The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-26 00:00:00

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dure its horrors ; when it shall find no resting place
On earth ; and the demon spirit of persecution shall
take its last sad refuge only in those doleful realms
which the prince df darkness holds beneath his hide-
ous sway. (Loud applattne;)
The Rev. Dr. STYLES thus attvOrSd W the sub,.
ject of Catholic Emancination.—Gentlemeie who
have preceded Inc talked of having their
opinions on this subject, and of keepleg their opinions
to themselves. For my part; I have no wi6l to.
'conceal mirk.: Lid, let me not be a recreant to the
holy cause of liberty ; let me not sit contented under
my own vine and fig-tree, when those of my brethren
are rooted up, or trampled down.—(Reiterated ap-
plause.)—A great deal is said about the dangers of
Popery, and we hear perpetually of all its high crimes
and rnisderneanoUrs. lam not disposed to under-
rate either; but those who imagine that they can
suppress popery by petseetiting Catholics, by pro-
scribing and stigmatizing them, are the trite Papists.
For, my Lord, there are Papists without the pale
of the Itomish Church t those who assume the
power to tolerate religious opinitme, 'and thus to
punish their abettors by a graduated persecution,
are Papists, to whatever religious community they
may belong. The most sanguinary religion becomes
politically harmless, when the civil magistrate re-
fuses to it the sanction of his sword; and all history
tells us, it is a dangerous thing to enttust any re-
ligion with so formidable a weapon. My Lord, I
ash not afraid of the man that arrogantly pretends to
damn me in the other world, when I know he dare
not touch a hair of my head in this.--e.(lmmense
cheering for several minutes.)-.-The " curse, cause-
less, will not come;" but /tc alarms me indeed, who
invokes the powers .of this world to punish my
heresy by confiscation, imprisonment, and death.--
' Popery and Quakerism are equally harmless if the
civil power will leave them to themselves, and
punish only the actual violators of the public
peace. Multitudes of Catholics have, it seems,
petitioned on our behalf, and have tl:,tie recogni-
zed the great principle, that religious- tests, as quali-
fications for civil offices, are equally opposed to
justice and policy. I eotigtatulate them on the
discovery which they have thus made in the gthool
of adversity, and I thank them with all my heart for
their liberality. If Popery be unchangeable, Catlio
lies, it seems, are not insensible to the influence of
the spirit which is abroad ; like their forefathers,
they have become reformers of themselves. But the.
motion before the Chair, calls for the gratitude of
this meeting to our generous and noble-minded ad-.
vocates, who have devoted their lives to the prin-
ciples which equally secure our existence and our
liberty; the Russells and the Hollands, the Althorps
and the Broughams, those who inherit liberty as the
glory of their ancestors, and those who adopt it as
the most valuable portion they can bequeath to their
posterity; the descendants and the imitators of the
proudest names on the roll of history, the heroes and
the martyrs who bled for their country or died for
their religion. These illustrious beings, the best
benefactors of their age, have done their duty. They
ask no other reward ; but the thanks of grateful
millions cheer them in their course; we yield them
our enthusiastic plaudits, and the deep feeling which
gives those plaudits utterance, we will ever cherish
in our own bosoms, and awaken in the hearts of our
children, that they may never be forgotten, while
religion and freedom find a sanctuary in our happy
land.—(Much cheering.)
Several other Gentlemen having addressed the
meeting, and thanks having been voted to Lord
Holland, his Lordship rose, and in a most splendid
speech, expressed his conviction, that the Dissenters
were as anxious for liberty for others as for them-
selves, and that they would aid all oppressed men
every where in getting rid of political disabilities on
account of religious opinions, when the meeting
broke up.

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