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VOL. hi. NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1826. / NO. 19.
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u : i . TRELAL ing his peers to council,” at the Pandemonium ; a name which | be framed by the competent ecclesiastical authority, in order to
ds t we understand is given to the place of meeting, because it has implore the protection and direction of a Providence, for the ex-
x : Lowa INTELLIGENCE. a tearned air, and is not much uoderstood ; (by the by, it was | ertions of the Catholics of Ireland to obtain civil liberty, and
se j By the last packet, a parcel was received at this office from chsen by ballot from a list of names, each about as long as | also, that God may be mercifully pleased to inspire the cours ' 4
eel, taken trom Barclay’s dictionary ; the others were, Pan- | cils of the legislature, with wisdom and humanity, to the en
Dubtin, wrapped up ina shect of moonshine, ant addressed iemicom Polyolvion, Phusiteknicon, Panorama, and Pol | that they may so rule end regulate this country, a3 to increase -
eo F to the Editor of the Truth Teller. We give the contents of the which last however had no chance, as being suspect-
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packet without further comment; premising 1o-t {the source
whence we received the following information, is highly res-
pectable;’ (the Mewspaper preface to imaginary intelligence.)
4 Our readers are quite competent to judge whether it is “ to be
or not to be” considered authentic :
The disciples of Mahomet conceive ideots to be the most, fa-
youred of Heaven, heir apparent insensibility to the
evils. of life, and their indifference to its enjoyments, The
dogma is carried to great lengths by the fierce Janissary, who,
for’ amusement, and t keep his blade in use, would strike off
the heads of delenceless Greeks, and’ humbly, bow his head be-
tore a creature deprived of jutellect. “Nor is this superstition
~ contined to the believers tu the Koran, Our Irish Janissaries,
* always in arms against justice aud liberty, can be guided only
by the ravings of a maniac... For proof we give the following
document :— <
ahd aati A
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“! Rev, and Respected Sir,
We the undersigned ultra loyal inhabitants of many places,
purple at the back bone, pulverizers- of Rome, Jericho and
Babylon, and worshippers of whatever we can get by yelling
vat paxans to the G. & I. M., beg leave to kiss your teverence’s
most protestant tue at this most momeutous crisis, and to of-
fer our sincere congrataiations on the abolition of the abomi-
nable Associxtion Every true descendant of the warriors who
shot and bled (women and children) ia the glorious Hell or
Conunanght war, is willing to ascribe this consummation, so long
“und devoutly’ wished, to your roanif !d warnings, in the shape
of letters, &c. addressed ie British public, which have at
length served as the t tocsin not van to his majesty’s ministers.
- But in the midst of chis our rejoicing and jubilation, we kave
again to cry out to you, father of the faithful glorious cham-
ij . pion of the chareh, protestant, pilgarlic bruiser of Babylon,
| hanginan of the bailot, and ornament of Orangmen,—to you
our “abiding help and stay, we have to complain of a most grtey-
i . ous vexation. Verily this i isa stiff-necked people; their necks
5 alo not fit the yoke, neither’ will they be quietly conforming
4 , therenato, A petition is preparing in,Athens: that “ hot-bed
. of sedition,” anil Babylon of \unrighiteousne- 8, the prayer of
which is the unchaining <f the beast with Seven heads and ten
shorns, aad it is signed-by, thou of popish ptotestants and
papist presbyteri ns, who with wah liberality lift up the
hoof against us.
When orator Dua, that deaion of darkness, inspired we a
* scintillutious gtimese of the menial germentation which so hap-
Pily visits your reverence at the change of the moon, poured
forth a muddy torrent of abuse aguinst the Atheni.os, we did
hope that the clear waters of charity and christian benevolence
would have been singed ever afier ito the bilious yellow jaun-
diced hue of dissrusi, ond at ti » perhaps, cheked up with
blood; bat lo! the scream uns “dewer and faster; yea, it
glows Ve ighter to the sun above, and spreads broader and in-
creases daily more aad more, threatening (o overwhelm Athens
ia a flood more dangerous fo us than the hate spected ineur-
sion of the salt ocean would have heen to the damageable mer-
chandize thereof; wad if its waters be not speedily turned
back, they, will break down fe barrier of the pewal laws, and
cover the whole e waters cover the se’. And what
will then become of us? fori it is an clement in which no reptile
cantive, ‘The wand of the papist Patrick extended only oyer
those of the fiell; butthe flood of universal benevolence will
veep away and blot out the very name of those who eat the
tat ‘of the laad, and sit in the high places.
