Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-04-16
From the New York Journal ofComme,c.,


I Catholic Disdbitties-At time wl..n the whole
population of Great Britain and Amerca,--nay, O.
every Catholic and every Protestant countrv---ar,
more or less excited on the subject OF Catholic Eman
clpatIon, IT may be interesting to inquire what are
the disabilities under which so large portion of His
Ma]estys subjects are laboring and from which they
have been praying almost for centuries to be recas-
ed. We shall them they stood in 1912 since
which time, we believe, few or no changes have
been made.
a Catholic Peer cannot sit and vote in the House
Of Peers.
Nor Catholic Commoner in the House of Com.
mons.
4 Catholic Priest cannot celebrate marriage be-
tween two Professionals. between Protestant and
Catholic unless already married by Protestant un-
der penalty of E5OO.
A Catholic capnot be Lord High Chancellor. O,
Keeper, or Commissioner of the Great Seal
Nor Master or Keeper ofthc RollS
Nor Justice of the Kings B inch. or fthe Com
mon Pleas.
Nor Baron ofthe Excbequer
Nor Attorney or Solicitor General.
Nor Kings Sergeant at Law.
Nor q Member of the Kings Council.
Nor Master in Chancery.
Nor Chairman of Sessions for the county Of Dub
lin.
Nor Council to the Commissioners of Revenue.
Nor the Recorder ola City or Town.
Nor an Advocate in Spiritual Courts
Nor n Sheriff ofa County, City or Town.
Nor Sub-Shcriff.
lie cannot be Lord Lieutenant, Lord Deputy, OF
other Governor of ireland.
Lord High Treasurer, Lord Of Treasury.
Governor of County, or PrIyy Counsellor.
Post Master General, Chancellor of the Exche
quer, or Secretary Of State.
Vice Treasury, Teller or Cashier of the Exche-
qucr.
Keeper of the Privy Seal, or Auditor General
Provost or Fellow Of Dub lin University.
Lord Mayor or Alderman of q Corporate City
Town.
lie cannot be "a mcmber ola Parsh Ycstrv.
Nor bequeath any sum Of money, or any lnnds
for the maintenance Of clergyman, the support of
Chapel or School.
In Corporate towns, Catholics are uniformly q z.
cluded from Grand Juries.
il would perhaps be tedious 10 rocte the whole list of
Offices Of trust cmoumcnt, dignity from which the
Catholics ore excluded either by the express letter of
the law, or by the application Of oathi and tests
Suffice it TO say, that the learned authorof Vindcim
Hbcrnicn computes the number ofstations in Ireland
alone which these Offices embrace, at three thousand
FeDen hundred and f,rty eight
It's not strange that people grooming under sucl
expressions should be importunatc that they should
have followed up their petitions year after We mr. and
generation after generations and that between
hoPo and fsr they should sometimes have overstep.
ped tho bounds Of order and law. IL England would
heal the wound which weakcDs the body polite;
II she shouldengHge tho rea sympathics Of Ireland in
her behalf and make nation Of lands which cab
boT each othcr;' the course u plain onc,-Irelnnd
must be admitted 10 he privileges Of Englshmon.
We know there arc some chiefly connected with the
Established Church, who forebode the most dsas.
rous consequences, should Catholic Emancipation be
granted. But why should thy fear! In the United
States the experiment has been fairly tried Of grant
ING free and full liberation 20 ali religions and the
result il such as 10 convince every American Of The
safety and wisdom Of the principle. Make men hap
py, md they will be loyal Cypress them, Oud their
loyalty will nc ONLY cloak 70 conceal The band Of
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