Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-07


the subject pursues you in every part OF the
country. 1t is the prevailing topic Ut your
breakfast table-of your dinner iable-oi your
supper ,able-it is the subject OF debate among
men, il is the cause Of alarm among women; u
meets you at the castle of Dublin; II meets YOU
at the house Of the country gentieman;l creePs
into our courts Of Justice II is 10 ne louno III
the grand Jury; IL is to be found at the petty
sessions: il is 10 be seen in the vestry room; II
is 10 be seen at the markets and fairs; It is 70 De
found even al our places Of amusement-t
meets YOU wherever YOU 20. Would that the
whole evil ended here; but we may see what
the mischief of such state Of things must be
in the convused state Of society, and the ami
hilaton Of all those ties upon which the we'll
being of society depends. The state oil lreiahu
is an anomaly in the history oil cipillzrd nations
Ii Is true that We have Government 10 "hich
an outward obedience is shewn, which Is res.
ponsible 10 Parliament and answerable 10 zoo
for the manner OF administering ITS iunc!lons'
but i, is equally true that an immence majority
Of the people look Up, not 10 the iesiuma'e
Government, but TO an irresponsible & sell con.
s,ituted association, for the administration OF
the sfairs Of the country. The peace OF Ire
land depends not upon the Government OF the
King, but upon the dicta,ion Of the Catholic
Association. (Cyies Of "More's the shame;
shame. why not put i; down. II has dehed
the Government. and trampled upon the laws
Of the land-and it is Beyond contradiction, that
the same power which banished Cabinet MIN
lister from The repre- sentaton OF his county, Or
cause he was Minister Of the king, car main"
tain or disturb the peace OF the country, Just as
il suits their caprise or ambition. The same dan
ger impends over every institution estaolshed
By law The Church en- Joys il dignity, and The
clergy enjoy their revenues bv the law OF The
land blu, we know not how soon is may please
the Catholic Association to issue its anathemas
against the payment of tithes, and what man Is
hardy enough to say tina, the Catholic people
will disobey its mandates? 1t depends upon
the Catholic Association, no man can deny 1t,
whether the clergy are 10 receive their inc ONES
or not (Uproar) The condition of the land
lords is no, more consoling ALREADY they have
been robbed of their influence over their tenan-
,ry-alreadv they are become but mere ciphers
upon their estates; nay, in many places, they
are worse than ciphrrs; they have been fore cd
to beco ONE the tools OF their dun,hcering mas
.e,s, the Catholic priesthood and i, depends
upon q single breath, single resolution OF the
Catholic As,ocia ion, whether the landlords
are to be robbed Of their rents or not. So per
feet a system If organization was never yet a,
chieved by any body TO, possessing the egi
innate, powers Of Government; il is powerful,
i! is arrogant, il de,ide>, and il has ,riumpksd
over the enacrmpu,s Of the Legislature; and in
Sling its Golfers from The voluntary contiibu-
ton Of the people -(Uproar; cries OF mo n";
they are not volun,aiy.O
The Chairman here lnlerfrred, and said
''You are bound to hear every observation tha'
tails from speaker. When the next gentle
m an rises to speak TO the succeeding toast, he
will on his .gs .hsa'Sf; ia
friend. But surely, in an assemblage like the
present, common courtesy demands tina, every
genll. man should be heard to The end"
Mr. Dawson resumed:-"What say is, that
the Ca holic Association, by securing The volun-
tary contributors Of the people, consolidares
TO itself power from which il may supply the
sinews Of war, OF undermine, by en- less litiga>
ton and persecution, the established insti'u iions
Of the country. Such is the power OF this new
phenomenon: in every place where the Catholic
pc 2ulalicn predominates, it is all power full and
irresistible. The aristocracy; the clergy, the
gentry, are all PROSTATE before it The ins'i.
,utions Of society are reviled, the performance
of authority is lost, the confidence of The people
in the impar,iali,y Of the courts Of Justice is
impaired, the magist,acy is condemned or sun
ported according as il is suppos. d 10 lean 70
the Orangcmen or the Roman Caho!Ic, and
even trade and barter are regulated by The
same unhappy distinction Of religious feeling.
Ard now, gentlemen, II is high time 10 ask |
oursel' es the question, what must he the result |
Of such cisordered state Of things. and such |
complete overthrow Of all the relations Of So
ciety? Some Gentlemen will say rebeilioh-
and the sooner II comes the sooner we shall be
able TO crush it. Loud cheers, which lasted
for several minute. Now, entertain very
different opinion: il is not the interest,", and I |
firmly believe it is not the wish, of The Roman |
Catholic le. ders TO drive the people into r, bel.
ion Loud Kisses. We have the best secu.
ity for the purity Of their Intentions Kisses
lin that respect, in the stake which they hold
N the country, and in the moral conviction that
hey would be the first victims Of rebellion.
Loud cries from several voices, No, no; we
would be the first If i rebellion should take
'lace, ii will not he from The orders or exarapl
II 'he Roman Catholic leaders, Kisses, but
rom the readiness Of the two contending par.
les TO come into confiot with each other, and
rom the total impossiblitv Of checking the
.bullition Of popular phrraZy If The Two Darles