The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-07 00:00:00

POPERY.

Several, it believed, if not all, of the Irish Papist Bishops
have been made Cardinals by the Pope. How their appoint-
ment of thrt dignity. got , into Ireland, while the Statutes of
Provisors and Prmmunire are unrepealed, is a question for the
Irish Attorney--General. This dignity is so very convenient, for
Popish ManeeUvres in, a PrOtestant Country, that we ought to
know the ; fuli extent of its privileges: The most import-
ant of these are, that Cardinals are united to the Pope.—
" Mernbia'specialia Papa?, et pars corporis"—especial members
of the Pope; andpart of his body—that they ore never required to
swear to him--.-their unity with himself being indivisible. What-
ever he does, they must do. A Cardinal Bishop may not be con-
victed of any 'crime, unless on the,evidence of 72 witnesses
a Cardinal Presbyter, of 64 ; and a Cardinal Deacon, of 27.
Oni Cardinals might plot to subvert the throne, or assassinate.
the SOVereign ;—yet, with such, a long requisite of evidence, al-
ways escape punishment, when Popery is once emancipated.—
Whoso offends or injures a Cardinal, or even his clerks, or his
favourites;iiiuiltY of-HiGn TaEasoar ! and incurs the penal-
ties of the Bull DE CtENA-Zsuch as excommunication, depo.
sition, and the other consequences of the Pontifical displeasure.
Engliihthen I-Would you :feel perfectly easy or safe', with a
brood of Cardinals,tieSted among you ?
The Jesifil Sanchez plainly asserts, thatit is -lawful to answer
falsely, even on oath, provided die answer is made with this
mental• reservation, not to the piestion as it is put, but as it
ought to be put. " Non ut vos rogatis, sect ut deberetis rogare."
Sanchez- Opera Moral. L. 3. cap. 6. The Jesuit Tarnburin
also says, that an oath- cr vow made without the swearer's intent
of binding lihnself thereby, is not obligatory on his conscience.
Tambliriniin lib. -L.Decalogi, cap. 3. § 7. which is confirmed
in almost =the same words by Sanchez, in his moral writings
above cited. A score of these sanctified scoundrels, whom Popish
dishonesty now affects to call antiquated, may be quoted-to the
same purpcise:''

On the 4th of February, 1792, the Irish Pap:es-published a
specification Of their claims, with the accredited signature of
31r. EdWard.Byrne. In this; -they declared the utmost extent
of thir Wishes to be, " a right of voting in counties only for
Protestant-Members of Parliament."-:—Three years after they
had obtairred.this'condusivo boon, Lord Pitzwilliam, then the
Lord Lientenant, of Ireland, declared that—the Roman Ca-
tholics would rebel, if their demands were not granted. In an
admirable speech, in the Irish house of Commons, on that very
question, 4th May, 1795, Mr. Robert Johnson observed,—
If they will rebel, if their loyalty is :so loose a cloak as to be
thrown off in every contest for rank and power—LET THEM
REBELI—Is it not better they should rebel as they are, than
that we should admit them to draw their swords in.the presence
of the Throne itself, and let treason stalk within the walls of
Parliament.

TOLERATION.—" The indispensible necessity of a perma-
nent Church' Establishment for the good of the State, requires.
that TOLERATION shall not bb extended to EQUALITY:"
• • WILLIAM PITT.
. Speech in, the House of Commons, March 2, 17‘..Q.