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fiaithful to those principles which have placed and
maintained the wiping Fornily on the Thione,

(bravo, bri&vo) that Hon. Gentleman has been pre-
vented, by the_scs: inns ihiact s of a tipar natation, from

ttecopying the si!thition I noav hull!. Brother Free-

holders, we are nut together at a!nriAt mome►:tons

etisi..4, upon u Inoq ,importma subject.

queti:

tion before ui iF, in its very esgelu tioit of
vivil and religious liberty. (Hear, 'war.) We Meet
rogeti,irr not as noblemen and gentkmenj..dii_tin-
guished as suelli nor as rich and poor=not as men
of East Kent and men of West Rent, but we meet

ns the Protestant inhabitants of this nobh. eotthtv:

VVe meet together, humbly but earnestly undietate.d
to, hut unhesitatingly, to petition Parliament to mai
tain entire, undivided, and inviolate, our religious
Protestant Constitution. Inhabitants of*Ketit And

Brother Freeholders !—I feel that nothing ran
be said more than has been said, t:gain and again,
upon this most important sub.ket. 1 feel that it is
not necessary, that it is not desiralle to trespass
upon your time. I sow pray you, to bp loyal to
your King, be' firm to your Constitution, above all,
befai
shalli yet thfiltoyotllGod—(heari—tual this great
country flourish,* free and great, the glory
of the world. I have the sincerest pleasure in second.

inn the motion put by my Noble Friend. (!mer„od
applause.)
Lord Camden, Mt. High Sheriff, and Brother
Freeholders; those who may address this meeting,
may probably say, that they have thought it an im-
perative duty to attend the meeting railed upon this
requisition. lam abort to tell you the reasons
have attended, because I think (cries of no doljtown-
ment), because I think that it in general 13 not my
duty, standing as I do, to attend meetings of
description, and to say at the same time I am qui:o
aware of the respectability, as well as the nutrWer=,
of those who attend it. Gentlemen, I had the howlr
to receive a letter from -a Noble Friend ofmitu ,

a Noble Ettrl, it -far front triZsiil

form tneitat a meeting %VBM to be held, Bs it

WIN about -five minutes ago, and tell-lag me. t hat ho
apprehended that I as well its he Inti,t disapprove
of the measures of the Catholic Association. No

therefore-informed me that a mooting was to he
held. I told my Noble Rim!, that I thou3ht tivir
House in which I happened to have a seat was
proper place to deliver my, sem ;merits. (Hear, hear.)
that I. should not attend that Meeting. If I had
known what •was to have been proposed ut .that

Meeting, I believe I should have been there, be-
cuuse I would rather have declared my disapproba-
tion of what passed there before it took place than
since it ha" formed itself into the shape that it now
has. Gentlemen, 1., am desirous, and in -What I shall
have to say to you shultendeavour, to express myself
with as much moderation as possible. (Bravo.) I
have been for thirty years engaged in difference
opinion, but never, in controversy on this question—
any thing like controversy: I can assure those who
hear me that though upon this occasion I may differ
from others, and from the manner in which thio

Meeting has been opened. I feel I must du so, yo
we have lived together, and I wnuld live, think G.
in intimacy and friendship with all around me.
Let us, for 14od's take, ‘vhen k.ve have done ivhat
we think Our duty upon this heath, unite in every

thing advantageous to this great and reFpertabkt
county. Do not let those opinions which malt
and ought to be discussed in Parliament, do
not let what may be said upon them here,
make any difference either -in onr feelingi 'and
conduct hereafter. (Bravo.) Gentlemen, I doubted
long, as many lion. Friends of mine well know,
doubted long whether I should present myself to

