Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-05-04

OF prsupnjre. (alsuab, of issuing the Venerable
persons in question that his silence on the ccca'
sion which he had described, was not to be at'ri-
bu,ed TO any want of respect his part laugh.)
AZ long a. this admirable law infic,ing the penal>
ties of premunire on any person corresponding
with the Pope of Rome remained unrepcaled,
was not likely that any person would have cou
rape enough 10 become his Holnsss's correspon
dent; yet to the Pope of Rome he was per-uad
ed, ii they wished to have efficient secur,
from the Catholics. the question must come al
last
we could not distinctly hear, respecting the opin-
ion from himself and Sir Il. Clifford, which the
right hon. gentleman had quoted.
MIR. Secretary Canning said that in case
touching his life and fortune loud laugh he
certainly hyi right to state the opinion which
he had received.
TIE .:faster of the Rolls, we believe, com
planned of what he considered breach oil official
secresy.
Mr.. Secretary Canning though, it most extra
ordinary tina, when he. Secretary of State, had
on question affecting the discharge of his public
duty. required the opinion OF the law officer OF
the Crown, thai any objection should be made to
lis production. In q hundred official cases, -imi
lar opinions were required; respecting which he
was not awafe that it was necessary to rbserve
any delicacy. As to the opinion which he had
from which he had just drawn it, had it not been
for the extraordinary language which had been
held elsewhere, and which had been repeated in
| that House, mpeschins bis honour and honest
(hear, hear.) The right honorable and learned
gentleman, was M, even original in his remarks.
lie Mr.. Canning had read them in print, that
| lie was prepared for he attack which had been
mad. upon it. although he vow ed 10 God, that ii
he had been required 10 predict the quarter in that
w would DrOCeeI.
quarter from which it had proceeded would have
been the last which you'd have entered into his
conjecture hear, hear. hear!l The other branch
OF required securities related 10 correspondence
with the See OF Rome, touching marriages, indul
gcnces, and other matters connected with ecclesi
ical poity. 1t was certainly true that the
rites of iha, description which he had proposed
were not received. He undertook to introduce
those securities par, of his Bill. When the Bill
failed, his duty respecting the securities of
course at end. If there those who
thought that there any danger in communica-
tions TO the See OF Rome, citing the marriages
! OF second cousins and other such matters, it was
for them bring in 4 Bill t!lo-e dangers
Some learned persons had declared, that if any
person obtained Bull from The See OF Rome, he
would be guilty of high treason Every DAY,
therefore, Roman Catholic or other in this
country guilty OF high treason And yet
there were psr-ons found TO say that there would
be no safety in concessions to the Catholics unless
those Bulls FROM Rene were taken by the horns
"a laugh.) Persons who had .umbered for age
over these Transact m, only thought of them when
such question as the present was sgi;ai and
they then charged HIM Mr. Csnning) wiki To-,
ing the Bulls OF Rome To run wild and unchain ed
"a taught 1t was Impossible for him TO fad words
Ia express the contempt which he felt for such i'm
rutations Char, hear!). Another Hon Gentle,an
who had sp' Ken late IN the debate on theprecedng
night, bad thrown out another imput alton agansr
him. He believed ths, that Hoaoursbe Memse.
be very new TO The House. or be - ould ha y c
known, that ne day Of reliance the Coronation
Oath was soae by. To satisfy 'l,n, Honourable
Member, however, and TO set his mind ease, he
would, by way OF or, read a passage from n
speech of a Noble Friend of his, now unhappily
attacked by severe indispositlon. who was he lea
der OF the party that had formerly placed great re-
lance on the Coronation Ot!h, as obstacle 20
the granting of the Catholic Claims. The Right
Honorable q Gentleman here read an ex,rac, from a
speech made By the Earl OF Liverpool in The year
1925; in which the Noble Earl allowed, that he
could no longer consider the Coronation Oath as
any legitimate difficulty in the way of granting
concession to the Catholics He Mr. trustee.
therefore that they should hear 20 more OF the Co
runa,on Oath. Now, what were the ohel ap.
pretended dangers? He was at loss to coniec
ture. This particular question seemed TO have a
nents OF Catholic concessions asked if The,
would do what was proposed to them; and, if n OF
what they would propose to dos In the second
place, they were asked what were the dangers
which they apprehende6' To neither question did
they return a saii-iacttry answer. They would
neither agree 20 what proposed, nor propose
any thin: OF their own; and with reference 10
dangers from The year lSl down 20 the present time
he could never dIsi6ctly understand wha they
ere a one time great danger unprecedented
from admitting large proper ion of that was de-
scrlied as di-aifcced population into the military
service OF the country b, The Act of 1918,
however, every Catholic in the army or navy
might rise to the'hshest rank. Some hon. gem
tleman observed that Catholic could not rise 10
the rank of commander in-chieE The honourab G
gentleman said that Catholic could not rise TO
the rank of COMMUNICATIVE chief. By law be
might. Aud what was whimsical enough was
that at the moment when this great change wa.
effected, when our fleets and armies were opened
to The Catholics, when the truncheon of comman.
at in the field was entrusted to their exer-
else, the opening OF letter from Rome ensbli-g a
sick paiien: 10 eat neat fast DAY was consi-
der Ell dangerous (hear, hesTi). Why now and all
of a sudden, were dangers dwet on rth so much
emphasis! In 1913, the elective franchise and
the power to bald landed property granted
to the Roman Catholics. They were admitted
to the bar; but they were prevented from wear
ing silk gowns, however well they might deserve
the distinction BY the sarue Ac, OF 1903 an iii
Ger might rise to any ran, but the staff and The
office Of commander chief, yet no security
required. But securities were not the real OBJ
jects at the presen, moment. 1t was an old story
rumped up for the purpose of in,r, ducing INTO the
debate, and Tor The purpose OF setting the country
against the supporters OF the Catholic claims, and
exciting the most base and unworthy prejudices