The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-01-15
The Act Of Union.

n Ireland than the Engush 49, " ~,
With William Pitt at ats head, set aoous tne
nr;ngine the Parliament in College Green 20
70 lay violent hands on itself; AZ WIS ~ u,
hat the representative ASSEMBLY in DuOlin or!
had fomented the rebellion, nor was 'uoi " "
onv Immediate fear of its doing SO on OF
fnture occasion but it kept alive In the tn
neonle a vague sense of national lndepeno nn
ence: and it had shewn, in it's conduc! on ~
the Regency question, that there m, asnS u =,
arise serious differences It was. there
fore. doomed by Pitt to extinction lchg IT
before that resolution became known 10 Cue IL
pubiic. Nor were his designs on TINS suD, "
ject altogether wanting IN nou atssctad1 he =.
intended to bring before the King, anu " o
Law before the Imperial Parhamen.., .
measure for the relief OF Catholics iron. t
political disabilities, and Tor tne suppos' ~, !
thonoht that both priests and people woui3
| hecome attached to the British throne, anu {
| he induced to cooperate heartily WIN 1n9
1 English Government III ma''eis VI soAo
and of local interest.
appear to Pitt, and to the other mem ocrs
Of the Cabinet, to be ATTENDED WIN .uose
difficulties which subsequently arose.
.. the autumn Of 1889, and was requested to
4 attend the meeting of the Privy CounclIon
9 the Catholic question, he heard no diHer-
q ence of opinion among them as 10 ene
| oarit R.Of
tn him to be unanimously convinced tnat
q Fermentation ought to accompany the Acc
}, Of Union. though they entertained some
10 donbts respecting the admission OF Catho,
le lies to the higher offices OF state. In Lo IL
10 Castlereagh, the Irish Secretary, ana IN
y Lord CORVALLIS, the Irish Viceroy, Pi!t
y fonnd the strenuous supporters OF ms
), scheme. and he might, of course, 1a!ly
rt reckon on the votes of Fox ana the Wn ;s
IL in General when any measure for the reiiet
us If Catholics should be proposed. But there
OF we're two enemies to the plan, whose OPPOSE
IN ton Pitt had not taken sufficiently INTO az.
b. connt. and these were the KING ana !ue
English people. It n .hs Ro on closet. and
ar. an Archbishop Moore in his library at Lam
M beth. to set sparks to fame of No-Popery
- nreiudice, in which the Premier's Emanc1'
re- patton Bill would have peen scoe'neu
"a. shriyelled and reduced to ashes.
Lord Castlercagh and Lord Cornwa!li
rare mot empowered by Mr.. Pitt to CIV!
tho Irish Catholica any positive promise
political emancipation. AT the s'.ule IN v.
& ia certain that u general expectation y.
was raised and that, IN ;nsea"e and SIM
AS ut were afforded to the Government
voy MANY Catholics, it is true, reinalhee ne. heu
not tral INT the more influential part OF tnei
ma were brought over to the MnisSei,a. sio W.
the and were prevailed upon TO coun.e :a,n
is at the Union. There was no aosOiuIe tfiShei
the in Ills matter on the part OF Pitt; and ye
when the Act of Union had been passeu U
d to the Irish Parliament, when Tue conS , w
he which were to have been atttached "
the we're not fulfilled, when emanclpatlon W.
ow- still withheld, when the Protestant Cnu ns
Jung Continued supreme, and Cathohc prizes
ived were as far as ever from receiving any o
hess. pend from the State-tnsfe, VIZ 81
and rerv many. who believed, thenyfas- tAse
one. are not few who believe now, that y
him. Irish neople in the matter of the Unio
rom. we're knowingly and wilfuliy deceived ~
hclal cajOled.
nded M. ,,oo.ure had been matured in
'hree ..aast If the English Minister when, on
eren- o5S If january, 1899, it was proposed
same the Parliament in Dublin In the yicero
SEM sneech. On the first day it was accepeeo
large Rsarv;la and yenal majority, which, In
q po- Honsa IF Commons, was obtaine9 ny ,
Mt to nnrchase, at the last moment, OF
being Erench's vote. By the single voice OF
sem man only. who was afterwards created ~
@ de- iE Hs 80 conld the Government boast
st i'm ON ,ssue favorable to their design.
nloup on the ensuing day, the question was ae
rsonal debated at length, and through the sire
ID, at ous efforts of the opposition, the paf's
bed in - CastIa was UNEXPECTEDLY defeated.
nloup .h o Great LAWYERS of the time lifted up Il
with ,oces loudly against the extinction OF
on a tional Independence. Saurin, PiunHet
e sue Rnshe. afterwards made, respectively;
g was LUSH, Canaral Lord Chancellor and
ark of I 1I: toCatber with Fitzgerald,
he po- pr;me Sergeant. and Parnell, the Char
@ Sor- inr of the Irish Exchequer, spoke as p
ectures otto LAWYERS might be expected TT to 81
a riot AGAINST the projected surrender: Ihey
he lee, tended that ever since l792, when IRE
ceased was permitted to govern itself, the revef
Vicar trade and manufacture of the lsiana,
tituiar been thriving beyond example IN :,
olutlon countries and that by the projected T.
epared; the spirit of commercial enterprise
he used he damped, large landed proprietors, y
Jews OF absent themselves, and capital would
OF Ma verified from Irish channels. Inc lnoe
support of Ireland, both commercial and gems
ces, was We're distinct from those of England
. 9th OF required, therefore, q separate legs
ility he assembly. The Union, If effected,
3 duties reduce ireland to discontinued pro
Mt ONCE and would, as Mr.. Saurin too truly pr
ed. "add to and augment her divisloI
ews ana 5istractions by new sort of divls,o
IS on on djstraction; which would last, In al! l
with a probability, for another century, wit wit
ocacy ne cor and fury" When the Ministry u
. by INC their agents in Ireland, held out NO
ensaed, Catholic Emancipation, it renamed
nd when seen whether they were sincere IN 90 az,
sme from But, supposing that they were, on WI ",
He was thew ground their expectation OF pei
il OF Pno- with safety to emancipate Cathoncs
' OF le9o, their having "ceased to be torm,a
9Th