The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-03-03
The Catholic Debate In the British
Parliament.

The Queens speech thus alludes to the Papal
Question, which called spirited debate
s5 y Of b,s ,s
eSgnry and large bodies Sf subject, hav. presented
and that such shou be resisted have
sn hm S ct my e s the s IF
eiosehment from whatever quarter my proceed have
under God Blessing to MAINTAIN unimpaed the
religion, liberty which Justly priced by the people of this
" Il will be for to consider the which will be
laid before you on this subject"
| stadium has been reached in this Papal
| question" which will be marked page in history.
1t has been now transferred from the wide field of
public opinion to the closed lists of parliamentary
arena, where select knights, who represent great
parties, will fight the cause of the opinions they
| represent In the debate on Tuesday night, which
| followed the reading of the royal speech, we have
had foretaste of this nights debate, sketch of
| the picture that is to follow In the Lords, Lord
| Effiing ham moved the address, and was seconded
by Lord Cremorne. Lord Stanley, the champion
| of the Protestant party, then He spoke at
| great length he said that Lord John Russell must
have been fully aware of the flame he was about to
kndle when he penned his memorable letter; that he
| sent it forth the deliberate opinion of the head of
the Government, that an insoent aggression had
been made upon the supremacy OF the Crown Of
England. Ifthe letter Of the noble Lord meant any
thing, it meant that he would vindicate the supre-
macy of the Crown the rights of the bishops and
| the clergy the undivided sway of her Majesty, and
the Parliament over the domestic concerns of the
country. Amidst continued cheers Lord Stanley
warned the Government that if the measure fell
short of the just expectations of the country, a
heavy responsibility would rest upon the heads oi
| the Government for having trfed with the strong
,, est and holiest feelings of the English people
The Duke of Richmond, the protectionst duke,
, denounced free trade as having crippled the landed
interest of England; the Legislature had ruined
lhe landed prooprietor to give money to the cotton
| spinners of Manchester, who, to obtain money
, '' would sacrifice every law both human and d
) vine." As the matter would be shortly discussed
he should wait till then, and not move all amend
ment. As regards the Papal movement, he had
opposed the emancipation act, and was not aston
4 ished at what the Pope had done, as he had seer
e many of the mobiles of the land supporting mea
sure for admitting Jews Baron Rothschild) into III,
House of Commons He regarded Lord Johns let
| ter as the letter of the British cabinet.
No bad type this Duke of a peculiar class o
u Eneshmen.
One of the most remarkable speeches was tina
l.. | of Lord Camoys Roman Catholic. He felt
e his duty, as an Englishman to protest against th
! exercise of the POI e's temporal power in England
4 The Marquis of Lansdowne replied to the observa
q ons Of Lord Stanley, who had attacked the foreg
. | policy of the government. He considered the &C
y of the Pope as an act of usurpation.
II In the Commons, the principal speakers wer
:, Roebuck, Lord John Russell and D'lsraeli. Sib
" thorp usual, was facetous, invoked lightning t.
. destroy the Crystal Palace, a ID signfed that tn
!, present ministry consisted of the most contemptbl
al
" Sir E. Nj. Buxton gave notice that, on the l3t
ID instant, he would move that the derential dutie
IA on foreign sugar, which would come into operatio
a on lst July next, should be continued until tn
ie slave trade be abolished. On Monday, Mr.. Anste
will bring in bill for the entire repeal of pent
ne acts applying to Roman Catholics.
The Marquis of Kildare moved the address i
n ne the Commons in reply to the speech. Tie was se'
he onded by Mr. Peto in, perhaps, the most buslnes
d like speech of the night, in which he gave sketc
!" | of The commercial prospects OF England.
ee Roebuck then rose oaltack Lord John Russell
ct letter, and at the same time to oppose Lord Sal
"e ley. He said it was with pain he addressed Il
House-a pain at beholding so-caed liberal GO
nj eminent going backwards. He said it was an act
gross persecution to prevent Roman Catholics fro
:, having bishops 10 give them the spiritual comior
q OF religion He charged Lord John with makiI
o. political capita" )" and said he was dealing false
~ with the country. The noble Lord, forgetting b
position, equally forgetting history, aud thnkil
VS., only of eeting popularity, had lent The sanctit
u" OF his great name to cover great vice. II W
nothing less than the old puritanical bgolry of En-
M M land breaking out in the 18th century. 1t was d
eu hearening such mean and petty passi ms d
,urbing The onward progress of British minis
ms John O'COnneli, on the part of the Irish Catt
'ed lie members, assured the House that there was
ey the address, and the House might depend tn
an giving support 10 the great principles of religit
-, liberty. The Earl of Arundel Roman Catho
'th' peer, announced his intention of opposing any
ur tack upon the perfect liberty of the Roman Cat
ore lie Church. Mr.. Hume expressed his approval
he'd all that had been said by Roebuck and added Il
a stranger entering The House would suppose tt
ing were body of eccesascs met 10 discuss so
church question, as nothing else hardly had b.
for alluded TO- He concluded with his old hobby
demand for the reduction Of the army. Lord j
ney Russell passed in review the different topics m
toned in the royal speech He entered at sc
lear length into the agricultural question. He CO
hold out no hopns Of protective duty Of five .
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