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Xew Catholic Association.
Ti was anumerous and respectablo meeting of the'N
dissociation, held atthe Corn Exchange on Saturday the 20th °
aug a rds Gormanstown, Killeen, “the Lon. Mr. Preston
ard Belle
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the chat Mr. Conway, who was appointed
athe last meeting.
: NEW MEMBERS.
‘The Rev. Mr. 1Fstrange proposed for aamision the Rev,
Me. Terry, R. C. Cur of Nenagh, aad —— Dwyer, Esq,
In doing so, Mr, L’Estrange read a letter from the Kiev. Gen-
ue ‘proposed, in which. he expressed a confidence that the
Association, which held out such flattering promise of be-
heft tothe country at large, would speedily eusody in its list
allelasses aud persuasions of en; above all, the Rev
‘felt, that the Roman Catholic Clergy were janperatively bound
to enrol themselves without t delay, as members of
whose objects would tend so much in their accomplisiinent to
refute the calumnious charges wade against their body, of wish-
ing to retain the people in a state of spiritual and moral igio-
rance.~ Le (Mr, L'Estrange) thought this letter so valuable,
that ia moving that the writer of it, together with the other
adiniited as mem
elf should bei inse
ce
fi oe O'Brien, in proposing the following gentlemen, spoke. as
fo
My Lord Gormanstown—l begto propose Mi. O'Reilly, of Bal-
tasna, as a aemberof this Association. He betongs to tisat class
of the Protestant comunity whose’station does uot require the
sheeliow of'a penal legislation. I beg also to propose Mtr. Lalor
. ig, and Mr. O'Reilly, of Kildangan Castle, and 1 trast that
th Be aceon iun of these very valuable mcinbers will be received
ariel the other pledges we have given of the temper which
shall guide our proceedings. “Allow me to take this opportunity
At saying, that tough Ll conceive the continued sittings of the
tion would uot, for maiiy considerations be desirable,
ieey I rapichend te Fiopose djonrnment to November might
pwidey fc, unless accompanied by some measure
t terval, will have the effect of securing the prose-
Cation of objects at present before us of ‘high wud essential in-
titeet a Weare how, asl may say, fairly “tauniched § with the
EME pubic opinion we move rapidly along. ‘Lhe Association
peo ewtedged by the law, and ins utitity proclaimed by the
tong ote relacy'and o have given ts their sauce
conden tre long, those who. may be regarded as tie more
vite of our body will aid- us, by their presence. wut
of thera, as the:
J “had nen delar. Ve shall now receive them with gratitude
ley ta bat sould vey withhold theirassistance while, as
she as Suppoxe, we yet siruggie upon the waves, when we
fear their advances will bp we
EsTAnt, 100; , joins our ranks—iv-
cagthene value of this association is uut so pawl Hat
sion hack Us A party, as that it unites us a peo Ou
‘1 been by long usagi called the Catiolic «juestio —
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Gate
aia ish we would accastom
ema call itthe N, ional Question, ‘for sure ‘ely uil classes
Vimy terested with ourselves i its adjustment. . The
twee tt ry noder an “ascendancy thrown upou him by
covet forfeity a soperior -asceadaney over the atiections
cn eegimen: | he is from them by av impassable
the marathi luded from the. sympathies of a common county,
tard aste which surrounds him, he stands a monument
Pride. 1 would address myself to my Protestant
i Lwould say, are the privileges you enjoy worth
es they entail you have rank and station and pro-
consult their satety by giving a mournful perpe
istraction of your country ? ~ Your brightest pros
or gee “i re froin the “contemplation of a prosperous pos-
ia "consult t elfare by transmitting the iuberi-
Bend tigre tales contentne! Enancipate yourselves from.
tat kind efulto you, and humiliating to us. Loo!
wet he spirit of a noble emulatio
in congenial darkness.
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of Russia, b —the tem:
sand correo
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The: Seals sition
ict y Ferdinand has tram-
for liberty cannot ‘preatlie jl : the atmos
a intolerance. Look to the East, the
The cross at east hits triumph-
the Greeks have reached the sanc«
m, yet amidst their country’s dexolation, we
0, shalt tine hes iidren, the profanation of their altars.
in eh; but our triumph willbe unstained by blood f 3
Mr! Shiel, among other Gentlemen of
icetion were in attendance, and their appearance was loudly
cheered,
“At halepast thre ° ‘clock, Lord Gormanstown was called to
ai Secretary for
the day, an ed to read the minutes of the Proceedings at
SS
ake
ORK; SATURDAY, OCTOBER
and our prejud
the pasi—ot fatwre amity and indissoluble un
Mr. O'Brien concluded by adding to the names alenly men-
of tioned by him, as candidates for admis of Mr, Rose
Price, whose accession he considered highly honourable to their
ody.
Lord Killeen seconded the motion for the enrolment of these
entlemen, which wag unanimously agreed to.
