The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-21 00:00:00

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The Secretary haring read the documents never.
airy to the, introduction of the business of tfiettalr

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Mr. O'GORMA N uncalled to report the pro.
eeediapof the Committee. He lameoted that the task had
lot bees allotted to alder `hands, but having been imposed
upon hint by the Gentlemen with whom he acted, be did not
think bimwlf at liberty to decline it. After some tither pre-.
fatory observatiore, he proceeded to animadvert tipon the Lets,
ter of Lord Grenville to their Chairman, tberEarl of fingals.Z
which he. considered, however evasive in its *tyle, as an tat -
equivocal renunciation if the cause of the Catholics of 'reload,'
dor the purpose of opening to himself the gates ot, efface.—
Miss Ise misted, was ho more than what might hate been
expettedirouishe party, of which the. Noble. Lord formed'
the muthe, and far from regretting the loss of their support,
be coed not help congratulating the Catholic Body upon its
emancipation from the trammels of a party. who adopted their.
cause but for the porpose.at forwarding their own. He cods
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mental upon the singularity of the letter appearing before:
the public in print, below-it-reached the hands of the Noble
Personage to whom it was addressed t it being a nolorious
fact, that the manuscript was put into the, Post Office the.
evening of the slay only, that this official nianitenciois one
might call it, had beencominitted to the press. It'ARIN there- •
fore, through that medium that the Committee, hat *at be-
come apprised Of its existence, and It is no wonder ifiheythek
it for a forgery, having received am ninidcatioolef its receipt
from their Right Honourable Chairman. Their mistake .was.
however, soon corrected by a letter irons the Eari of Fingal,
informing them, that he bad received that of Lord Grenville. ,
The Committee were now convinced that their petition taiga
not be entrusted with propriety tisoneebo bad aimonneed
hi, dereliction of their cause, and it was their !tininess to Alf .
upon soine other Peer fur the purpose of- laying it before the
House of Lords. They were not, they Could Hat, Nag Le at
a kiss; reason, common settle, poimtedeut a Nobleameof dies
anguished worth, of illestrious reputation °Unblemished pa-
triotism, and a native of their own cuatitry—in-ooe word,
Lord Donoughniore, whose late speech in that Assembly, us?
which be is an ornament, stamped him as the genuine advo-
cate and champion of the Catholics of Ireland. To him,
thereon? if they determined to petition, was their petition to
be entrusted. Mr. O'Gorman thee adverted to a variety of
facts indicative of an intolerant spirit, which, be insisted, did
notarise from the bigotted temper of' the immediate agents,
but emanated from a fixed principle of the present Adolph-
Harlon whose opposition to the Catholic eaur,e was system-
atic, and, therefore, not to be overcome. He now urged the
expediency of petitioning not °illy at the approaching Ses-
sional' Parliament, bet of adopting a system of persetering
in the same course, mall the. relief sought by` the , Catholics
was obtained. - This eburse, he observed, was accessary, to
give to their own Committee a legal existence, as,. Maas it
was assembled for the purpose of petitioning some branch of
the Legislature, it became, like every other system. of repro..
'emotion, oboes:lam to the provisions of the Convention Act
of the late Earl of Clare. He did not insist upon the pms-
peet-of immediate suceas t but every succething discussion
produced some good, mid the cause of the Catholics, which
was the cause of reason and truth, could not fail of gaining
round by being exposed to the test of frequent examinntioa.
This reasoning was not founded upon an abstract principle—
it was confirmed by experience, as at every progressive ,tage
of parliamentary debate upon this great suliject, the mother ,
of its opponents was found to decrease, each proved th*a.
additional converts were made to the Cattionc'eame. Mao%
those they had to count one, who was In himself a twist, the
great Lord Erskine, once their determined opponent, but
now, by his own acknowledgment, a convert to their' cease)
The acquit•ition•of even one man like this was worth- pelt.'
Hoeing for. Mr. O'Gorman that proposed the following Re•
solutieas : .
" Resolved, That we have seen, with feelings of the.deep-
est regret said iadignation, a British parliament, regard;',
Tess of the great prsuciples of Janice, and the diets/deed er-'
dinary policy, refuse even to take into consideretie* the
elaiand of the Catholic inhabitants of ['eland, infiki a deei:"
lion consonant with the views of the enemies of Efigland,
defeat the reasonable expectation and the confident hope of
a brave and outoerous people, whose sufferings,:pastiaad ,
pretest, have no parallel in the annals of mankind, whose '
merits and whose importouce, in the Empire shield teat-
wad attention, who lave been always attached to tlf le.
