North Carolina Newspapers

1 Belief of the Catholics. TlA Perhaps a mure interesting Speech k never delivered in ana the Britih Parliament, than the late Address of the Minister, Jlr. Pr.F-i. on the proyoatfoti or removing the disabilities un It Ih i der which the Catholirs of the United Kingdom have mj long labored, and which Ind well nigh produced a Civil Vrar in Ireland. .Thfc Speech fills thirteen c!oe Columns i a London paper. We cannot, ihorcforc. give it at lengthr but thinking it would be o ti gratifying toocT rciutr ioec nn abridgment of it, which should contain its most materi al part, we present them with the following: Mr. Peel, after some prelimina - jy remarks, in which as Minister of the King, and sustained by the authority belonging to that cha racter, he wished to vindicate thc' Ti&vice given to his Majesty by united Cabinet, and to subtn the treasures which were proposed to i r i . j ; i..iiiiv.v4 iiiiu ructi lur me au JStment of the Ttoman Catholic Question that question which Las so lonjr and so painfully becu pied the attention of Parliament, nod which has distracted the councils of the King for the last SO years. I approach this suM ed. almost overwhelmed by thd magnitude of the interests it in volves, and by the difficutics w itri which it. is surrounded. Of thesd difficulties I am unconscious 6 tne extent. I Know thev are feal and manv. and they arc iij Creased by the peculiar situation of him on whom the lot has bee Cast to propose this measure, an dx plain the expediency of its doption. But, rir. through a these icrsonal difficulties, howcy er galling to my feelings and a: . flirting to my heart, 1 am suppor cd by the. consciousness that Lave done my duty towards rrj Sovereign, and my country. A cordin" to mv heart and consc ence. Sir, I believe that the tit is come when less danger is to 'apprehended to the general int list of the' empire, and to t spiritual and tempers! welfare f ho Protestant establishment. ' attempting to Adjust the jCatbo question, than :n allowing it to tnain any longer id its present state I liav hin r.allflii Upon, to give the reasons which ha c swavca mc in me aaonuon oi uie t course I now advocate, and whflch is in opposition to that I have so long upheld. And Cop the satis- '.'".' faction of ithose who have majde -this appeal to me T should not ay for their satisfaction, but from a desire to -attempt bringing con viction to tficir minds in favor of my view of .those points on which we differ, and for t he sat isfaction of the people of this country f-I UfiU endcavpri to make out he to mn I hnve been r hullnncml Utakc out. I am well aware, 1 feel that I speak in the preset of a House of Commons, the ma jority of which arc prepared to "Vote in lavor ot an adjustment oi r a jm L this question. I feel that I ad , dress a majority of those who have 'for years argued in favor of set tlement of the question' upon higher grounds than those which I would press upon the attentive consideration of others who aavp cate a cbntrary opinion. It 15 vholly unnecessary for me to ad- are already convinced of the ad vantages of a settlement of t lose claims, as the only means of ;P crt- l eg from uh the embarrassments iind evils bv which we are surrn n tied. But I trust that in wh it I shall think it nec:s: V tc sav. with thfc personal object ot fe If- -indication thanwith a view tp at tempt to satisfy the great body of the people of this empire, be their opinion oi the question whit 't Ui.iv.inal nioro evil tnan a0,4a-i . ... .1 tos - woaUrcwttrrowtoviiBrtl n mw m w- fA, c rsrsb 1; fin xtwam I I Ii m I present t;ue, i nope In lo convince them ot this tact, w till v., ill 'ill Dear who mc wnue I zo inrpufrn ... - the detail, of an argument hich. t7 . possesses all the force: of dekiion - ttration.- I bavo for years att emp tcd to maintain the exclusion of i Homan Catholics from, political power in Ireland. I do not khink T it was an unnatural or - unre.akona- tie struggle. I : have delisted irOfll i iuii:hjviiv w. ... . victiou that it could be ho linger ' advantageously maintained j and from finding that I was not fu rnish- mA with adeauate . materials or sufficient instrutuit$. Uthers c.m dinosed to iush clprtain ll-.:...