The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-28 00:00:00

Allow nig now, Sir, a question in my turn—

By wtai legal authority does the Polish Friar, MILDER,
exercise in England the office of the POPE'S Vicar-General,
while the Statutes of PRIEM UNI HE are unrekaled?

I hope, Sir, that I du not without good rea-
son subscribe myself,

PINCH.

FOR THE SUN.

CRATOMANIA OF THE CATHOLICS.

CRATOMANIA, or madness for power, is the true
disorder which at present affects our Roman Ca-
tholic Brethren. EMANCIPATION is only the catch-
word of a party. For what can be its object ?
They who desire Emancipation virtually declare
themselves slaves ; for no one can be emanci-
pated who is not first enslaved. But to what
are they enslaved ? Only to the Laws whicll pro-
tect the Protestant Constitution and Establish-
ment of Great Britain snit Ireland. From all other

pains, penalties, restraints, and
.disadcantages,
they have long been set free. Since which, their
unceasing attempt I►as'been to obtain the power
of making laws, or directing counsels, equally
with those who gave them that emancipation.—
But why do they seek this ? To benefit themselves
it cannot be, for every benefit they can reason-
ably wish has been conferred already--freely crint
ferred, and without a struggle. Not without a
murmur indeed, for these concessions, however
reasonable, spread a terrible and almost fatal
alarm, at first, among a large class of the people.
But, under every attack, the Protestant Govern-
ment continued firm ; and its voluntary conces-
sions to the'Roman Catholics were established.—
Something like gratitude for these conciliatory
measures might with reason have been expected.
But what has followed ? Discontent, renewed de-
manta, claims of right where vio right has been
proved, sullenness, not always unmixed with
open or implied menace, and a stern refusal of
every thing that fell at all short of the pretended
claims. Can these facts, can this conduct, en-
courage us to go further in our grants Will they
not rather lead us to suspect that we have gone
too far already ; since, out of humbk friends, we
have raised up sturdy, I will ❑ot say beggars, but
demauders ?

What can account for this, except the CRATOft
MANIA They want power. Why they want it
they do not sAy; but the common propensities of
human nature will easily explain. Like other
rising men, they want something more than they
hare, and they seek it not the less ardentiy for
being exactly that which they ought not to_baye.
That the Protestant Government has not the
slightest %visit to enslave, oppress,, or injure them,
they know 'already, by certain and infallibie expe-
rience. That we wish not to interfere with

their religion, however opposed to our own, has
been proved no less completely. But what
pledge hive we that they have sentiments
towards us of equal mildness and moderation ?
Can we find it in any part of their history ? Do
we see it, at this moment, in the leaver with
which they spea-k of the sacredness of their own
faith, or the contempt which they never fail rt;
show of ours ? For a Linn to trust a Lamb is a.
very safe experiment ; but before the Lamb is
equally indulgent to the Lion, lie ot►g`!;t to' look
welt to his teeth and claws. Now what are his
teeth and claws but his power ? And though he
keeps for a time the former within his lips, and
the latter under his fur, what security has any
other creature against a change in his temper ?

Some Fabulist has told us that a Woodman
very humbly petitioned the Forest to give him rc
handle 10 his axe, a mere morsel of stick, to in-
sert into a piece of iron. But this handle 11'114
power ; and the Woodman, a much inure cunning
and active creature than any Tree, presently be-
stirred himself, with his handle and helve toge-
ther, that he left not a Tree in the Forest uumu-
tilated. Beware of CRATONA.M.t.

LOLLS RD.