The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-03 00:00:00

• _ Clumber, March 22.
Lo-au-sesThe. tow befett.ParEatheret, fur grouting
oower to the Inman Cotholim, ie- a measure of such
V:Zti, importance, an:; a iteduihrely etenterni tile beet and dearest
'Akre:eta: of due ,Peotoeiseet .cottntey, that, in addressing your
ishetdahitt tsttadeat m.ornentous sabji.ete I feel any apology to be
--asho'ilyee,ascce.seary,
• Voar touiship is.well kialWn to be distinctly-hostile to what
fahsoly termed ". Co'..nelia. Emancipation ;" any one who has
hod the pleosure of hearing your speeches on that question can-
• not haise forgotten-them. and 'freen a repetition•Of those eizertioes,
ere certanly'expectnateh ; Lut, howe:eer fercat and efficient they
may be is theroselseee, „as aPeeches .coming from such an iiii-
oorhoet if you arc confine:lto that mode alone
toltsiseeporting your of miens, I feta success may be very doubt-
lhdooron. :THE asrecuimr- 12, THAT THE POWER OF Go-
osairoteress T IS TURN2D ITSELF. Now this I coil-
ah'ee: to ree a meet and he advaetage that our opponents have
es -ea, and one I do not hesitate to assert, which they ought
eie)e oo have ; a perfect enoreely and paralyses what
t- ht to be the etremehua aad. comhined carts of an Ad-
- nhesousteatior,. -
See, Toy ,Lureioin•whatasittte.tion it places the King and Noe-
teen- latet, as to the King:h. Suppose this-Bill earned (which
J; futbieleforthe sake of o'er country) through both Houses of
iktiamer'a ;,aye .then Coo-hider the aeduous-'and'difficult situa-
-44. of tie King ; -teen indiaitluel act ofisis-- own, he will have
. eleat, aehisai see ore ell wellassueed he will do—refuse his
:a-seer to th e L i 5r2r,.... to him by the Houses'of Parliament. In
toeif.`as my full persuh.sion; that; although the
mart not atapel well with a very small majority of his Par-
ateetiezetAby le...ration, he- ertsuld tie -appla.ucled ; .a.r.d, by all
eta-3h ntoTtesistreathe; paefe.and lebk forward to the future, this
n•iotah-ot-eaheatia..-AWA pa-trio:4e' fulabieent of his ditty' would
istetat-thet venerittioneWhich it would so justly merit., Still;
7,7-orfve-Te o,tesi4d, that a King ought not to be placed in such,
at eheethett;t-',it 51.'itot.- -cattails:stonal ;- for the Constitution only.
ushossos-iiiti th,e,aisies of the King through his Miniiteriowho
nil s, responsible, fcrr those acts.- -In the 'present
cannot avail himsertof the advice of his Mini-
ekes, fieS*-easkona • sufficiently evident.. I • therefore -repeat, that
ench laildee of things should not; be; and,. moreover, I assert,
• *it, foles;-'par future seeteritv, hthe discussion of this questionhhaght-14 feesSiVe 'such deeidei and .unequivocal discouragement,
ire set-karest-fer ever. Far, suppose, at.ar.y future time; that
atKat-Fenstiglet be on- the throne of these realms, who was favour
atle to -pleas-are of 'admitting Papists to• full power; that
ae nth ti etdministratioh who were divided in their 'Opinions
on ational-etueition question: and that, usinghis high influence;
hoserebitod.' with that of part of his Administration t. and then,
oueited-erviti those who are always to. be found but too forward
r: T.7rt-410td confusioh and ciiasention, the, Bill wag thus carried
the Royal assent ;—then, my Lord, figure to
re-:en-elf the easeful position in•which the King.would be placed
weetethe -nation. The measure,
_indeed, might receive the
asnctirh'-.eh' but the nation would be against the enactment.
We must net forget what passed in. the.eeign of James IL
oe the. cause of ;its termination.ln.my opinion, to avoid the
IlheibilitY of such a recurrence, should be the anxious fore-
--I.!=ght of a Government and of the Legislature: to omit such
eteintlenetin-n, LS a violent dereliction o duty to the King and
see the •cou-ntry.
,rain, suppbee a Ring of •Ehgland, for a political purPose,
-wishing to connect himself, by marriage,' with a female of some
telutrral foreign Court, being a Ro.roan Catholic.-' if the Bill
nielits'l into a laW, could that wish ' -be denied ? Clearly not.
Thatefutal would imply a reflection on the Roman Catholic
. and would not be endured by that body ; neither
stAtltt the exception Le made with any semblance of justice.
Irtealreeireember the consequences which attended the alliance
le: Charlei I. with Henrietta Maria.
of ali- that hypothetical 'eases :—Suppose a King
v:-.-Zriglanci, by choice, •convktion, or stratagem, gained over
the-catise of the Papists, and willing to embrace their reli. -
fort;-how could the Sovereign alone be the only person in the
.empire under restraint ? Would he endure it ? 'Would the
_.amen Catholics themselves permit it 2- 1 answeroNo. - And
*sta; unless the chance of_ civil strife should..determine other-
sets-e, Might this ac BIE of political evils, in a purely Protestant
sehaentry, be finally' consummated.