-;'..lt.i nnrvteut. that Would ocndaWr the very cstdbliih - those who require no argumefcit loH,. tt-a b ihir molt they .rc r.srioss to defend. .Uajestv's Government does vieldtothero in a rcalous de- strfeto- preserve the Lonsiuuuyu support that establishment. therefjre, rets to explain the a . - ' A apparent contradiction oeiwcttu b assertion and the measure we vo advised Mr. P. then went into a state- j J rdrnt cf fact to prove the danger tnat would be run bv the iiovern nirnt from a continued resistance the Catholics for a redress of nr erwivnnces. lie saiu uj rlmdition of the Countrv wassuch that something must le done. His firt position was, that there ii an evil in divided Cabinets and distracted Councils which cannot ic longer tolerated. Thisheiog. Conceded and that a United Go vernment must be farmed iQ.ac hext pUice.that GovernmeJ,. must choose one of t"o.eourses thev biust advance, or toey must re cede; they mu grant further po- fiiicai piTviledges t the Koman Cm' 1 ' a 1 ' A 1 flours, or iney ipui renauk these already given to them. 1 am told, it is not now the first lime the two Houses of 'Parliament have differed, and that therefore matters remain unchanged; and that accordingly, the same system should he pursued. But are c vents exactly the same 1 Do not the same events, frequently com- 'ing to pass, bring about other c- & m a . m w w r . years, or for ever? So far as my own course in this question is Concerr61r it is the same with that w hich suggested itself to my rumd in 1025 when I was his Majesty's Principal Minister for the Home Department', and found myself in a minority of this House upon the division on this question. When I then saw the numbers arrayed against me in this House I felt that, at least, my position as a Minister was untenable. The mo ment, Sir, that I, the Minister for Irish affairs, foand that I was left in a minority on that question, which was above all others,.. of paramount ' interest and impor tance to the cotiniry, that moment 1 oig!..' to be relieved from' the duties and responsibility. of oftice. I stated to the Earl of Liverpool, who was then at the head of the Administration, that it was my anxious wish to be relieved from office. It sis, however notified to tt.i Vrw rrlr-nei: WOUMI c retirement ci iJ;e occasiuii Earl of Liverno .nl; and that such an event would of ose, at once jrofluce a dissolution of the mfnistration, the responsibility 'o. which would rest with me I held my hand. If I had'actcd simply in obedience to my own wishes, as an individual, I should have re signed. I was induced, however, to retain my office, and make ano ther experiment upon the feelings of the country I have stated the motives which induced me. In -182G there was a new Parlia ment, and in 1U27 a majority! in this House of twenty-tbree against the Catholic question. In 132C, however, the House took a differ1 cut view of the matter, and though it did not pass a bill, it a grccd to a resolution favorableto the principle of adjustment. That resolution being passed, I felt sat isfied tljat tho sene ofthe coun try had been fairly taken, for it was the decision of a new House. I then determined that nothing should induce mc to .remain long er in office to obstruct this mea sure. In the last year, for. the firt time in this Parliament;; di I anion between the two Houses iv nc revived. 1 then aw there and th:it was a most painful one it ww painful to act in oposi- tion to prc-conceived impressions, nnil to ".tAmftd friends, and in i . u.l.l f-rtiirw iiirnnst r nt ... .... I f.Tt an A T MIU1 1 ll uui v - S' - V - X,. eTWli- of ovc with that uar Frcse1 A. ii r .-.l mil IfiCC HUltll tiwuw- - - ------ . . M ? I " " 57 .v n . A I Witt , iuii'uiimu:. win m. Zt::ry . . w .r , jctcT. I was deter 1 ... -... . tci. vents T It the two Houses oi j tie loiu, as i wan on a wnner nt Parliament have be ?n divided a- cation, in forcible though familiar gainst each other for thd last five j language, that ' this is the old sto years. is that a reason they arc to rv that all this has been so for be divided, in like manner, for ten the last twenty years, and thero- To use tho beautiful words pfopimc Drydco " 1 n Mia wj:n ease, uut oa : auw- - . M " . t 9 m ease, but hardlv triei V. L Lu,"cr Br haughty eoul. to -hcx&u tied: - Oh ! deep connive paag-i or ago- cj,ard thing to cll upon the respon ding pride.' ; 1 siblc rniatsters of the Crown to When I felt last year, that the carry on resistance, without fur- case was as 1 nave states xt to ne.. I determineuto iave ino course which I wished to take in 1825; - but with this difference,-that I in- . tiaiatcd to the NqMc Dale il the head cf his Majesty's -Govern merit, not only that 1 was axixkms to (retire from pfikre, bqt 1hat I felt so strorerlv the current of pub lic! opinion was setting io favor, of tne i a i none vunns, mm. " soever situation l.ftH- tind rot self. I should not' cookler myself lustmed in mUktnir any turliier opposition to those claims; adding. that whatever privaUitnd person al sacrifice At might inflict -opoo mo, I. was prcjred; after the e vents of the last year, "to submit to it, in the support of ny mea sure which I might tensiier com patible' with che ;fety of the Pro testant hstab- shment: I detailed oa a Cutticr occasion, that a dread Art Co"uniotion had distracted the plic mind in Ireland that a , feverish agitatidb A;, unnatura-1 ex citement prevailed, to a degree scarcely credible, throughout the I entire country. I ttenjpteu to ! show that the social intercourse was poisoneu inero, in us cry spring that family was divided against family, and