The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-07 00:00:00

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Chaplains, and having brought the regiments over
to England broke them up, putting the offichl and •
chaplains upon half pay, and drafting the men into
West India regiments ; and o hen whole armies of
:Irish Catholics are raised, at pros •t: • (upon the faith
of the 4et0f.1793, %chick alloy's all Catholic mili-
tary Men, except the chid officers, the free exercise
of their religion), 'and sent to Spain, Portugal, and
Italy"; and When esem ht those Catholic count; ice •
ithey are denied-this mterclert of their religion, and.
are forced, under the terrors of'the scourge and of
death itself, 'to..essist et another kind of service
4440411*11 f4l,GrnOtsoti ous .obiections, is
tim4*,itiVbilleitli_es lroar:d axe in.
seasit►:► of sot tocia44lsltblie faith, and of this
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religious persetnlium of
_ear poor, brave country.
men ? Grid°. you fumy that fon have by this vio.
lento actually converted them to the established re-
ligion ? NolSir,youhave only made them unhappy,
discontented, and worse' soldiers than they other.
wise woatd• be. Catholicity is engrafted in their
hearts/ core, which thby never fail to demonstrate,
by earnestly calling for the ministry of their own
clergy, at the` article of death, when this is to be had,
and they can obtsio permission to avail themselves

of it;
• But to come to the main subject of this letter :
we wish your ptilitieigns well to understaud that we.
give a just preference to our religion over all world. •
ly considerations, and that we neither value, 'nor •
will accept of civil emancipation at the expence of • .
its interests or independency. Our antl,
People •bate suffered active, and frviently sane
guinety persecution for this religion, since the
reign of ?stray VIII. dowu to the preterit relit%
and they will not now be bullied or bribed out of it.
Away then with all VETOS, and tither polities ,
cal ARRANGEMENTS of. our Clergy and
Church, devised by men who, on oilier .ocesttioiev,
boast of their opposition to it. If -the:Eeglish•
Catholics will bow their necks to the yoke, aottfbeir
friends in Parliament will undertake the Ileretriean •
task of getting to Act passed upon sac?. sc:aii tor;
this 'diminutive Body, we shall sewn .1.e% new •
they will be considered by their brethren -thrret• .
(Tut the World 4heiiiran.
Ireland will hug their civil. chains rather than put on
religious ones.
The writer boasts of . the. pretended assent of this •
counties of Kildare, TiPperary, and• Mayo, to the
projected religious ARS ANGEMENTS ; and he
expresses a conOdence of obtaining such support
Itheir favour, asao be able Ail- 46 frown into silence
66 and insignificancy 'the Opposers of them." I
will not
.here cuter ,into. a detail of the means by
which a very few Lawyers, or otheriadividuals; ms/
so convene and pack a public meeting, ah to make
'etch *county seem to speak directly the reverse of
what it ineanal lot this I prombie• you, Mr, ED!.
Lroa,thxt if that plot, whicif I am gadded is news
carryies •en for introdneiug the VETO again, um:
dative disguised name of the ARRA NaEME.NT2
shookd appear by the least overt ass,.my i•-quntry.
pen shall stiew the same spirit of -opposition to it
in the counties of Kildare and Tipperary, ho less
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than in all thw, other counties of Ireland; al they
shelved two years . ago. %Wo will neither frown
upon our adversaries, nor otherwise lutireidato •
them; but this we 'will do, we will publish their
numberand their names, to shew-their 'lnsig. •
nificancy. We' will, at, the same time, sign our win
•ames ;, and if the thing be possible, we will sign
with our heart's blood against .all innovations
whatsoever in our Chuich or Religion,. in petitions
fo tie Legislature, which shalt requite one of your '
English broad.whceled waggons, with eight Itrirseip
to convey them trout Holyhead to Westminster.
' With respect .to the hleeting of Mayo, held at
dastlebar, on the 17th of last wootbt end the Re.
aolatious in favour of .the Arrangement there do:
lured into, which your Correspondent so much .
exults in, it is fitting the public should be informed.
that the bleating sed-the Resolutions, which :wens
eminently liberal and benevolent towards us le
tather reapectsi were those of-profesied Protes.:
tants ; that Counsellor O'Dortzt., in a speech
of two hours length, and of unrivalled strength
'mud eloquence, protested, on the part of the
Catholics, against 'the particular Resolution , iA
enestiore; and thalson the Vid•r:f the same month,
TilE CATHOLICS • theasselves, 'f
MAYO,' held theii own Meeting
3: t‘tnobeCutiasileblicvoilitintiret.what
togen:uplit:lft,peir g4:ri31.00.11.41,
iTtionta.ttthogier
44' to be presented at. the nett Sessirels.",• That
One' Consmittee,ba instructed ►o '44 4.every
4$ oere inrsovatincon per Religion or Ecciesiasti.
.4o cal il'ertablhboteat, and,that every Member vio.
sr loting.seell instructions shaii, ipaltfoclo, cease to
46 be a Member of "nr. CO(1110111.e.”
AN IRISH ROMAN CATHOLIC.
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