Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-12-27

1 ''ONhs VI ANtpOOl.VS Ms witnesses III Nidt Cdus'
which am thus daring enough 10 plead before
yon Venice, Catholic Venice, rises up from the
iOccan, with all her republican glory arouud her
I-Nenice fell at last into an oligarchy; but We
nice was for FIVE hundred years a noble and lofty
Democratic Government. next produce as wit
ncsses il my favour Genoa and Florence, and all
the rest Of those Free States in which Popery, IL
liberty, literature. and the arts, grew up flourish
ed together. Turn 10 Switzcriand-shal not find
evidence in her Alpine vaies in my favour: Look
4 TO Francc-has not France Charter, Parliament,
and Trial BY Jury' From the Old will travel
10 the New World--and produce to England her
pupils IN democracy, the States C. South America
-EePuhlc after Republic ia bursting out through
that Unreasonable Continent, and the fire OF liber
~ mounts like volcanic flame from the submits
o; the Andes, and With its vast illumination lights
up one hal; the world. Well, my Lord Winchilsca.
what say you 20 all this! Ia Bolivar slave, ard
| arc thcsc facts TO lac encountered by such trash
| about Popery as we have heard to-day! I dis
, miss the charge with all the scorn which il de-
serves, and turn. 80 the main question before you.
Look ut Ire'and-wha' do you behold! A beautiful
country.with wonderful agricultural and CONNER
cial adv5ntagcs-the link between America and
! Europe-the natural resting place Of trade in its
way 60 either hcmisphere-snd INHABITED by a
oo intrepid, and with all their faults, generous
aud enthusiastic people Such is natural Ireland
such is Ireland as God made her. What is artifi
cial ireand--whati is ireland England made her!
| Look 'her again. This fine coun,ryis laden with
population the most miserable in Europe and of
whosc wsctchedness, If you the authors, you
arc heSnning TO be the victims. All the great
CONNIE ca' facilities Of the county are lost-the
deep rivers, that should circulate opulence flow 10
nc Ocean without waiting boat or turning
whcel-anf the wave srcaks the silent rnagnifi-
cenoe-oi deserted and shipess harbours--in place
oil oetng source Q: wealth ard revenue 10 the En-
pre-, Ireland cannot defray her own expenses or
by single tax;--her dscontents cost millions of
| money, and she hangs like financial milestone
rounn England neck, In place Of being a bull
warS and a fortress; she debiita.es exhausts and
endangers England--the most fcrocious passions
rage from one extremity OF the country TO the other
-hundreds OF thousands Of men arrayed with
badges gather IN the south, and the smaller fac
ton, with discipline and with arms are msrshalied
| III the noTt-the country il strewed with the ma.
tef'a'S OF civi!-connotion, and seems like one vast
| magazine OF powder, which spark might ignite
into ma explosion, which would shake the whole
fabric OF civil society into ruin and which England
would NOT only feel but perh APPS recover from
'he shocS. And Gracious God! is this horrid, this
appalling, this accused state Of things 10 be per.
United to continue, II is only requisite TO presen.
the question, in order that all men should answer
something must be done. Well, then, what il TO
ne done Are you TO re-enact the Penal Code,
on were obliged 10 relax the Penal Code when the
! Catholics were only 3000,C O0 and no.y they are
! ',VUo,Oo0, viii you lay their chains ara;n;
Are you to deprive the Catholic, of their pro-
pcre+, shut UP their schools, drive them from the
bar, stip them OF the elective franchise and r.