4S-ow, as to die Nation :—The persevering advocates for
settroting power to Roman Catholics have, year after year, so,
--,eweeced the Parliament with their incessant demands, that, at
e --
.welt; the ccunrry began to grow weary of such endless importu-
te; but your Lordship must be perfectly aware how favour-
able the present moment is for effecting those designs, which
2"zve been the favourite, though unattainable, object of their
stivneatea. The country is now_ unfortunately labouring un-
dez-distresa, difficulties, and privations, which, from their na-
rc, almost all its thoughts, 'and almost every other
eiderretion. The refieeting Bart of the community is worn
iicWh hy a late paroxysm of political excitement, in which
raigloSis feeling has been intimately mixed up, and which is
caiy just beginning to siabside. Is it to be wondered at, then,
under such eiteumstances, the co-entry should look on in a
state of aimpat apathetic indifference, -while this national ques-
- 4fterho diactissed in Parliament, occupied, as its attention • now
ej4,not with the prospect of future evil' but with the certainty of
^eat misfortune ? • make this observation, because I pro-
' Mts. against such an assertion passing current for argument in
Unit: of the measoreoto, that the Nation is not agiunst it, be.
'4lkthe it shews but littleireterest during the discussion.
e...have already remarked that the power of Government is
.-wed against itself, 'I-hate shortly describe) the state of the
mind, and, as a Protestant subject, I maintain that the
. ausntry will not be used fairly, if advantagF, is taken of the fa-
- eallty whieh such an unfortunate combination of circumstances
Atr.4t; 'for carrying that measure which we should subse-
- 'greatly have too much reason to deplore, When too late, the
easteetry would he'sensible of the, error which had been commit-
• tot, uod than I should not envy that man's feelings *ho had
enproach hihrevsif with participation in such-a national Of-
ia;herality is no* the order 'of the day; but it is, unfortu-
' --airchin a new-sort of liberality ;it is such as requifes its pro-
re to rot aside those wholesome checks and safeguards
which.bitherto have been the security of kingdoms and of
-.Masts, and to consider them as antiquated and barbarous no--
tiCes, not Suited to the present age, nor conformable to the pro-
g eete of modern improvement. • This feeling it ma, which has
.grated a bond of union, from which I believe there is. scarcely
an *ception on erae side, whilst, on the other; many have been
, CPVC,,a/ into the rarai of liberality who think little of the con-
- 'at~; caeca; one aide Making it a party question, the other
lot-eine! the question opeo -and thus encouraging dissent and
eicr-Gastag;ogenergy and exertion. " DIVIDE ET IbiPERA"
rt =strait, the truth of which ia too. plainly'. exemplified in
if is instants. o , .
is unneces2iry far roe to•enter into any detail of the de-
' merits of the caseS it is sufisicient here. to observe, that they are
aulteereal ; Fan coadent that your Lordship is of the same
qeinion, and I am sure that you would bold it to be treason to
Ike King, the Chorch,, and the State, if, entertaining such opi-
*r:, any cue refused openly to avow them, and to endeavour,
e_ every rnftrei in his power, to avert the-impending evil.
-fiooleirr Lordship's strenuous exertions ail true levers of the
lidlith".Corestitueion, look with confidence; you have the
e'id'er sees. we expect that you will use the utmaSt means, to ewe-
ismttles.flagratit violation of.conatutional law which is now
• antampated ; that yea will proteetthe country from being be-
.• tttseed lii a. unguarded moment, the established religion. from
4'-in' aulivertcd, Inda!ie King from all chance or being oh-
' At'i-t's to int-IT:of-2' the single and extraordinary power of his pres
,seti.gatire. ..Peefore conclude, I should observe,
_that r.bear no
whatever to the laomart Catholics, or to their new allies,
Protestant Dissenters O and it is because I desire to
-7-4*'2.ll24;iirise..Tari charity-with all -men, that I wish for an un-
- iteriftlaglasatoet to built upon a rock of PURE Ida-
ho:cite isseitherehitided or likely to be clouded by INTERFER-
. *Z:4O bfrgTG, through- the Medium of which we might be cast
estees -the
..quickiond of dissent and. discord; it- is, therefore,
t. ..4;,41 :; fr,-.1 to keep things as they now are, .under which the
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13704 and fleurishol, and has arrived at the.
laigh'att detkee of perfheetion and prosperity ever attairsed: by
t ifv, iiame time, 'candour oblig me to dtaw a parallel be-,
tattoo cohatet of the RerathO-Catholica and the political
ilierenoters:o The former have pursued theii• Object. opeu]y and
• eseteoueetmoealment, they have avowed their intentions, they
art hndiseoeised antagonists ; with the latter it is not so, a sub-
etlei and suzet cunning dirmoi -their course .6roughOtit ; the
will net ppenl;thiclehe -their ambitious object ; but;a/thougli
they may thine,. ti wrapped in mystery, there can ho no diffi-
culty in aiscoiering the reason for their new alliance e they
Leve hot, and cannot have, any religieus feeling in com Mon
with the: Roman Catholics, except °nen send that is, the de-
'rdsa. .which smells each to Bois fotevard ~ta • the establish-
thenh-sof Abair- can sect by the SUl*crsioz et .our NMiOnal
'chard!. . -
aza -within
oshllowthe fullest eerteienable toletatien, as it
iser,Ow enjo s: reasereand inutaisitkersitThor peraehution; but
tieerw is a-wide defrereace between toEeeittielf ,and•EarooußAGE-:
Varese • 4aetween liberty of con.sciersee, with freedome to veors
God, each iii Lie own way, and •Ehit3lßlLlThre with An-
. Trrusrox to -roc cite To this the olijections are se' tnithereus
sad itiSIIPEKAIMP, that, whit a breathe I can ~ever, eon-
that is and ash liricish•Proteeeant (thotigta 'trust, alivays in
alteriseetn 'spirit) I ,_all. inveriihiy 011p:26e to it every obstacle
tut those maintenance cf, riett, arid the power's of the Coostioa-
rifse nail Mr/ cal airord to .theiee Who choose tO--availl
ttliernselvea of them for its &fence.
ilahstkelayeare be-coesat diaWined than T. anii to meddle with
Pislitt; leAtul mf 4 4ot 444,11-mo fx 1p 'l3uttLein,