The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-10-22

city Friday last, the following resolutions
w-re proposed and unanimously adopted .
among them you Will find one expressive of
the emotions ct gratitude and respect which
the Cathohc citizens OF Limerick feel towards
you, for your manly and spirited exertions in
the cause of Catholic independence.
have the honor 10 be, with much esteem
and respect, your most obedieat humble
servant,
JOHN HoWLEY. Iyn.
The sn'stance of the csolutions we gave
in a former paper.
MR. LIDWELL'S ANSWER.
- pRoMARD, aug. 16.
Sill was prevented, by absence for
lew days from home, from receiving until yes
ter'iay your Ylettcf of the ll,h, enclosing n
copy of the resolutions agreed upon by the
Cathu;.cs OF L,r,erick, on Friday entertain
a much fuller settle than can express of the
honor these gentlemen have conferred ON me
by their appreciation of that part Of nv conduct
which only considered mere discharge OF
my duty
Believe me, sir, (without any ,irsens;b;,t v 70
the esteem OF my countrymen) can with
laSn assert, that on the present occasion. /
wou'i Dc more happy IT my sisguilrity had not
atuecSeu your notice IS l teei owe this
marx OF your kindness more to the supineness
OF OF 'ers than 10 my own mcri
o' e',e'"ies make no SMALL advantage Of
that unwiiiingnsss most men feel to put them.
SELVES los yard I ain convinced the Catholic
use has lnguishec, more from the apathy OF
our ir'snus tnan toe malignity of your enc
mes. When your appeal is TO be carried to
ostsnt country, x To tribunal by no means
partial to you, your judges will naturally be
',eVsiied ON to think tlat those at home, who
''o' aPPs"f n'snl'estiy tor, are really against
you io counteract this, the most strenuous
rxert on VIII be cecessary On your part. Make
constant use Of tie Press, which is decidedly
with you and beyond all comparison the best
heneiactor to the Catholic cause Register
your ifeeholds IN every instance; support your
friends SVHnlp, and oppose your enemies
auon2p dong this, you will shortly see those
nt''e men, VINO are ntiuenced by momentsry
N Fest ttht god % their idoIatry) to be now
ADVERSE, from the same motive pressing for
@sio in your service
iour resolutions are constitutionaly firm,
an the determination to persevere in see king
the re storation of your rights is the true method
10 OBTAIN them livery honest, every
.,'"iAhB man wishes you success, convinced
'stence of the empire, depends on the attain
ment OF tins most desirable object.
Inc encroachment that has been lstter,y
attempted on a biaRch ofthe constitution, al
ways highly valuable, but since the loss of
resident legislator, now peculiarly so, would
not nave been more detrim, ntsi to the Catho
pooy 'hAn 10 Inc Prots slant and the effort 10
level at the former the poison of a s,a,,,ts tina,
was not prepared for him, ought 70 induce ths.
latter he has not good feelings for his neigh
DOT, at ieas' Z" keep watch for himself. TO
control portion OF the Protestant and not of
the Catholc body, was the motive of the L.
Eisis,ure IN passing the Convention Ball, but
e'"s my "o' 10 oVerturn tic right of petition in
either. "
Is there on earth any unpreiudiced man
who, connecting the history of thsr day. the
circumstances that caused the enactment of thai
3. eul' he admissions that were made by the
Grown l. wyers and the Minister'S Of Irela nd
d" The debates that occurred during the prD-
sress OF that Bill in the House of Commons.
she alterations That II underwent after it came
from The Lords, that it might not have any re-
Prospect to the Catholic Committee. or ADM,
OF any latitude in any future application, that
tie Legislature did not then intend 20 convey.
w'th t'e submission OF both the Government and
the Parliament to Deiegated Committee sill
ting at that momeni-----..-who will now saw
tiat Dele cation t. fl Ct preconceived object,
IS ns'ituted an offence by the Convention
act
The Catholic Body had Delegated Commit.
tee IN l79I they published Resolutions relat
ing heir grievances, and they thanked their sub
.VWn lee w S not tliis avOwed Delegation
nEain, in i79(, Ley published in Uebalf of their
body, an address To lie p oteslnnts OF ireland
Did gov. inraent disaIriOve OF This, No: for.
shortly after confidential servant of the Crown
tSr Hercules L4ngsiir. and The ord I.,eu,e-
nsnts "ecret"ry introduced Bill into the house
OF commons to remove some of the disabilities
they complained of isbouring under In F pru
sry following they set forth, in r public state
men, tneir expectation from Parliament; and
agsin, while the Bill was m progress through
tue House, they presented a petition, prsyinp
tor The addition OF the Elective Franchise Tor
tngr Body. Those public acts of the Catholic
Committee DID not lessen the estimation the,
were held IN by their sovereign and his minis
tiers; tor you fad the Lord Lieutenant, at the
close oil Tie SESSION, in the name of mis- m tiesty
thanking Parliament Tor its iberality to his CT.
tbolic subjects.
In March 1892, MI edward Ryrne's C;reulsr
Letter, as charmsn of the Catholic Commute
WIS published III all The ne wspspers, rec ommeo
n6 an election OF Delegates throughout the
Kingdom, and Mr. Byrne publicly avoweo las
the fact was) tbst ths mode OF ,ak,np The s.f..
OF tn entire Body, to 10y before his n,si-s,y and
the English minister, vas suggested BY tne btcb
est authority ia the kingdom. The sysien, \
DelsBatonr so recommended, was submitted 4 :,
consequence OF great violence of some grand M
RES and toe corporation OF Dubks against II ! Ia
Toe advice OF most eminent lawyer, NOT more
dblnsu she'd zoe profound knowledge, than ioy.
ed for MS unshsken integrity and private wort.
M beies'oFd bufnslouJ His opinion, o. that