Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-06-03

tal was ADDED yet tliS was no sCohsr oChe, tnSh
hon. member found fault with it unsightiy and
unseemiy. IL might, ON some grounds, be obJec-
iionablc. He was ready to make such an admis-
sion, bot then Ire wished it to be recoiected that
/, was rather the admission of his honorable friend
than oil himself The obnoxious part, however, OF
this oath taken from the oath of 1888 1t was
therefore unfair in his honorable friend TO attack
the supporters OF this measure at the present hour
for that which was no invention OF theirs, which
they would have omitted, had it been LETT to their
discretion, and which they had only inserted to sa
tsiy the scrup,es ofthose who danger IN every
concession that was made to the Catholics. lie
would beg leaveto enter little more At large into
this part OF the question. In the first place, he
considered that this security must always be mea-
sured by what calculated to satisfy the Pro-
,estant interests fthe country He conceived that
no security much less this species of security could
up to his honorable friends idea; because
me trainers of this bill did not intend TO any
mischief OF its creation, but mischief which was
The creator OF the present system. His honorable
friend had argued the question If the trainers of
the bill were institutng correspondence with the
Court oil Rome, and were guarding against dam
ger which they foresaw from it by this security,
whereas the reverse was the casc; the correspon-
acnce was gongon daily, and they were only at
tempting 10 regulate and restrain it. He repeated,
That correspondence was carried on every day be
tween the bishops of Ireland and the Court oil
Rome. Every thing that related to the affairs
OF the priesthood, and much of what related To the
most important concerns OF private liie-he alluded
20 marriages and baptisms; was regularly commu-
i.lcated 10 the Court Of Rome. Such communca-
lions were in direct confirmation of the existing
AVS bat then the penalties attached 10 the viola
'ion OF them were enormous, that no man OF
common humanity would ever wish to see them
enforced. Therefore itwas that the authors ofthis
bill whilst they were considering how they could
Best cure the evils OF the present system, detelmn
ed TO cure this collateral evil which out of it.
Ii the opponents Of this measure believed a cores
ponlence with the Court OF Rome to be so full
Vt danger, he called upon them 10 find remedy
Tor that evil which now in full existence and
remedy which they dared to carry into full eXecu-
ton. The penalties inflicted upon any person
carrying such correspondence heavy in
The extreme. He had recently had occasion 10
'ertain that point. Soon after he entered upon
iis present office Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
.Sletter addressed to his Majesty by the Pope.
In the routine of business it transmitted 10 his
office and the receipt OF it placed him IN situation
ofsome dificulty- He felt that lie could not adj
wise the King to answer it until he had consulted
The law-oficers of the Crown 10 the legality Of
such proceeding. a case was accordingly sub
mitted 10 them, and he then found, a. he had pre-
sously expected that he should render himself LA
ble to prcmunire, il he ventured to reply TO such
communication. The result was, that up TO this
lay the Popc's letter remained unanswered Such
were the evils OF the present systeu-and he trust
Cd that those who -Iw 50 much danger in holding
correspondence with the Court OF Rome would, if
hey rejected this measure, out of their exlraord
nary and eeernosynary kindness, devise some
means by which it might be remedied He was
willingly TO adopt any reasonable suggestion which
Ney might throw out and for his own part, he
orld confess that ne would rather that the Cath
lie should swear at that he would not attack
he Church Establishment, than that he should take
hat long oath, which, be recoected, origin
4uy devised taunt against his religion, though it
yF 99w proposed limitation TO his capability
words with regard to tWu@. ,trao ae W as lev
winch 1t was said were to be coma, I'll 3D.,
wihch now formed the subject of their ds,u.sion.
'e should begin by saying, that he should be con-
r 10 iaKe the bill as It stood, without any
=. Tie measures which it was in the contempla,ion
say, that with regard one of these measures, he
lad much to learn before he could make up his
mind to support it. The learning, however, OF his
ind was, 10 declare that if by DISTINGUISHING part of
ne population OF lreland, rather fby raising the
;cctlve franchise TO higher qualification than that
'hchlt stood Mt present he could render those who
rad long been our avowed and inveterate enemies
ur sincere md attached friends, he would be ready
20 " DO little wrong, in order Z" TO do great
.i5ht" He made this declaration under the idea
'TSand was very different thing from freehold
4ualiilcatlon OF the same nominal value in England
r. ! II could be shown TO hum, as he expected that il
you'd be shown TO him in the committee that in
.riting at this symbol Of freedom, he was not yio-
ting the essence OF free election, he should be
lady to take us share in the obloquy, supposing
IN Gbloquy attended such measure of dsfran-
hIsing the forty shilling freshoders, if by so doing
2e could effect great and permanent good 10 the
onmIHIty st large. With regard 10 the second
Measure, he would own that for some time pas. ne
:ad looked upon 1t with considerable favour; and
Ia; nothing which he had heard in the course of
as dehate had Induced him to alter his opinion,
nat 1t was txpedent Tor this Government to make
ONE provision Tor the clergy of the Roman Catho-
&c church. An honour ble friend of his had OBJ
ec-ed to taxing the Protestant part Of the commu-
ty IN order to raise the funds out of which this
gum dORUm 10 he Catholic Clergy was to be-
made. Now, in reply to that objection, he would
* whether the Catholics did not pay the taxes out
~ which the rfslHnl dOnunI to portion of the
'rolestant Church yearly granted, Was it
.ot upon tie ground stated by his honorable friend
grievance OF the Catholic that he should pay 1.-THE
~ Protestant clergyman, whose doc rines he ab-
lorIed, and from whomhe never demanded religious
onsolauon! Did he MIR. Canning) therefore saw
.at the tthe should be withdrawn from the P,otes-
rat clergyman? No such thing To every thing
which could ancliorate the system of collecting it.
every thing which tended to shift the burden of II
ON hose who could not 20 those who could bear
he was willing TO give his consider alton; but 10
: measure which went 20 invade the property OF
ne Irish Protestant Church, aud to aliehate the
mis- which had been assigned by ancestors for
: support, he was not prepared 10 give even a
nomeniary assent. Letting that point, however,
,','s for the present, he must remark, that when
u.s. Don friend talked about the contingent hardship
oil taxing the Protestant 10 ay the Catholic clergy
80 8, he seemed TO have forpotton the existing