Now beloved Sir, we -your children in this emergency ery
out of the, depths for assistance, and pray that you wil write a
Petition, and forward it to-us with all possible speed, and also
Auuin to read it, as we despair of decy phering what was too
lnuch for the patience of John Bull. As soon as it arrives
ere, it shall be signed by us, and by our children, and by all
rea, naiec.and female, from ‘The. age o nine months ;
¢ mouth of babes and suckti. will perfect thy
Praises and as Adam covenapted for his ‘leveendante even so
will we for ours, to the third and fourth generation. | Also, 0, in
Contrarious opposition to the papist practice of praying for the
bop sete, we will make the graves give up their dead to pr: ay
ving. And to'your reverence we confide this momen-
tous ‘afin as you know how few of the brethren in this part o}
the country are in possession ofthe superficial accomplishments
oF re ‘ading and writin
(ere fotlow the siguatares of the gentlemen, all in one hand
“ating, aud a variety of “ his marys” on behalf uf the can-
Ri
In due course of post an at
ra ine genteman whose
fhe pet
‘teuder a
er was received, addressed to
name now figures at the head’ of
& (by proxy of course, in consideration of his
being oily niue moaths als) lose uy tiane ia calle
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—_—
ed of fan irish origin ) The Deputy Grand Master took the
chair, his secretary sitting on his right hand with a piece of
chalk, and the members all standing in order on his left, as at
the opening of a lodge. but this position was found extremely
inconvenient by many respectable members, on account of the
dilapidated state of their nether (in some cases ieather) gar-
ments, which, like the fag of a skeleton cesiment, showed
marks of loug service, and of the tug of war. Seve veal vete-
rans were observed by the chairman to attempt closing the
open panes with opener chapeau; upon which he graciously
desived that all should knucte owen movement indeed as
obviously as necessar: ney as to
These preliminaries being ‘amicably arranged, ‘the D.G. M.
roceeded to break the seal. of the Rev. Baronet’s packet (a
Laue couchant, with a Car (o’ nine tails) rampant, gules ina
Geld vert,) and displayed to the enraptured eyes of the Brilo-
ners, their aposile’s evangelical epistle, covering a draught of
the petition—but alas! voth were in occult chargers. ‘Lhe
seeretary cleaned ‘his spectacles in vain. reek to him.
He fairly acknowledged, that from the dificuty he often ex-
perienced in reading iis own beer tally, chalked legibly on the
table, he could never hope to make any thing of this. Thi
MS. was then handed over to the tyler, who, ‘after spelling a
litde, wished (we use his own nervous expression) ‘* that he
might never carry a turt-coal, snap a pistol, or see a blazing
thatch again, if ie could make cher top or tail o! An
the member suggested the probability, that as the ‘coachmea
and guards were “mostly papiskes, there w s a chance that it
had been (ransmugritied in the anail-bag. in this state oo
things they cam a resolution of sending for Dr. Coc:
a learned ‘Pundit, lately baplised, sod who was esteemed: naveat
lab at making out a MS vember was accordingly de-
spatched for him, but in progressing s round the corner he met
he bell-man, who sent him back, as he said, “witha tlea in his
ear,” and jn his hand an advertisemen), which put an end to
all hopes from that quarter, it began Whereas John Crane,
a man of weak intellect,” (no, hang it, that wasu't it,) ** stolen
or strayed away, inau unsettled state ‘of miad, Dr. Cocktetop,
a man of varied experience, who has found many things vani-
t is supposed he is gone upon a crusade, as he has peen
heard latterly to speak several times of converting his Holiness,
and has. lately been rather incoherent in print; but being na-
turally given to change, it is possible some other chimera may
take possession of him. Had on when he went away a raven-
coloured coat with green lining, not much the’ worse’ jor the
wear, having been only on e turned, and that to very good ad-
vantage. Was observed on Fray the, 4th instant, to be ra-
ther disturbed. by an article in porary print. ‘It took
a second and tiird reading before he. managed to. swallow it
went very ill down, and proving somewhat hard of digestion,
satso uneasy on the stomach a3 to corrode the tender coats of
that irritable organ, and produce a morose and melancholius
temperament, of which this is the unfortanate result. wa:
expected that he would have thrown it off on ‘Tuesday last, and
hopes were entertained that after that crisis the symptoms
would have been abated ; but on that day, he did not (to change
the metaphor) coine up to thescrateh.. It was thought, how-
ever, that he would not stay long from his bread and butter,
and no immediate alarm was excited ; at last, however, he was
traced to the columns of a aper, from which, before go
ing off, he accommodated himselt with an article on the. pro.
posed Mechanics’ Institution—a thing for which he should be
praised—had he acknowledged where he got it. However his
state of mind excuses any little lapses of this nature,
Vhoever returns him to the Coupler of Snowden, or to the
Rev. Phitip M‘Shane, Derriaghy, shalt have their trouble, for
their pains: andif any person whatever shall detain or har-
bour him after this notice, there.will be no questions asked, as
he is of very little ase to the owner.
rere
\CATHOLIS ASLOUTATION. -
Last day's Sitting.
