The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-26

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AS ..sr ever the authority OF the venerable body to
which have alluded has been introduced, an, happy
TO have this opportunity Of referring TO the authority
OF writer, who, poiieing rat on the bench of
biineps, is one whole opinion viii have very great
weight not only III this horie, but with all thinking
men in the country. I he aathority which aude.
Sir, is that OF Dr. Paley OF his wo, here h.
has eccafon dncufs the ubject of religious diiab-
ries With the permiion OF the honie mail take the
liberty Of reading fort paaage ihew in what Zig nj,
this intelligent ard Respectable writer views the iub
ject CT disabilities founded religious conldera,ons.
Here the honorable member read pslage from DIR.
Ps!ey, the ob,d Of which to fhew shat al iiia-
bI,es ct this deier.ption mui, be oil temporary
ture, and foon the circumstances hch had
iored then, ceaed. they ihou'd witont delay be abo
.iIhed). Here then, fad Mr.. Fox, returning, is
the authority of of the albeit writers in ibis
| country. and you ffrd that he has no conception
of perpetual diiabties, he has no idea that
though reiiretions mirht time be expeii-
ent, thele reiirielicns continue for ever.
have thought It Incumbent quote 10 reipeG-
ed an authority, bec2ufc, when hear sa, the my her
orders OF the clergy affect to entertain alarm for the
e1hlihnent, t is proper to have IL unds. aood thai
one who IS 10 well Known frien,i that ellabiih-
nlers, and who is dtlnguiIhed by lis Knowledge on
iuhces OF that deicrip;ion did anticipate any ax-
traordnary danger from the nIeaure, which is my
prsient cbjecf To recommend. Dimi.Gng then ;iis
A
from the particular time ct which the eaiure !. to be
brought forward. For my part, viewing the iil,-
]eet as 90, trca!ly cannot conceive that any time
would be improper fer introducing il TO The coniide-
| ration of this houfe. When, however ,~ke all the
crcsmlances of the cafe into confederation Cancel,
but think tire Gueio1 10 TAR from HAVING been pre-
maturely dicuied il ought in propriey 70 have been
agirated Immediately after the great n,caurc of the
| union was carried III this country and in Ireland Il,
needless Tor M now, fr to into any di,crlio
OF the policy OF that nieaure. fa,ei the grounds
ON which Twas decidedly hottie it, and have hi
therto Teen no reaion to Change that opinion. Whe
ther, however, the neaiure was rieht or wrong De-,
lay that it the expectations of the Roman Catholics OF
ireland Were RATED by the view of the consequences
which were to follow that event, thee expectatipns
ought not to have been diiappointed-it was certain
~ held out TO the Roman Catholics that If rh ,.;e,.
were carried, period would arrive when the retfic
ZION under which they lahored would be removed an,
their rights as citizens and men would be reliored.
Here AGAIN am called take notice Of an obje aion
asain the emancipation, by the application of prac-
tice aganit theory. confels, fir, have always been
and never ihal osaie to be, advocate for practice
glove theory, properly underlood and wiiey appii
ed. Though admit this, let me not be underitood as
1t al admitting the principle, that everity is more ex
pedent applicable to the affairs of Ireland than
mcaiures of wife CANCELLATION and liberal policy.
know it may be EiG thar under the vigorous iy.len,
:
preien' majeiy, the tranquility Of ireland pre-
isrved that in both the rebeiiions OF l7i5 and
l745, the Catholics Of Ireland took 10 part in flrug
gle which had for its principal obs 2 TO place asfo-
lie prince the throne. may be told allo that fol
1898 10 1898, was IN Ireland fecne OF contant in
urreci'on and that at the latter period deper,e e.
fort was made 10 ihalse off all connection with the
government or Legislature of this country. Sorry in
deed, ihould &c If fuch representation could not
be satisfactorily refuted for otherwe we fo,,ld b..
compelled to admit, that lyem of coertion was tb,
mott exPedient FOR keeping down the fpt Of d:icor
tent among penpetha, the grand principles of IL
berty to be at ade and that havery WIS 10 bear
fIxay in nation projecting TO he free. II perecuon
We're ~ be the only medium through which We cau
retain Ireland, then, fir, il would indeed beoore
amentabs alternative whether it ought be Totally
abandoned or retained by iuch means thole have
now deicrbed-I fee necefity, however, for re-
crting to iuch deperate contraction OF the c;rcum-
frances of ireland, when 20 eay account for the
Rate of Ireland from 793 to 1898 very fatsfa6io
ryPrincples. ireland during thai periodwa certain
y exPoted to very peculiar dicsl,;es and it is lureIy
needles for ME to fay that they greatly aug
mentedby the circumstances O. the French revolution
need not relnind the hpue, that the inhabitants of
the north of Ireland had long been diifinguihed a.
bove every other part OF the population by their i-
perior indufry, intelligence and wealth. though 1t is
notorious they equally remarkable for their
French revolution the Catholics had no bonds of n,-
tual union with this part Of the rilh population On
the contrary, they were kept afunder by the nrkinc
contrarety their religious creed twas the French
revolution that united thele two heterogeneous bodies
1t feeling of what they conceived common OPP
preon that kept them together during the desperate
ftruggIe which the rebellion gave rife to- But, Fir.
this is not the only view of the cafe TO be taken into
confederation The houie cannot have forgot the cir
cumlances Of lord Fitzwilliam's administration Did
he not hold to the Catholics Of ireland the prof.
pect of complete and abloute emancipation know
doubt was larted how far he was authorized by the
mnillers here give fuch pledge the Catholics
Without entering the diieuilon Of this point
it is iuicier fay, that the lord lieutenant of thar
day, after having made this pledge recalled and
that motion for following up that pledge, was loft in
this houfe-The Catholics upon fleeing all their hoprs
fruRrated, all their bell founded expectations df,p-
pointed, were doubtless exafperated in no ordinary
degree-Was it nothing, fir, that pledge 70 foernn-
Iy given was neglected! Was it not natural that
high expectations disappointed terminated in dcfpon-
deBcy, aud that this feeling fuggeed the unfortunate
idea Of connection with France, which at no former
period OF the lalt century had exiaed! We are told
however, in all probability with the view Of aggravat-
ing the quilts of the Catholics ard yelling the cr,:li-
naly of the mininers of that day, that the inquiries
Of the firth parliament fully proved the Catholics to be
bent ablolute eplra;on, and that they regarded
Catholic emancipation, aud reform in parliament as
nothing better than a drop of ink compared with