Corrected Report Of The Speech Of The Right Honourable George Canning In The House Of Commons On The 30th April 1822 In Moving For Leave To Bring In A Bill To Restore To Roman Catholic Peers Their Right Of Sitting And Voting In Parliament

Author : George Canning
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ISBN 13 : 9781331892830
Total Pages : 80 pages
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Download or read book Corrected Report of the Speech of the Right Honourable George Canning, in the House of Commons, on the 30th April 1822 written by George Canning and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Corrected Report of the Speech of the Right Honourable George Canning, in the House of Commons, on the 30th April 1822: In Moving for Leave to Bring in a Bill to Restore to Roman Catholic Peers Their Right of Sitting and Voting in Parliament Peers labour with respect to their undoubted right of sitting and voting in Parliament, it may be expedient to get rid of some particular and preliminary objections, which have been made, rather to the manner and form than to the principle of the proposition which I am bringing forward; some within the walls of this House, others in conversation out of doors. The first objection which I shall notice, is one which was originally started by the Honourable Member for Bristol, and has been just now repeated by the Honourable Member for Somersetshire, that this Motion for the admission or rather the restoration of Roman Catholic Peers to Parliament, is an insidious attempt to obtain a partial decision on the whole of what is called the Catholic Question. In contradiction to this objection comes another, which asserts, that the separation of one class of the Catholic community from the rest, must necessarily prejudice the whole. I might in fairness set these contradictory objections face to face, and leave the one to balance the other; but I will offer a word or two on each. If my measure be a step to advance the general Question, it cannot prejudice that Question; if it be, on the other hand, an obstacle to the success of the general Question, then surely it must be hailed with delight by those who wish that Question to be lost. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.