U'rofn CbScti' tfcUsieal Register of
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TO JfAPOIiTCON". ,'
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When (he morion was madeir't!ie
Tribunate ,f France to confer oo you
hsked" wbctherii was to vfaht"the
?ihst Consul a reward foe hiseiv
rvices in the cause lof .Liberty, to offer
'to him the sacrifice of that Libert v:
Whether to conferrals tide on him
was not to destroy Ma own iiork9 add
possibly, hmscif in the end ? VVbaU
am uc, is uucriy, uien, a.tsciosea CO
man only that it may never be en
joyed j only to be! snatched frorii, his
sight ? We are " told that ? this mea
sure is necessary j to consolidate ihe
government ; . but, as ali-rhisWy
shews, a government by one indivi
dual, isnot in the smallest degree a
pledge of fofc&fy,l The example ..of
the United State of Amerieafhas
proved the raaicabftity o
freedom with order ; and the high
destinies, to Which thatnationap
pears to be called, leave rid doubt re
maining as to the cxistenceof'these
important truths "
This 13 the season to recal these
truths to your mind, but not for the
purpose of insult or reproach, but for
that of justifying the principles of
liberty. As long as you fought un-"
der her banners, victory was your in
separable companion, and the; grati
tude ol millions placed the laurel on
your brow. Fromthe moment that
you associated your, name.. with' that
of kings, you began to sink in, the
estimation , of mankind; and -when
you, at last,iallied yj)urself with them,
mixing even your legions witb theirs,
the eye was unable -tdnfojiow; you in
the rapidity of your, fall, vAiTorded
a chance of revival even from a state
of captivity and bariUhmeni:, go'deep
ly bad you imbibed the infection,
that the emntv title was resum-p.H
Nay, when the voice of fate had an- j
parentiy pronounced your eternal
seclusion, you must still, hand over
your abdicated name toyour child.
Charge not liberty therefore with
the injuries, the insults, the base
opprobrium, the horrid denuhcia-
tions to which, thrrtnp-h rth r,i;.j, ;
press, you luve now been exposed
Charge not her wkbf these, the ha-
t ' " " . " wivuu uib lia
tural offspring of cowardicedn th -
hour ol triumph over the brave -5 oesi(JWg new digni
Charge them on your ovvn desire to Uf 3 n. th?56 Prcribing the bounds
rul mrtfrrv where you ought to' 1 alliances; and giving their
have administered as a servant ; and SnS and lhejrdaughters in marrage :
especially toyoui more inexcusable TThctl the friends of liberty look back
desire lo take rank, amongst, and toj.vP108? whic have estab
make common cause tJuhpthbso- -Ilshed rever- the superiority of tal
whom the French nation had eom.v ent vcr indent birth, which, m lis
missioned you to go forth and de-' s,Kat-,?S prejudices, have laid the
strqy
While seated on your throne ingor-
geous looes, surrounded by bowing
it.iicts ana mitres.
ol America, had he appeared in hisr
simni ntt;,-A u S. ' ,
1 ; - occiiicu iu t
you a oeing, uunded by nature sole
ly lor the - humblest, offices-of life.
Let those who prize external gran- Mn republishing Cobbett's manly ai
deur;let those who desire to rule dress to Napoleon, trc do not mean tc feast
as masters of men; now hp.hnlrl ,trn any reffection on the Catholic
subdued by, your person actually in
the hands of, and, as JasserteaN a-f
bout to be imprisoned for life by that
same power, which he, having the
hearts of freemjen on his side, foiled
in all its hostile attempts, and drove
in a manner which history will fear
lessly describe, from the biasing ca
pital and desolated shores of bis
country.
Examples so striking, and 'illus
trated by events so robmemous. will
not, let us hope, be lost iipon :you,if
personal freedom, be W again'to
gladden your teart, and the almira.
tion of your great deeds, wich will-
always exist, be destme orici
to restere you to power. Ldoit at
the peonle of Amprio irix 4iAi
iiu IU1C
or their duties and nf w:-
. . j it . -
-r.- tucir past
- vyoiurmsi tms people with
the miserable peonieof France, whn.