your notice at this meeting. Bet when I saw the
manner in which the requisition was brought for-
ward, I really thought it a duty for a man who has
been connected in some degree, and in a great degree,
with this question for thirty years; who has hcen
in the offices that I have filled ; I really thought
it my duty not to be prevented from offering My•
self here, notwithstanding the violent and intem-
perate language used by the Catholic Association,
(hear, hear), and notwithstanding some loyal effu-
sions which have come from gentlemen of another
description. (Hear, hear.) Gentltmen, I don't
know whether I shall tire you in going over a.short
letter that I wrote in 1797, 31 years ago, to Mr.
Pitt upon this question. -(The Noble Lord here read
a copy of the letter, which he stated had been
road in the Lords on a former occasion.) Ilis Lord-
ship at the time alluded to, sat in his Majesty's
Council with Mr. Pitt, Lord Grenville, Lord Spi.n-
cer, and many distinguished personages, and since
his retirement from otlice had uniformly supported
the measure of Emancipation. Was he likely to be,
diverted from his: opinion by what might be stit.red
here, in a manner scarcely to be distinctly heard
He ought, and he could assure the 11,leeting. he
did, t Ptertain the warmest affection for many
who had entered into what he would take the liberty
of describing as an ill-judged measure, (cries of hear,
hear, turn him. off, turn him off.) it the Clubs
Nvh i c h bad assumed the names of the Brunswiei.
Clubs (hear, hear, from the Catholic side of the
meeting) are not numerous, (cries of they will be),
they are impotent (hear from. the Catholic side) ; if
they are numerous, the question is, are they dart.
gerous ? They can only mean to do that of which
complain.wttbielibriecean‘‘bid::iiii,ir.lei:iitri:ati
,sstt ktofioa,
that
-ttritni:piNan,pateslacuto,
oosfnecs:ali ilti
id: i continuedool
They can only mean to dictate. Is not that what
plagr)iollaiteeieteldescdrii. describe what
(Cedes they
otfh e„iniseollyes shame,thll glilli‘t,
sih(lilolstri.ledosmbhel:el if
ff intii
ethe
e(e2taitnhgo Catholic
uwould Association
iirai?,ert
He had heard a person call him a radical.
taken a line the radicals never 'approved of,
oLlifoert,hl44ed,i;
hiplltlliaesiiveptaiisoiurlilcoi,Apt:ol7lspieoelyib7atslioaettiey:.,:
Nleli3OeN,b,!nth:}sl4,dtio..iilsgtieekiet,yeehyi:
jas,,r.ttopieuloanllit,:oia:.,:s,t.:ci,isfale:l:igelli
edabisia:titi:giolica:
j2;ivtir.,
This question,
ground. (No, no, no.) When the - time came,
.there would be a change in the policy. The Noble
_Marquis opposed .the petition. The words, that th..
Constitution is to remain inviolate, implied ,:fiat
there was to be no change in the principles of the
Constitution. -No concession. If that twits the
meaning, he would not support the :petition. He
thought it his duty to appear tv: an independent
man, andstate. that at the proper time this question
ought to be conceded.
Lord Danst.Ev next addressed the meeting., but
swl.lalisi
tfloiratsc:onte
otliimlyeaisnaaintdEibrl,egloil,gusitti,oolits:olneilseloalusix,e..isii.liithie,
proprietor he stood before them, and on beh4F of
was nearly alit' dearly connected 1 e r: d a d
thelatiter country, Ni.l:i..hhestood twlilielie tor represent,
resolution which bad bean proposed to them.
He
,ightixh:iescesisietFto:ll.tenei Initofi'6ll3l.ll-r(i'eeePerevsii°eiflrt°le:tfvtsdillitKi'telehititieltr,agtcolitcr: ain,l,tilig°h'ttn'illahtistri‘eotli.),lP:lriti:t'onchglewlel'ea( tiaeisilltil:ll.l)esdtt,t(od,ial(l;;::'lii:'goa-rliflsit'llvs''t...:-•;:i.'
it.eh:cdqiiiiteiosntioNr‘i,aliiectreehteldieyinearamthe decision. The
e
eit•ogeuneral terms, but
of
fie
mihe!chi S I itithU'ere_;.o:
fellow subjects 1 et
much boasted,. You are called I° p pot.
rnls' pretences, (Cries of No, we do in n' rt,
or '1117;/./1: -tile
Pope.). The Catholics have errors of faith, as I be-
lieve i hot then they conscientiously believe. in those
errors—hut what of that, if they are possessed of :is
much devotion and as much loyalty as the rest of his
year:, and
forbid that he should lose
naoteloharfilatl:i.,lse),e6toiii',psB,,lt:imiroetsti,ligpiel:ii,;),l.ii;oe;italf''euv.iel
,L(o(rCaillre:dh had told f(;olN.loir'dtlDnie°an'il.rtilit:l:lY,a)tinfe:i
had advocated the cause of Catholic emancipation
d:t:ietiivriegg.:l;ortlly.,oiiiii
believe, be-
cause fora period
thes,wolfe:.!Oß
tii,tu3ireatiiroefof Kent, were deceived. (c,i. :i
bbeeleireifitneoefeszvctloont3cticfluntdioenC:t.-.
tt'allitei;snefroofnititittßsteieviollwutitiosnn,
otthathtethceasSae,me necessity
fur at that
et,,iritsiloit6talsltiti:iiletii:C:rabytlpitll\i‘c,:errt:ligi(ocnrl:sairi,ti,i,rl:\t:eelydcolnin,tneLtic:tl
faggots.") :'luck had .been said of the cruelty and
intolerance: of the Catholics in the time of kurf