Resolutions of the Aggregate Catholic Meeting, held in Dublin, Tuesday, December 15th, 1812.
- The Earl of Fingall in the Chair.
Resolved, That an address be prepared, and presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, praying his interposition on behalf of the faithful and long-suffering people of Ireland, professing the Roman Catholic religion.
Resolved, That the preparation, presentation, and management of such address be committed to the General Board of the Catholics of Ireland.
Resolved, That the individuals entrusted with the management of our address and the Catholics of Ireland, be requested to prepare and present an address to the Hon. Christopher Hely Hutchinson, expressive of the unbounded gratitude of the Catholics of Ireland, for his unremitting patriotism, splendid talents, and incorruptible integrity, and of our deep regret, that the Irish people are at present deprived of his eminent services in Parliament; a deprivation which we rank amongst the most severe of calamities to Ireland.
Resolved, That the most cordial gratitude of the Catholics is due, and is hereby given to our friends and advocates, the liberal and enlightened Protestants of Ireland, composing so decided a majority of our brethren of the Protestant religion, amongst whom we are proud to recognize all that is distinguished by rank, by talent, by fortune, and by independence of mind.
Resolved, That the Earl of Donoughmore be requested to present the petition of the Catholics of Ireland to the House of Lords.
Resolved that the Right Hon. Henry Grattan be requested to present our petition to the House of Commons.
Resolved, That we have seen with indignation, certain resolutions, lately published by some members of Grand Juries, and some individuals in different countries, containing insinuations and charges against the Catholics of Ireland, accusing them of disaffection; of entertaining disguised and secret views, and of an intention to obtain a Catholic ascendancy.