"Mr. O'CONNELL said—there remained but one subject to
he considered previous to their dissolution, and he never ap-
proached a discussion with more unfeigned digidence. This
was not caused by any fear of creating « disanion or animosity,
be because it required a delicacy of tact, a. propriety of man-
ner, anda parity of inteation which, however deficient he might
rove in the former qual ted he poss
should read the mesitian he had prepired, for be did Sot on
this occasion, wish to leave, to an extemporancous description,
, | is oh object he had in view. Bly. 0" Counell then read as fol:
lows,
“ Resolved—That thi:
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sociation cannot terminate without
submitting to the Catholic prelates of ireland, our anxious wish | petition wh
and mest st respectiuty y entyeasiy
charity and good will amongst alt denominations of Irishmen, —
and prevent the exercise of the Cathelic faith in these realms.
from being considered criminal by the law, or subjected to any
pains, penalties, or degradation what: tsoever.”
That, Mr, O'C. contiaued, was the object of his motion; and
he confidently hoped, that whatever night be its fate, it would
be treated in the manner in which it ought. On the one hand,
they should avoid ribaldry and levity ;, and on the other hand,’
they should carefully abstain from cant and hypocrisy. Of the
two evils, the latter was the most odious ; for if there was a gra-
dation in the scale of ivreligion, its lowest and worst vice was:
hypocrisy. The degrees might be thus stated s—The first, and
Was a great crime, was indifference to religions beliefs: the
second was levity or scorn of the tenets of any sect or persua~
sion ; and the third was in throwing the mantle of religion over.
designs and acts to discount the holy things of life into the goods
and “chattels of worldly considerations? Perhaps the scenes he
daily saw around him, tended to atrengthen his disgust on this
head ; for it was but too clear, that in this country, there was no
trade like cant, uo occupation so profitable as hypocrisy. He
recollected a conversation that occurred, respecting a friend
of his, now in India, He was endowed with the highest talent,
the greatest knowledge and prdfessional skill: Yet he had to
complain of want of success. “You have studied Coke upon
Lyttle toot said the person to whom he made the observation,
“Yes.” What! the huge folio! And you have been at the.
‘Temple ?”" “ Yes. ‘ou should have gone to the Bethesda,
and pored over a large Bible; and, without spending your tim
n.
sway these feelings, he did: aot think it coutd be deemed
wrong that they should place under the anetion of Providence,
the eflorts which their country demanded of them. It would
give a tone and temper to the mind which Would sot be evs ser-
Viceable to their cause than to the nation generally, He would
not enquire whether worldly advantages were likely to flow from
their religious exercises—but he wonid ask whether it was pro-
bable thetany disadvantage would be the consequence? He.
thought it wrong thata weak er ring man should, on his own fal-
lible authority, adopt any religious porsuits that would impair
his terrestrial welfare. Therel fore, if he could be shewn that
any disadvantage would result frova the adoption of his propo-
sition, he would immediately withdraw it. ti might be said that
it was a mockery of religion—but wher with a singleness
of heart, and purity of intention, surely could appear
to justify the charge. It might be allediged | thats ft was degrad~
ing! ON! let ao one say so. » Was there achurch iv the world
in which prapers of a similar nature were not embodied in the
service! tu seasons of drought, did they not sujplicate for rain?
n extreme cold for beat? in spring for the preservation and
vaaturity ofthe fruit? And if it was legitimate to ask for these
transitory blessings, how much more becoming was it to pray
for the greatest bles: that heaven could bestow ? va there ,
any gift so precious—an ossession so dear, or the absence of
which was so deeply felt, as. civil liberty 2—(Loud Sheers jo
Aud surely it was religions and proper to pray for it, when the
grant would be the means of abolishing the perjury ‘which was
too often attendant on the e degrading oaths now required. to b:
taken, aud which press on the consciences of men of every per.
suasion. ‘here were few, indeed, who votre the inaprayer |
for the abolition of those oaths. | He appealed tothe Chairman -
as a, Protestant gentleman, whether he would not add his voice |
to that suppticati
The Chairman? reptied that he would with all his heart,
Mr. O'Connell continued—The rejection of his motion would
be an argument that the Catholics did not attach importance to
theie emancipation—that they did not consider it fit or worthy
‘0 be mae the subject ofa prayer to Go a higher source:
than the journeyman legislators of the kingdom. He would
wish for iis adoption, because it would create in the minds of
the people throughout the country, a sense of the grievous na-
ture of their degradation, and would remiad them, once, at least
in the week, ani sd that in the most serious moment of their lives,
of the daty ‘which renderedit imperative on them to exert them.
selves to remove the suderings of their country. [Te offered
the motion in the sincere and unaffected spivit which such a sub-
ject required, and iar the full assurance of its propriety and be~ «,
neficiat tendency, The learned Sentleman sat down amid Joud
cheers.
Mr. LAMBERT, in seconding the motion, said he fiad pros
posed one of a similar nature at Anne-street Chapel. inv the coin.
mittee previous to the Aggregate Meeting. It had been receiv.
ed unanimously. But, to his surprise he was told next day that”,
at & form of prayer shonid | wes advised to withd
they considered the subject a meve jest, that they conceived i
quite presump s in the Laish Catholics to present to their Gos, .
ch had been refused by their fellow-crentures. He;
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