Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland
CHAPTER XIII.
Catholic Emancipation--Antiquity and Power of the Papal Church--Treaty of Limerick--Catholic Penal Code of Ireland--Opinions of Penn, Montesquieu, Burke, and Blackstone, concerning it--Its Amelioration--Catholic Association of 1823--The Hour and the Man--Daniel O'Connell elected for Clare--Alarm in Downing Street--Duke of Wellington's Decision--Passage of the Emancipation Bill--Services of O'Connell and Shiel--The latter as an Orator 134