Ilis Lordship then begged to propose, as a member, a Noble
Lord, who, although he was not at present able to be amongst
his Catholic country mens yet partook with them in every senti-
ment that cou’ 0 the promotion of their common cause.
(Hear.) Ue, Lord Killeen, was the last man that ought to trust
himself to speak of that Noble Lord, but connected as bis name
was with Catholic feeling, and identifi fied, as he, Lord Killeen,
hoped it was, with Catholic lo valty, he thought he might propose
without any appre Hension of its being unacceptable, the name
of the Earl Fing: hee! twas scarcely necessary for
him to say, that ot he New Catholic ‘Association were framed
“i ith a design to violate the law, or to beard or ingitt his Majes-
cou cils, Lord Fingal would be the last maw iu the world to
Once himself ia its ranks. (Hear, bear, ) His Lordship would,
impressed as ‘as with a sense of th ‘at national utiliry of
the Association, feel highly honotred by his mission amongst
its members.
r. John Lawless rose and said, pe felt prou: dof the accession
of so valuable a member as Lord al, and seized that op
portunity of dechuing his sense of the reat public virtue of
that patriotic Nobleman. Lord F! ingal’s vame, observed Mr.
Lawless, is a triumphant reply to the Journalists in England,
who assail ag day after day, telling the people of England that
we are entirely ander the influence and control. of a few Law-
yers, andthat the Aristocracy of the country take no interest
in Emancipation; but that we are tere bis struments inthe hands
of a few artful practitioners, whose ob: o raise themselves
a the ruins of their country. Here is a «Noble Lord, who,
wenty pears has ever been ready to throw ithe shield of his
amie over thi acter of his vouatey @ ever seen ny
Lord Fr jngal ready to start forward, w was
portant, w shea it w essary to rescue us from the
mulated against our "body. ‘e have been accased of spea tke
ing hash Because we ~ AVE “daved to tling back the caluin-
niles: ¢ lie to the falséhoods uttered against us, we are
called iene, that our conduct has been an example of
patience and forbea' ance Wo rthy the imitation of our slander:
mest im
ers. .My Lord, 1 have great pleasure in bearing my utes seration
gtd,
i
tothe pure, upright, and honest conduct of m
who hasou all occasions throwa himself betw
her caluinniators, and I feel proud of
stone of our Association.
The Noble Chairman observed, that although i it was searcely
necessary to put the question, yet for form sake he would put it.
* The motion passed amidst loud acclamation
Mr. Shiel said, $ hold in my hand the names of sixteen gel
tlemen, resident in the county of Galway, whotn I beg to pro-
pose as member of the Associution, Lord Freueh, who has
recently distinguished himself by a valuable manifestation of
political zeal, is at their head, and Fam assured by iny vd,
Mire Power, who has requeste od me to propose this} t ihatevery
Catholic of respectability in the county would unite with us, had
uot a report gone abroad, that we had last week adjourned | our
meetings until November Ia November, when the proceedings
of the Association will have been resumed onr asscablics will
exhibit an aspect as imposing as Was ever presented by that
body, of which we are regarded by inany ax the uasubstaptial
shadow. We jhaveatready obtained a powerful hold upon pube
lic opinion, and may justly boast that the representatives of the
seve val classes of oar v re t community have enrotled themselves
in this new incor; on for the benefit of lrelend. We have
two Archbishops at on head. Yoa, my Lord Gorrimstown,
preside in that cha y Lord Kilteew stands beside you, and
his tioble father (uote in ey sense of the word whieh, when
applied to him, varries a beter ‘guiiaton th: ars in the
tHerald's office) has this day proof of his coutinued de-
votion to that cause of whie «has 90 long been the useful or-
wament. i (Cheers.) Some of ihe wealthiest and inost infiuen-
merchants and agriculturis a trel wid ae at thiy moment
‘They who anticipate a failure of this important experi-
ment, labour under a great delusion. “The public feeling has
already been declared i in our favour, and if, even at this season,
when Dublinis emptied of half its population, and the persons
who habitually! take the most active part in our proc ceedings,
are necessarily absent, we assemble as nmcerousty
taivers of the. Minister at the close of a session of Par
inay be reasonably expected that in November the sane real.
force, and ener; > will be display: ed as were formerly evinced,
and that in place of dissolving in its own weakness, the New
Association must perish by another and a still more efficient
Jaw, than the fatal enactment by which our advocates have, if
Fs
may so aan banivhed their clients out of court. (chi heers.)