VIII scarcely have recourse 10 this eXpedient What
| then Is TO be done! When you come 10 consider
WHAT omgnt 10 he done in this emergency surely
you s" not dismiss from your recollection that the
greatest, the wisest, and the best Statesmen and
Legislators who have for the last fiftv wears direct
ed your councils, all concurred in the opinion III
Wi'hont CONCESSION OF the Catholic Claims No.
thing permanently useful and effectively sana,ive
Couiu pe Done 10y ireland. Without going through
the catalogue of splendid names which stand ar.
ranged IN Che cause Of emancipation shall saIect
oniy thrce-Burke, and Pitt, and Fox; thew were
all different IN habits, III character and in theory
ye' On TINS question their great mind, meet in
deep contlux. Burke, the Toe 10 revolution Fov
the asseror Of popular right, Pitt, The sav and nrnn
oil the prerogative-the grand triumyirate of lees
iaton concurred in this single opinnn See TO what
conclusion you must arrive when YOU denounce
the advocates OF emancipation enemies Of their
| country. 10 whom will your anathema reach, II
will take in one half of Westminster Abbey n in.
stead oil Counting votes in ST. Stephens, YOU were
70 count the tombs in the mausoicum beside II
Row would the division OF the great departed stand,
Inter oie sacred aiSes which contain the ashes CT
your greatest men, and ask yourselves as YOU pass.
now they iclt and spoke when they had emotion.
! and ,hey had uiterance ia that Senat. where tbev
can ne neaFi no iEoSe: WIie fF'nsncipator' r., Tx,
crave o. every revccatc. is coarier epitap
On haf oi every oppon of the peace Of Ire,a &
VII! there not be majority Of sepuchrcs il, our "a,
= Hut pass from authoriy-and consider how
sucn system as that Of exclusion ought 10 work
| make Tie case your own. III few hundred thousand
PTesbyterians stood towards YOU in the relation in
which the irish Protestants stand towards tb. r.,
thoiics, how would you endure it, Are frisbnan
and Roman Catholics so differently constituted
from yourselves, that they are TO behold notbing
out dressings IN system which you would Ioo!
upon as mass OF uncomfortable wrong1 Proes-
| tants and Eng'ishmen, however debascd vou ma,
deem our country, and however sIavish Won NAV
regard Our religion, believe me that we b,vc
| enough OF human nature left within US. we have
enough OF the spirit OF manhood, 10 resent USAGE
| oil this kind. You would not bear the vote for =
moment. Wea are gored and CALLED bv i, hue 30 a.
not throw II or You are toIi tina. there i, no ma,
4 uonai calamity IN the exclusion Of few rentlr.
men from Par lament and few LAWYERS from n q
high Offices o; the Bar How narrow yie 81 of the
c : Is u'S ms very exclusion throws degrada-
non over the whole Of the DISTINGUISHED co,nuuni
~ brand is stack upon the forehead Of The
country, and II testers there. The nation ia Al
weed into two castles. The poyeriu, and nr;v;.
'eOeeo rev are patricians in religion, and trafnple
up0n ana despi>e the pie6eian Christianity Of the
lniiOhs VINO are laid p"o'trste at their feet Every
OranFoInan feels himself the member Of nr;yj
Ieged Corporation which must be protected tn IT,
Judges, their Sher1s, their Crown Counscls tbeir
Cto"h 1'orhies. their Jures, are Pedestrians TO Il
.hnh-wha, confidence car Catholic have in the
administrator OF public Justice, We have ,bo
authority OF an eminent Irish Judge, the late Mr..
FLETCHER, who declared that in the northern co,,,
| tes the PToiestants guilty were uniformly acouit
TED, ond the Catholics innocent were az ,ndeyi,t
mgy condemned. y body Of armed OraDcemen
i'' upon and murder set Of defenceless Catholics
they are put upon their trial and when the, 20; 40
ne!F eyes & look upon tic Jury thy see twelve ~
theiF brethren in massacre empannelled for tbeir
'TiaI' and alter this shall he told Of all slie ev;s
OF Cahohc disqualification is in the stuff eowns ~
lawyers, and the disappointed iopgiog ~ &C.,
dozen gentlemen after the House Of Co,n mons "
NC, H Is the shame, The disgrace the ban. the on.
pIo'luin' the Stigma, The brand, the contutneIy