the ablest Gene-
tlerisnat ever lived, and at the heed of an army of 15,000
cotstind landed, as was proposed, at Bantry Bay, nothing
:nae prevented hint from marching on to Dublin,
e~yttQtr.l°ineltb% the rebels of the North. It was a cir-
et anee purely accidental that occasioned the disappoint-
,
nes and on this circumstance it was that the fate of Ire-
nleiii"Pended. The next and most awful cause was time
Ivies °ll in the Catholic parts of Ireland. The statement
'"44' thin document contained (the Right Hon. Gentle-
ihat tlr'n still reading from Mr. Cooken pamphlet) was,
I~t4es then existing condition of Ireland was such a po-
i"tail),uoossly—the state of affairs in that country was r
("tsttrß° dangeroue—that time proposition for legislative
e;,!run, and for the great measure of the Union, arose
inney. iat state and condition as matter of political eco-
s'tnl 'to In the first place, that measure would be calcu-
-I°'os entinguieh the rebellion which then prevailed in
tPl.l4"' of the kingdom ; and in the second, it would
ei:,eect of exnguishinn a local governent, the
"nee nniffch had beetin marked isv a distracter of m
such vio-
415tIti,:°1nueli corruption, and such infinite mismanage-
c?entri: could be remedied only by the union of the two
N.lniette„°'es-(llear, hear. )--It was against this system of
, el e' "t corruption, and misrule, that Lord Cornwallis
Ivliiel,mtgh 'waged an unsparing sear ; and, iu the views
''ntest
tint enlightened Nobleman entertained, both of the
~ten the evil and of the nature of the remedy, it had
conesPlin Fitzgeraldnn fortune, as it was his pride,
4n'orsitis';'-‘ (Cheers.)—The objects of that Noble Lord,
;110st esiqi met with his perfect concurrence, and hie
semi
Loran
I."' support ; and it was the circumstance of
's hinn at that me, and on this momentos
we • hoen,
eel, ured av
him.e,
with his most unreserved confidencue
ter,
whi...s!ced him now to address the House upon mat-
, `ll rendered it necessary for him to enter into