Excerpt from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 18: July December, 1825 If this decision had resulted from form and technicality, rather than evi dence and deliberate judgment - if it' had been that of the Peers against the sense of the country, 'or of the Crown against the vote of Parliament - if it had been in any way doubtful - Lthe Catholics might then have quarrelled with it, although it would then have been perfectly legal and constitutional. But what are the facts? With regard to the nation, it is abundantly proved that the vast majority of all classes were against the Catholics; with re; gard to the House of Commons, the actual majority was very small; and the real majority, putting out of sight those who voted on grounds foreign to the merits of the question, was against them.-wi th regard to the Peers, the majority against them was large, and perfectly free from suspicion of being obtained by undue means With regard to the Ministry, one-half of it was against them. And with re gard to the Crown', it is just as likely that its sentiments were against, as for, them. 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.