The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-25 00:00:00

ittohepalarforipir litittioasz agpaathi ustof the pride and
1
dalliance, would point to the steep
&hes 104 _ ,Z" thorny way to heaven. The Cpumthoplicaaonfdlreflraonrnd wellthe
4, your o°. ii"r_ that this would be the character of their priesthood,
seir church
r you, 1 ,
,14.,was ever raised on the ruins of the este-
,orts a sad :aent, and monstrous as the opulence of that establish-
„by erica
..1/4 t now is, they would rather behold the wealth of Pro-
inftuis Lii, ,ii2nt Bishops increased tenfold, and another million of
like all t' • i "a:!' added to their episcopal territories, than behold their
the Jegr ,7 and simple priesthood degraded from their poverty
d the aha° te opulence, and sunk from their noble humility to that
hich "°44#4:: 4°i:treble and anti-Christian ostentation, which, if it
'WI all tb'bii rte°lce established, would be sure to characterize their
:, men We aii, 1,14.;:ht Englishmen, I speak the sentiments of the
, that Yrsrt!..Nee e body of my countrymen when I speak this, anti I
inuoge
..04 , ki.,., whatever weight and influence I have in the body
t bof marlar:ol.4tneh I belong, when I solemnly and emphatically re-
e Irishlnereit.' tokte DIY asseveration that there is nothing which the Ro-
frow re 40 ti,,catholie body would regard with more abhorrence than
iga, ia s.l/1.0: ta.nilsfer of the enormous and corrupting revenues of the
of onellfiLd la7ahment to a clergy who owe their virtues to their
lowever"'oo, CrtY, and the attaehment of the people to their dignified
'lavish coven ' 1107 k rice upon the people for their support. Protestants,
roj Muhl have done, and yet before I retire from your pre-
have
igh of th":rolia;! isultilge me so far as to-permit me to press one re-
lent a nol. thtt 'og topic upon you. I have endeavoured to show you
for slll° 00' tigr' have mistaken the character and political prin-
t • we tor; kiiii;io Loy religion ; I have endeavoured to make you
sere is 04, hea e the miserable condition of my country—to im-
few Ife°4leatiat:Part you the failure of all the means which have
the Oree:00 lat 41:teherto tried to tranquillize that unhappy country,
~ ease
roafitht:it.. neeess:ity of adopting some expedient to alleviate
nes deg d Olt 416: I have dwelt upon the concurrence of great au-
unity, ill „iiigiLmei in favour of concession. The little danger that is
.1 dieboselsl 'AC aPprehended from that concaoion, and the great be-
&parte"? ko; which would arise from the establishment (to use an
brand i" 0, tatitittaion of the. Duke of Wellington) of religious peace in
tern 04114 ate ht.td.' I might enlarge upon those benefits, and chew
'redid so,' it 'tai that Where factions were reconciled, then the substan-
A digarTi,/, steatites of animosity were removed, and the fierce pas.
eheisn C 0. 4,6l.m:hie/I agitate the country would be laid at rest.
e at their 01, 44,110. alpha' would, in all likelihood, flow ih and fertilize
ica, bette''l4,o3 iitt:d. ; English habits would gradually arise; a confi-
,f a pr'fl,pit :t,, ta the administration of justice would grow tip ; the
judges, '0 ), Le, instead of appealing to arms for redress, would
tttoroell"at eta, to the public tribunals as the only arbiters of light.—
wfidenza7o; it
taclea which now stand in the way of education
a jOttiCi? ;IV ii . removed, the fierceness of polemics would he su-
e, the lira iit' AZ" by that charity which a Christian extends to
n cot p' 'lc takind; a reciprocal sentiment of kindness would take
la and tr 4, 'tit aetvreen the two islands, a real union, not depending
indernaewo il koz tete of Parliament, but upon mutual interest ; and af-
surder s
sej ta-wall would be permanently established, the empire would
heir trio!'opef efv`olidated, and all danger from the enemies of Great
e Jerry its it lii,"to would disappear for ever. I might also point out
sir brathrtelsO kt.. 2 what is obvious enough, that if Ireland be allowed
er thiat f # Vgain as it now is, at no distant period, the natural
Mimi 0 '.° if iker Great Britain may make that unfortunate country
ted icogisii, A
Picture
for some tremendous speculation. I might draw
muleos. ; sl:licture of the dreadful consequences which would
a oppeobr!et : tas if an enormous population were to be roused
mate and idO ILI concurrent and simultaneous movement. But
the Bag' 0. Iti,,year from pressing such considerations upon you,
and thati,4ll ttst'e I had much rather rely upon your own mug-
tote ther:d OlitY and lofty mindedneo, than upon any ground of
[ think itii7ai ,Wire evil, and ostensible coutingeney. I the do
tool of '1,2 y ttpeLl_° You, that independently of every consideration of
ve sholiwai lea "ItocY, it is unworthy of you, to persevere in a sys-
-0 astoois? itslieOf practical religious intolerance, which Roman Co-
ed by aor star states, who hold out to you a fine example in this
.na i
,i tLsti at least, have abandoned. I have heard it said that
, a'nd slit I,7ll‘;athelic religion is a persecuting religion—to be sere it
a ...n., wool aitl.aod so was every other religion that was ever invested
"vi'"iie7h I tail itt:ttlouthority. I might retort on you the charge of per-
. only isil, iikl; 4--I might remind you that the early re-
soillee who set up a claim to liberty of con..
