Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-27

mat every member Of the House of Co... VII :,
. n mrs. and MI succeeding Paraments shall "...
.ne rarhnmcnt OF the United Kingdom shs m ~
wise provide, take the oaths and make AMI hvsns.'
ne ueciatauon, and take and subscribe the oath n.y.
oy law en)ohed TO be taken. made and suhsc,h.a ~
the Lords and Commons of the Parliament Of Gss:S
, nl.s. ne could not now do that, for the dire
non was at an end. On that direction denended -.
oath OF supremacy. IF under that direction the os,,
o. supremacy couldnot be required then he
at once lie contended that tho per;od Ind
when that direction was no longer in forcs III.
PetSo OF the existence Of the direction was limited
oy The advcrb of time "unt" Tho o,,h. ,,a"1 a.
,ected to be taken until something shonS hans ~
iao that thing happened That was the oniv p,ss
tion' lie would see whether he couH sns y quG,
he said that thing had happened. How All ho =.
ne took up the act Of relief passed this session
and he found the declaration totally abolshoa ".
not Parliament now sotherwise prov;dcJ,. ~
would not detain the House bv NOM, -. -i
through the act, he would rest his claim upen ,, r
clause: which conferred the right Of EXERCISING
civil right upon Catholics. If he should be sskea
were civil right, he would reply if il might be ner'
mittcd by asking another quesion-nan,eIv uif !, ~
not civil right what is it," lie had looked fI,oush
the law books and lie found that Blackstone ey;ds,
the entire law into rights and wrongs and amonrs,
the civil rights he cassed the privileges of s;t,n
and voting in Parliament But ne wo,sid ,nncai *
the common sense and understanding OF mon W..
II not civil right in this very statute itsclr c;j
anu military rights were contra distinguished. This
.ncre was ID the act itself clue to the meaning ~
.ne act IL he went out of tho uct and referred +,
those authorities which decided the Ine,n, ar ~
r.hgish language, he found that the words Uc;v;j
rghts included every right of the lescrinton g :,
winch he was now contendiny. Ills RIGHT ,ya. cias
ana pam from the fair construction of the late bijI
IL was intended to be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in ,s ons.
Notwithstanding it's benefits to all to whom i yor
red, with such exceptions as were to be there;no si
excepted HIS case, he contendcd WINS not inclpaed
amongst those exceptions lie stood upon his richt
ana he claimed under TINT act the benefit of the in.
tentlon oil the legislature in its enactment
The honorable end learned members conctps;on
was followed by considerable cheering from several
parts of the House. ~ ''a'
After he had concluded, an interval of several min
utes elapsed before any member addressed the House
In this interval the Solicitor General wns for
time apparently in consultation with Tic Soenke,
" hen he resumed his seat, another short pause en-
sued, after which, y -
The SoEcitor-General rose and addressed Tn,
House Mt considerable length, in answer to Mr. o.
Conneils argument, and concluded by moving, tina,
III is the opinion Of this House. that Mr.. OConne
having been returned member to this House. h,
lore the commencement of The Act passed in the ur.
sent session for the relief Of his Maiestys Roman
catholic SUBJECTS Id not entitled sit or vote in this
House, unless he first takes the oath Of sprcpar-
the Solicitor General then sat down. amid corside
rable cheering.
Mr.. G. Lamb, Mr.. Maurice Pitzpcrad. Mr.. e.
w. Wynne, and MIR. Brougham. severally addressed
the House III support of Mr. OConnell's claim. and
Hr. =. Ferguson Mr.. Bailey. Mr. Sugden, Sir
J.. Scarlet, Mr. Doherty and Mr.. Peel, spoke in f,
vor OF the Solicitor Generals notion
The House then divided on the motion, when th,
numbers were ''N
For the motion 100 Against it 1i6
Majority IN favor Of the motion Ia
On the re-opening of the gallery, the house was
considering motion made by the Solicitor Cen
era that Mr.. OConncll should be called to the bar
informed OF the decision of the house, and rcoured
to take the oath Of allegiance and supremacy.
pause OF some seconds took place. The ewes of
most OF the members were directed towards the bar
and Lord Duncannon aud another ,pernber nroccedcJ
in that direction.
MIR. Brougham objected as was understood. To tI,,
course Presscdby the Solicitors G cneral DIR. O'Con
nell should have the oath rendered TO him. but not
the bar.
The Solicitor General said, that he had looked In
to the journals, and found that the course no had
sued was according to precedent,
An irregular discussion then took place, In the
course OF which the Speaker stated, that the only
difficulty was, whether Mr. O'CenncII should recc;,,
the answer ofthe house in the same position in wbicb
nc had last spoken. There had been no precedent
an oath being rendered to member at the bar.
Nlr Peel, at length, suggested that an opportunity
should be given TO Mr. OConnell to consider wbetb
er ne would take the oath OF supremacy or not; be
might not be in the house. He therefore moved TINT
he be required to attend this day at three O'Clock.
The Speaker then put the question: "that Mr.. o.
Council be ordered to attend the house this day Tues
day. at three O'Clock, in order that Mr.. Speaker NAV
communicate to bin the resolution of the House. and
ask him If he is willing to take the oath OF supreur,
Cyl Agreed TO nom con.
MAY 10.
The Solicitor General moved that the order for
the further attendance ofDIr. OConncll at the bar
be read.
The order having been read-
The Solicitor General moved that Mr. O'Conne'l
be now called in.
Mr. s. Rice SAID, that before that motion wss cor
red, he wished to ask the honorable and learned
gentleman opposite question, which fnot atopcth-
or improper, he hoped he would perceive the conyo
nence OF answering at the present stage of the pro-
cccdings. He wished TO ask the hon. and learned
gentleman the nature ofthc Interior proceedings 70
winch ne alluded on former evening, in the event
OF Mr. OConnelPs refusing tn take the oath Of SUI
premacy lie wac anxious to know this, as il would
IN some measure, guide him in the course which no
meant 20 puFauc. 'S
Inc Solicitor General felt no difficulty in answer.
ing the hon member. His intention was in the event
OF Mr. OConnells refusing 10 take tho oath ne s,,n,o