while they stare at Ithe Oliirnn of
Jiutterlitz arir paying contributions to
ttk -M M. A At " 11- A , . ' i ' r. . - , fc-
pamper nc 7 somiers ol AustriaVand
uPn the very bridge of J,,, are
trampled under foot by,the.o!dier6
of Prussian while their province
are overrun by -those Bavarians ajiiH
w coum, uu&e, prince. embftTori Hnv. r
u vjfea. ao spienaid shows, r v uu, oronoery f No l
no objects to gaze at, are necessary rsu"cdef tiere ;the accidentaiHon'
to remindithem.of iheir dmfe nVf tinkencieFmV hirtK
vvwnemDergecs, whose sovereigns
d vre elevated to thrones 6y the - valor
and the blood of French armies n
,;. der your commaod., v-
1 ' n 0ngrbackutandrt
? interests Lof , so; great f part of IWfW Pf'
whdmyour actions have hada inflaH P ii
'rMnuH.u via&s uo.you'juxd tn havei
' w : 5"vr uioc, mastsin
eretthe most faithful, the most me.
tiammous ( And -wHfcb W most
perfidiouse ttie: mos cruel VV6ur
wr ",. ty r me mpsi nonowy the most
il a tc
I PRr than -mv ! . . . l
est than any former event, in the his
pry of nations, sor t VWiii produce a
greater ana mote lastifle: eflcct on
irienVrriinds. It, will be the beacon.
me ever, existing warning, to every
man vbghavinjc the cause of free
dom consigned, to hi hands, sWk'in
monion, . lhat. will it. ,,rt
"iMbc'rock on which Napoleon
split ; apolebn,ln whose name "was
comprised ail that was, skilful, gener-
Were the friends of freedom as
unfeeling as their adversaries, - they
vould exult in your fall, as the tri
umph of theii-jprinciptes. For who
is U that is fallen I Nt " the -chifd
afid the -champion, of Jacobinism,"
as you price had the honor to be styl
ed by the child and champion of cor
ruption not the doling hero of de
mocracy, with Liberty andf &qali-
unzjeain inscribed tm. bis ban-
ners.. -No ; but an Enineror and
the-son-in-law of the? House
ot
Austria; 'the etttogi'st,-the asso
cjate, the friend, 'ihe-preserver the
restorer, the upholder, the creator of
-Nobles and Kings. ' If is not "Napo
leon, driving the lazy monks from
their cells, and scattering tathe wind
the relics of Superstition : but, Na
poleon, crowned by the Holy Father,
re-establishing, in some degree; JJish
ops and Priests, and daily prostrating,
in his own person, the interest of
Truthbefore the mummeries oi the
Mass' It is not that Napoleon, the
FIRST CONSUL,' who, in the.year
1804, formally and specifically and
officially, charged the English go
vernment with the hiring of bundr oj
Q&sasslns to take away his lite ; but
-jjuicunuie- .:vii'iLKUK, the sort
in law of the House of Atmria, -who,'
in 15 5y calls that same Englisb go
verdment u the most generoua of
his enemies.
S'till, the friends of Liberty can
not harden their hearts to feelings of
exuItaton, when they look back to
rnintnrAKini..i it-
nwuuciiui cflons m per cause.
When they behold you rising up a
mongt the sons of Democracy,
marching forth against ihv privileg
ed orders of Europe: leavine- un
subdued not one single sovereign,
Tilling by Divine right : brininir
"? . 1 to. ?our feet enlarging the
u",ninions ot -some, curtailing those
, ... o "
ot.h.et ; strlPPng these of their
iuuiiuduon ot iinure tredom.
all your errors are "forgotten, and,
Whether to exHe or to deaths you will
iiA. rjin. i i . .1 . .i
uc wvwea oy me admiration and
3"LV 7 ,,vc .anu.
"- luai1 u every -nation
in the
world
WM.COBBETT
J3otteyilh jiugiist, 1 & 1.
P- Thank Godall religions are
" v rw ,
IColumbiato.
Irish Eloquence,
SP5SECH
j Of Counselor Phillip 's ct an ggre-
6uc mczimg in juubtin, May 19,
1816
; As an Irishman, I feel my liber ,
f V T Y 'Da thc ,onclest af
Sf mK 111
" iflosc ot my Catholic
a a Protestant,-
y. rr"" purwy or my own
tauh, why should I not rather mate
vvefw o i oy reason than
ith a proad'contVrnntaU the odi
oua.oruel and deirradim aAJ
jgf:with which an iUibeVal monon:
.wouidl d v esfT ine. : I will not
to receive anv iv A-
wauo lor ay duty to my God j nor
a blaspheiriouV jtt
trusion, between piari ahdJiis JVlai
i M fKcrrmhial' anrl
accursed sacrilege; to rob even
bBmpf rnotive lor fcis tlevp:
S"3tS9Hf :rtp:insuh
my creedto ofierme:a ciVil toon
cPJMf preferment is; but abad
Wvri '. interest .o( eternity
.TJje b) ILpafejingi ? is t proposed!