man against hts neighbor, that, in a word, the bonds of social life, were nlto etber dissevered that the foun tains of public justice were cor ruptedthat the spirit ofdrscord walked openly abroad and that an array of physic al frc was marshalled against the law, andtu the imminent danger of the pub lic pence. -But, perhaps I shall a 1 . a fore there is no reason tor n change. lo this t repir, sir, thrrn m reason tor. a C!iatire. "no the reason is, because it. is the eld story.: It is, because this state of things hrfs so long existed, and we have been SQ-iong unable to find a remely. It is for thisf sir, that I am tired of maintaining tho present system. It is obvious it cannot exist; it. must be chang ed. We. cannot determine, upon remaining idle spectators of the sufferings of Ireland." The uni versal cry of the country declares that something must be- done. Some of . my Hon. rriends may come to an opposite conclusion, but I know I afh only echoing tin; sentiments of all reasonable men. whcB I say that something mast be done. I ask you to .examine the state of his Majesty' Govern, meat for the last thirty five years, nnd to mark the bearing of the Catholic Question upon the Go vernment the divisions it has created among the Statesmen the atsiT'ction it has occasioned in our pouncils, ana tbe weakness it has consequently produced. Mr. t. called on gentlemen to rcnec on the disunion that had prevaiibd id the Administration on Irish arrairs fy the last 5a years, and then say whether the course now proposed is not the only one that will do , any good. Mr. I. then took a brief history of the Catholic, question .from .Vfr. Pitt's Administration to the pres ent time, shewing that the Cabi net had always beep much divi ded on this subject, and that Par liament had also been in tho same situation. The consequence has been that differences have arisen between honorable men. and that the public mind, in Ireland had been probed until a dangerous and exaggerated sensitiveness has been created in it with respect to all passing event t. With respect to the present Home .of Commons, is it an un fair representation of the public' o pinion upon this great question? Was it not elected. at a period when the public mind -was suffi ciently alive to the Catholic ques tion? Was it not sufficiently ac quainted with the ctforts made to pass Catholic Relief Bills through Parliament, and with the state of Irelaid? Sir, tht House was elec ted after the direction of the pub lic attention -Lad been- eiven to Ihc j.rocepd.URs-of tho Catholic Association. The bill to sup- Prc that Association had been : ) .a - . .. i passed, and the dicussion on the brought to a t fp '"s than five night V i cd, sir, was the tune for public I rtuiuw. us i nc Luaitrriars i or a ;uc iccssfjl contest. But. harm? suf- f- , iOT lt l aon to hard , hat we . should be blamed for not carrying on a ooouehj resfevaocc. 11 is a msuiug us wita ttiase instruments ny Tnjcn aione me name canoe "63gr!tT Foryir, 'jnsk-voo wfr we are told ofthe feeling county agtuni! the Catboli vwu. w tw w . w.- "I" pie. it is but of a short date, j i - :.,- f errant i cbeerin-V-Hnd 1 say, sir, it ooght a. I to have been shown, not by pubhc meetirtzs. but bv the public excr cise of tSe elective franchise. It isToturto throw upon Ministers the whole rcsponsibilty of resis tance when that resistance was i paralysed by the way m wtucn the people had exercised the e lective franchise. . Mr P. then, referred to the members returned to the present Parliament, shewing, that in many ufthe couuties they were equauv divided on the Catholic question, and in a greater number of coun ties and towns there was a majori ty in lavor of granting relief. These things, I say, prove to me, that the voice of "the people was not deliberately pronounced a roinst the consideration of this grea question, at that period when it might have, been pro nounced with most i effect. I therefore conclude that it does not exist. Be this so, or be it not so, I' do say, that it is hard upon those Who have fought the battle a- "aint-i makine further concessions to ,the Catholics, for the last ten rs. with Houses so nearly d-1 vea vided, with forces so nearly ef.ual, now to charge them with want of zeal, because they consider it would be useless to Continue the struggle longer I maintain, that when the cour?n of lrte question. is looked at k di'.ring the period which I have- name-.'f, it is not fair to throw upon me all the responsibil ity for taking it what it has be come. With repect to the infe rences which may be drawn as to the stale of. public opinion, from the debates, in this House, 1 should like , to know to what con clusion any man must come who has watched the progress of our discussions. Who, I would ask, are thy who have taken the most prominent part in them? On whom has the brunt ofthe battle fallen? Sir, 1 hold in my hand a list of the speakers