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which tbe Catholics.
• lie believed, only in
possession of the undisturbed
glen, and teachers of
for their instruction, supported
They also enjoyed no sr
from the elective franchise.
that certain conditions
Wises,' he-did net see
who refused• to fulfil
tiou was an important
sutler themselves to be
plausible. The principles
maintenance of .the Intillibility
his deposing
_power •
thing's thit should `L
utmost caution: Their
the same.' The nufnber
the measure, crew if carried,
It would be bathiolic)
pose of gainitirsto littl
seemed to be as -much
any, thing else. The
particularly the rebel!
cancessions could' m
hear !]---With respect
so much talked of, the
win) were inimical! to
lle must listen with difficulty
Lion, particularly. when
the subject their study
zoksiate. lie wished
ward nowln the same I
Revolution, whin all
the country forget their
au effort to free thimsel
pery. Having this view,
rose the motion.
Sir. ROBERT- HERON expressed' his wish to
form a meastire of the indulgence- of the House, bb
occupying but little of its tiine. The Hon. Gentle-
man who preceded him, however little dis Posed to
appreciate highly the 'anus had.
yet• acknowletried tbeOlatt,thoriti of Mr. l'itt, ant.
That heltatsurrenderedislfice because he found' him.
self unable ttradopt there measures, with regard to
At -Catholics; Which he deemed indispensable to the
interest of the empire.- 'Among the many, chargei
gratuitously matte, end as gratuitously reCeiv
%mink-the Cathalics, it wee asserted, that they wete
they enemies of .11berfi. Where, however, was bit
to seek for the evidence of their hostility to rational.
freedow?2—The Right Hon. Gentleman who made
the motion, our hltd-thit`niihieillighttited the Ho
lint less, with 4the-feree-"of MI reasoning than thej
britruncy. his.eotteenee, had reminded them et{
Runnymede;. and he would likeivise tenture to say,
that “etf a' the perfod of The' Acvolution-cit watt-
not.‘ stilgious contest; but a struggle of. men at.
tached,wto :an iieriditary Jovereign mingled :with
Prove/ants, end' 'woe cOndttcWd" by... e-• PrOlgtant
leerier. '• ltk►iry -ItenrllHifta Jewes-ff. hinted
cuntinotribuutte-tw tuthisfy talefits; after hi; cit.
rarturertrbviLondtie; hi -believed thit the result
void&
,Pemleef,
Vegan

opinion, indeed, was, that no pure spirit of Gl'iristt
anity was exhibited, in these wild imputations of
infidelity or illiberality. Be thought tot, that-there
was something 'like specious liberdity the con-
duct of those- who refused any 'deist of eatendbd.
indulgence, and took credit to themselves for- their
mercy and toleration in allowing the' possession of
that• which they mold not • takb away.—Clievir;
Hear,-hear !3—To him, too, • it appeared,
that
misrepresentation was employed when a sedi-
meat was imputed to that iltustrlods Statamalt;'
Mt. Fez, that the whole tabour of his political lift,
which waa one continnedeffort of civil and- relisiooh