bJow-.no t at this jsbct of that sectv
S.W-bwrtof.chrisUanitv
itse For T hold k , ia att' aitiom:
vouf cKifch and ihe'slato,
I . . .
fwhich W i iricoded to cstabltsh.
tvooia ilo. tneite mischief tbe
caiise-bf Olniilhan art the iodcl
uy since the cTaciExion. ,The sub
lime disposer ofthc Christian creed
tie vcr.meant itrjto be the cbanncrof
a courtly inQuevce, or the soartfes
of a corrupt ascendancy. ' -1! ccnt
it among us to heal, not to irritate;
to aisociu-VJiotto setludc ; to col
lect ' together, like the bapiUmal
Oovc, cvcrv creed and every c!ime
and color ia theuniverse, beneath
the;;spotles wing of its protection.
This baton of church and state, on
ly conveVts gobd'ehiistiant into bad
statesmen, and political knaves into
pretended Christians! h is, at
least, but a foul and adulterous con
nection, polluting the purity of
lleaven With thr flhnminatlnn. f
.u r.-".-...- ui.itcisc iuu oosiinate men.
"bl"K w proiancoess
" a fiohticai piety around the cross
snlenr T Kot
tU a , C-l8Tsf Wo"c-?ot
nnV f. A 1 lMfy .f V"-
not all the s uborn impiety of
Paintr-not all the blood cenvertirv
blasphemy of Mahomet
Aimed at the gospel grace so vile a blow,
Or proved so deadly and so daran'd foe,
Ashe who washed the thorny garland gore,
Dariag to gild a wreath the Saviour at J
Heligion, holy religion oueht
not, m the words ot its founder, tn
be " led into temptation" ; the hand
thatholds her chalice should oe pure
the priests of her temple should
be pure the priests of her temple
should be spotless as the vestment
ol their ministry ? -raiV nni.. a-
grades wealth onLy impoverishes.
ornaments only disfigure her. Her
uctomcs tnc more
sublime from its simplicity, and
should be seated on an eminence
luaccessioie to Human passions. 1
would havC her pure, unpension
cd, unstipendiary ; 1 would
have her, in a word, like the
bow of the firmament her
sbmmit should be the sk her
boundaries the Wizen but the
only color that adorns her should
be caught from the tear of earth as
it exhaled and glowed, and gliu
tcred in the sun beam of the Hca
Vens! uch is my; idea of what
religion ought to be. What would
rhis bill make it :la medicant ol
the catilteaa megialof tfic? levee
its manual thered book its litnrgv,
the pension list-its gospel, the wili
of the minister ! Methinks 1 see
the stalledand latted vict m ot its
neatiou, cringing with a brute sup
pliancy, through the venal mob ol
ministerial flattererscrouchiug to
the ephemeral idol ot the ,day,and
like the devoted sacrifice of ancient
heathenism, even soliciting the
gandy garland that dboms htm to
the altar, and decorates him to"
death! 1 will read to you op
inions of a celebrated Irishman on
the suggestion, in his day, of a bill
similar to that proposed 'fo our op
pression he-was-a tnan who added
to the: pride, not merely of 'his
country, but of his spectes a man
who robed the soul of inspiration
in the splendors of a pure and ov er,
powering eloquence I allude to
Edmund :Bufket a radiant and
venerabU name a name at least to
which the sticklers of ei tablish
ments can offer no objection :
Before I had wrktett . triti. f,
(says Mr. Burke, in his letter on
the penal laws,) I heard of a scheme
o gv?ng to the castle the patron
age of the presiding -members of
the Catholic, clergy- At first I
could scarcclyWeditit, for, I be
Ixeveitis1 the first -tune? that thd
presentation oi other people's alms1
naa been deaired in -my; country.
Never were the membem of nnJ
religious seer fit to - annoint to"
another. It is a great deal to sup-'
pose, that the present castle wduld
nominate bishops for ;the Roman
ctrurch of Ireland, with - a reiigiotis
regard, for its welfare. y Perhaps
they capnot, perhaps they- dare not
do iU " But 'sUODOSe thfn ; K- a
eUincline- ati know. I aro;-tj l",?g ''x
do the.Catho ic all kinds of tastiest P?T
4 declare I could not Ifiit-wefcjJri
my power, take that bitranafr,
myself., ,1 know f ought not ta do
.Hf .Won$-t( mother commiraitr.
anu.it . .would,. be- an "intolerable
I 1
J t
Y 7 'tv -""wuoiii iwruw'ine j least
juqgmeat,ncf;-;thck;-iacri
at to discern which .bf the popih
priests is fu to be bishop?' Itan
tint be .the idea U 'ridiculous. Hi
will hand them over to lord lieu
tenants: of counties; justices of the
peace, and other person v.7wSpf lor
the purpose of vexing abd turning
into drrijionnhTs iniscrable people,
will pick out 'thc wotir'and t moil
obnoxious they cin' find aino'ng
the clergy to govern" xhe rest.
