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    very well satisfy its cravings ; and a sense of prudence , if not of justice , of decency , if not of benevolence , should restrain its appearing as the sole obstacle to the inclusion of Catholics in the equalization of civil rights , and the consequent pacification of the empire . But the clergy have plunged headlong into this unholy strife . And never has there been less scrupulosity in the means resorted to than on this occasion . County meetings have been made the most disgraceful scenes of confusion by the introduction of organbed bands of vociferators to drown all discussion . Petitions have been

    manufactured and multiplied by the most shameless contrivances . It is enough to say that the signatures to them have repeatedly outnumbered the population of the places from which they professed to emanate . Placards directly inciting to riot and violence , have been profusely distributed in the metropolis and in other large towns . The Press has teemed with unprecedented abuse of public men , and the Throne itself has not been respected . The progress of the Bill has been obstructed in Parliament in , to say the least , a

    very unusual manner . A strange and monstrous co-operation has been established between our dignified but militant Church , and the veriest dregs of Dissenting fanaticism . Unheard-of preachers and congregations , who , in other times , would only have been raked into light to shew how intolerable their crudities were , have been blazoned forth before the Legislature as the Dissenting Interest , and their ill-scribbled rolls of parchment have flaunted among the banners of the armies of Intolerance . And , to complete the disgust of the spectacle , we have had a Duel for the honour and glory of the Protestant Religion .

    It is all in vain . The Church will accomplish nothing but its own disgrace . Ministers are proceeding with a firmness which cannot fail . They will not fail . The liberal members of the Church of England , those who are its redemption in public opinion ; the best known and most esteemed of all the Dissenting denominations ; the leaders and pride of the Scottish

    Church ; the distinguished of all political parties ; these all have rallied round them , and are marching with them , like some noble and venerable procession of priests and heralds , in ancient times , advancing calmly between hostile armies ; conflict ceasing at their presence ; opposing warriors hearing the voice of truth and peace ; and a thousand angry passions hushed into quietness , and giving way to union and affection .

    The Pamphlets , the titles of which are connected with this article , are merely such a chance specimen as has been forwarded to our office , of the manner in which the Liberals have " carried on the war . " They are a veiy creditable specimen . Of the " Catholic State Waggon , " which is a reprint of the first article of the recently published number of the

    Westminster Review , an immense quantity has been circulated ; and so there should be . It is an article which Bentham might have written for its logic * and Swift for its humour . The " Jlppeal" is avowedly by a recent Convert . It is calm , moderate , and persuasive . The writer takes the same ground as Mr . Peel , and he thus illustrates the necessity of concession :

    * ' The law is become a dead letter ; factious passions poison the very seats of justice , and openly resist the execution of its decrees . Society is utterly unhinged ; there is neither confidence nor goodwill in any kind of human intercourse . Landed estates are unproductive—thus throwing the landlords into the scale against us ; the people are destitute of employment , emigrating to England , overrunning us , and reducing to their own miserable level our peasantry , already sufficiently distressed ; our two Houses of Parliament are violently disunited in themselves , and discordant also with each other . A

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    2 T 8 The Catholic Relief Bill .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1829, page 278, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2571/page/54/