The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-09 00:00:00

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every man who, ventures to give an Opinion :id verse to their En
terest, .be he high, or be he low, is dentinnced as' an enmity' te
his country. -The most outrageous reproachee, -sod. the. roam
unmeasured abuse, are poured forth against all who, de,etioe
enlist tinder their banners-eat one tithe the 'manly and' Cotte..;
stitutetmal declaration of the belt presuniptive of thet Crown 'feu
seized hold of, in order to level the most penional eabae;
against him, and the most disgusting attacks upon his familge
and, at another time, the manifestation of public feeling
in England draws forth from . one of the oracles of the -ace'
tion a deliberate, declaration, that he glories, in the nue,
fortunes of the times. The same attempts to gloes trialr the
tenets of the Roman Catholic religion, and to disarm the fears
of the Protestente by's convenient denial or evasion of the prim.
eiplee imputed to it, were made by the Irish Roman _Catholie;
before the Committee of the Ilouee of dominoes last year-114
he had heard it asserted, hat • the evidence given by choice gene
dernen had tailored many prejudices which etisted, iet le)
mind. ofthe Committee against them. Ile bad no heeitatian
in saying that such an assertion was destitute of any foundatiott
—and the only proof given of any change of opinion; if Weed
he ever had formed any opinion upon the subject, which saerni
very doubtful, was in his friend Mr. Brownlow, the tnerxibec •
for Armagh. The first who appeared ^ was Mr. Illekee a'-Co.'
tholic gentleman of education; Went, and iedeperidenee.
kgave indeed evidence which Chewed how restrictive laws of arms"'
ind must operate upon a generous mind, but he qualified stye
Aspirations of his own personal ambiticin, by a most 'guititle&
reverence for the Protestant inetitutions of the Empire, and ha
has in consequence of his liberality become en object of hatre&
And calumny. to all his bigoted party. The next who sp•
peered was Dr. Doyle, and the changes and turns of this
Right Rev. Gentleman in his differetit cupacjtiee of legislA-
tor, bishop, and witness, were so remarkable that the merino.
est understanding could not be deceived by them--he
-without doubt, a man of great talents and extensive inforina.
:ion, but the weight of both was lost in the narrow principles
peculiar to the Roman Catholic tenet, and to the immeasurable
hatred with which lie regarded the Protestant Church—he re-
membered when a petitionegainet the Jesuits was presented, a
Member of the House of Commons triumphantly asked, shew
are a Jesuit—what is he like ? is be like the camelion, sonic_
times white, sometimes green, and sometimes yellow ?-..his
reply would be, behold hint in Dr. Doyle, and there you esia
have not only your choice of any colours, but of all colours cOlm-
bined. He really believed that this political divine made more
determined enemies to the Catholic cause than any other mart,
and that the publication of his evidence has stirred up all the
fears against Jesuitism, which were nearly extinct since the de-
parture of Garnet, teampeen, and Parsons. Dr. Murray was
the next witness, and he wished to speak with the greatest re-
spect of him, for, with the most thorough and sincere ettaah.
ment to his own religion (an attachment for which every mss
must respect him), he mixed up nothing of the politician or the
firebrand. He spoke and looked like a Christian Bishop; and he
was almost sculpted to forget the errors and dangers of the cause
in the apparent piety and holy eloquence of this pleasing. man.
(Cheers.)—Next came Mr. O'Connell, and it would be
Impool-
sible to conclude even this hasty sketch without some review of
hint. His character in England and in eland, is as different airlight is from darkness, and be is now so well known in both
countries, that it is necessary only to describe hint, as he hag
shown himself in each to prove what little weight must Le
attached to his testimony. In England he writ humble,
submissive, cringing, anti endeavouring to 'soften oppos,-
traaknoeufs
toecnnlstananzeuris.nte.lonciulttioelna3iitilite4
England he was the good natured Irishman—in Ireland the
aatirriaigpapnat dictator
blustering demagogue, and unlicensed defamer of every
s
antagonist, whether high or low. In England 113 was the
lion,wa tby ye
tool of others, or the victim of his own selfish ambition-eln
Ireland the denouncer of ever person who ventures to main-
tain a different opinion, and the boaster of personal sacrifice
and disinterestedness in refusing bribee, which in my heart
I believe, said Mr. Dawson, with emphasis, were titterer ol;
feted, and which, if offered, would have deserved impeach.
ment on the part of any Alinieter. It is impossible to deny
him the possession of great talents or extensive information ;
but whether from a /unity which blinds his judgment? or
from an overweening arrogance, which will admit of nu
'competitor, be seems to succeed to nothing else than to in-
jure the cause which he undertakes to promote. Next came
Mr. Shiel, a gentleman who appears to be a most extensive
dealer in tropes and figures t with true Catholic devotion he
seems to be alto a worshipper of images—but his invitee.
