The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-24 00:00:00

" TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ROBERT PEEL.

" have consented that the following ob-
servations,. which, have been :Arcady publicly dis-
persed, by means of the important circulation of
the correspondent Newspaper, should be collected,
and 'prepared for re-publication, in a connected
and compact form. The motives of those who
have taken the pains to bring them out of their
first disunited state, are to me of very little im-
portance ; my own motives, 1 do not hesitate to
say, were, that I may have even this opportunity
of testifying my respect for a Public Minister of
the Suite, who, though personally unknown to
me, is officially known, admired, and honoured by
every honest man in Ireland.

I "It would be' very difficult, indeed, for any
man who loves his country, to call to recollection
the principal transactions of the last Session of
Parliament, without feeling the importance of the
share which von have had in those which affect
the most serious interests of this part of the
United hint
.0111—its public peace, and the Es-
tablished Religion. You found the country in dis-
order and turbulence—and you found the I'rotes•
rant Religion left to float'on the current of parlia-
mentary controversy, exposed tolhe casualties- to
which rash and inconsiderate notions may doom
it ; and you stretched out a powerful hand to save
it from .any new adversity, from the effects of in-
difference in those who should ',rave gloried in be-
ing its supporters, and from the hostility of others
who will never intermit in their designs
against it. You sustained its interests against
powerful and able- Ministers, amongst others,
whose minds are not quite secure against the de-
ceitful liberality of the day ; and you supported
the Established Religion, and the Constitution
with which it is identified,-with great powers of
reason, and with a noble independence of spirit,
which is justly valued, and universally applauded.
Even they, whom principle or prejudice may have
prevented front feeling the _frill influence of your
reasoning, admire the manliness and the-honesty,
the temper and the talent, with which it was
exerted.

"Your firmness, perseverance, and ability in
the true and sound knowledge of Goxernment and
Legislation, have converted the abode of rapine,
and of all sorts of public crimes, into the resting
place of Law, and civil authority and repose.
Ireland, Sir, owes you profound obligations, for
having opened the first wide views of Constitu-
tional expedients, for the suppression of open vio-
lence. To your calm and enlightened spirit, to
your great resources in those qualities which
tnake an able Statesman, the people .of Ireland
have looked up in hope and reliance, during times
of general calamity and distress ; and they have
found their confidence greatly requited, and their
patience happily rewqdcd and justified, in the

effects of your measureh; and it), the lonefiti at
their results.
" That the advantages of your Administra-0
may be stilt contimmd to Ireland, is•the onivergo,
wish of all pouffes, fictions, and sects which IR.
habit it. Those- r• :never agreed before/ gint'l
cordially in thik—=that 'o'iriore honest, PPrig,:e
able and efTeclive Statesman never conducted ti
I{ffaill or ‘ratched over the interests of this coontry ; and if, after your retirement from .101 it
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official station amongst us, our spirit of "clirbea
auce should continue to display itself, it must,
in the common wish, that your suscessory ".11:)e!„-10
he may be, may take you for his guide, and t°l,";it
in all things the adinirable example of VI- •
conduct.

" I have the honour to be, Sir,
with unfeigned admiration
Or,
and profound respect, your humble servA
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