...ertyypiainly contradieted. This had beets done
iy the- same Orthodox Divine who extracted an'
tApinlon given as to the probable consequences of ,
!Seeing a Popish King and a subservient Parliament,
mut applied it to a question of admitting about six
Catholic Members to. one House, and about dou-
ble. the. neither te:4lve ether. He himself was a
fivainind zealous :Member of the Protestant Church
of .Englatadf -by hitt*, by • education, by cenvic:
fists:v.-Entertaining,. however, this preference and
attachntent, lie should always persist in claiming
for Mr fellow-subjects the unrestricted liberty of
worshipping their Gee in-the form Which their cons:l
_ best. He should con:
expressing his' sincer• con*.
motion' of this "Right
riegislsture. wired re-
of he Etipliti, and;
'strength was ep bedegsary
,would spite abote all
and consolidate it. —=
ghis'utaldest speech received thrnti,hout,. and
finnionstdi:psirticulatlyk.st kr elms, witi general
.1 •
.1114 r. BANKES said, it was. Wiled that the flight I
Mows Gaßtleinan who' male' , should be ..,
his
killous to ascertain whit was the goal And nature.''
of those Petitions which had been crowslerell h.q.(
table, in Opposition to the Catholic Claims. To i
those,: however, Nebo were not so irinnediately con-
nected W I
'with Ireland; or peculiarly with the'subject
'it Wei 'sufficiently manifest, that the belief which bad I
been ineulcated of the 'unanimity prevailing on .k'iis ;
qiiesticinin the country, was a belief not founded
on, or justified by, the fact. [Heats hati. I - The
I-Petition, it' was not pretended to be denied; tame I
Wool Very respectable persons, Ind-from very eaten-1
' sive elesses. The Right Hon. Gentleman' *ho eina
merited' the debate had made use off some expres-
Sloss,. which he lamented, and' which Were foreign I
to the usual tone of moderation that heinaintained.l
He thought his statements, Of the grievances under
which•theCatholics laboured much etaggerated, al-
thongh this might, perhaps, be fairly ittrilnited to
that Energy of feeiiitg, and fervour of elodatiott-, by I,
which' he 'was so mach diitlitgiriihed. • HE thought
'it unjust,' too, that a 'country 'exhibiting more I
examples of a tolerant and beneficent spirlt-thav-any '
other in Europe; should be represented as' being
more niggardly in its concessiotisSven than -Catho:
' lit-States. The titter position was Contradicted by i
the uniformtesCreeny of hisfory 'and aexperience I
: of all who had visited this ditrefenegiropean States.
—The Right Hon. Gentleman had ;I'lo6th:one& two I,
R
particular instances, France and • liiingary, where I
an unbounded toleration 'wits'exercised. He shoed; I
however, prefer nreferenee to the doctrines and prac-
i tice /if the Papal • COurt itself. if the Protestants 1
charged' the Catholics • with still adhering to the 'faith :
land tenets of their ancestor's, who wag to Maine for I
i this? -Had tot the Cathollci.themsergesdeciarel that
i they. bad not• derogated • from- that discipline and 1
1 doctrine, .but that they still* maintia
ned, everylegi-
'I"
tinmte canon of their ancient Church ? The Pope,.l
• the present• Pontiff, had complained Of those Decrees
of France by which an improper letiructe•WaV 'even-
ed to the : admiamioii of different
1 military employments.
continue to act as she found
here were the sentiments. of

diesibeAtiaor
ffiffii*,*'
•'Noble'9s,
end prot
**Wirt* --urn zeta the figou4...„
kal &OWN ,flie In egh Troi•irn'tiletir Not Weir:
•14n &tot:M.4ot CatiiMi foviereigns, main t4utteigw.
' o tbbl tlofi s Ptitictec Queen Elizabeth, whuse.
*Troltry:sAeeeriling.iiiesl44l
Unless, thew, sbme more.intipinte. mtiiction
Deg shOini thati Oat implSCd, .in
.. yagiie And. ge--
neratieCusatfinOiesispiatdcontinue to believe, that
dire was no necifesarY ai Yijy whir ever between des:.
potism and Ifsi.Roinats Catholic faith.. pia not the
Than. 'Gentleman who tPOlrke before bin4o6w, that
the Rebellion In Ireland was not a-religious warfare?
[Hear, hear!)—'liras hi was not aware that it •wav
the rtisistande'of d popcid,ered country, ;and that the
ciandicfWai'betiveen the' natives and those wlio were
designated the Orange Party ! Were not the princi-
pal leaders of that Rebellion themselves Protestants?'
[Bear, -View!) It -wag, he feared, too true, that
the peoplObf England were in general but too ready
to listen to any alarM, however visionary, that was
propagated in respect to the'iafety of their Church.
The influence of the Papal See had expired in Italy,
its Temporal- existed no where, and PopedOm had
ceased to be formidable in all countries except the
British dottiiniOni.—[Heei; hear!]—Here, in this
Empire such was the disaffection of the people—
such the Weakness of the GovernMent—suCh the