apersaceosii
ways i 0 %era for themselves, did not indulge any
and kald ilto it' a similar luxury. I might tell you
Qt Ca
ever having obtained a theological masterdom in
ante, ;?" i 4
ever ;) osto va s vet fire to the faggots to which Servetus was
,- Betors,"l that and offered up his screams and groans as a sacrifice
torturers" iti.,at Peculiar orthodox, of which he was the founder. I
the watit,a et tell you, that even your own Cranmer, who was
ical shaoT4 aZif a martyr, had first indicted what he afterwards
'lit eyed, and that this father of your church had even in
spel, Pnei ,a
of
dancyl i ~, .Ign Edward the Sixth accelerated the progress of
ehn,,,,:tob A, latetal to immortality, and sent them through fire to
ne—rio' 70- r.; Moue But I will not adopt this course of recrimination.
Fl it_ truth is that both parties have in the paroxysms of
i.Y,
owejati qiotts phreozy committed the most execrable atrocities,
,hei., yotl b. it might be difficult if their misdeeds were to be
wan' ill 0 tZttbed, to adjust the balance of attocity between them.
will say t) Rid both Catholics and Protestants have changed, and
3,
mirk, f°, to; the situation of time we ourselves have undergone a
rival polifie it irY reformation. In the streets where the massacre of
er to dO°
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if artholannew took place, the Hugonot walks in friendship
'dllo • lo the Catholic, and even in Rome itself, the simple
us, 3° tttioniof
law (for ,r 4 e 8 your religion are undisturbed by Papal in-
anising iej V!a• Through the whole Continent religious distinc-
t. be utill'o ittllhave begun to vanish, and freedom of conscience is
other, 1;1 L'ls, t universally esaablished. How does it happen that
ntroent„.4/0,1 ti.414,T1 should be almost the only country where reli-,
see of nris Sekalqualificationa are maintained? Protestants who
t of it.
.„0 Vil the Catholic religion of intolerance, compare the
la, we Ilh"-s, lila._ tof Roman Catholics with your own. In France,
are priesot ,ttbZ the religion of the State is that of Rome, all men
very uln‘to I, 441;,'hAilrle to power, and no sort of sectarian distinction
gallop, 00.0. qui, tilted by the law. The third article of the French
, or to t d N.,.
.Charta provides that the Catholic religion shall be
phingee; le kaZablisheal one, hut that every French citizen, no mat-
ittempt be Ikte ?that denomination, shall be capable of holding every
ley, tout? him the state. The Chamber of Deputies is filled with
to read t_.a''p tt, ate7atitir who are elected by Roman Catholics, and
great ins ta taut, have - held places in the Cabinet of France.
111 With ill 144, tu,atv our religion with intolerance. Encounter
o cofit°if lknotorious facts it' you can—look to other Catholic
reallYit Kisa—tr4o Hungary, in the year 1791, Protestants were
eof Prii, kill bY 4 Roman Catholic government in a perfect level
ions, ite 'Di qe!heir fellow-citizens. In Catholic Bavaria the same
would ° r V t 'Pie of toleration was adopted. Thus the Catholics
n a 'Vials hilt, utoPe have given you a splendid example, and
lions at • f St they have refuted the imputation of intolerance,
Why, )°,,',1 44 held nut to you a practical reproach. Away
Deuties v tNke with the charge that my religion is the pa-
a how the;i Dees of oppressiou, and away with the idle boast of
)f Coq, l‘tting ally philueophical christianity, in which you
h establlot:j ktti:mintingly indulged. You are behind almost every
at 115 g ' dolts
Europe. Protoetant Prussia has emancipated her
,w,,,munilli Clatt lie subjects, arid Sileela is free. In Germany the
,opery 1111, epee are used indiscriminately by Protestants and Ca-
t suppos,°! la;;aos-the Lutheran service, in ahappy succession follows
power P; catholic mass, or the Catholic mass, according to
woo, ell 44,64iente, follows the Lutheran service. Hanover
,me I 13010 ktit 'it° which England owes an obligation—Protes-
lion of t,. lk,,t 'allover has made a proclamation of religious
loch solic!: 'NIT, and the Hanoverian Catholic is free : and shall the
wit, iolivr ktL,Qatholic remain the branded and degraded wretch
laitiviii your penal laws have made him, while the •Hano-
anal slow
'ful hoe al, Catholic stands before his elector without a chain ?
