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    justice of his cause—to the growing liberality of mankind . Unfortunately , be has lost some friends and fortified his enemies , within the last six months , by unmeasured and unnecessary violence . He will soonest recover from the present stagnation of his fortunes , by shewing more temper , and by trusting to the Legislature for redress . 'f Brute force , he should be assured , can effect nothing . It is the Legislature that must decide this great question , and my greatest anxiety is , that it should be met by the Parliament under the most favourable circumstances , ami that the opposers of Catholic Emancipation shall be disarmed by the patient forbearance , as well as by the unwearied perseverance , of its advocates " M . y marked anxiety to promote the general interest of this country is the motive that has induced me to give an opinion and to offer advice . " I have the honour , &c , ( Signed ) " ANGLESEA .

    " To the Most Rev . Dr . Curtis , < $ - € . " Seldom has the truth been more plainly told to the shuffling , equivocating politician who sees and owns his duty , but puts off its discharge from motives of conveniency . The whole of the letter is most excellent , and it may in its turn be " improved" to our edification by a few obvious reflections .

    In the first place , what sort of a Government must that be in which a distinguished nobleman , sent to govern a country torn to pieces by faction in the agitation of a question admitted by all to be of the most vital importance , does not even know what are the feelings on that question of the head of the administration;—in which such a nobleman only hears the views of those to whom he is responsible , in a casual letter to one of the governed ;—in which so little confidence , so little cordiality exist , as that those who sit at the same council-board never even hint to each other their thoughts on the only momentous question which distracts all minds ?

    In the second place , taking Lord Anglesea as in any degree an interpreter of Lord Wellington ' s meaning , we find who are the parties and what the motives which embarrass these rulers in that path of rectitude which all can see . Lord Anglesea points to " the interested motives of many persons of the highest influence "—influence such as the Duke of Wellington either dares not or cannot control . What , then , shall we say of the Minister who , knowing all this , recalls an honest man from the office of soothing a nation ' s injuries , and asks the oppressed to be quiet under their wrongs ? Lord Anglesea has given them counsel of a sort more consonant to the feelings of the heart as well as to the understanding ; and if his leader be in earnest , he too will ia his heart thank them for furnishing him with the argument of necessity for routing the crew who force him now to publish his impotence and shame . Is it possible , we may well ask , that this state of things can last ? When the confederates who used to league together to support a common

    monopoly , are openly seeking to purchase temporary safety by sacrificing their comrades in iniquity ;—when the great and solemn spectacle is exhibited to the world , on the one hand , of the Minister raised to power by their confidence , now flinging upon them what he feels to be a load of infamy ; and , on the other hand , a just Governor sent with all the prejudices of his caste to take a part in the misrule , but speedily becoming a convert to wise and liberal policy , and recalled merely because he not only saw but wished to do his duty ? Lastly , the parting advice of their late Lord Lieutenant has , we trust , come

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    Catholic Question . 113

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1829, page 113, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2569/page/41/