The Sun.
London, England, 1819-04-26 00:00:00

iti ,N( JOURNALS.

The foPoNing judL!eTtis .!-servations are ex-
tracted from The Sheffield Mercury
From the commencement of the Seinr.7. to
the nresenr adjo' roment of it, we are tel
think there has not been a peti..ion
either House on a s,bject of More irnportae
thin the one from the Catholics of Galway, !;!.--
it., Frayer, be successful, the Revolotion o: 1688
is:II he •irtually annulled, and the struggles of
our 40t.t.6,0rs tacitly condemned, For what ptir-
po3viis9 JAMeS STU4RT expelled the Throne of
his itocestors, hut for that of investlog the
ilext oecupant with the power, of defending
it agaii st arc menaces of triotry and the
attacks of popery. It is tea this point the !louse
of Brunswick stands pledged, and we used not
ask in "hat manner the pledge will be tedeemed,
when Catholics become the props that support
the throne Do the friends tee toleration, as
call dieMSCIveS, hid open defiance to the lays of
taints, at,d insist on comity prodoeing harmony
en do iLey tile:tit to say hat the Pio:est:int Esta-.
blishineet, being no loneet a part of the Constito-
t , it has theriltite oee longer a controui over
PiTety, nor any reasonable cause fur Inuiota;ning
o stye] ? that a tolerant spitit is above
t (' onsii:erat eel eonsrtrences, and superior to
the CAW ions proceediilgs that denote a prudent one ?
it is by a iire,oti such as this that the unsuspecting
Pro, siaw is taught to confide in the pure purposes
of the Papist, all the moral virtues of whose cha-
racter Ate displayed before him, till, weary with
gazing, he is ready to acknowledge that in appeir-
Rime at least their worth is riot inerior to his own.
In older that it may remain so, a degree of re-
straint perhaps may with great propriety be con-
tinued ; for experience has repeatedly sham',
that to be powerful and powerless is equivalent
to ing guilty and guiltless, a moral influence
seldom failing to supply the ahsence of an arbi-
trary one. We feel no alarm on account of the pre-
sent power possessed by
,theTope, but we cer-
taiMv feel toecerned fur that which he may possess
in fut!re, for it is not easy to retain, superiority,
after having conceded and established eqnality.---7
If it be thought expedient to abandon the prin-
ciples of .fit.• ru‘olutteen, or to reverse those of the
Brunswick succession, the toleration in that case
would hz! cousivently granted ; but are there no
Consequences to be apprehended from such a
grant ? Does history furnish no tears on such an
occasion ? O is there.no reason why We ought
to pause I We will reply to these interrogations,
by adopting the sentiment of our worthy Repre-
sentative, STUART WoRTLEY, El. and say, yes,
but their operation wip cease that moment we
receive front the Catholic, not an indemnity for
the past, but merely a security for the future.---
Let not the Catholic suppose that we are actuated
lay any vindictive motive, or desire to withhold
from him a::y privilege whatsoever, but let him
at the same time learn, that in consulting our
own safety, and demanding a guarantee for its
preservation, we are only performing that sacred
duty to which we are prompted by the first law
of nature,"