cowardice of the troops—sucbthe inefficiency of the
navy, that, notwithstanding its insatir situation, it
was not to be defended against that powerfnl'Potea..
, tale; the POpe.—Eflear, heittli—TiOsit idle 'tiara
'ad been long 'dying away;' although he lliieved
'!•lt considerable efforts had been • recentrl rut& to
rAl'itEem. Buf it the Petifioni were numerous;
t:rere• were, he-had remarked, but few of thelle*hich
saerc entitled to the most weight and the' highest
toubideration—he meld these of. the freeholders of
counties catleXtogAber it public meetinss, and, join-
, IN; in .flee. dispussniti."—jfitar; flier !1.4).0145 de..
. stription he knew not what might- have- come from,
:./jelantd and Scotland,. burin England there Vrifesnot,
more thau live Or six, and. these not hostile to the geol
• teral•principle of concession. He held in his hand a
401.11 published with ,the • avowed object elm"!
fiti,ncing and 'invigorating the opposition, to these '1
Clain's, and purporting to be the production pf a
coi:iety which had assumed ,to itself the lusty title
' . of " The Protestant Union.".i—[liestr, hear ll—lt,
‘4ti w4h concern that he'. saw to it the *mule of an
• iTlividual resptstable and, amiable in all the rola-.
4,aos of life, but, es he conceived, most reistiketi on
t.is subjectj- This 'work contained queries addressed
t') the Cat,hollasOiti to these queries no answers
v Pre desired. Wisely did its author abstain from
I ;di an incitation, ter the work bed
.proditimiti 'its
iliect in influencing discassioni- it
• (mile .
"tat
.lice
12r

the ?c!licy which the head
required to. be adopted.
was ditlared,by the same
lie Chard, could not at
institution any morn than
Atlial.--(tHear!),-,Who mould
Were not in these degrees offciant
like, with whicb the Catbol cs
inspired.towarcks the Protestants.
of Popery remained unchanged, r
pensing‘rith marriages li so
line") that It was never
The milky and jingle
still its ruling principle.

ing recourse to SU es:pedients elteept'when dictated
by necessity or sound policy. An' Hon. petilleman
Whoa Poke befilod: him so well; and for the first
limo, had said that any man should be permitted to
Worship God in his Own forth, but this was already
permitted; and. the only difference thade was with
"Viet hi the equality of title to this or that parti-,
cuter privilege.—The Hon. Member then went on to
Aare the' entiments. of Mr. Clinch, a' Catholic gen-
tletmtui wile' had asserted' in a letter to another Ca-
tholic,, that no prop'esition could be accepted by the
Body Which went to do away foreign influene.:, :foe
Hat forelgn influence was the Catholic religion.—
This leithogglit seas sufficient to alarm all these in-
terested in the preservation of the Constitu,tieu ;pd
Established Cfinicii ; and he could not think that
there could bee!)y.security for their preservation
fess any correspondence that might take place
teem the' cttholie 'Prelates. and the Head
Chula were subject t 1 inspection. The Hon.. Mem-
ber then alluded to some ;mposition, meant to he Made
4 the House with respect to the security of the Este.
bllshuient, *tending., that the House could
liken to any...... proposition which had for its object ,
&selling repo k or at 4tel present mo-
ment; objected" to the principles of the,Right Hop.
Gentlitnan (gr. Ghttan) going 49 ilepeal of the
Corporatiod end Tea Acts, and sent of to say, that
hew d,_ of mitiiip totem period, diLingiyy acquiesce
is the of the Peril Loweltpiner the' Cabo-
. pioyided 'curities
be -

cluded.from a seat in the representation, and yet his
menial servant plight betiome- a -Member of Portia.
ment.—Tlicar, hear I—And this inversion, this
contradiction of the first principles of Government,
was called the British Constitution : and: the advo.
catei of: a contrav doetrine were branded as imper-
tinent innova.tors.7—[ffear, hetir!]—Those men aro
called innovators andAurbutent,4who come humbly to
the bar of theldonse, and bring-with them the offps
of their.heartrand hands, their substance and their
blood, towavdsethesepport of the Constitittiosts; and
disire-onty to be allowed to bring also with them
their'honour and their religion, without which, they
must he profligate and-dangerous associates in any
community. [Hear; hear!) Gitir aueeuters had acted
coeoerted
t the end
in the
,ibeent
We, on
Ars whirls
them to

.0 time for
.19 . these gnus of
earth were buried ,under the- mountains which the
mighty wisdom of our progenitors had heapedupon
them. These had now bees heaved oil; and what
madman was the who would advise that they
tibia
should be n under their. ..
haapo.?....
What idiot ibu o. could imagine that ther could
2• - -

