The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-07-28

that in the opinion OF some persons, these
considerations have not lost their weight.
presume, that you refer to the known
sentiments of the most exalted and vcnera
bic authority in these realms. on the claims
of his Maiesty's Roman Catholic subjects
AS Your letter seems to bear some refer
cnce to the course of my conduct in Parlia-
ment. and in his Majesty's councils on this
subject, avail myself Of this opportunity to
explain the motives both of my Former ST
lence, and OF the recent declaration of my
sentiments.
At the remote period Of the year 1897
upon the eve of my departure for India,
stated to the late Mr. Pitt my sclicitut,c,
that he should direct his attention to the
settlement of Ireland; and | expressed 10
hin my conviction, that ireland could nei-
Their be happily settled. nor firmly united
To Great Britain, without a concurrent set
tiement of the claims of his Majes.y's Ro-
man Catholic subjects.
The opinions, which l declared 20 Mr..
Pitt, at that time. respecting the substance
OF those claims. were precisely similar to
those which have stated in the House of
Lords during the present session OF parlia-
,nent.
It is not necessary to enter into any re-
view of the transactions which passed dur
ing my absence i'll India, with relation tn
Ireland, or to the Claims of the Roman Cath
{ olics.
- arrived from India in the month Of jan
nary 1906; and, after one Short interview
with Mr.. Pitt assisted in performing the las,
sad Office OF following his remains to the
grave.
You are aware, that long before that nc
Rod Of time, the Z" hiSh c5RsiGerGtions" to
which you refer, had been fixed in full
force; that no attempt ia change those sen
timeuts could have been made with any
prospect OF success and that the result
s'eyen OF a successful proceeding in Parlia-
ment, would have tended ONLY to produce
the most dreadful extremity OF confusion
You must remember, that have ALWAYS
lamented Gas serious national calamities
menacing the constitution Of the Monarchy
the reference which has necessarily been
made to the existence of those personal SEN
timents, and the causes which have occa-
Stoned that necessity.
With the waTmest sentiments of personal
veneration, attachment and gratitude, MY
opinion has always been, that the duty Of
loyalty and affection towards a British So
vereign, does not consist in submissive ODE
dence, even to the honest preiadices or err
rors of the Royal Mind, but, rather. in res
pecttui endeavorS TO remove those preiudi-
ces and errors. by free advice in Council
and by temperate renonstrance in parlia-
mcDt.
But the time for such endcavors had pas
sense of the genuine duty Of a faithful Coun-
sellor towards his Sovereign. bat 10 the
painful, and, by me, irreversible necessity
Of the case.
This is = subject OF the utmost-of the
most per!'ouS deiiCaoy. Your letter has O.
pened it viii pursue it no further than
u assure YOU, thai when, ON the Slst of
January. declared, in the House OF Lords,
my sentiments respecting che Roman Ca
thoiic Claims, the necessity which has occa-
stoned my silence, appeared TO me to have
entirely ceased
The second point of your explanatory
letters refers TO the management OF the war
IN the Peninsula
Your suggestions are necessarily indis-
tinct, with regard to the additional means
(Which have occurred since my rcsignat-
en- or extending our military efforts ia that
quarter. l think l can collect even from
your hints, that although those means are
extraneous, the probability of their exis-
tence might have been foreseen, as the ma
tural result OF Instructions, which were ia
progress of execution previously to my re-
signation.
But my objection TO the system pursued
in the Peninsula, at the time of my resip-
nation, was applied to the whole frame and
fabric of orr permanent arrangement, both
iii Portugal and Span, which, i'll my Judge
ment, must be collected and extended, not
CnlN Win Il view 20 ttlS GCNlliLc.peNlS use OF
such means as we now possess IN the Pen
insula, but even Of such advertitious aud
extraneous means as events In other quar-
ters may place at orr disposal
- Believe ne, my dear Lord,
Always yours most sincerely,
(Sisned) WELLEsLEY.
The Earl of Liverpool &c. &c. &c
[The Minute of Lord Liyerpocl's Converse
ton with Mr.. Gaming and Lord Liver
pools subsequent Letter to Mr.. Canning,
dated Sunday Night, May II, were given
in our last Paper. Mr. Canming's An
swer to Lord Liverpool, is as follows II
Gloucester Lodge, May IS, 1912.
My DEAR LIVERPOOL,
have communicated TO such of my
friends as had an immediate opportunity
OF consulting. Che Minute, taken in your pre-
sence, OF the proposition which you Convey
ed to ne yesterday.
In d case in which felt that my decision
either way Nigh be- liable to nisapprehen-
sion, ! was DESTROYS r3rhsr to collect the o.
pinions Of persons whose Judgement cs-
teen, than 70 act oG ti,e impulse of my own
first feeling.
The rcsalt Of their oT;noDs'is, that, by
entering into the Administrator Upon the
terms prcPo,ei go mc I should incur such
a loss Of personal al. pu3Uc character as
would disapp 5,a' HE hiect which his Row