Essays on the Political Circumstances of Ireland: Written During the Administration of Earl Camden, with an Appendix, Containing Thoughts on the Will of the People. And a Postscript Now First PublishedGraisberry & Campbell, 1798 - 234 pages |
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... case this apology feems to be wanting ; it does not appear that Mr. Grattan is infane , except fo far as " anger is a fhort madnefs . " In the next place , it is evident that the gene- rally disordered fancy of poor Lord George was then ...
... case this apology feems to be wanting ; it does not appear that Mr. Grattan is infane , except fo far as " anger is a fhort madnefs . " In the next place , it is evident that the gene- rally disordered fancy of poor Lord George was then ...
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... the fame moment , as that of a regu- lar Government , determined in its conduct by the menaces of the multitude . That a Govern- ment ought ever to liften and to yield to reafon I moft I most readily grant ; but in the present case 16 .
... the fame moment , as that of a regu- lar Government , determined in its conduct by the menaces of the multitude . That a Govern- ment ought ever to liften and to yield to reafon I moft I most readily grant ; but in the present case 16 .
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... case , if my Lord Fitzwilliam's ftatement be correct , the Roman Catholicks fcarcely condefcended to reafon at all : Heretofore they had reasoned , and when they reafoned , they had been fuc- cessful ; but now it feems they preferred ...
... case , if my Lord Fitzwilliam's ftatement be correct , the Roman Catholicks fcarcely condefcended to reafon at all : Heretofore they had reasoned , and when they reafoned , they had been fuc- cessful ; but now it feems they preferred ...
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... case , the wretched country was in the first instance defolated by wars , which raged on till they went out like a fire for want of fuel , and in the end , the foreigners became masters of the foil , and made " hewers of wood and draw ...
... case , the wretched country was in the first instance defolated by wars , which raged on till they went out like a fire for want of fuel , and in the end , the foreigners became masters of the foil , and made " hewers of wood and draw ...
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... cases where we are at liberty to act as we think proper , it follows , that in order to make sense of the expreffion in question , it must be supposed to imply that the great Body of the People have an inherent right to act in all poli ...
... cases where we are at liberty to act as we think proper , it follows , that in order to make sense of the expreffion in question , it must be supposed to imply that the great Body of the People have an inherent right to act in all poli ...
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affaffination affert affociation againſt almoſt amongſt aſk becauſe beſt Britiſh cafe cauſe cife circumſtances confequences confiftency Conftitution courſe defign defperate deſtroyed ESSAY eſtabliſhed exerciſe exift exiſtence expreffion fafe fafety fame fecurity felves fenfe fhall fhould fince firſt fociety fome fpirit French ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure furniſh gentlemen Government happineſs Heaven himſelf honeft houſe increaſe induſtry inftance infurrection inſtead intereſt Ireland Iriſh itſelf juſt juſtice laſt leaſt lefs Legiſlature leſs liberty Lord Fitzwilliam Lord George Gordon madneſs meaſure ment mifery miſchief moft moſt muft multitude muſt neceffary neceffity obſerved occafion once paffions perfons pleaſed poffeffed poffible political popular prefent principles Public purpoſe purſued queſtion raiſe reaſon refift Reform refpect repreſent ſay ſcarcely ſchemes ſhall ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtatement ſtill ſtrength ſuch ſyſtem thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion underſtanding United Iriſhmen uſe Whig whofe wiſh wretched yourſelves
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Page 147 - ... 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...
Page 35 - The day of Jehovah cometh, the land is as the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness,
Page 74 - We have gone to what we conceive to be the root of the evil; we have stated what we conceive to be the remedy. — With a parliament thus reformed, every thing is easy; without it, nothing can be done...
Page 149 - order to ferve him whofe fervice is perfect freedom. The Hierophant next proceeds to ftate, that " to form " a fummary of the national will and pleafure in points " moft interefting to national happinefs, and...
Page 148 - 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...
Page 27 - Irish people, return to power, / have no hesitation to say that they will extinguish Ireland, or Ireland must remove them. It is not your case only, but that of the nation. I find the country already committed in the struggle ; I beg to be committed along with her, and to abide the issues of her fortunes.
Page 157 - ... and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown. In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are...
Page 157 - ... and opinion ; and remember, efpecially, that for the efficient management of your common, interefts, in a country fo extenfive as our's, a government of as much vigour as is confiftent with the perfect fecurity of liberty is indifpenfable.
Page 6 - 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...
Page 120 - Republic; murder and afTaffination are organized in many places, and the adminiftration of police, without activity and without force, from want of provifionary means, is unable to check thefe diforders.