alas, are not silent ones, they are not the dumb but powerful
mediators of favour and protection, but they are awkward
and speaking images, the cruel inflictors of discord in the ears.
and confusion in the understanding. He could not conceive a
greater degradation of the human intellect than to enlist in
cause of which Mr. Shell is a leader, he could not conceive a
greater prostitution of time, sense, and judgment, than to
listen fur half an hour to the verbiage of this gentleman. His
exhibition was really of the most contemptible kind, his
friends were in dismay, and thought that they could not gat
him out of the Committee-room with sufficient expedition—his
antagonist gave way to pity, and the English county gentlemen,
a body of men most peculiarly sensible of any thing ridiculous
gave way to undissembled laughter. These are the gentlemen
who are said to have changed the current of public opinion in Slug,
land—he never knew a grosser or a more unfounded saseetitat..
What was the fact—before the publication of their evidence*,
the public mind was almost asleep in England. The people
trusted to their representatives to throw out the measure, but no
sooner did they see any prospect of a -change in the Constint-
tion, by the vote on the second reading of the Bill, than pet's-,
tions against it poured in from all quarters, and in the count
ten days no less than 371 petitions were presented to the House
of Commons—when the lull passed the Commons and was seat
to the Lords. In the short time that elapsed between the &ill
and second reading, there were meetings in all parte of Eng-
land, and in one week 574 petitions were presented agaitat it.
Does this fact look like any acquiescence on the part at England
—if the Bill had passed the second reading, there would have
been 5,000 petitions against it. But these gentlemen have un-
dertaken also to answer for their countrymen in Irelanti-e-look at
the result. Instead of any acquiescence on the pert of the Aristt
Catholics in the plans and concessions of their leader% dace
there not prevail the greatest discord and animosity motile
them. It is evident to the people that their readers are reedy
to sacrifice them for their own private objects ; and notwittS.
standing the speeches of their demagogues, and the artifice, of
their Priesthood, they are not yet prepared for such encrilleta:
But as for himself, he doubted the professions and effete
both of their priests and orators. They have, in fact, no,
power to promise any concession without the approbation of,
the Pope. What was the, conduct of the Catholics, when'
the oath of allegiance wax tendereed in the reign of Jami!!
the First. Many Catholics, of the first rank aad etetiOn,
took it without hesitation ; but when the oath was submitted
to the Pope, he sound that It not only contained a declara-
tion at' ellegance.to the Sovereign of their country, but a
denial of his deposing power—he immediately forbisde any
Catholic to take it, and it was not only refused by the
Catholics who had not already sworn in, but those who had
incautiously taken it, retracted upon the orders of the Pops..
Gentlemen these are old facts, but are they to be lost opon us, and particularly when they relate to men, whose reit.
gious creed is unchanged and unchangeable. In referrinV to historical facts, he had always found that spiritual demi- nion among the Catholics was inseparably connected with po-
litical power—tied notwithstanding all the sophistry of the
Doyle. and O'Connell's, he should always consider that the
man who comfessed the dominion of the Pope, offered a
vided allegiance to his own :Sovereign. He thought that
concession of pdlitical power would spread the increase of re-
ligious error all over the world, and that if the Catholics had the
means, they must be exerted i'or the destruction of a Protestant
Church and Protestant Constitution. He should now sit down
—.hating offered them the tribute of a warm and grateful heart •
for their attendance.
The enthusiastic plaudits which followed the delivery of thii,
speech continued for several tteenntle. The City of Derry and its Representative, who is no Ira-
known to yon as the defender ofthe sentiments which you have
heard its ably discussed by Mr. ,Dawssart.—Three times throe.
Immense cheering. No surrender.
Sir {lroner. Hatt returned-thanks, and in the foretadata
animated and eloquent Addrolot, severely eensutsrl the,Cethetete
Amociation—charecterising it es the Popish PArliantinitt and' '
its leading _Mein ber .Aa irre din mable tictuagogetese“ who ho,*e
now added another stain 'to their everlasting mnfensy an dip-.
grace, by receiving from the recorded, traitor (Pr. PIWPATI) •
with cheers end melamatione, char-tee cif renewed. tiepins sad
rebellion."
The Bishop area Diocese of Deity,'" (Imo ayptiuse),„lfie ,
Synod of Ulster—The County *tea mien and its Repretentativt
--Lords Eldon end Liverpool and Air. Perl—fievew other
toasts followed, with suitable prefaces end nelknowledmentn.....
telbrideladefeeta N. W. l'arottr.)