The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-19


al remember to have heard Lord Chatham, -, one
OF his fpeeehes the Midile!ex election o5rsrve.
that in his p,iniry. the obie of the CO. ri of Enand
was the conqneit Of the French and that now il xa,
the conSuea of Mr.. Wilkes. Tie purifying faeh Ike
eonGuens as thoic over Mr.. Wilkes. has enabled the
French TO ehablifh corquea over the Enylin, The
King who is advifed TO conquer the rty of his i,b
lects, prepares ,hofe .ubies for FOREIGN woke The
Romans were CONQUERED at Crnnsr. fra by Varro.
and afterwards by Hannibal. The Ergliih have beer
CONQUERED, fri nv the Mniiter, and afterwards by
the French. Thpie Romans were finally conquered
by the barbarians Of the North, becaufe they had
been prevoufy conquered BY the prince. Of the En.
p'rc-and then the half armed favaye with the nike
AMI the pole came down the frcntiers and difpof.
ed OF the matters of the world as Of the aoek of the
a:d--the equity fock of the rich and the mute Rock
of the people.
2" Agaiuh this nundation of evil we intercepted re-
form we were Convinced of ITS necefEty from the
confederation Of corruption q, home we were con
rmed in that conviction from The coniider ,tion Of re-
voiutions abroad. Wefaw the regal power of France
de!,roYed by debts, by expence, and by abufes we
faw tie Nobility interpafe for thofc abufes only to
cucumber the Throne with their ruins, and to add
revolution OF property revolution of government
we faw in the American revolution that people DE-
termned TO he free be en1aved that Britiih
government was equal to the talk even in peni-
tude of empire, Imported by the different govern
ments Of the provinces and by the fad apoilacy of
the hapleis oyaiff that loya is leon to the rich
snd great to fsnd by their country in all it,ations-
, and that in contelt with remote Court the Srh
poh OF ta'ctY is TO Rand by the country and the fp-
c0nd pon OF fafety is and b. the country and the
third po Of fafety is tand by the country in thar
American conteh we faw that Reform, which had
been born in England and banifhed to America ad-
vancing like the Shepherd Lad in Holy Writ & over
drii: .f,a &c, ~,
Atlantic, and his fpirit moved the of Europe
The royal hip OF France went dowi,-the BritG,
man of war labours-your veiiei is aTc69ed-throw
your people overheard FAY your miniters and baaf(
with abuies-throwsyo your abufes over board we
| fad, and balait with your people. We recoecfed
thefc ;hands formerly placed iii e. Of de ot-
iinl-we taw they were now two kingdoms in Re
publican ocean, ftuated between two great Revolu-
tons with certainty OF being influenced more OF
teis by by botk. we affixed ourfelves
was it poGble that the American Revolution could
have had fnch Effects on France, and that the Anne
rican and the French revolutions would have no ef-
feet thefe countries. The queions that aIea the
world are decided on the theatre OF the world The
great quehion of popular liberty was fought on the
great rivers of Europe and Amerca-it remained to
no'era;e what we could not govern--and what me-
thoa 10 fa!e TO moderate popular power By limited
| Mor1rehH' and what method remains TO lir,;.
the Monarchy of thee,Eingdoms t has no lir,its
as by reforming Parliament What method, fay,
to prevent regulation but ,ei oyn.ation'"
"Ahilities fuch as Mr. Cra.tan's ought no.
! he !o't TO the empire. We therefore hore TO
t lee this gentleman occupying A confpicuors
place in the fenate Of the United Kingdom"
Such is the clo6ng viii of the boeraphsr from
whom we have extracted the materials of this
thort ihetch of the patriot Of Ireland: hope
which he perhaps lives 20 fee in IFS fuli!neat
boc ma "A H. .E.if-
the members of the Imperial Parliament and
the hrit proof which he has given to the world,
that the talents he has lifDaved are not vet en-
frehied, and that the ftrvices which he has rem
dered are not to caft reproach uron his fu-
ture career is his prefent animated fpeech in ia
; YOUR OF the Catholic petition.
One argument was fronely inffted upon, nv
the ooponsnts of the Catholic petition which
Mr.. Grattan does not touch upon a. all They
faid "grant the petition of thefe Catholics
and what limits can you TT to The claims o. the
Difenters? What greater rcafon have YOU for
making one free than the other % The true
anfwerto this fophfrn was not to be found,
where fome ofthe Catholic advocates attempted
To lind IT, in the boep Of conciliating al this time
the agitated iprit cf ireland or as Others raid,
in the hyperion ufice of administering TO o,s
.fffb of the kinedom right, viii III did not be-
long to the clafs of dntnters bccaufe IL was com
par9'riveiy fmai. But tfe true arfwer was,
frit prove that the d1enters are not entitled
TO thofe rights and then you NAV perbaos
prove by analogy that the Irifh Catholics are not
Until that ~ done, we mutt aiftrt that Catho-
lies aud Dinenters are each Of them entitled 10
theie political privileges and it is the height Of
niurpatIon to deny them to either" Mir Fox
in fact placed thefe claims Upon the true Drin,i
I pie that OF an equality of rights appertainins