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duties of the other professions, there is no inconvenience or regret
felt. No matter--he Dick, or Jack, or Tom, as the case may be, will do
very well for the Church. 'You will make a very good parson, Tom--or a
Dean--or a-----no hang it, there I must stop, I was about to say Bishop,
but not being an Englishman, you cannot carve that dish, Dick. Never
mind--you can feed upon a fat living--or if one won't do--why, we must
see and get you a pair of them, Bill.'

"But this, my dear Spinageberd, is not all. You will be surprised, when
I tell you, that there is no system of education necessary for entering
into orders. No system, I repeat--properly so called--either Scriptural
or Ecclesiastical. Some few divinity lectures are to be attended, which
in general are neither well attended--nor worth attending--and that, I
believe, is all. One thing is certain, that the getting certificates of
attendance for these lectures is a mere form, as is the examination for
orders. The consequence is, that a young candidate for a living goes
into the Church burthened with very little of that lore which might
spoil his appetite for its enjoyment; so harmoniously does everything
here work together for the good of the pastors at the expense of the
people.

"I think I have shown you that there is little in the Church of Ireland
that is likely to regulate or purify the spirit of Orangeism when coming
in contact with itself. That it had little to gain from the Church in
a spiritual way, and that the Church is not fulfilling the ends of
her establishment here in any sense, is evident from the Report in the
little work from which I have taken these extracts. In that passage
it would appear that the very existence of a Church is forgotten
altogether; for Orangeism is termed 'an institution, whose chief
object--whatever political shape it may assume--is to preserve the
Protestant religion.' I will now, before I close this batch, direct your
attention to one or two passages that prove most distinctly the fact,
that there stand clear in this oath of an Orangeman, principles, founded
on foregone practices and conclusions, which never should have existence
in a country so situated as this is.

"The Orangemen, for instance, in the paper headed their 'General
Declaration,' say, 'We associate for the defence of our persons and
properties, and to maintain the peace of the country; and for these
purposes we will be at all times ready to assist the civil a