Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-04-29


Continent her guide, the greatest military
genius nation fertile in prodigies has pros
duced--a rnaa who seemed born to invert
what mad been reg0lar---to delile what had
been venerable---to crush what had been esq
taoiiahed, and to create as By q magic ims
pulse, fairy world. peopled by the paupers
ne had commended into kings, and based
oy the thrones he had crumbied in his ca
prices - perhaps when such Power, so
TED, so organized. and so incited, was in its
noon OF triumph--the timid might tremble
even at the change that would save or the
concession that would strengthen but now,
her Allies faithless-her conquests despoilx
ed--her territory dismemsered--h legix
ons defeated--her leader dethroned, and
ner reisning Prince our Ally by treaty. our
DEBTOR by gratitude, and our inalienable
friend by every obligation Of civilized soce>
y--the objection is our strength, and the Oh.
| stacle our battlement:
Perhaps when the Pope was In the power
OF our Enemy, however slender the pretext,
nigotry might have fssted ON 1.-THE infer4
ence was false as to Ireisnd, and it was un-
generous as to Rome. The Irish Catholic,
hrm in his faith, bows to the Po,..siff's spiri~
tual supremacy, but he would spu,a the
fontiis temporal i1terference.-Tf. W.
tne spirit OF an earthly domination, he was
20 issue tomorrow his despotic mandate.
Satnohc ireland. with one voice, would am.
swer hlm--" Sire, we bow with reverence
to your Spiritual Mission.-the descendant
OF ST. Peter. we freely acknowledge Won the
Mead oil our Church and the organ of our.
Sreed put, Sire, If we have a Church. we
Cannot forget we also have Country. and
when you attempt TO convert your Mtre
INTO Srown and your Crozier into Sceps
nS. you degrade the majesty of your high
delegation, and grossly miscalcuIate mon oar
submission. No foreign power shall reouIate.
the allegiance we have sworn 70 our sove-
reign--it was the fault of our fathers thai
one rope forged our tetters-it will be ours
II we allow them to be riyetted bv anotherss
oucn would be the answer OF universal Ire
land-such was her answer to the andac;.
Gus mental who dared to dictate her rrcon.
dltlonai submission to an Act OF Parliament
winch emancipated by penalties and redress
ca oy Insult. But unfortunately iof you it did
80 happen. that the personal character of
your rontif gave your enemies a. ample re.
iu'a1ioh. No splendor Of promise could
puiehase---ho enreat OF punishment could
| overpower him---he saw his cani,aJ &C ~;
son-his conclave banished his gr-v bairs
dragged with ignominy, and his aged frau,e.
smaciasea amid dungeon damps, and was,ed
ny lingering martyrdom.. He might have
had palace, but he chose prison his.
might nave had a sceptre, but he preferred
scourge.- he might have worn a diadem
out ne ,oek the wreath OF thorBs- -.happily
TOT nimseif-- thrice happily for the Church
ne representative hour of hi, sutfetings
mas passed away = but the memory of his
,o'u'uue VIII hve Tor ever If The solitude
o.. ~ ''s - uuhgeon was disheartenlng, yet, when
tue ooD ne worshIpped touched its door.
he walked forth from the soIsndors rs b,I
captivity. the most independents P,.ten,ate.
the only Christian Prince of the Copt ..ent'
VINO MAD not M his turn b. wed before the
oioody Diyln'ty OF Moloch. Thus then. the
PHANTOM Ut foreign int ference has been
oanlshed by ireland. and the very idea oe
Its existence disproved by Rsme. Tie Peo-
PIE upon whom it was TO act deprcciate itx
suthorItyi and the power to which j, was
imputed abhors its ambitlon---.tte Pope
woulo not exert it if he could, and the Peoz
pie wonld not acknowledge it ifhe did.
ihese objections refuted, third started
up with reference to your faith L is an arr
ticie II their creed, exclairas the Bgot, not
to keep faith with Heretlcs In vain d.,
your people disclaim the tenet in vain did
your Prelates denounce it as nnchristian--
IN vain did the most celebrated Uni, erSities
N Europe solemnly deny il as a most uofoun-
oeo caiumny. The unblushing Bisot only
flourlshed from defeat. and fatlened on rev
fntation. What was the Consequence In
the Course of contest. without parallel in
Its prodigies. tie Spanish Peninsula, the
most rooted in its faith perhaps the most
preJudiced in its practice, became the thea,
ere OF action. Catholic Spain. warrinea-
sainst Catholic France, fought by the side
OF Protestant England. Catholic Spain.
with All her imputed prejudices, gave 4
Protestant the command Of her armies
and he who, in his own country, saw yoT
denied any trust whatever for the crime os
your creed. saw himself confded in by the
zealots of that creed, with no reference bue
to the merit of his qualifications l-4Is tbers
Protestant who must no blush at she con-
trast But was the imputaiion truep Did
Lord Wellington find that creed made any
difference mid the thunder Of the battle p
Did the Spanish soldier desert his station
because his General believed not in the re-
al presence Did the brave Portuguese
neglect his orders to negotiate about myste.
RES or what comparison cid the hero
draw between the policy Of England and the
pie'y OF Span, when, at one moment, ne
led the heterodox legions in victory, and
the very next was obliged to fly from his
own native Gag, waving defiance on the
walls OF Burgos, where the Irish exile plan.
ted and sustained it What must he have
felt, when, in foreign land. he was obliged
to command brother against bFo,het T. raise