_. .
lice, ...__ proper.seu. for the Coestitution.l remain as they now were?—[Cries of hear!]--
could
.•. I. deviaed,'
:inch as they would. consent to, Could it be supposed, that partially opened, as the
at the asiihe o;4' expresiing his regret that suck a prospects of power had been to the Catholics, that
consummatienyini more to be wished than looked i they did not, fronythis very circumstance, feel with
' for. This Wm. Member cOncluded with animad, greater keenness the indignity of exclusion ? It was
'verting on the intemperance, of the.datholics !duce said, that they aspired to the highest dignities : to
1 the favourable disposition evinced towards them by be sure they did—they would he worthless hypo-
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the late Parliament, and stating,his belief that it had ; crites if they. pretended otherwise. They aspired to
; created a considerable alarm amongst the ,Protestaiits..! t 44.!: most exalted stations—it would, indeed, be a
iin is country, which, must naturally. counteract i most (-magmas acrd fatal indifference' if four Millions
l'Wr view[.. iof persons, enjoying property and consideration,
,
1 Mr. GRATlA\ty_in eeplanation,._ said, that he' should be content merely with the subitantial benefit
had' never used the_ word foreign pountry, as applied of the laws, without a desire to partake the honours
to England. 11e. had said aqother country, which 'of the State.—[llear, hear!] Some of the inconsist-
Ihe conceived to be ii' true descriptien, as they were encies of the opposite party he must again notice.
distinct countries, although anitedina one empire. A man may rise to professional eminence at the
As to the
.eiplession Of partizan Sheriffs,_ lie tied not Bar, but to make him one of the King's Counsel
used it br itself, nor intendecl.to Apply that Pro;* would be- pregnant with the severest danger : he
testantSherits were necessarily prejeaiced..assinst., may exercise the elective franchise, but to be a Re?
the Catholics. The Wity'he had used.the expriplsion, presentative in Parliament • would be an event too
i'as, partizan Sheriffs covenanted against the Catho, dreadful to be mentioned : he may be an immense
Hi Claims. He'didnoi mean to. cast an imputation landed proprietor, but the law of the country wnuld
on all Pritestani Sheritfsi but. merely to state the., perish if he were.allowed to be the head of the mean-
hardship-or Cathisliq-beincr.frked by Jnriesassembledl est Corporation in the meanest town on his estate:
by those who might be fairly. called partizan Sheriffs, the may hold office in Ireland, where danger is chiefly
covenanted against'the Catholics. As for enacting] to beapprehended from the abuse, but to clothe him
any iiiiiignimut the Trriteitant-SuCcessioit or.the Pro, with power in England would augur the downfal of
testant ChiirCh;: he never proposed any, such thing. the Constitution.—[Lough, and hear, hear !]--Se-
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'There was I sreaf &al. of difference. between reciting , curities .were demanded: could there be stronger
it in the *amble of an Act,, and, professing to en- safeguards than the oaths of the Catholics? Perhaps
:LOH. • • , . iit might. be said, their oath was not to be depended
Mi. PIANKt:I7 began by remarking, that the on li • and, in the absurdity, of that feeling, some choice
I.
language aids Right Hon. Friend,
.the enlightened I.spirit might be induced to propose a more efficacious
advocate of the Catholic Clain*
,opafil;t,to..be,exempt 4 obligation,. and no .doubt some worthy Alderman
from verbal Criticism: There.Was,no mao.wke,bulteti } would then bring forward his petition; _ signed br
greater intelliirensc,yiith greater Zeal:for the interests! 60,000 subscribers; -a, matter" easily effected, by
of the Catholics and of the.-EinPiri.. "Ilia Right-Hon. placerding the walls, and alarming the good citiaene
friend hadprolmaed a Cetiainipee, in which he in- . with-the cry of the
:Church being in danger. .He..
tended to Wore resolutions, expressing a determine., would meet the question fairly. If the claimaof the
tion to abide by Abe, rtbtestaat Establishments, 4,, Catholics were inconsistent with the enactments of the
Chnich andStAte.:. This • had :beep misrepreeruated,t,Revelittiou, they ought to go for nothing : if they.;
as if be hadtailied of re-enacting:the statutes.passesl, .werecompntible, let them be heard. 'lf the former
at the lietoliation: It Amalie recollected, thatthe . should appear, after 411 •showing, the Petitioners
Most indwatriMas r its had been- used_ageiusttheCathe- ,[Host bow in silence : they must submit to their fate,
lies: It *iiagraieli stated, ihit.they had no object., and tryst only to the inscrutable wisdom of Provi-
iri view but to.,evertain,the Church and:dernalish. deuce to work onifor- Omni the means of comfort
the. State; and, it was in Anstrei to inch. columnies,,,and liberty a :let. before the dreadful sentence is
that the declittitory. resalittions of his 044 bad passed upon then,—beforstbey retire, overwhelmed
been framM. 'A, complaint wets
.Mnde. -that• no by thgeterpat Interdiction, let thealleged danger ho
,
torwardi.--% proved by ' - light
without Heap confident

