text:  These are the only persons of their religion _unpledged_ to "Repeal of the Union" at present in the House who would have any claim on the score of abilities to official station; it surely cannot be expected that a Conservative minister would give power to men pledged to the dismemberment of the British empire and the supporters of a measure which he has so unequivocally denounced; neither can it be supposed that any man would be such a fool as to place red-hot Repealers in the important office of stipendiary magistrate when the wishes of the government might be thwarted and the safety of the country compromised by their partisanship