CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION,

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Catholic Emancipation,

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THE CORONATION OATH; AND THE SPEECH OF HIS LATE ROYAL
HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK, ON CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.

BY THE

REV. RICHARD WARNER, F.A.S.

HON. MEM. IMP. CÆS. SOC. OF NAT. HIST. MOSCOW; AND OF THE DUTCH
SOC. OF SCIEN. HARLAEM; AND RECTOR OF GREAT CHALFIELD, WILTS.

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Catholic Emancipation:

AN ADDRESS,

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PROTESTANTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOMS!

THE period is approaching, for another solemn Parliamentary discussion of the momentous question, which has so long occupied the attention, and interested the feelings, of the British public, with an intensity equal to its importance-the question of CATHOLIC EMANCIPA

TION.

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That the advocates for the adoption of this measure, (independently of the Catholics themselves) have increased; and the opponents to it diminished, in number, since the last prorogation of Parliament, will not admit of a doubt: for, many of its former adversaries, alarmed by the state of Ireland; or, satisfied by the assurances of the expecting party; or, cajoled

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