Whoever is complained against by
his brother, will t?c .considered as
persecuted whoever is ' censured
by, his superior, wjll be looked up
on as oppressed whoever Is care
leas in bis opinions, loos'e in his
moral, will be called a liberal man,
and will be lurjposed to have .in
curred hatred, because he was cot a
I i t
"$wi. iiuuiiHcr?, iaie ocarera.
Cat-
terers, who torn their back upoo
their flock and cdurt the Prbctstant
I'gentlemeo 6f Ihe ? country, w,U be
the bbjtcuof preferment ; and then
1 rk of foretelling, that
whatever order, quiet and tnoralitv
)6u leave in the countrw will be
lost. - :
44 A popish clergy, w"ho arc uot
restrained by the most austere
subordination, will become a
nuisance, a real public grievance,
of the heaviest kind, to any country
that. entertains them, and instead
ot the great benefit Ireland does,
and has long derived Irom them it
they are put under bishops who
cannot owe their- siatiou to their
good opinion and whom ihev ran
not respect, that nation will see
disorders, of which, as bad as
things are, it haa no idea. I dr
not say this as thrnih$'the leadTng
men in Ireland would exercise this
trust worse than others Not at
all ! But no man or set oi men
liiing, are fit ro administer affair
or regulate the interior .economy rt
a thunb, to which they" arc enc
mie
Now let me ask you, is it to such
characters as those described b
Burke, that you would delegate
the intluence imputed to you
priesthood ? Believe roe, vou
would soon see them transferring
their devotion from the cross tu
the ctfjir wearing their sttred
vestments but as a maaueradi! an
EcB5l?i;iojiheirlaitUi af ae. J
ter, and under the degraded pais
port ol the Almighty's mtnc, seek
ing admission to the pleasures ot
the court and the spoils ot the peo
pie ! When I say this, 1 am bound
to add, and I do it lrc-i tnanx
proud and pleasing recollections,
that I think the impression of the
present day would be fate ami
would be deliablc but it is hu
man nature ; and rare are the in
stances in which a contract with
the court has not been the com.
mercemeot ot corruption. Ihe
Man of God is peculiarly disconnect
ed with it it directly 'violates" Hi
special roandate,.who topk"hjs birth
from the manger, and. hi disciples
from the fishing boat. Jdds was
the firstwho received the money
of power, and it ended in the dis
grace of his creed, and the death
of his master.. If I were a Catholic
I would peculiarly deprecate aav
interference with ray priesthood, I
do not think in cverv retmrt
:fwhich,onr would wish to behold
ine delegates of the Almighty
that they coukl be amended The
Catholic clergy in Ireland are pure
examples of. the doctrines they
promulgate pious m . their habits
primitive in tbeir man'nerK ihi
I .. t r . '..-. 7 wj
but the r Hock
study but their Gospel." it is not
tn the garjog-of courtly
patiobs thatouVvill fincl the Muri
rays abd the Frenches, the lilakes,'
the Derrvs,the Aroytands, or the
Coppmgeri of ine present day;
not at the levee" or the longe, or the
election riot ; nvqu wilt find
thero.wheret er good Ts to be donc
4 ? dc, corrcctedi-rearinr
their mitre's In the : tan of mir'S
j r-onsdior; the capt) vcWrcfbict
l-mg the cqnvictcririchtnff thV M
pnan ornaments of jhisrandm
ol c m s o f ; a br ft e'nt. r u L ixx i
God-.thrpugh the practi ck t e vc ry :
.virtuemoniiftrs.at'itru confes
sionali-apostlei In tic' pulpit,', at
the death-bed .rpouTinV ' the ' sacred
wnctioifBti ihd agoETet 61 7de'spalrV
Oh! I WoiiTd hbld hlrVlitttc better
tKah Ad (PromcthrobbtKho
would turrr'.the 6rf their eternal
rr-rt uns. micrjcrence wttn
--CfJlr.. ' V '1.
