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    the Administration ihateffected the union with Ireland , as grounds upon which the claims ought to be presented . A broad demand on justice and policy cannot be rested with advantage or dignity ou a convention open to all the paltry impeachments of quirks and quibble . Still less ought it to depend on the pledge of a servant of the crown . Political rights ,

    as connected with the welfare of a State , have a higher origin and deeper foundation than federal stipulation or ministerial engagements . The solus populi is the object of social policy , and the only consideration that cau justify the imposition of restraints or the creation of disabilities . Mr . Peel may hare said , very consistently with the narrowness of his mind and the crookedness of his craft ,

    that if he were convinced that this Treaty required the concession ot the claims , his decision would be materially influenced by the persuasion—this he may have declared in the perfect security that he could at all times profess himself unconverted to the Catholic construction , and that tite discussion of the question on such inferior grounds would derogate from the dignity , and impair the strength of the caase . In the declaration we have

    referred to , Mr . Peel only flings a tub to the whale ; and when Sir Francis Bur * dett embarks the Catholic cause in this poor tub , as a fighting ship , he omits to observe , that the extent of the victory fee proposes to himself is the conversion of Mr . Peel . And supposing this mighty object to be attained , what would be the value of it ? The weakness of tti ! grounds

    of Mr . Peel ^ s surrender would completely neutralize toe force of his opinion in the judgment of his party , and destroy his influence * while not one particle of strength would be added to the cause of the Catholics . On very different grounds has Mr . Perceval explained his departure from the opinions of his father . He

    founds his advocacy of the claims not ou treaties which may be wise or unwise , distinct or doubtful , but on the policy of removing irritating restraints which are unnecessary to the safety of the state . To see men of this stamp and age renouncing the errors of their fathers , is one of the cheering indications of the times .

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    that the wdrds u on the true faith of a Christian , * ' introduced into the dedara * tion , would place the Jews in a worse situation than at present . The petitioner prayed their Lordships to modify the declaration . On Lord Holland ' s motion to receive the Report on the Bill to repeal the Corporation and Test Acts , the Earl of Eldon made an attempt to go back again to a part of the bill already passed , and proposed an amendment in the preamble ,

    omitting all reference to the acts of union , as the Honse had not thought fit to make the recital of them a complete one . Lord Grey opposed this proceeding as very irregular , the House having got to a part of the bill , advanced beyond the stage which Lord Eldon was attacking ; and after some discussion Lord Eldon withdrew his motion .

    He then proposed another amendment , to which the same objection applied . Another amendment , having the effect of making the relief applicable only to Protestants , was then proposed by Lord Eldon . This gave rise to a rambling conversation . The Bishop of Bath and Wells supported the amendment , which , however , was objected to by the Bishops of Chester and Landaff . The Duke

    of Wellington also opposed it ; and Lord Holland remarked , that if the amendment were agreed to , the Catholics would be placed in a worse situation than at present ; for now they might possibly get into corporations , and be protected by the Anuual Indemnity Bill , but that protection would of course be taken away should the amendment be adopted . On a division , Lord fildon's

    amendment was negatived by 71 to 31 . The Learned Lord then proposed auor Jfter amendment to introduce the word " Protestant" into the declaration . He asserted that the oath of supremacy would ( when the Sacramental Test , was repealed ) be the only protection against Catholics , and that It had been often admitted that Catholics would take that oath . He contended also that the Test

    Act , wbich imposed the declaration against Transubstantiatton , did not inr elude corporate ( offices . The iird Chancellor intimated a wish to wander this point . The Duke of Wellington moved an Adjournment <*> wxt day , which , after another division , was agreed to .

    Frkkg , 4 fitU 2 b . The debate was resumed , and carried to a greaft knftfc . Lord JBtdon made *« - veral speeches , and proposed an ajnehib

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1828, page 423, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2561/page/63/