Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-26

u the relief Dill was 10 do away with the obiIga
tions directed by the union act. The union ac
directed that the oaths should be taken for par
,icular period, and for particular period only
The word Of the act OF union were Tha
every member Of the House Of Commons, II
The first and all succeeding pariiamen,s, shall
LItil the Parliament of the United Kingdom
shall otherwise provide, take the oaths, and
make and subscribe the declaration, and take
7 and subscribe the oath now by law Ell Joined tc
be taken, made, and subscribed by the Lords q
Commons OF the Parliament of Great Brit ain. >
J He could not now 10 that, for the direction was
/ a, an end. On that direction depended the oa,t
OF supremacy. II under that direction the oath
! Of supremacy could not 0e required, then he
succeeded al once. He commended that the peri
cd had arrived when that direction was no lon
ger in force. The period Of the existence oil
the direction as hmi'ed by the adye,5 uf lime
"untll." The oaths were direc,ed 20 b: taken
= until something should happen. Had thai
thing happrnedP That was the only question.
He would see whe h"r ne could answer il. He
said ,hat thing had happened How did he
prove it? He took VI the acr OF relief passed
! this ses inn; and he found :he declaration to-
tally abolished Had no; Parliament now 50
therwise provided" He would not delain the
House by going infinitely through the act, he
would res, his claim upon the 10th clause
which conferred the right VI exercising every
civil right upon Catholics. ali he should be ask
/ I'd whel her the right Of 81 ting and voting in
Parliament were a civil right, he would reply
if il might BE- permitted, by asking ano her
overwhelmingly, "f it be not civil right
what Is il?' He had looked through the law
books, and he found that Blackstone divided
,he entire law ialo rights and wrongs, and a.
mones, the civil rights he classed tie privile
yes Of sitting and vo'iag in Parliament But
h. would appeal TO the common sense ard IN.
ders anding Of men. Was il not civil right;
In This very statute itself civil and military
rights were contra Distinguished. Thus there
WIS in the act itself clue 10 the meaning OIL
The act. IL he went out OF the ac', and reierr-
/ ed TO those authorities which decided the meai'-
ing Of the E"giish Language, he found that The
words "ti,ii rights" included every RICH, Vi The
description for which he was now contendIhg
His right was clear and plain, from the far
construction OF the lave bill. II was in'e"ded
TO b. all-comprehcnsive in il, enactmen,s,-eX
tending its benefits 10 ali 10 whom II referred
with such exceptions as were % be thercinaiiei
excepted. His case, he conended, was not in
Guided amongst those exceptions. He stood
upon his right. az lie claimed under that act
the benefit Of the intention OF ,he legislature IL
its enactment
b
The honourable and learned members oou-
clusion WAS followed by considerable cheering
from several parts Of the Hou-e.
! Afte' he had cone uacd, an i"ter,a: of s .t
"a mnr,es e''7ssd oeto'f an, msmoe S azores
Sra me fi"ase IN ms ms, ,frna .n e n !,
consultation with he Speaker When he re
somsd BIS sea', an''Hs' mort PSus' e"e1e'' -
The SOM o. 80, in answer to Mr.
House al eoDs'derabe ,eO fsnn,1uded by moving
O'Connglrs Argument & Gu, eo'1 uonsr ,hA, Mr.
sha, II i. the opinion VI ,.,nrned as membr
. O'C"nneii, having n% %o cnn,nrnce,nen, OF h
10 his HOUSE oer''. ~ n, session for the re
: Ac, passed in the pres !" Ca,ho,;c subject.
lief Of hi, Majesty H'm rn's in ,hi. House W
is no, eU',,led |" si' 'l w. a,n Of Supremacy
T l,ss he hFs' takes 'ne hen U sa, down, ami
!. The So'ie,.or, Sa.r'n[, '
c"ns'dtraoie 1neF' Wr Maurice Fitzgerald, NJ
Mr.. G. l..mo' M Dc, anu ,,ye,a!
C. w. W ynh, aOC Va oNS 81, o,ro,