The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-04-18 00:00:00

• vowed to afford Ptietii fratitlllset Ail. EttaMkt°
chive was the emotion right of all; the etcepdon iroa
Enoe.' by law. To rest wirere the they now were eras
1► art in viola:itm of that systm of eoseessiso which
had here adopted in the reign of the late kini, nrysteto
. which went to make men noworthe of •trost by showing
them that they were- esteemed so.—(lllestr,
hear')—It
was.nritt this groan", to perfect that policy which they
had acted upon fir the last forty.yeirs, and the advan-
tages of which they had experienced, he now called urn
%Wens to erase fram the statute book these laws of dis-
onalitication will. h still remained. Let the vote of this
night be as it nti slit, it W 3.1 no trivial thing to let it go
ont, as some Peers had argued, that the entholiet
were :neapali:r of otfe-ing to the throne an nndivided
aae lamer. 1k co,ttended that the Rolston .Catholic
in, taking. !Le oatlp of allegiance reserved nothinfr
sere that 51111 c n!),..l!Pnre to the laws of morality

slick the I';.iteAt.lnt re:;erl'e4l. and must tawny, re-

serve et (ally as the Catholic. The fountain of 31.1 per I
secntion wa% the unfortnnate habit Which men hail al
imputing to others, not the principles and opinion.
Which they professed. but which were supposed to fol-
low as consequence. front sOMP 0/.'110%41t1.1 tenets with
they arknowlinlged.— (Hear, bear.) The Boman •ae
tlsoiics were rea,iy to take the with contained in s6'
which prte•red an midi...bled allegiance. and they •
were ready also to tieelare, that they were in a ceparity
to perform all the tinles of gooi Imiiects, and at the
tame time to maintain the principles of their religion.
did% Bill cause recommended by the l'onsmana of this
Unites! Kingdom, who believed, that instead of theiteg
an injury, it would do a material benefit to the country.
the Conunans hail decided that they trotild admit
itninan Catholics into their /long,. Their Lord-
ships were noir #l..llheratin!r whether they wnnid
continue that exolit • whirls kept sic intik:Muni:
of their own hily front sitting among. them.—
Wottl#l any one 1. prspared to cay that the moment
the Dttl:,. of nett) the Earl of Shiest %burr to#;'.
.--ea!• on the benches of this !louse, the state would
be ocertlrred r Windt] they, from %Itch a ileltis:re
and unworthy tno!ire, keep fro:n the in.liridenil to
whom he antt.led the 1071sest and most hononratilr
which any conntry in the world er..t lat.l -
to bestow i• His gr...tt übjer: in summrting the pica- '
sure was to plo.litee conciliation, and to notitt 'the
Catholic I lerty awl Laity with the rest of the
respect Is. PeCUrity, he conceived that
wb,.11 they 1.1-.4eti a !WI of intuit !trace and cotter:-
I .
stun as thi, mi:fht consAcr themselves entitled
to fle!aan.l se..nric., even on iv,intn where no dangers
real!: cr:irt.•!!. In the first !dare hr conccivel
Bill it.:l•lf one of the inoq solid securities that the
State rottl.i.tleril:.. 1H the next pint:elle was a opinion
that all the malirnar.t objeets imputed to the Catho-
lir, nets, tot•tlly bran- t and, Nike.% if 0:ley were
). th • 1,10. v seettrity they could have wottiti he to
r. torn to those lin 4 WHOA bad bent 11.114 since re-
eePirtl. The Fertirity of a State was its atten:ion
to :he happine, #.l the coin:tinnily under its care. att.l
one of the t re::: 4.1. v .111 iges of the meinttre 44...Uhl he
to attach great tna.:‘ of the people of lrelatil to
the Throne aml resin's. Were
they to he Oir.t after the Common% of 14,.4•3t
hail p.t•f, this hill, it was to find in this
Douce, cces:ittocil a• it was of Spiritual lel Trettporal
Peer., a i erpt-:,t (.I.,tacle ...—(llear ..\--rott perpetual
he was :scared it would nut ; shoall it operate now,
he colt!) n.#: but look upon it a% .i great calamity.
!!.! %•.wevcr, pe.rnaded that ultimately the mea-
sure %runt; • ti.•t:. lte •Inothl old t• lament th.t t it
did not stteceel oo an cession favatrattle to it a.
the itre..nt. The Noble Lord at down amid lau.l
cheery

T; e is srl of LIVERPOOL rose, and ill•f!all by ob-
servist, that the titiociple of that Bill went to ;trail
ronre s:otis to the Roman Catholics, which, in hi.'
opinion, we:e ilat.gerosts to the safety and e‘istenee of
the Protestant E.! :!slishinent anti Cie Proteatant 5.114'•
cersion, and It.• ti, before thimght it more can.lid and
itc!nlv to -late its the very outset his derided op•
t.. the principle or the Biii. The ).toss whiel,
won! to exelttile Cs:. Roman Catholies from both
llott.:es of Parliament and from certain milers ut trust
and con!idenf.e, were entwined with the Constitution
of Cie country, and any Bill which would go to sera:
those Lots. was an illV.v:iors on the Cons itution itself.
F vet v ::1` had an inherent and it 1-
tural ri:-Ist to a :wrier' civil ar.,l re:igloos freedom.
!Int the goestsoo before their Liirsisliips re;artled not
civil p shiest an.l it belonged to
Ole St co to r..zitlate the distribution of that I yr.
Tile \I'LLo rl in et iking these observations. ilia not
wish to be ato.krsto.bl as enileavottritig to einivits..e their
Lor.;ships tha! Ilona politit•al power was no
grievance, but 111.1! the conferring of politiral power anti
the anon leltleSlt i.s Offilerl of great trust Amok!'
hr always retrilated and !rovertie,l by State necessity
The Cat'sol...• !;eli.:ion not heit..: the Elahl;shell He- j
licion in I but opposite :and aiming at the I
ile tmetion of the F-talslishel !U.N.:ion. the i:ttes- I
I;ost trier her their leird..hips were not bound to
protect that Helizion so established. 'lie Noble
Earl then referre'l to a period immediately before the
revolution in 1,:•%, and In the revalntion itself. as the
iontri Jim' of all their artrn•nente. Th.. .111ianec-
whirl' vas th-n firmed between Church and State. lie
wsittl.l tal,e to be the foundation of the present Con-
--tittiti on. it' their Lordships were of opinion tlia.,
the tonnertion then established between Chive,: anti
Sta!e was inseparable, front' the permanettry of the
Constitution, they ought not to give attention to
that It'll. which wonl.l go to dissolve that connection.
The King was obliged to 'rear to the maintrwinre of
the Charelt, as well as the State. The very snmmona
which r tiled their Lordships together in that Hoene.
invited them to the consideration of matters pertain-
ing to the ('hurch. The one was inseparably uni!etl
with the other. Mite Noble Farl next alluded to
the opinions entertained by Mr. linrke on the mea-
sure of Roman Catholic emancipation. as slates) in
his letter to Sir Hercules Langrisne. Ile (Lord 11. i•
verpool) would ask their Lordships them. if they suffer-
ed that Bill to pass, what security bail they List the nest
thing sought foswould hr the repeal of the Corporation
atoll Test .lets? The consequence of the passing of that
UM would he the repeal of those Acts, fir without that
there would nut be a perfect equality. Then their
Lordships would bare Jews and Casholics, sae every
other stet on a perfect equality. Where then would
their Lordships stop? Thea would follow the doctrine