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rid-hetet.been' wiFly"4iferent, at the(' the ecteeciirif tiatated to be the bc
iterof. °nitre WoCitdUVe ',Seed w=ell satisibil to cludertherefore,- by ezpressiug
?'he eTk?als*Vilkolfiind hi3;sarety; Via* •
Re... tieof-that 4by seceding to the
Steenwas-artbinpildiild/fihdr. bt 'RC 4iedou Le,tiyittlesion the 1
theAtabr • triiiinie—tielr-efifleleoptetbet "ty 'Se-stair- a ih. harmony
!4,d-retittigliterii .telifithj liamlstr—orligfiotit gt a toomeit 411lea—A1 its' stream
soiiht-apouptilifir pliFitiPlg, -4,lare talts sitfety aett.prAtectleol.‘
proaditit pnli Wen' was at is. IFtleft :other zneaserei •1 6 iberease ti
oak 'that thfrOwircs -first felt tbe rigo9fi,atitt [Thislooldee speech *tee reed

ect in intluenani tbe present discut i sion -and k
ne precisely alt. a Jim/ *heir it -*as impossible
- • •
t any answer tb it gout& have been received:
first Meiji% fai this Society took place on the
Pb of February; and dans a* Address yeas rmolvid
!litertitipu-df iggetitritteidtffriltolillrtng Its
Itertbsti; dild-onllPlakfigtoinlighimt Weir tonds;
i to infoimibisa Cud fti &fie of Cetille In the

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diet 1 with more consistency-,their . plans were co
un-, with a soil of :diattolicel peofection, that t
to, might answer to the meansir.),67ltey steeped
tl4 , deePest kneteilearthe-iive whom they
rem.. to cads ned!teedir.incepable of power.
nada] the,ccuttraryx, t*ve repealed all the-penal law
stti,r. kept them ie. ilaekneses and .yet still expect
not be *grovelling slaves of stupidity. The ti
sct a such conduct would have been, when these

