The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-19
BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS.
May ,S.
C.fTHOLIC PETITION.

sir, in offering the fer.nen,s which entertain
upon this very inporsar, fuhe, hcg leave expre.,-
ly'o fatc thar deprecate all kind of atn,oii,ies
and a. the eaues have ceafed, I Encerely hope that
the aninoes arErg out of the caules have alo cea-
fed. The queH;cn il, my mind has not been clearly
rndertood By the Learned Doctor who has fro!ieu
before re. It is no. quetcn for vour CONFEDERATE
on whether Tor will give to few Roman Catholics
tie right oil fitting ard voting with you in this houfe
bu. whether You will give to an eGsntial and vital
part Of youfelves that power and thofe rights which
are rev deiired' 1t is in reality queGion in which
tie vitality and integrity your empire involved
The arguments employed BY the learned doctor 90
rather 70 thew the necety OF eternal dienon, e,er-
nal feuds, and eternal in Ireland than to prove
that The Roman Catholics ought not to be admitted
Reconsideration Of eqnal rights and conlitutional
freedom with their proteiant fellow fubjetas Such
is the vehe'neuce Of language, 70 arrange and dange-
Tous are the theory and practice which he has advan-
ced that # any Catholic printer were to publh them
in the fame ferrous way they have been this evening
brought forward. he would be profecut.d for trea-
sSop--With refpea the doctrines which the learn
cd doaor has charged the whole Roman Catholic
body with maintaning, I could no, perhaps make.
better & make deciivc anfwer than by producing e.
CANT his rrtificns and aGertions the practice of the
Po:n7n Catholics The learned doctor app.ars 70
have divided his stacks into four heads He makes
an attack upon .hc religion tftlf upon the cerdpa
OF their anceGors cornessed with that religion up
an their pre!sn doctrine and pra cc, and upon their
future yisem The limits oforeaon alone have Ror-
ped him. IF to follow him in All
he has faii f,ould have a talk p,u-h
more ardnops than could think of executing:
thould have 70 defend the Roman Catholic from, his
attack, AMI the rrote'ant from his defence For nv
owr part, do not think go too far in r,a:ntsniny
tina. the Ronan Catholic may be as rood ait as low
q fnbiea ssa.iy man. The Catholics have indeed
1newn teat they are the votaTies of the church of
Rome but they have not hewp that they are the vo
tares OF the Pope. IL is rather curious thar rho
learned doacr fhouid have produt ed in ,r,,rt or he
,siTfie't5, ti,: fourth OF the Ls-erar than which II
won'd he d.icr!t TO fud any thing more rid;c,,Ims
and aoiurd, and which carried into efae Tires
hundred wears before the eGabhnn,ent of the Prote
rant religion Shall 70 FLY report get abroad, tina.
the fourth ofte Isateran is an ebea of alarm, anil
iearto the Brtih nation As to the sof7rire.
whieh The learned Dotaor sicribes 20 the Roman "a,
rhoic re"ion leh rs holding no faith with e-e,ics.
can do better thar Nv feting ", o-her authorities =
g5inis his, and a'ncrg them f'all be deemed 70
make a.'veal; defence IN quoting thar of G-ot;ps
KY wDfJs De nece9Ty for to fay more than that
Wien u que.f'on was fo'emnlv pit to the unverfi-
ties. oi S4iaeranca, O: Paris. and of Iouvane the
tnlvef nlaie-"'as the Gme. that no fuch do.srines
were mainta'uel hy the Roman Catholic religion ,
shall detair the hnure in expolir-, the abhrd,v
and dancer Of telling the Roman Catholics tb., -ba
cannot be good tuhe6ts But the cnnduca Of the
Roman Natho'cs themie'ves exenrts me from, the
taiz Of refing all the charges which have be.,
ferreh againf them They have no, onIv reDelled
al tho'e 7ccr'a;ions by practice directly contrary
10 the doctrines imputed 20 them thev have nnt
only pnn@ hevond the ahiuratinn required ne then,
trr theY have renowned all claims which thew are
charged with entertaining. II canno; he FORGOTTEN
that they I'D NOT fcrup'e fgn ten which was even
drawn M by the learned doeor hinlfclf for quoting
the fcrup;e: and fears of their pro,enar. bratbren
q -eIl nv ~ liCht hey ,uycr q. n
farh! to the king, aud maintain the church of the
country. IL a'as taken by the clergy thenfaIves e.
let me ter'ouiy prefs this plain confederation fra.
thc Pro:ea7t5 have right tn fav thar in taking
thattcf they took an oath in which thew did NOT be-
heve. " s''r pro:e's9n If the learned doaor favs TO-
ain not iuttitiedin anyih- did he who was nrnci
ral'y concerned in framing that oath, draw il IN
with view Of Dariuring The oman Catholics DID
lie undertake that meaure for Tie purpore of feudpg
them more readily the devil The learned do,qnr
Is ho,vever unfortunately anfwsred By his own ten
witch went 20 make them Catholics from beinq Pa
pitts, ardv"t ne ays that every Catholic IS am enemy
20 protca art king and church. In every veben,.n,
controversy, in every dc,.tfon Of Incorporate zeal
Providence, we have reaon to rejoice las 70 dealt our
the reare oflufice, that tn lips Of the hioot Hall
tehiiy 70 his oyn refutation. Nor can 7 fHsr the
charge TO ne paned i'll Elence that the Iri1, Ca
t'oc is enemy to the proteaaut and 70 the Fpglb
appeal to every gentleman who hears me and feye
RAJ nave 1a'i oppOTtu0teSn forming op-
iiou this point, FORE nj Them having acted 2s fe
eretaries in Ireland whether an Fngiifnan hated
in that countryf II beg the learned doctor viii tell
me IN what county 1t is that neither rrotenant nor
Englilhnisn will be allowed to live Rather fir
permit to ay. with all The confidence of houenv
and trtth that there IS Jingle county in Ireland
in which they do love the men, TO matter of ,vhat
religion or IT what country, who will uge them well
There Mr.. Cra'tar having taken a l;orf review Of
the rebellion in Ireland frnm 1911, commended as
f2ed princple, that there did not exf in the Roman
Catholic religion any permanent caufc cf war; and
having alluded 70 The uieries caufed hy the amenta-
bic difputes Of f,aaTcs, he declared II events had
rot tended ~ irprovc he Gate Of the country there
nun have been c'uehne 70 eRenta'lv Bad in the l.
r mind caole the curle oftbeir forefaher 70 he
preferved and handed down as an Inheritance TO
their ch;,rcn.7
" f il be f'id Confined Mr. Gr7ttan) that the re-
bellon il T9S was not iacobiuica but religious
owe, hal! content myf-f with denying Il &, ground
MY denial aprs1l the reports of the commit
tees of both houes Of parliament and to he da--h-
81 the lori lieutenant declaring the North to be in
febeion, and tire South, where there was a r,uch
greater lumber Of ea,hoIics, to be in nas of tran
oii';ty. it has been advanced. and cardidy adni,
the nateu,ert that the conceGors made TO the ca,ho
lbs were very great. They f1rey were. and they