Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-09-04

tie srf1srce irp1ted 60 your pie stho.is Bea-.
oae. you would Il,cia transferring their de-
votiOn from the cross 20 thu cGs.ie--wearnc their
sacred vestme,ts but as masquerade appenjase 10
their fictitious character. and under the cc-rsded
passport ofu'e Almishty's name, seeking sa,nissi-
10 the pleasures Oh TIE court and de Spots ii the
people When say this, lam bound TO add, SUD
de- IT from msny proud and pleasing rsco'i-eoi.s,
that tlink the impression - th. Catholic clcr.y o.
the present sy wcnld be late su,. would be s.lit,.
Lat II is human nature - ard rare ar= me IN 5ap-
ees u which contract with the cpugt hos ~ been
tie commencement OF CORRUPTION. The .,l,u, of
God IS peculiarly disconnected with tit directly
vi.iaes HIS special Mandate. who took his birth
om the nssger, and his disciples from the fishing
boat JUDAS MAS the hist who received the money
OF power ard t ended 10 the disgrace or his cred
and the death oi his master II werea Catholic,
lwoold peculiarly devreeate any Interference with
NV priesthood. dO not think IN every respect in
which one ould wish To behold the delegate ct the
Almighty that .l,ey conll he amended. The Cath
ollie clergy in ireland pure examples If tie doc
trines they proinugate--pio1s m tder habits
primitive IN tlc.r nlanneTs---iey Rave no care
but their illek--no study but tae,r Gospel. it S
not in tie gNdy ring OF courty dissipation shHt .nu
will 6n,i the hurrays ann the Frcnches the Bakes,
the D.rrys, the Moyisntls, or the Coppiuserss q,
the present day--,io, at the levee or the lounge,
the 81, cton riot; no--you wil hadthem where-
ever good Is to- be done, evil to be c.rrected--
rearing their mitres in the van OF notwithstanding
crphsn-orna,nents of this, and ei.blems Of bet
ter--preaching their God through the practice Of
every vrtse-- mouto.s a, the coutessional-apos-
ties IN the pulpit, ut the deathbed poaring the
cred JUNCTION on the agori.s OF despair. Oh
would hold him little better than the Prom. tliean
robber. WHO would turn the fire cftheir eternal al
tar ir:to the impure and pershable OF worldly
prefernent.
Bur, why this interference WITH your principles Of
coascieuce2 Why is II that they must put. down
III.
Why is IT. that in the day Of peace, they deinsnd
securities from apeople which, in the day OF dan
ger constitute their strength Why When we
were denied every reasonable security they want
ed. Was 1t III iT76, when cloud of enemies
hanging coast saw every heart shield. &
every hill fortress Were they denied sec,-
rites in Catholic Spain Were they denied Sect
rites in Catholic Portugal What is their securi-
ty this day in Cathclic Canada ! Oh Prejudice,
where IS thy reason Oh Bigotry, where is thy
b'ssh !-Return, return to us our glorious yelling
ton, and tell besotted England what was her secu-
rty upon the SUBMITS OF Barrossa Arise, mar
tyrs ofihe Peninsula F.! rise, warriors from your
CORY bz'!"--rise, and vndicate your suspected
!oyalty-rise and yndicste your chiidiess parents
They have no protector now, aad the govern
men', IN whose support you died, wants srme ST.
curity for The ailt gi,nce OF your fathers, There
Is not Catholic FANNY in ireland, that for the eln
ry ut Grcai-bri.sin, IS not weeping child, q pa-
rent, or brother, aud yet sJill she camours for
SECURITIES. lNths ai;iS IS " NOT nlatteni.g To
hect, thst whilst the English tncther mourrs the
unmtigated memory OF her hero, the naairon of
Ireland has even the melancholy consolation that he
died soldier, wthered BY the recollection that he
died a slave.
Ipnt it thus, because in my soul believe it,
your crime is not that of being Catholics, but Irish
men. An over the world, they are seeking the
alliance OF yoVr faith, and where has it refaset,
them friendship asd fidelity How can it b.
to catholicism the object, when every where
but AT home, they are advancing its interests p
How do prove il The Catholic recent of Por-
tugsI they conveyed to the Brazil-Cstholic Louis,
their very prince embarked for lis capitalize
Catholic creed they h:ve recognized at Malta
they have, believe established Il in Canada--to
the Catholic world they gave crowss-.o Catho-
lie ireland they gave chains !-countrss they new
er saw received their favort is for u.s. their breth-
REQ, that they reserve their trowns
Surely, It Is time that this hostility should cease
it,ver there was a day when securitieswsre ueoes-
saEy, and do not think that day eyer existed, it
now no longer exists. Every reason for them has
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. all the world is Of peace viii,
England. The Continent is triumphant-1'he Pc
nnsu'a is free. The hspless house which gave
birth To jacnbin m, is extinct forever. Fratce is
our aliy and it should not befnrgctten that an l.
rish Catholic first repIauted lilies On the towers of
Bordeaux. The Pope has been found not hottie.
nut Complying Catholic alliances abroad have re.
tnted the t'u aspersions on your faith, and now,
this day, at home, Yen will discard forever all to.
reign interference. Indeed, If England would on
~ remember the share you had ia the sublime
lG"Cfhsf erds'ne gratitude. But, shonId she
not-shonld she, with haushiin, SIS, nonstrous and
unparalleled forget poor Ireland, size ha; still TO
study tremendous lesson. The ancient order OF
II ance, IL IS true IS restored but who restored it
Coalition alter coalition has crumbe away before the
coBlueror-CrOwns were Observation-Disclosures
were but the tenants Of honrLTbe descendant
of Frederick dwin6led iato yassal--The sncccs
sor oil Charles rosmed vsgabond, tironeless and
abandoned--Eyery sun set upon change-Eyery
sun dawned upon some new conyusion-In short,
the whole political globe qnivered as with an earth
quake, and vino couIl tell what venersble monu-
meut would mex; SILVER beneath the splendid srag.
plents Of the French voIcanoi
What gave Europe peace, and England safety
amid this palsy Of her princes' II was the Land.
weir and the Lsndstrum aud the levy en- masse-
1t wss eDphatically the people--the sovereign peo-
rieat first and last that best and noblest rs well
as SAT- st security OF yrtuous government 1t isa
glorious lesson England ought to study il in this
hour Of safety--But, should she not
con wo be to the Prince who ruesby fear.
"Wheu danger comes upon him."
She will adopt it. ! hope it from her wisIom--
expect il from her poicy-----I claim it from
her iustice--I demand it from her gratitude
There is another lesson to be studied, and
to be studied by ourselves. You must have seen
during The occurrences of this amazing contest that
HJ1stOn was ruin that nTieH strength be H.
luminous and you viii be emencpated The rich
Pst maa among you, is b ggsr without bis rights
The proudcst man smOUg you, s slave with his IL
lie Your rank i Iidieuic--}our riches, poverty
yonr pride, presumptiJIis there not every motive
10 be anani,nousi Behold Protestant s,rren. |
J my monopol, for you. Surely, surely, you will
youc differences for yourselves you do
that moment is the birthday Of your freedom Ali