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& subject that could be tducjied only with a most cautious an <( delicate hand . For the information of the Noble Lord , who appeared to be most singularly ignorant upon this subject , he begged to slate , that it was possible to moot a question of ibis kind , to ask for accounts
of the state of par persecuted Protestanf ; brethren , and wluu steps had been taken for their relief and protection , without danger of-exposing the country to the calamity of a new war . Th ** whole scope of the proposition was to obtaia
information , trutt , if deemed necessary t > y . parliament , steps might be taken : and although the Noble Lord might refuse his assent , a very important object had been accomplished , for in the course of his speech the Noble' Lord had given most ample alid valuable information , which more than confirmed
the statement made of the horrible atrocities of which the deluded Catholics had been guilty in the department of La Gard . While the Noble Lord , with such exultation among his friends ,
was reading the statorient , which he had produced . to the House , every man , not blinded by admiration of the stupendous abilities ' of jlis Lordsliip , must haMe * -een that it completely proved the case in favour of the motion : the
Noble Lord was partially aware" of the fuct , and rnd interlarded his document with such observations as he thought calculated to remove the unfavourable impression . So far from showing that the assertions of the Honourable Mover
had I een exaggerated , it proved directly the contrary . The House Had heard with astonishment , that nb less than 1 , 000 murders had been committed , — a number for exceeding * the calculation of other men . The Noble Lord Trad
next endeavoured to alarm the House , by referring to a period nojt long past , when religious controversy had produccd unhappy consequences in the county of Armagh ; but rdid he tnean to say , that even during the * rebellion pf 179 8 and 1799 , ; the outrages had
equalled those of La' < Jard ¦} Vbcird CasllerqagU said across the table that he did . not refer to the date mentioned *] If the N ^ ble Lord did not allude to tlje rebellion , his argument ; waV ttie w ^ lcer ; for i ^ ftot during the period of rebellion , where could be iound * . jany t ^ Vi > g like a parallel to the horrqra of £ a vtejxJI I . ' Wi ^ tt the $ pi * ce of three « w (» ^^ f ^ t ^^^ P ^ k ^ J committed : where could similar atro-
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cities / be fotrnd In the history aftnosftst any country ? WrraF had TaHerv frb $ the Noble Lord regarding the t € h thrift sand ineinv ] ib had oppressed a partojf France by thp ir ' adhere , ncp , to Bonapar (^
were in our hands , which rriigbt be used without any breafcfi of amity . It Was the duty of EngJatnf Id use thei ^ peacefull y ^ andclclicately , in proportion to the iinbortaiice ahU' aeticacy pf the subject . Itwa ^ tfre dutyt > f government to ina ^ e suci h . represerif ^ tidns to the authorities in France , as Weanie the situatiori of ' that country , ajtid the attitude we were \' ejititled w assume ^ A rentswil of hostilities ' \ vbiild hot neces ^
sarily be the corisdquehce : brl the contra ry ^ in ^ former tiities , - wheh we had felt called updtt to interf > 0 ^ e in favour of ^ rtos ^' ' who ^ w-ere urtrfustly suffetmg , oiir sj ^ mj ^ thy ha 3 been frecjuentiy r ^ - warned by xShi ^ r satccoiijpKshrrient of tfee desTred object . The Noble Lord had
frequently reverted / to ~ a fevoiirite topic — -trie injury dbne to the cause of the Protestants b y the humane interference of their brethren in this country ; and the example of those benevolent persons was held up els a warning to the
House , " " Though vour ancestors have Hoiisef Though your ancestors have frequently inter prosed with effect , you must not think df ejrtde ' av ^ xiHhg : to rescue these unhappy people from destruction / ' said , the Woble Lord ; and what was the re&son assigned ? "I
admit ( added his JLordsMp ) that their persecutors inflict vipotr tfteiri irrhaman crueliies •¦ that they aVe ^ torturecl-i-that they ^ a re murd ered ; £ hat in thTf < eemontIis 1 000 murders for conscierice suke have been perpetrated , and net oiie bfltaler
executed or eVeti brought to tri ^ l : btit you must not interfere , becaiisQ the generous sympathy ' of the people of England will only draw down pjfon the Protestants of Fikncs He * cji >»» - tW' fH ^ ar ^ r ^ arji Such w ^ the argument of the . NobTe Lord : ^ W ! he ( Mr . B row ^ hum ^ t $$ ^ % mll more regr ^ l :, M ^ mJf wte nteJj ^ W tijne ; it S ^ &mBM ** . ^ OT ject of ^;§ y » e tK was ^ or * J
M b < p # htWai * tM House : wmv thelo&Ufab &&Mrv * d ! k W * J ? I ^ uagei relkion > ii 6 V « p # rpTw * °° '
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430 Intelligence . —Ttclnfc in tlie lffouse ^ o ^ C 6 mm 6 m on the ^ t € ii ^ . P ^ 6 fes ( d ^ t
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1816, page 430, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2454/page/58/
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