Iseul.
mate powers and ronstituthmal freedom, and' who It
Der amongst them More than one Million of men ca. ' itif
beariegirm3. --,,
" Resolved, Thetas such a deeilleaappeers to us urea
ed bratty principle, erpedienety or *area or Hate At:
we are forced to conch* tithe is amisalmakproixedsdtrstn 1
that corrupt and averbialiare;arliknricenrilida-
sal wad sobsertiem'm
only to throe countries, id ' WOK NW
glories of England to the titeeifirl •' • -
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" Resolved, That we fear itterNee-illa
Naha after tossioa4seadmplaideatii of oar emit* to
the Parliament of od, Woes ws arm convlsThkshal
oar cause, steadies es t dees, apse the eternal basis pf trwii
and patio., most advance io de words of the, ehlighft*d
and meorrupt, the mate it is examined eaddboassat; are
that the, I. the event of a better order of thiagt,redrltil sok
deliterasee will inevitably be ensured:
" Resolved. That's Committee be appointed to die/rep
Addremto the King.a Remonstrance to the British Ninon.
and a Petition to Parliament, to be presented next Session
—sad tau the saki Committee consist of the thlrtraitMita-
bets of Ouldiste pad, of ten Gentlemeo rem each euenty In
Ireland." '"" -
'The motion of Mr. O'Gorman, haring\ been
seconded by Doctor
Drotegoale Land afterwards
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read from the Chair,
Mr. KEOGH arose. lie said he concurred
with many of the iniseiptes and sentiments exPreseed,lo the 1
Mover, although' he Could pot assent lb the' conclusion drawn ,
from them. Bat before be Ontald toter upon the intenedhite
subject of discussion, indeed. before he,could ea pect their in-
testine to the opinions and reasons that he was about to ad-
vance, respect for Owns, and a jest regard to his esateltatha
ter, required lam to advert to a publication, which htuintit
paired ib the Freeman's Journal of that day, with the signatuth.
of Caessotacds Jess. andet whiCli title the writer bad'
thought proper so brim for ward against 'hii political "coodoc t,
with respect to the affairs of the Catholics of Ireland, charges
of the most Sagitiouit kind, and infaioninly base, because ut-
tered with a cbanneeseesa of their falsehood. He had a*
right to assume that tbe author was present—he.knew that be
wps, andipow, in the face of the country, and of his Cation..
lie Brethren, called upon hirn,•dared him, defied him to stand
&read, to substantiate one tittle o the charges he had
made, which, although taken hy surprise, with the 'hefts,-
tice of half an hour, lie, Mr. Keogh, from an awed to his
own coescience and a retrospect tole past life, pledged him-
self to refute, sad to prove the scalier a calumniator mid a
liar.—But it was not for the purpose of refutation ;dose,
that he called upon the slanderer to appear; old as he was,
and young as he prestireed the anotryasousessiusio to he. be
was ready to meet him in any manner he chose to appoint;
and would now sit down, to give the liar an opportunity to
appear, if ths liar was not also a coward.'
[Here Mr. Keogh sat down fur stew IL/moots ;-
but as no one came forwards'] -
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Counsellor O'CONNHL doilitiod that he did
not helievelhat there was one Catholic in Iretana capable of
such bass ingratitude as to atter the scandalous Hamm 'con-
tained under the sigoature of CavneLicite lima. He thought
it, on the contrary. the production of some enemy to the
Catholic cane—muse nialigmtn Ontngeenifi; and uselerlueb
eineviaion, a essavietims of ,the attaconsent -and ;Affection of
every Irishman to that reKered Cattleman, be propeardahat
the meeting should resolve that,
" The thanks of the Catholics of Irekokoroesoitinifi doe. •
" to Joha .Ifauh. Esq. for hi; loott: folikfol. nmitillameof-
" kid se r visa to the sago oi" Irish Catholic gotoocipoltots."
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[The Resolution of Counsellor O'Conuel was
- carried with loud anti tioanitnoni.aeelamations.)
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Mr. KEOGH returned Via Wfttiting pod. 04
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Mover his sincere acknewledgmeini for this imetivocal,
proof of their kind and affeetionag confidence. ' Itithseried•
that the author, by declining to come forwardebad pawed,'
what he (Mr, Keogh) had ilia attranced, that be kaew his
assertions to be false; and the noticeable Illellffidgmbieh he
bad the honour to address, wield, giro-POstreipa kr what.'
lengths a cowardly scoundrel may Itit tempted to, go, tognos•
illy a spirit of malignity. Hut be wat resolved not to *VII
himself. of what might be mattered no the effeet of Weir- '-
tiatity, the approbation they haul unanintoody edprf edd
uf
hi. conduct; but would now, atiope/led as lie waS 10 die
anonymous scribbles, produce, in his own viodientiOth 'a
tail of of fads,- which he would otherwise have carried with
him to.the grave. . A charge made by this writer, said Mr. 1
Keogh, is that, while Emancipation was 'Mended Itir a trems
Lliug Court, through my meats, the great measure' ilvdadtaal
down to the petty prirqsgss of admission t i the bar, tat the
army, and to the elet tive franchise. Such is the assertion of
CATIIOLICUS IPSC; i 0 am Wee to vttliel, I assert that every
syllable of that asscrtain is raLe, and to prove my allegation,'