Essays on the Political Circumstances of Ireland: Written During the Administration of Earl CamdenAuthor, 1799 - 240 ページ |
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... himself been a fincere and zealous advocate for a limited parliamentary reform ; but having always had a just abhorrence of the principles and views of the United Irish- men , and being foon convinced of what one of their own oracles ...
... himself been a fincere and zealous advocate for a limited parliamentary reform ; but having always had a just abhorrence of the principles and views of the United Irish- men , and being foon convinced of what one of their own oracles ...
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... himself either by his under- ftanding or his talents , and that he was re- markable only for enthufiafm and eccentricity ; but every one alfo knows that Mr. Grattan is a perfon of acknowledged abilities ; that his parliamentary ...
... himself either by his under- ftanding or his talents , and that he was re- markable only for enthufiafm and eccentricity ; but every one alfo knows that Mr. Grattan is a perfon of acknowledged abilities ; that his parliamentary ...
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... himself . What Mr. Grat- tan's precife meaning might have been in the requeft he makes to be committed with his coun- try , I prefume not to ascertain : but I certainly fhould not wonder if moft of those whom he ad- dreffed confidered ...
... himself . What Mr. Grat- tan's precife meaning might have been in the requeft he makes to be committed with his coun- try , I prefume not to ascertain : but I certainly fhould not wonder if moft of those whom he ad- dreffed confidered ...
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... himself , after his acceffion to the Irish Viceroyalty . His Lordship gives fo minute an account of what paffed between him and his British Cor- refpondents , as to put us into complete poffeffion of the whole tranfaction . He told them ...
... himself , after his acceffion to the Irish Viceroyalty . His Lordship gives fo minute an account of what paffed between him and his British Cor- refpondents , as to put us into complete poffeffion of the whole tranfaction . He told them ...
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... himself , for a moment , in the place of the Duke of Portland , or of any other Minister in his Majefty's Cabinet Council , and then fay whether , on confidering the queftion in the light of Lord Fitzwilliam's communications , he would ...
... himself , for a moment , in the place of the Duke of Portland , or of any other Minister in his Majefty's Cabinet Council , and then fay whether , on confidering the queftion in the light of Lord Fitzwilliam's communications , he would ...
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146 ページ - Laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force ; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community...
34 ページ - The day of Jehovah cometh, the land is as the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness,
149 ページ - Number. — On the rock of this principle let this society rest ; by this let it judge and determine every political question, and whatever is necessary for this end let it not be accounted hazardous, but rather our interest, our duty, our glory and our common religion. The Rights of Man are the Rights of God, and to vindicate the one is to maintain the other. We must be free in order to serve Him whose service is perfect freedom. " The external business of this society will be — first, publication,...
133 ページ - I have uniformly pursued the just and virtuous course of conduct; assertor of the honors, of the prerogatives, of the glory of my country; studious to support them, zealous to advance them, my whole being is devoted to this glorious cause. I was never known to march through the city with a face of joy and exultation at the success of a foreign power; embracing and announcing the joyful tidings to those who, I supposed, would transmit it to the proper place. I was never known...
148 ページ - The greatest happiness of the greatest numbers in this island, the inherent and indefeasible claims of every free nation to rest in this nation — the will and the power to be happy to pursue the common weal as an individual pursues his private welfare, and to stand in insulated independence, an imperatorial...
6 ページ - Should such a combination, at once inflamed as it must be now, by the favour of the British court, and by the reprobation of the Irish people, return to power, I have no hesitation to say, that they will extinguish Ireland, or Ireland must remove them : it is not your cause only, but that of the nation.
158 ページ - ... of Providence, and the strong efforts of human nature resisting and overcoming the malignant influence of a miserable administration. To resist this influence, which rules by discord and embroils by system, it...
157 ページ - ... and opinion ; and remember, efpecially, that for the efficient management of your common, interefts, in a country fo...
153 ページ - What are the means of procuring fuch a *' Reform in the Conftitution as may fecure to " the people their rights moft effectually and *' moftfpeedily? " What is the plan of reform moft fuited to " this country ? " Can the. renovation in the Conftitution, " which we all deem neceflary, be accomplifhed " by the ways of the Conftitution? The evil...
185 ページ - ... muft come, in time. The United States are large and populous nations, in comparifon of the Grecian commonwealths, or even the Swifs cantons ; and are growing every day more difproportionate, and therefore lefs capable of being held together by fimple governments. Countries that increafe in population fo rapidly as the States of America- did, even during fuch an impoverifhing and deftructive war as the laft was, are not to be bound long with filken threads : lions, young or old, will not be bound...