MR. WHALLEY ON THE JESUITS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 133, 19 November 1875, Page 16

MR. WHALLEY ON THE JESUITS.

The London ' Figaro/ a very widely read paper, publishes the following paragraph on Mr. Whalley and the Jesuits : — Are there any Jesuits in England ? If so, they aye ungenerously assailed by Mr. Whalley. The member for Peterborough charges the Jesuits with the most atrocious and abominable crimes, and we need not add that ho adduces no evidence to support the indictment. The Jesuits do not mind the nonsense of Mr. Whalley, but we object to it for three reasons : Firsts Our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects are loyal to the throne, and are as lay-abiding as Protestants. It is scandalous that a member of Parliament should, continually insult the Roman

Catholics. Suppose a Roman Catholic member made a point of calling Protestants "black tyrants," and a "nest of hornets," and of abusing the Archbishop of Canterbury, Protestants would be disgusted at the impertinence. Ought not we Protestants, "being an overwhelming majority, to do unto Roman Catholics as we would be done by ? Secondly. Mx. Whalley makes Protestantism seem ridiculous. Wheher the member for Peterborough is a Protestant or a Jesuit in disguise we equally object to a member being allowed to make Protestantism a laughing-stock in the House of Commons. Lastly. Mr. Whalley wastes the precious time in Parliament. He is indifferent to being snubbed, and the House of Commons will not place restrictions on the present freedom of debate. The affliction must be endured until Peterborough ceases to elect Mr. Whalley or until the honorable member is cured of his Jesuit craze. It must, indeed, be gratifying to Mr. Whalley to find himself called a Jesuit ! He certainly acts not unlike one of those described n Protestant novels.