in the several debates which have taken place on this subject. It would be invidious to l - a "IT -.a ! go into details, ana I amine last man who would wish; to do so, as many of my Hon. Friends, who feel the utmost zeal in the cause, have been, by various circumstao. ces, precluded from taking a part in debate. It might, therefore, lt unfair to draw any inference from that to w hich I have alluded. I will not assume any deficiency of zeal from the paucity of numbers: but I do think it hard that an in dividual, after fighting tho battle for ten years, should be accused, as I have been, by those who, du ring that long period have wit nessed the struggle without once opening their mouths in support of that cause for which they now manifest such extraordinary anx iety. Now, sir, having described to the House what has been the state of the Government, jand what the situation of the two Houses of Parliament, during the last five and thirty years, I come next to the consideration of a sub ject not less important what was state of Ireland during that period? Mr. P. then took a view of all the difficulties and disturbances that have taken place in Ireland for the last twenty-five years: Af ter which he added, couple this with tho differences which have existed between the two Houses of Parliament on this question, and with the divided state vf the Go vernment, and then, I will ask, is not the position which I advan ced at the outset perfectly made good, namely, that thfs state of things cannot continue that some effort must be made to enable Parliament .and the Goverment to unite with one common feeling in the administration of the af- lairs oi ireianuf I now, sir, a p-f lroiuii mc cuii-siaeraiioo loo of the j what that j important question. course ought to be (7o be Concluded in our next.) Horrible Executions at Utbon. Lisbon. "March 7. Th t-.v rfi . -A :n u . s -ed with rebeUion against DooiP , T 'lhJP09t "f he Miguel on the 9th January hav-if? - nd thefo h.v- reinained ing ordered them to give in their 1 7 ' ' I written answers in t wenty-fUur 1 pi , t, "-"", , ' - ' hours, concluded its proceeding, ' emt!rlhU Auar. The on the 20 th ult. On that day the ,olIm,n? extraordinary circura sentence wa? drawn op, signed. stance s said tQ nave tely oc and sent to Miguel for his appro- curre al or near Hillsborougb, bat ion Bt that sent cne RrtVn. in Fountain Conntv !n K 4dJCC,yoreJra and four more were tate of Indiana? Pnr cnmA W 1 A. A. 7 K- of the condemned to transport a tioo for years part this place iias been c ijue:- J ten year;. The rcaiimdcr cf th? infested with snake?, o nttmcr- r .1 : .r-r or ironi am ui , -- nf tniilt. But such a sentrntr cot,ld not fV ft holild fore, rdsolved tnai auouic. K .irawn. bv which the tirsl hve convicts should be hung, ntwfj . . aA C r 1Itl- nml nil .u r..Vtr.r, v'pars. Thev met lilt; iv. , f . with opposition from one or two j of the judge, and a negociation ; took place which lasted jsomo days, hut their scruples were ei ther satisfied or silenced, and the sentence which Miguel desired was signed on the 4th inst. It iriruiH tr, th onsoners -on. the 5th, and only twenty-four hours were allowed thcra to prepare for death. This was ngninst all law custom, three days for prepara tion being always hitherto gran ted. Yesterday accordingly they were executed. A new. gallows was erected on Sodre jsquare, where the. meVchants generally meet in the afternoon on business. because their loyalty to the young queen is fully established by their expressed sentiments and their '. ... . i scanty riiant ics to the usurpers government. The same square i the principal quay and landing Pace from tho Tagus. There, frQm the-morriing. a. great number. of troops were, collectedj but it was only by two O clock that the he fatal procession arrived, numeT rnnslv escorted. The unfcrto nate men to be executed jwere all barefooted, with white large slee ved frocks, which covered them all over: each, of them had two priests by his side. Thej execu tion began by a youth only seven teen years old; though the sen tence said twpty. He was mid shipman, the son of Colonel Cha by He was led to the ladder of the erallows, and 'oblisred to kneel before it during ten minutes whilst the priest were praying o ver him. Having ascended it, he was directed to turn round and to seat himself on One of the steps V hilst the hangman who, cover ing the young man's headjwith the white cap of his gown, turned him off from the ladder, and got on his shoulders, riding j him and swinging about with one of his feet upon the victims'- hand (which being tied together made a kind of stirrup,) another 'hang man, pulled him down by the feet. This lasted about ten minutes more, and when life was conside red to he- quite extinct, the body was taken down and laid on the gound. The second was aisC 9 very youn man, cadet in the Corps of .Marinds, said in the sentence to be