Thank God ait they have not succeeded in paralysing the
energies or the Teish prople, and thatthe same dete spi-
rit p rough the whole mass of the Catholic population.
of Tha feeling Ahnve had myse! i some noble evidences. In
>,
Ne teinple nth or Vrotertant countrymen, we shall enter
¥) an altar we will lay mar auiimusities
Wexfine she ty. Orso many f ful scenes, there exists a
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sentiment as vivid and as intense as if its inhabitants had never
been the peculiar witaesses of the disasters of their country. So
far from being deterred from the performance of their political
duties by those calamities in which they bore so large a part,
they appear to feel. that Catholic Emancipation is the only ef-
fectual preveutive of their recurrence.’ The assembly which
was held in Wexford, exhibited more enthusiasta than I have
ever observed in any public meeting: ct presented a most nob'¢
and admonitory spectacle, and di from the associations
with which it could not fail to be attended, an awtul, and [ may,
perhaps, call it an appalling impressiveness. “* How long,
said (o myself, as I surveyed that accumulation of huma
sages burning with intense emotion, “ how long will the Cabinet
of i England continue to foment the passions that are raging in’
that vast body o: levoted, and enthusiastic men? itis
to be lamented, ‘rari in the midst of so much high and geucrous
feeling, there has been an omission upon the part of the Catho-
lies to’ adopt the practical means of enfurcing their claims, and
that by negiecting to register their freeholds, arisk has been in- ,
curred that Lord Stoptord may be again returned to Partiament.
Lealled on Cxsar: Colclough, who was at the meeting which f
have described, to oppose Tita. invoked hin by his brother's
grave; the adjaration w vain. He shed tears, indeed, but re-
fused to stand. I then'appealed to Mr. Chiches ster, who, despite
pekist Z son- in -law to my Lord Anglesea, isa friend to Ire-
ad, OF Mr. chester Taugur well. He professed ia a manly
and unafveted tone his conviction of the necessity of Emaac
hereafter to offer himself as a candidate. © Stopford may hold
the county for the next election, but it is impossible that he
‘should permanently. retai a Waterford a most valua
feeling has sprung up. arons and the
last found the secret of their strength.
returned ord Waterford has efiectually contributed to his
success, T f the political infatuation of that feeble minded |
person; sotwithetanding the denunciation of Orange badges by
men of all partics, Lord Waterford has recently dressed his own
yan range and Blue, and exhibits his musicians, attire:
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iNie:s Sivart must be
that I
spicuous part of the city from which his title is dei ived. «Is not
this the very wautonness of fiscend janey 1—an ‘0 be woa-
dered that the Catholic serts of the most pui ot an Preposter-
ous Murgness, should revolt from their allegi and obeying
a
the dictates of their consciences, and every instinct oflionourable
pride, should throw off the y vlitical rillainage. In
my progress) a corresponding spivit is tuiversally prevatent.
‘The Protestants of that cuuuty have combined with the Catholics.
A Petition already Signed by eight Protestant Peers, and almost
Meeting was attended by the chief Gentry of the county, and
Builer Clarke may soou have reason to recite the Pesitential
n the same doleful tone with which he pronounced
st Parliamentary essay against the: Association. (Cheers.)
ng at Clomnel was distiaguis by the attendance
il able and loguent inisters of our religion, “Ihe
Priests who delivered their sentiments upon that ocension, spoke
the feelings of the whole b oar C clergy, and if there Le a
circumstance ve peculiarly eeaicious itis, 1 vhink, the energetic
ich the Priesthood have manifested in the national
use, my Lord. upon former occasions, expiessed iny
ction That} it is cipally throogh the justrumentali
e Clergy that the vielits and power of
presented to the English people in a just light, and, in my judg-
ent, E cannot too frequently revert to this iimportant topic.
It is clear that we must resort,to other expedients besides those
which we have hitherto adopted, in order to advance the ques-
tion, It is not sufticient that we should petition the Legislary
after our habiraal fashiou. Something must be done to give it
ulse, aud propel it through the ‘nind of the ‘English peo-
here must net be a monotony in our call for redress our
question will go round without advaneing—we shall revolve iu:
I rotation without eing in the least degree pro-
* Suppose that we preseut Mir usnal petitions iy March
t. ‘Phe measare may pass the Commons; but the same
causes which have hitherto conirikuted ¢o its rejection in the
Lords will still remain in operation. The pottic ear will become
pailed with the reiterated burden of Catholic grievances, and in
order to excite the popular, und J may add, the legislative in-
terests, We must devise some measure whicn shall make a great
and permanent impression, It is not mere wen, that Taw
disposed to seek... 1 took for soute exped bail arrest
the astention of the empire, and present the cris ate our condi-
a lare upon the public ey hing poust be clone
at which mep will start. Sevel of British ns
state of indignant eacherations—boibng with the ferees passive
which shame aud wrong produce—aniimated with a single aud
un-livided sentiment, and moving with a common, and, I trast
it will eventually prove, an irresistible impalse—this is a great
and such a spectacle should not be presented under any
view. It is not a mere aunnal debate in Par! liameat,
urning in wearisome succession. and bequeathed by one ex
iting svssion te the nest, Bevomes i eri
sent, WI we then, i return to ‘the intet Yrogation
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