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t imagination. They wens' In adeireiterch, -wills tespectAia.. , ' -trait otheini • efutille litsfPalittinient,e.,. :; - . smiths., lillti IlleaChiledeed, dike night Ron. Geatlemen appeared
isturbed enjoyment of their tell. lehrheir hearrieft. inansils'• '• , orance:— • Siff et his Algis_t.'..lfOn. It .; , .': ~.rsapeingle--• sittliett ad Inner, by. auticipethits,' ,tif kosawtoplent
4 that religion, had a looking itillts/hr The sanour mai' et the welt I Cfleittilisitel-'Llfe gave. hilt - to ihai re*. , Which wets: to be urged by another Right Nonourable
supported at the public expense." hick! a address was Det'scrupled lotto;;,.. ' ' ti.,eb)ecti a - . tor. Mos. to. be pentiennuf who
.was to speak hereafter.—E4lringisol
small Share of political' Wier *sassy thwCathelics of eons and sticirltnibille " .thlksittkObtitltith :over. man.-- •;41e- agreed that what the Catholics sought Rig* not ,
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chile. If the law determined poosattabte sentiment,. He ** * ,doilbt. that ilf Mt VieSvn w noir different,,, .gioorluipe be. Witt strictiesst ne'called a tight • yet .h9,thonght It
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is were neeessaryjot,:oertatti eke yenelanie_ peasant whine, twit. appealed as I muse Me desitimge-of hia Alec , pa; *lend had j a very metaphysical, and useless, and ichileatiedis.. ,
we why they shouldseekdald' Chairman at the meeting, woldatrgpesse,,fa a short ' led Ides estray„..KA. latiskl--ikiNide,•,aoweveti:iinselopt to investigate hoW far it Was a, right. In.
these conditions, - Tied' nes‘ •Sims of loadinv.his itinctiottilsi . - thaseausl alto-1 never Wol'l'lloollo, to etiallhed-.coeceesion,. and had 1, imnuch as religions- liberty was a
.right,, their claim
i one, io Which they 'Mould not. dons.clusigewr :If he waDorett-
..• Mt-the •pa- j'onpoSed the aka?) ihetion. Only becalm .lie` saw no I Was a right ; and to withhold toletatiOe.a_ where no
=at
be gulf:fait-1y theory, -however- Bernie' of she house, he would-ulna- other pnbli- Ilptosnitt of 'total.; to sr'defieite or satisfiscary ar- . denger could eniusoolp the-grant, weslio deprive a
tciples of that • Chdreh; theist atiogi-q/Thary hear!)—The *eV, Atiet part of ! tangementr lie had supported shia".l4ight,llonottr.; Men .of atte,of his.detartatt rights.-104, Kanal_, •
Infldlibility if the Pope,' and .the Churds of Entlisnd r ,b4l wow opted 49 the flible Fgend'e rivalottoo; principally, indeed, with the ; The catalngee of. grievances :under iFilith:the Cs.tho-
their loqiiisition elsoit pre -cialrei:Of the Catholics, hart certalatysist- War idle' view of ascertaining the real feeling of the c9andir, i' Ike laboored wag, farge and provoking.li *elf gOltng
• biiirlitZetr against with., the our thieeitasjon.- These divine % 'dignified and not Which. would natitrally be awakened at the appeoech, Ito the soldier, actuated by the love of gliry, to find
principles always remaiiied dignified, .some: with mitres on-ada-henaet sad' oft atitstiod. when the. qUestiOn was to be prac- himself unibleto. keep pace with his conghtnltins ha
tit.
Der Who would be benefitod 'by ism* perhapowith mitres its Altair imedsj. A. twat I *illy ed. That feeling hail verdict, he now' arms: it was galling to the -barrister 9f talents, to
carried, would be verysmall...m. and gteernfienghl—bad all ' room , dentetied -haa been pronourieed In op-position. 'to the , .eethat he eould reach no °Mee, of higp.importauce
:•y to RSV so much for the
.., Pic- „to•sttack a religion, whose --ii Hide** Albeit own Z dtaiiiii.—(Hear, heart hear!]—lt had been Julia.. in the State: and though the elective rare:die had
little. :The triumph of Popery they , appeared not•to know erflo• herderiglind: In' *need, no doubt, in ire slight degree by the tone been granted, was It not a grievance to Gentlemen
s the object-of the Catboat!), as . Sise.tiont rank of this awnY or .ECCiestastki, these; isiteidltd by the Citholics even at the very time :to be eaciuded.from the House of Commons ?-..-• Thu
events -of- tite. last •Yesmi•and hOirmilitantsof.the Protestentfalti4 Mood the name of l Ate the prospect was dawning, upon them. Even ; motities Which influenced persons to cl,estreseati iit
niops iwirrisod,. showed, that, a • prelate, from whose forme* writings •hrt: had :at that moment they claimed their concessions as : that. House were various : some of the nohieit,—
not conciliate lliem•—lffearr &laved belly, pleasure and Inattietion, tut* front 1 Matter of right—[heir, hear;]-1115 lion. Friend some of in inferior kind ; but whatever thy were,
Ito 'their' number and, power, whose late production no nsin would .be likely to ! had, with' tfie ingenuity of • a great orator, drawn a they oßerated as powerfully on the-minds of Catholics
