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ttifeirs ; iitf anJiernln ' ent degree . In nu ' frnbers- 'they have prodigiously increased ; and they &re continually increasing , beyond 'example in any other country . Already they Compose the far greater part of the trading and manufacturing
interests . The agricultural class , so powerful and influential Throughout Icela-fi-dj is ^ tlmrost unive rsally Cat'holre . They occupy the most valuable positions , whether for commercial or for military purposes ; $ * e boldest coasts , mo < t navigable rivets , and most tenable
passes ; thte most fertile districts , the richest supplies of forage , the readiest means ' of * attack- or defence . The geographical advantages of Ireland are well known . Cork , Waterfdrd , Kerry , Gal way , Mayo , Sec * &c . all Catholic counties , attest the correctness of our
assertions . ' Numerically , the Catholics constitute full five-sixth partis of the Irish population *; and , compared with the members 6 f the Established Church , they are in
fheproportion of at least ten to one / a pro- '' portion , be it observed , rabidly adv ^ hciHg of late years . In ev ery city , town and viHage , their numbers more , or ¦ ' less preponderate . ' Th ^ , tipen country is in their afc ¦¦ * ?
most exclusive occupation . The gross population of Ireland , this day , is tobderately estimated , by the mostcbni'petent judges , at five millions of inhabitants . Of
'this numbtSHveiti ^ yi without exaggeration , state the < Catholics as ' amounti ^ ng ' to ^^^ OO ^ OO ; ttiptti $ , \ equal to ottei-Haif of th ^ uhited l population eff ^ E r ^ fand and ^ Wttl 6 » . In fitye ^ the C 4 tholits are-en | vphatically the Peoplk of Ireland . sWfr js * the cjas ^ bf rtien ; failfh . ful , genetous and deservii > g—suf-
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fering for the hiisfoi ^ turres of their ancestors , yet nobly steadfast to > th ^ ir venerated religion . Such are the people , to wham the British laws deny liberty of conscience . Their sole crime is that of adhvririg ' fondly to the religion of theit
choice—of obeying the sacred dictates of private judgment : and this , not by overturning any esta - blished system , orby turbulent innovations , but by preserving , pure and inviolate , the hfcty ( let lines handed" down to the ' rrr bv their
forefathers , canrrimeti by ages of suffering and till amity , and nuiv consecrated to their 1 ve and respect by an historical identity wrth . thfe honour and fair farne of Ireland , during nearly fourteen centuries . ¦ . i For this crime , of worshipping ;
their Creator in the form practised throughout the greater part of Christendom , the Catholics of
Ireland are the prostrate victims of a teazing , intolerant code of lawsj rendering them , in effect , almost " Aliens" in their native land .
STATEMENT , &C , CHAP I . Of the Laws which peculiarly afli feet the Cath&lic Cfergp . Catko * lie Houses vf Worship , School * Houses , and other Charitable Foundations . ; The Catholic-Clergy consist of
4 archbishops , 25 bishops , about 1 IPO parish priests , ' 80 D curate ^ ,
and between 2 OO aAd 300 regular clergy of various orders 5 amWilU ' ing to a total ntimber , exceeding * 2000 clergy men } - all incessantly ^ employed 1 in rriinisteVii ^ g to the spi * ritual wants Of fo ^ r * millions q §^
people . TheSe ' a ^ 6 the peiaeemakers throughotlt every 'districthealing dissetfeion ^ , * ^ e ^ onib ^ mg i diiierences ^ irfcuWatifig pur ^ m ^*
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Ffoa $ Ldm $$ which aggrieve the CiHJtolicsr-of Ireland . 4 i&
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 419, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/11/
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