tVhy is it that thev must pull down
ur tnurc Uriore thev will erect
.our liberties ! Vhy is it, ihtt in
the day of peace, they demsod se
curities from a people which in the
day of tfan$f Destitute -their'
strength I Whv I When wr were
denied .prj reasonable security
thc wsourcL Wit it m IfTG
when a cloud of enemies rcangmg
tin our coast siw every heart a
shield, a,od ertr hill a fortreV
crc they ;dciicd securities in Ca
tholiC,Portugai'r What' is their
securities this day 10 Cairxitic Ca
Prejudice, where is
ihyjfcason? Oh bigotry, bero
is thy blush? Uctuio, rctjrn to
us our glorious Wellington, and
tcllbcsoiud England whit wisher
security upon hc summits of Hin
roisa Arise, mirtrs of th
Peunsula ! ri- Mrr.nr.- i . "
----- - - - - wij 1 1 trri
our'4gr,ry bedM .ic, and vii,du
cate your suspected iovalt rtS
and vindicate
ents ! ihev have no pnitecrnr
now, and the government in wh'ne
support you died, wants some -security
for the allcgtaace of your
fathers ! I here is not a Catholic
family.in Ireland, that for the glo
ry of Jrtat Britain, is cot wcp.
ing a child, a pri nt. ora brother
and yet still she clamours tor se
curities ! Alas, 2l i j, ir nct
maddening tu it fleet, that whilst
the English roomer mcuros the
unmitigated nunoy r.l her here
the matron o! IrcUr'd has e en the
melancholy .ono .lion that he di
cd a soldier, withered b the rc
toHection tht he died a slate.
j ..... t
r
. uim, wcitttc in mv soul
4 ociicve it, y our tnmc is not that
ot bciog Catholics, but Inshmco.
All over the world, ihry are seek
ng the alliance of your" faith, and
where has it relused them friend
ship pod fidelity i How cn it be
to Catholicism the object, when r
very where but at home, they are
Jdancing in interest? How do
I prove it? The Catholic regent
t Portugal the comcyed to ibe
Brasil. Catholic Louts, their re
r prinre embarked tor hit capital
the Catholic t reed.ihe have re
cognized at Malta they have, X
"eiteve established u i. Land;
lothe Catholic world tbe gao
xfimn'tn C'mhcriL lnLb
gave ifMint -countries thev never
received their lao it U 'lor us,
their brethren, that they reserve
thtir frostns !
Sutd2,it istimetat this hos.
uhty should cease. (I ever there
fvas a day when securities vi re'ne-
cisary, snd I do not think that
day ever existed, it now n tr,nr,rr
exists. Evcr reason tor thrm ha,
.anuhed Alnvrst all the wot Id is
it peace wuh England. Thr t c rj
uneot is triumphant The Penin
sula U free. The haplet hoX
which gave birth to jacobin.sm, i
extinct forever. France is our al
ly ; and it should net be forcottra
thjtanTrisli Catholic fimt
ed ltllies on the tower ot Bordeaux
The .Pope has been found not
hostile, hot compiyicg Cwhfslic
alliances, abroad have rcJtjied the
foul asperslocsjlcn toot faith,
and now, this dayV.at bsroe, you
will discard forever all foreign in
terference. Indced,,U England
would only remember the share
you had in the sublime erxztkrr tra.
ure gratitude. But, should sho
not Should sheVith haughtiness,
monstrous and unparalleled forget
podr Ireland, sbe his still to sttidr
a trcroendouo lestcm.The ancient
order of. prince, it is true, U re
stored i; but who restored irCo.
alition after coalition has. crumlU4
away 'before the conqucTOrjJ
Crowtut,wereranishings3Monach
were but the irnantof' o hcHr--V
Th dtscendant 4 of v Predericl?
a5?lflJ into a' vcwcl Thc ra
'cfstor.Ql, Charles roamed s v-JJ
ed asvtrJJ
ond, throneless lx 1 abandorO
Every .sun set. upon a change HI
very sun dawned upon some" ne
convpiaion in-thort the who)
politicml globe qnit ered srj with $
earthquake, and ho could V
oeitahrvcr beneatif ibe. spleod ;
lagmentf of. the French volcin
. vWhatgave' Europe peace, a:
England safety amid this-naUy
hcr Pripc.7?, JU;.was the lin .
vehraad the Landstmm ihd t
levy cn.raassef--iit wax: eopha
rv me pcoplethe s sotereigrpf -
Ptjitvtm and , last, : thV. bfr
arid noblest; as well as txfcA ifif-'
:ty ol A virtucnia gavemect.llt f
i I a-';" &l prious 1 ewcrU. K n r r
ougtjt to-study Jnthis; bottf
- 1::: v .7'V- V;-v