The Sun.
London, England, 1819-05-07 00:00:00

P 0 P E Y.

Eorroa-1 compose my spirits---if pos-
sible—to write on this still paramOuntly tital sub-
ject, without any expressiou of taunt or of
triumph. I forbear to laugh; thought I came not
how sorely the Papists ale irritated : I forbear to
exult, thought I care not how deeply they are dis-
appoiated.

Two !—a majority of two only !—ltt this, how-
ever, I see much occasion of confidence. Mr.
GRATTAN'S proposition was, not of concession to
Popery, but of titliberatiou on the propriety of
concession. Had th:lt experienced Poliiician pro-
posed any positive treasure of Emancipation, he
would have found hithsell in a vei y tumble mino-
rity indeed but, knowing and dreading that n►i-
nority, he took care to qualify his motion. Had
it succeeded, the House would have been trthl in
Committee, as a former Parliameut was told atter
it had consented to such a proposition—that to
vote for a Committee, and not to grant every
thing to the Papists in that Committee, was a
downright mockery of their hopes.
Protestants !—Mark this wt 11, and remem-
ber it. The Palliameot of 1807, was persuad-
ed :o go into a Committee, because it thereby
pledged itself to nothing beyond deliberation.—
The Parliament of 1812 was told that it was
bound by its predecessor,' resolution : and then,
that if concession was not seriously and fully
intended, deliberation
,was an insult. Just so,
the Irish Papists urged, that the elective franchise
might safely be given to them, because they could
only elect Protestants ; and, having by this trick
obtained it, they declared that, without the ca-
pacity of being elected, the power of electing
only mocked and insulted them.-oh, Popery is
ever the same same :—her baneful principles have
corrupted .her followers and infected her friends.
She disclaims one object to obtain another ; which
sl►e tl►en uses to obtain what site had 'disclaimed.

In 1688, we fought against Popery, and against
the legitimate Sovereign who supported her.
Had He faded, what would have been our lot ?--
The proceedings of JAMBS STUAR I' in Ireland an-

ewer the question. Our ancestors would have
been, executed, their properties confiscated, their
blood at tainted, their religion exterminated, their
posterity, even to this day, crushed beneath pro-
scriptious, and pains, and penalties. Will any
Protestant lay his baud on his heart, and say,
that a 6tuart King and a Popish Parliament
would have at this day placed us in the same
state of favour as the Papists now hold in our
Ptotestant Empire ?-4 do not pot the question
to a Papist. The good of the Church would jus-
tify the most Convenient answer.
Let me not he supposed as desiring to pour on
the head of •Popery that phial which she had pre-
pared and keeps always ready for our suffering.
If Popery will be quiet, I object not to the tole-
rated exercise of her religion. If Popery will be
quiet, I shall not even urge her daily violation of
our anctent Catholic Statutes, and still more against
Catholic Common Law. But, if Popery will not
be quiet, but insists on swelling indulgence into
Power, those rights, which GOD, and the Law,
and the Sword, have put into our hand, must be
used against tier, and upon her.
No—we will nut invest her with power, merely
to try whether or not she will misuse it. In such
an event, the resumption might not be quite so
easy—sure I ant, that it is always easier not to
give than to take back what has been given. And
it concession is to be urged on the miserable
ground of fear ; if Papists are to be bribed into
quietness and purchased into loyalty ; if there is
no safety for our Protestant State in its Pro-
testant children ; let us at least keep the little
footing that remains to us, and spare the shame
of sit rendering, while we have the honourable
chance of the contest.

I %v ish , Sir, that the question were fairly an-
swered, What is meant by the safety of the Pro-
testant Establishment depending on Popish E»zanei-
potion it be, that the Papists will REBEL
uoless their demands are granted, %vhy, LET
TuEm REBEL !—Their rebellion will not be
the less certain or the less dangerous for the con-
cession. Better that they rebelled %vithout means
than with them.

CARTHAGO EST DELENDA !—Never will
1 ce.se to sound in the ears of the Protestants—
and NOW IS the decisive rime tnr the tneAßnre

THE PAPISTS NILL'7.IT BE DEPRIVED OF
'l'l-11•. ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
The necessity of this step, onti its justice, shall
form the subject of tuy next communiemion.

VIGIL.

FIRE —This morning, her ween two and three
o'clock, an alarming .fire broke our in the house
of Mr. Hathway, dealer in chandlery, &c. Liquor.
powl-street, leather-lane, Holborn, which, in a
short time, consumed the interior, together with
the stock in trade. On the arrival of engines,
and a good supply of water from Meox's Brew-
house, the limes were subdued without further
daavige.

14 0 E R Y.

FOR 'IIIE SUN.

Tun Ixisti wilt blunder„
Or else I should wonder
To hear in a serious debate—
" Give to PoYERY Sway
" 'Tis by ,far the hest way
" Of supporting a PitoTEsrANT STATE!

" Give it all it can claim,
" Sime our Faith is the same,
" We slid then all adore our CroatOr
" With the like syn~patli),
" And the owl-iv-4y,
Yet still with the concord of nature."

But with this chew of gra'ce"
hi the cordial embrace,
The Speaker exceeds his commission ;
They can Mean no such thing,
Since the POPE iS THEIR KING,
Who all Heretics damns to perdition.

An insidious hnitilt,T
Is the brotholy hug;
The spirit of Popery such
It no sctupit wi!l 'make
To born us at the stake,
Should we ever get Into its 'clutches.

Then, my honest JOHN BULL,
Do not be such a cull,
As to listen to stch false pretences;
But stick close.to the truth
Which you learnt in your youth,
Though your Rulers should lose all their senses.
Mae 6. MULTUM IN PARVO.