lie number and power of these add' touch tor his 'stock of knowtedge or of eats• l fresh argument from this
_violence in their favour; asthey did oft those of Protestants. The-conduct of
their Claims were much greater.dour. - In this work, that prelate. had. treaty as." and he. believed, there were some persons in that the Protestants had been mdrked With the greatest
difficulty to-any •soch Prftfmil‘ used to all those; whose reasoning" toe • apinietee fliuse.who might be disposed to defend the piinti- inconsistencies and solecisms: thqtatholics had been
ten they, who 10..10ng 11Midik Might •noe.coincider with hii own/ artful *niarepre•.- pie;:tfiat the Catholics were justified
.in , claiming •by them admitted to wealth
.4ind kaostledge, Zhu
r came forward witkpo specific, 'iodations, 1,01:44,0% liberality, and • concealed in. concession aS a ,right.—[lfear, hiarl j--7 Was it then l greet.eitnients of political poster, and yet tite...poraor
1 that they would all come for &Igor, 3**,.ma jatiopaeli4...ic Appeared bat little to be litaintifild, that in a coentor. composed 4404/WO wandisiedie-them:`, Jit was ,retold 410140.92.
spirit, as that -maulresteil at OM • eineonant.le doinsii4tha racier oalirnittseels,sysiemw reit,: efinfrenrntlferi,of . Church,end 4? Sliiiii, the. kwhether rank ist*d.Madproper
tM, the tiPpeoltgas4 -
II the parties ettinit Muse Old ferathwrime shag/liege:dr theweSaktilliesider olit Staterhia-nbt• the powei of legislating foe • Its own I weskith and kpowledgen should not be seilaro,4 from
these anathenteolin? and to attribute these in/Worthy' MAO ?'l've hest writers, both speculativW and prac-
heir -difference:eland joined ini their necessary compantensl and by an inversion in
selves from the daptgertt of Po- motives to,. a)molitaind opponents -Wayne •nliewsinte I thud, agree, that occasional ahriagments of civil l the ordfr of civilization, an aristocracy is first made,
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.of she subject, he mustop. to be medelor-the errors of • those . who might be piiVileges might be just and necessary, and that the load, than it is to -be lowered and k9,t down•to the
-inferior to Mai in learning and in talents? His distinction of a free state consisted in its never her- rank of a mob. For instance, Lord. Is iugall was es-
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of different sects lur civil and 1 specific intelligible.phin was brought rs .--. For , y facts a arguments clear as the light • •i
r. Franca would, probahly;l rrim; objection appeared to him to be without Heaven.—[hirer, . qtr !]=But he felt confident i I
found it.mest convenient, but -foundation. -,lie could perfectly nuderstena Oak that Übe case was not so; that there was no incompa.
ruts •of the-See-of . gotne, and was the object of his .Right iiquourtiliip Fiiiald.— libility between the sacred principles established at
load of:the It omislk Church Ire. desired, thstt all disabilities.. should, be . rowed ; the Revolution, and the present views and requests of ' i
ted. In • another document it ,at ilia same 'Vim! Offering ,an ample sitcoitityAer..the the Catholic Petitiottere. He. wished to fight this
tine intbority, that the.Catho. : Siregnard of . the Protestant intereats. 114 .lie weer the smith* to by inch ; mean tire% let not
t spite itself, with. NW other ccittidC?tn,Piebettd; but he, could not se xemidy ' the:Poop)e of Ireland be. outlawed on visionary,sur. v,
then• Christ could unite, . with . what, were the °Netts, and will(' ilia &es; 4, tile arises : let* the Government pretend to be fright. • 1 '
(ho mould say then that. there , RIOT:Hon. crentimnnu who spoke last. 4.fkie,047 sued by, tbs spell of its ,ern raising. Such a. pre. 1
SAS 04410 Mae for the dis.,:,riod o his speech, be gsemed,to think that the claims , tuns) would be to palter *th their own consciences,
Catholics were 40604, to be ,of the tfititolifs Matt be at elVtinteiltadmisiihie ; and, to betray the best Werests of the Empire.— I
Protestaots ? . The old doctrines, itieugh_in: I,mierfier .1014411 e thOeiht,4i he did last [Hear, #49r o—Let ions* of the mosiras of the
schaeged, and the power ofdrsl, Session, that something might be anue:'in. theii. fa. Cmtstitntion, as established at the Revolution, be ..
kis so closely reserved to his Ho. Tint. . 'the:fairs'', t,oncordat on wbleiv 041,44 examined. , Thee‘hie( secnrities, were tbe oath of Su.
it eetrested even to tiii3Osit,Ops; Non9efaise, rail': .1401._11.1-44 'elliPbeeist premacy, .Stni. 'Abe declaration against Popery. It •• .
&Ina), of 'that church Nash way kin)* 41:, ••
he:. lig iimmipn, was net at the period of the Reformation that these
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le. Ile wished to statb these' and dente* *as ap a reatoil twelve mouths .safeguards were introduced, but towards •the .4 of .-
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