t, and °I, ,Catethill just dealing towards Ireland ? and how can our
If Irelasj; 'Out Sovereign reconcile the tears which he gave to
te toll', lie.;a2ll with Irish oppression and. with Lianoverian Jibe- '
they Wt.: V. How can you reconcile with your own magna-
' nee ' ytY this hard and ruel treatment of my unhappy coon-
as insist"' lita and how can you conseut to Hanoverian Emancipa-
lead tort' tik and to the perpetuation of Irish thraldom ? Will you,
ntrarYl lis„)'°a, with such glaring examples before you, bring
idly ill'''. I,,,telves to olliyr up a wanton invocation to the Legislature,
,001 'lYet the fetters of your Catholic fellow-citizens? Eng-
70Tee_..entel en,latA' do not undertake so ungenerous an office. Ido
'nil a r.- NNI on you to petition for niy liberty,
is I implore
cathailes 1,410 t to raise up your arms against it. This is all that
e ruins/ °I ley Leave the Legislature in the uucontrouled exercise
.6,,, thesl_.; C discretion, and do not tell the Parliament that the
stolic 0: VII, ,of your fellow-citizens must be more strongly bolted.
, a roe' 'N'ltialfof my country, on behalf of unfortunate Ireland,
blab Cs' 'ka.ljl4e, I supplicate you, not to interfere for the low-
horretith.,l' 44%. .purposes of oppression. It is ungenerous, it is
should' ISI.:t Unmanly, it is unworthy of you. Men of Kent,
:ia pole" sts,,°ave never been conquered—yet you shall be con-
, make " alt- :4 to-day, but the victory shall be obtained over your-
e Cath°liie YIV Conquer your prejudices, obtain a masterdom over
offer, 01 ItkiO4tipathies, be victors of your passions, vanquish your
f $lO 'Olitio .i
mg 9 tb, ,NI . , and put your antipathies to flight. Conquer
iv 01 ',l . 4111444"3--..aPti conqUer pi. . Thisosothis is the way to
,0d weld.' lifete tre.....,this is the way to ohtain an empire over our
va their f,11,7411 to fill us with gratitude, and to make our hearts
Ds 0f Ire- ss;Tht Let me go back to Ireland with the power
yeti with b,,ht4 that Englishmen and Protestants with all their pre.
became ir, ,!,aL'a both natural and sectarian, allowed their eyes to
orchnieP ,„';qted to the calamities of Ireland, and when they saw
ilingliiirl bu't!lad mercy on tra.
Ives lull \1
.tug Mr. Sheirs speech the greatest confusion pre-
simplicitl lth lie entreate the Meeting to bear the defence
the prasi lahei!ltatements that had been made agaiust the Roman
that If \ °11.4 of Ireland...—(Hisses , hooting—" turn him off
efatigalt, 8 N i%lle to your buttermilk," and the like, were thickly
heir. cold 'ti„ all j,hyonhout his speech, with frequent applause
r preter tfr. Parts of the circle.)
their ile • ' 1411118 ND, of Canterbury, interrupted Mr. Shoil,
suious . aPPealed to the Sheriff whether an Irish Gentleman '
erciliout p4eutitled for so Ion: a period to detain a meeting of the
vOl4 :144 of Kent. ,
greato;,
•„
. Lartxtar, of Rochester, was railed opon hy the High
'or rio/.. 'tkbh *„ He said—l have had the honour to address the
Ica, a°_ ors of Kent upon former occasions, and had the
f pallier, la„ attune to be heard with attention ; and, from what
rrorn :OP , \t7 of them, I have no doubt but that every man who
eiens irj f:°,l*Ward upon fair grounds to address them, will
011ICW 1 With the same courteey...-(Hear.)—You have heard