The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-18
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European Policy.

iateiy agliated- the, British Parliament, that
oil the night Of Jew 10 seat in that body.
and the right Of the Pope to confer titles On
persons subject to British laws. The first
arose ontbe-d demand of Mr.. Solonaons of ihe
Jewish faith, TO be admitted to seat in the
house OF Commons, having been elected a
member tor Greenwich; the other. on the
act Of The Pope making a Cardinal Of Bish.
op Wisenan. 3l
On theil8th ofJuly MIR. Solomons pre-.
sented himself and requested to be sworn on
me old Testament. He took The oaths Of
allegiance, supremacy and abiuration but
In MS osth ne substituted for the closing
words o. the legal form, I" On sthe.true faif6
Of Chlstian," The words, SO help me God ;
HavingIas he stated, thus taken the oath IN
the foTnB and with the ceremonies binding
on hiscpnscience, in accordance with me
Statute, 'he demanded TO be sistmilleFl "
subscribe 10 his oath and to declare to his
property qualifications. He then took Ills
seat Immediately below the Ministerial
bench, when loud cries Of withdraw
and "order!" and considerable uproar en-
sued. The Speaker then advised Mr.. Solo.
mons to withdraw, who then went below
the bar. That, however, did not satisfy the
House, and he ultimately obeyed the order,
withdrawing to the stairs leading into the
gallery OF the House of Lords. As Mr.. Sal
onions wished to test the legality of his
right to seat, the matter was postponed
lew days TO ascertain il he had done enough
TO order suit to be brought against him
On the 2lst the agita ton was renewed bv
Mr.. Salomons taking his seat. The speaker
advised him to withdraw but he refused 10
comply. An excited discussion arose. which
continued several hours. Mr.. SaIomons per.
sisted IN keeping bis seat and in voting on
!hfee different motions that came up, sub
lectlng himself by SO doing to f50O fine
each time. AT length vote was taken on
the motion that Mr.. S. do withdraw. which
stood. yeas 23l, nays 81; majority for the
motion 100. The speaker then called on
Mr. Salomons to withdraw, who refused.-
The Sergeant-at-arms then approached Mr..
Salomons to execute the order of the House.
when that gentleman Withdrew.
The other was the bill introduced by Lord
John Russell, making it an offense punisha-
Bile by tine and imprisonment for any one in
treat Britain to exercise certain ecclesiasti-
cal functions under the authority of the Pope
Of Rome. The Marquis of Lansdowne, in
the House of Lords, considered the bill had
no other object than TO assert nd enforce
the hitherto undisputed right of the Crown
TO prohibit the use Of titles conferred by for.
eign potentates, and TO resist the slightest
approach to the exercise of territorial iuris-
dict:on.
The Earl Of Aberdeen opposed the bill
with much force. He insisted that il the bill
continued to be anything but dead letter
there never again would be peace in Ireland
Lord Beaumont regarded the bill as {
great national protest, which the necessity
OF the case had rendered unavoidable.
The Duke of Wellington felt that the
proceedings of the Court of Rome could
not be passed over withoutlegislation. He
said the pope had appointed an Archbishop
OF westminster, had attempted to exercise
authority over the very spot where the Eng
llsh Parliament was assembled, and under
the sanction of this proceeding Cardinal
Wiseman made an attack upon the rights Of
the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. Ii
in theif legislation upon this Subject, they
did whit was necessary for protecting the
religious liberties of the people, and nc
more, they might rely upon the cordial sup.
port Of England, and of the better portion oI
Ireland.
Viscount Canning feared that the 'Ilru
might ieopardize the great principle of re-
ligious freedom and when they founded leg.
lslalion OF that character upon belief thai
the Pope had been guilty, as regarded this
country, of an act of usurpation, the proc!
which they offered ought TO be of the most
perfect kind but whatever doubt might ex-
ist as to the question Of usurpation, he was
ready to admit that an insult had been offer
ed, not to the Crown or people of England,
but to the Church.
There is no question that the bill ere this
has become law.
Both these matters are well calculated to
astonish the American mind, (the American
mind we mean out of New Hampshire, for
we believe there is constitutional disqual-
ification of a citizen of the Catholic faith
holding an offce,) Here, where religious
beliefs are considered as subject to the Al
mighty only, and as furnishing no -disquali-
fication to their possessor being good citi-
zen and patriot, umd where ecclesiastical
titles are held as harmless baubles, we cannot
but feel and express astenishment at these
proceedings Of the British Parliament
But they are only part of the political sys-
TEN Of that country, as exclusive open Prot
estant worship is par. of the political sys-
tenn ofthe Pope Of Rome. In both instances,
these measures are supposed tobe necessary
for the preservation Of political power--for
the contol and subjugation Of the Masses
to make the many hewers Of, wood and
drawers of water, for the favored few. In
this country where the people are the mas
ters, and from whom all political power EN-.
antes, religious faith is neithera qualification
or disqualification for Office, nor are ecclesi-
astical titles any source Of alarm to the Peo-
ple.--Cin. Eng. sd IH
Matrimony made Easy.