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sociation , their adoption-of which would famish the most fortunate argument they could use to honest though prejudiced men , unite them in their cause , and dissipate that apprehension of danger which some entertained . He must also say , ( bat it was a high merit in any Minister placed in circumstances so difficult as those of the Duke of Wellington , to be
able to bring this great question to a point to which all the honest advocates of the question had so long desired to bring it . He must say , in regard to the right honourable gentleman ( Mr . PeeJ ) , that * let his motive be what it might , whether a sincere change of sentiment , or a concession to circumstances , he had taken the opportunity of effecting a great
public good . He must have conquered many misgivings , and undergone many taunts . He ( Sir F . Burdett ) hailed this measure as the harbinger of peace to the two kingdoms , which would make this union a union of heart , thereby fulfilling the ends of those who brought it about . He hailed it as the means of
strengthening the country within and without . As to the noble Duke , he deserved the support of every candid and unprejudiced man ; and when the Duke brought forward his measure , he would have in him ( Sir F . Burdett ) , however feeble an advocate he might be , at least one sincere , one honest defender . The address was then carried nem . dis . and the house adjourned .
Frida y , Feb . 6 th . Mr . Peel gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move for leave to bring in a Rill to suppress oil dangerous Associations . Several petitions , for and against the Claims of the Catholics , were received from various parts of the Empire . On the Report on the Address to the King being brought u © >—
Sir T . Letubridge said , he entertained a hope that the measure recommended in the King's Speech would be productive of the desilked effects ; and avowed his intention to watch over the future proceedings , in order to obtain for the Established Church the best possible terms , under all the circumstances of tlie cSBe . ( Near ? hear . )
Mr . li . Foster said , he was neither 4 m Orangeman nor a Bruoswicker , and had &o -sort tof bias on his judgment Owing to the weakness of the Irish Government , all real power had fallen into the 'hands of the Catholic Association . In such circumstances , to avert a civil war , some ste p was absolutely nccea&ary ; aj % d he h&ped that the measure now recom-
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mended would be founded upon a Protestant and not a Catholic basis , for the discipline of the Catholic Church was incompatible with the BritiBh Constitution ; and if they let tliat Church into their House , they would find it a very troubleeowe companion . ( Laughter . )
Mr . G , Dawson observed , that he went to Ireland without any knowledge of the intentions of Government , bnt when he witnessed the extraordinary state of that country , he felt it his duty not to sanction feelings and proceedings which tended to the destruction of the Catholic * aud
the production of a civil war . He had not been intimidated by the Catholic Association ; but he wan afraid of seeing the blood oi his countrymen poured forth in a desolating domestic struggle , and he therefore publicly avowed his conviction that the time had arrived when it was
necessary to concede the claims of the Catholics . ( Cheers . ) Such being hi * opinion , he was delighted beyond measure to and that the Government had taken up the question , the settlement of which , he was coufident , would be productive of lasting benefits to all parties . ( Cheers )
Mr . Huskisson said , the proposed measure , when completed * would lie the happiest event that had occurred since the accession of the House of Brunswick , and he trusted that it would be liberal and fully adequate to the great object in view . ( Cheers . ) It was a subject lor
congratulation , that truth and justice had at length prevailed over long-cherished prejudices and errors . ( Cheer * . ) In legislating upon this matter , they had nothing whatever bo do with religion * docnine 8 ; at the ( tame tine , he could not but notice the extraordinary change of sentiment—the numerous
conversionswhich had recently taken place among Gentlemen , who , a short time back , had -expressed so much horror of Catholic teoets ! ( Laughter . ) This , uo doubt , was owing to some natural cause— sowe strange influence of atmosphere not well under / stood—that would -some 4 ay or other be better explained . ( Mwb laugh ter . ) Impartial history would do justice to the subject !—Mr , H . went on to say that the Catholic Association was not the
cause but the evidence , of the Mr-will that prevailed in IreJaud—it wa $ the spawn of our own wrong , ( Hear . ) He said therefore , relieve the Catholics from their disabilities , and leave / the Association to expire , aa it would , for want of a pretext for support . ( Hfar , Mwr . ) Sir J . Newport , after intiuaatiag his flfstisfaction at the proposed meaeure to regard to tiie Catholics / eiirjoestly hoped the Catholic Association would dissolve
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Intelligence . —Catholic Question . 21 £
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1829, page 219, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2570/page/67/
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