Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-05-05

| tanustn IN Ireland l'ouu appause.) HAD we been
suffered TO ningle more extensively with Cath
Ole fellow subjects, and to company with them
in the walks of civil and political business, there
would at this day have been the TRANSMISSION Of
another feeling, the breath OF another spirit "a
fnongst them: nor should we have beheld as now
the impracticable countcnance, the resoutc and
unyielding attitude of aggrieved and outcast pop
| ulation Cloud applausc.) / am sensible Of one ad-
vantage which our opponents have agains s,& that
certain command over the religious feeling Of
the population. And yet ! am not aware of any
public topic on which the popular & prevailing cry
ever ran so counter as it does at present TO the
whole drift and spirit of christianity. What 9TH
er instruments do we read Of in the New Tesla
ment for the defence and propagation of the Faith
but the Word Of God and the Spirit of Cob
How does the Apostle explain the principle Of
us triumphs in that age, when truth was 20
mighty to the pp!|i9aq1own Of strong holds' II
was because theSecapohyof his warfare were not
carnal He confined himself to the use oil spiritual
! weapons, the only by which to assail the
strong holds either Of Popery or Paeanisfn.--
(Cheers.) The kingdom Of God. whichis not Of
this World. refuses to be indebted for ts advance
ment 10 any other. Reason, and Scripture, and
Prayer,-these compose, or ought TO compose,
the whole arinoury OF Professionalism; and il is by
these alone that the battles of the Faith car be
successfully fought. (Cheers.) IL is since the
admission of intolerance, that unseemiy associate,
within our camp, that the cause of the Reforma-
ton has come down from its 'vantage-ground;
and from the moment il wrested this engine from
the hands of its adversaries, and began 10 WELD
and brandish it itself, from that moment il has been
at dead stand. EApplause.] Wewant to be dis
eneumbered-of this weight, and TO be restored
thereby to our own free end proper energies.-
We want truth and force 60 be discovered from
each other-lcheers]-the moral and spiritual to
be no longer implicated with the grossly physical,
prevail in Ireland, till cause be delivered from
the outrage and the contamination of so unholy
an alliance. Ii is not because ! hod Popery to be
innocent, that want the removal Of these DISABLE
L Il
ont of the way, she would be tenfold more assaa-
BILE. tCheers. 1t is not because am Indifferent
70 the good of Professionalism, that / want to dis
place these artificial crutches from under her,
| (laughterl-but because want that, freed from
every symptom OF decrepitude and decay, she
should stand forth in her own native strength,
and make manifest to all men, how firm support
she has on the goodness of her cause, and on the
basis of her orderly and well laid Arguments
| loud cheers.) 1t is because i count so much
{and will any Protestant here present say, that
count too mfch:) on her Bible, and her evidences,
| and the blessing of God upon her churches and
| the force of her resstless appeals TO the con-
science s. the understandings Of men; it is because
OF her strength and sutiiciency in these, that
would disclaim the aids Of the Statute Book, and
own no dependence or obligation whatever, on a
system of intolerance. {Cheers) These were
enough for her in the days OF her sutJerings, and
should be more than enough for her in the days Of
/ her comparative safety. Cloud cheers.) Ills
not by our fears and cur false alarms, that we do
honour 10 ErOtcStanttSfn. y more Oeuttlng no.
nour to the great cause, is the homage Of our
confidence; for, what Sheridan said OF the liberty
of the Press, admits Of most emphatic application
to this religion Of truth and liberty. Give"
says that Orator, }" give 10 Ministers q corrupt
House OF Commons; give them plant and SER
vile House of Lords; give them the keys Of the
| Treasury, aud the patronage of the Crown; and
give me the liberty OF the Press; and with this
mighty engine, / will overthrow the fabric OF
corruption, and establish upon lis ruins the rights
and privileges Of the people," In like manner,
give the Catholics Of Ireland their emancipation;
give them seat in the Parliament Of their coun-
try; give them free and equal participation in
the politics of the realm give the place ut the
right ear of Majesty and a voice in his councils
| land give me the circulation of the Bible, and
with this mighty engine l will overthrw the ty-
ranny OF Ant-Christ, and eslablsh the fair and
| original form OF Christianity on its ruins. THE
delivery Of this splendid passage, which was Civ
EN- with prodigious energy, elected the most rap
turous and deafening shouts OF appreciation which
were thrice renewed.] The politics OF the gues-
ton, ! have left TO other and ADLER hands. view
II only in its religious bearings, and 1 give il as
my honest conviction, and believe the convic-
ton OF every true-hearted Protestant, who knows
wherein il is, that the great strength of his cause
| lies, that we have every thing to hope from this
proposed emancipation, and thai we have nothing
to fear. THE conclusion Of the Reverend Doc
tors speech was greeted with renewed shouts of
rapturous applause, which lasted for several min
utes.]
| The Edinburgh Mercury says that the public
meeting at Edinburgh, in favor Of Catholic Eman-
clPaton, was " the most numerous and respecia-
bic ever held under any roof in Scotlsnd."--That
paper observes on the same subject:
| DIR. Chalmers speech formed one of the mos,
striking features Of this meeting. That ceIebrat-
ed man rose above himself, aud above all his Tor
iner efforts upon this occasion, exenplfypg, in the
effect produced by his address upon the minds and
feelings OF his auditory, all the wonders which are
related OF the great ancient masters of oratory-
At the conclusion, the whole assembly, amounting
TO little short oftwo thousand persons simultane.
ously rose, and waving their hats in the air. raised
deaiening shouts and huzzas, which continued for
number of minutes, and would have been pro-
ionged but for the necessity Of proceeding with
the remaining business OF the meeting. Nor was
DR.. Chalmers the only member of the learned bo-
dy TO which he belongs present upon this occasion
10 the eternal honour OF our great MetropoI-
tan University, no less than ten of her Professors
including the most distinguish names OF which she
can boast, attended the meeting.
HORRIBLE EXECUTIONS At LISBON.
LISBON, March THE day Of Yesterday will
be memorable in the bloody annals OF Lisbon. The
special commission appointed 10 Judge the unfor-
tunate men charged with rebellion against Don
Miguel on the 9th Of Jan. having ordered them 10
give in their written answers in twenty four hours
concluded its proceedings on the 26,b ult On tina,
day the sentence was drawn up, signed, and sent
10 Miguel for appreciation BY that sentence BRIG
Morera and four more we're condemned 10 trans.
portstion for life and two more 10 TRANSFORMATION
for ten years. The remainder OF the accused were
acquitted. from demonstration ofthejr inpoccnce
or from want OF sufficient evidence Of guilt But
sucha sencncs could not satisfy Miguel; he. there
| lore, resolved that another should he drawn up,
oy which the first bve convicted should be hung,
the t"o next transported for life, and all the rest