Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-28
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To The Editors ofhe Titginian

To The Editors Of The Pitgininn.
GgkTLrNgN When | last addressed your
readers, I auylonsly hoped | should moi fee
myself again called upon TO reply to " An Oh
server" Iris gentleman. being driven trou
! all his FORMER positions, returns TO the ailaCk
on a new plan ; but his s%cn'rliily 10 not in
! tend TO notice. NOR any personal remark ht
may have though proper to make, Ny object
in replying to MIN, was 10 shew that his state
menis we've erroneous, and made with a view
TO mislead The AmericaU pub &c on the suffice
of Catholic Emancipation or, probably. to
Justify SOM recent act fms own. In hus hrSi
number, An o server NOT only advocates
the cause Of Oraugrmrn, but also attempts a
jusiiica i'm # their late outrageous conduct
but hnding the task mOre diff cult than he al
Fl st anticipated, he relinqui hes the whole, and
comics opt with a sweeping disnyOwal.i IN bshal
of himself and all MS relatives, of ever having
had any knowledge or participation in thc'
secret rites or ceremonies. This disavowai
| consider TO be in pc feet accordance with his
former statements. Ia the same number, he
also asserts. that King William redeemed Ire
land from paganism aud superstition. | APP
peal to the reader, who has perused The whole
of this controversy, i'll have not shewn that
the motives and actions of King william, in
Ireland, were both unnatural aud unchrislian ,
Nv ~" TO- 'JphIhS hG sNNo .
confidently expected n reply from SOM quar-
ter, but looked for it, in vain, in The commune
cation of" A Son Of Erin" This self important
gentleman, whose popularity. he tells US, " can
not be affected" and who " stands aloof from a
certain class of his countrymen," but woo, ~
doubt, at the same time, is %crin9ing TO some
others Of them, is so blinded with religion.
prejudice that he cannot see, be UiH not see,
that | have refuied every statement he has
made and | defy HIM 10 show wherein have
been guilty of a single misrepresentation. He
writes essays, aud tells US he conrradicts state.
ments - for the satisfaction of his more polite
readers am of opinion his assurance Ii in
advance of his knowledge, for | think ] have
clearly shewn he is not even acquainted with
the modern history of the country that gave
him birth.
In one ofhis numbers this gentleman oh
serves, = the Duke of Wellington is true
Swiss he fought we'll Tor his pay Let me
ask him, is the Dakr the only one that has
been fou d fight < for his master? There are
sope persons in this place VITO think not. " In
vain," (says An Observer ~ looked for argn-
ments that Won d resist the force OF my conciu'
sious: arguments to sheW thai one man has
equal rights with another = and then excla'ms
" what a glorious theme the Son Of Erin
! might have dwelt upon Equal rights. have
| been so well defined by the leaned and
| virfuons of Europe, as we'll as Of America, and
| are so clearly understood by the people OF this
| country, that il would be The highest presump-
| lion in me, were To say a single word on the
subject. But, perhaps this essaylsf had better
favor the public with a few more OF his mum
bars on that question, as he is so fond of "a
glorious theme :" though ! fear hr would be
as unsuccessful in the attempt as he has been
| -, Il Il IN iii nIatp hIa Catholic
countrymen.
| He then asks for " reasons why Catholics
should be emancipated ?" consider this gen
| tleman incorrigihle. and ] well know that the
| clearest evidence that could h.. produced on
that subject with h i'm would avail noting but
I do not address myself TO him it is 10 the A
| merican citizen I appeal and | will ask him
should the Roman Catholics be disfranchised
for tenaciously adherins to the relig ion of'heir
forrfathers , anticipate his answer. l Know
his generous and unprejudiced heart will reply
in the negative. Who can he found that VIII
| say The p1ilantrophic Lafayette, the patriotic
/ and venerable Charles Carroll, are unworthy oil
| eoualr rights because they hold communion
| with that ancient Church Bot perhaps he
| will saw these gentlemen are not Irish Catho-
lies. II is well known there are no people IN
any couniry who respects their laws more than
The Irish Catholics, when impartially adm ms
tered. Have they manifested no zeal for Eng
lands King and Constitution Has not the
thirsty soil Of Spain been drenched with their
crimson goeh? Witness the plains Of Ialive
RI g. SaIamanca ; the siegesof Badajos & Bur
COS T. the ever memorable battle of Waterloo.
Was the Irish Catholic TO be found skulking IN
the back ground No he wasrecoenizod by his
commander. breasting the storm of battle n
every attack and yet this cold, cold hearted
Irishman thinks his fellow countrymen should
still wear their chaiis
have remarked. throughout An Observ'
erfs'' productions, that he displays a peculiar
tao, for Turning. He has turned King WI
liam into a glorious Christian Apostle ih'
Orangemen he has turned into deirndersofth
Faith and the Duke of Wellington he ha'
.-..I e., .r,n a Gurisa and Ihnn into VIII