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    political conduct ; it beiBg our earnest desire , and fixed determination , to conform , at all times , and under all circumstances , to the injunctions

    of that * acred ordinance , which teaches us to distinguish between spiritual and temporal authority , giving unto Caesar those things which belong * to Caesar , and unto God those things which belong to God .

    ^ Thus , then , Most Holy Father , it appears—while this obnoxious measure is opposed by every order of our hierarchy , that we , for whose relief it p urports to provide , feel equal ] y ardent and determined in our

    resistance to it 5 solemnly declaring , as we now do , that we would prefer the perpetuation of our present degraded atate in the empire , to any such barter , or exchange , or compromise of our religious fidelity and

    perseverance . We , therefore , implore your Holiness , not to ( sanction a measure so . obnoxious to the most faithful and disinterestedly attached portion of the universal flock . Our hostility is founded on experience and

    observation ; whereas , the remote situation of yjour Holiness renders it necessary that the Holy See should rely upon the representations of others , who may have have been interested ia the practice of delusion or deceit $ for the Roman Catholics of Ireland never

    can believe , that their revered Pom * tiff , who had endured so much of sufferiug in maintenance of his spiritual station , would , knowingly and intentionally , invade or oppress the

    conscientious feelings of a Catholic people , who bad endured nearly three centuries of persecution , in consequence of tiieir devotion to the same religious system .

    If this our determination be erroneous , we should regret that we and our ancestors bad aot long since discovered the error ; as the Catholics of Ireland could , by making such aajcriflces , haw readily -obtained relief from the penal code which op * pressed them . Bui , we do not Jaoiep t the

    our perseverance ^ on contrary we are confirmed in our conviction , ( ibat 41 conscientious adherence to the anie course , will ultimately obtain the approval of the Holy Bee , and ensure the admiration of every fyith * liil member of the Christian church . If it shaiJ please our temporal

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    rulers to impose this obnoxious fe *^ lation upon u * t we tmist i > o % doftri our heads before ttfe ordinance p ? the All-Seeing Providence ; ami ,

    humbly confiding i » his merciful protection , nieet this new trial * v 1 tli the same religious spirit as has * n $ bled us to survive every similar persecuting provision / Grievouilyy indeed , would we laiftent ^ ^ ^ iir enemies

    should succeed in alienating the mind of your Holiness from so many millions of faithful children , Should it , however , unhappily appear , that the influence of our opponents is more powerful than the prayers of sucti a people , we would still proceed in the course which practice and persecution have tried and proved .

    We will not , however , anticipate so calamitous and so portentous a determination on the part of your Holiness ; we will rather cherish our accustomed confidence in the Holy See , and , resting on the benign providence of the Divine Founder © four

    faith , we will look forward to such a determination on the part of your Holiness , as will allay our reftfibii * anxieties ; preserve , undisturbed , the peace of a church enthusiastically

    devoted to its spiritual chief ; and thereby perpetuate , (> y indissoluble bonds , tUe spiritual connexion which half been so long maintained between the See of Rome , and the Roman Catho lies of Ireland .

    For these purposes , apd with these views , vve lay this our humble Address and Remonstrance at the feet of your Holiness , praying a favourable con * p idevation $ and again imploring the apoatical benediction . Thomas Epmonde , Chairman , Eoward Hay 9 Secretary .

    I certify that the above Address and Remonstrance was framed by the Association of tike Roman Catholic * of Ireland , pursuant to the directions of the Aggregate Meeting , held on Tuesday , the » 9 th day of August last :

    Nicholas Mahov , Chairman of the Association . Dublin , Sept . 16 , 1815 . Ouihs taken by the Roman Catholic ? af Ireland , md referred to ik ihf above Addrost . ( No . I . ) - ««' I do * ak e Alpnjgbty Go ^ and his only Son JesUti Oiri « t , my KeUwoifin to witness t ^ at I wUl b ^

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    ^ 4 Int € lliyence . * -+-Address efthe Irish Catholics t&Pvpe Pitt * Yff .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1815, page 774, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1767/page/46/