twenty-three, but who was hardly tweuty years old; his name war James Ghavis Scarnichia. - The third was said to he one Joaqukn Velez Barrei ros, but was, in fact, the gallant Presf vello, who gave a f.ilse name on ' entering the goal, and kept it in order not to injure Ii is family. He showed tho greatest, courage and resolution to his ;hn? oreilh, refusing to answer to. the priests, who endeavpred lo make hrm ac knowledge Miguel The fourth was Jose Gomes lereira Braga, thirty-three years old, j a lieuten ant of artillery; and the last, Brig adier General Alexandre Manoel Moreira Freirar They general ly showed courage, hut none like the bravo Prestvello.f who had been formerly an officer in the ar my, and lately Colonel! oft he Mil itia in one of the northern provin ces, where he had h-is' estate, for he belonged to a wealthy and distinguished family, '-. He . had served under Napoleon, and gain ed from him the cross of the Le gion of Honour. He had gone to England, but being ashamed to re main inactive, returned to aid the public cans?. ; He landed onlhe, very night ofthe 9lh of January; and a few. hours after he was in i ronv? There he remained six" weeks without speakino" a w6rd to a friend, seeing any on or even beingr allowed to change hi linen! When called to give his defence in twenty-four hours he was cove red with vermin, and nearly in a state of distraction. I After tho . .7 Doa,p' were cut rip wn and laid on the ground, the hangman th The ron aUT .V 3 preat was the terror of the citi-- ens that few dared to venTUTe out after dark for fear of them. Last Fall, a person fivinp in tksr neighborhood, discovered a care in tlie bank of the cjreck, where it was supposed they had taken . , ' .i , up their abode for the Winter, Upon the information obtaining circulation, '-'the cititeus turned out en masse to destroy them. They commenced, by digging and removing the earth and rocks, from the mouth ofthe den, up.til they came to thenu They lay .'in coils . in the crevrees of he rocks. Wooden hooks were hrust in, and frequently three or four were drawn out. The two first days, they caught one hundred and forty-two -about one hundred were Rattle Snake and' the remained the Copper headed Snake. They were ig pencral of the largest size. Digging and killing have since continued, but to what extent we are not informed. 1 Stop the Murderer Atk honest, thrifty farmer of this county, was murdered (killed dead) some twelve or fifteen days; since, while travelling" heme from market, y a notorious' va, gaboncl, who has long- been a the habit df ; knocking, folks down, whenever he could-catch them from home: and he has grown so hold, that it is xrot uo-. common for-him to steal into the very domicils of people, and le vel them with the floor of their own dwellings! It behooves all of us, to endeavor to put a stor to the devastating course of this; abominable,;. marauder, and. not suffer him to run at Large any longer. His name is "Whfske;" and we presume he is so well kriowhitwill be unnecessary for us to describe him: our only objec is to raise a hue-and-cry. tliat the people may turn out u stop him, to the end that he may? be confined ixithin proper linitt. Yv West; Car. TVe find the following notice, ip the Boston daily .Advertiser: Married -In Fail River, on Monday moring-, Mr. A ndrew C. Fearing, merchant f this ci ty, to Miss . AldiborontiphoMro phonio Cowen, of the former place. The fatfier of this lady most certainly have been corned when he was christened. . - No wot der the parties were married in a river, and tliat the hushani fearing;. . ' , .. Trial (f a Deserter' A cccrt martial was" held atJefferfl Barracks, on the 28th Decem ber for the trial of WlHiani Hos ton, ot If art, of the-j 0th rrg ment 01 S. Infantry, for deser tion fromi said - Barracks in AV pril last; for :re-enjisting at Natchez and receiving beauty while a deserter J- and for deser ting thence shorlly .afterwards. The prisoner pleaded gnilty, and was condemned to be fhot. The proceedings were transmit ted to the War Department, for approval, and an order wa issued on the 17th uh. conii6 ingv a pardon from , Presibert Jackson, on the ground "that while the conduct of the soUier present no mitijafinpr rircni stince which in a slate of wav w ould Iemand interposition ti the pardoning power, there is at the same time nothing in it of a character which at a period of profound peace requires t punishment of death." .1 .Vew State in Xorlh AntrH-- A Parris paper 6f February 17, says"By air act f uv General Assemblyiof the State, of North Caroliha.'a new Siai has been formed in'that part f iHorih America; - it bears name of Macon!!?' Rhode Isla.nd. A letter from Newport of tin. 1 Bth says, that returhs. from ail .!'' tow ns ia this slate rMid r i I tain that the Jackson tit U - t ' State Officers is cium2Iii:,- 1 v ihn r t n rrhl: ataajoriiy ox ow. ' V I I fi Ii Si .1 1: 4 i i i