The National Register. — London, England, 1809-12-17 00:00:00

E.NATL NAL V' • RE -IS TER .. ....• . .. .6 • ..1 .41 e..55..1 • •APZlsi t .r, .t• s •' • . .4 ur Sing, Coniltitution, anb ilatuO. . ' SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1809. 4•l*.g ••_;_a I 4 ) 40i) No. 103. ~ ~: J~ POLITICAL DItiQUISITION. *tummy. 9NE lIUNDRED AND ONE. .. • 1.. ib • *. ' : STATE OF IRELAND. ! ti i 1. What recollection‘ does the retrospective view of that unfortunate country awake !—For, the long course of seven centuries, its history had been en uninterrupted series of public distractioa and private misery—a disgusting narra * iive of petty usurpations and unavailing ,resistance ;—a hideous, sanguinary drama, in which every successive act . inspires deeper horror. Vv Ould to God ! we could draw a • veil over that painful interval ;—that we could consign to Aternal olilivion the injured and the aggressors; their suf• feriugs and atrocities. • We might, in that case, begin a new era, unimbittered by recollections. Confidence, so necessary in the.present crisis, might' spring up ; and sea-. timents of reciprocal esteem unite two islands which na. ture and a system of contracted policy had separated. We trust there is not one of our readers, who does not perceive • the advantages of such a union ;—who does not ardently wish to see it established, and would not make some sa crifices to promote its attainment. It would secure more solid benefit than the conquest of both the Indies. All the gold, silver, and dianionds of the universe would not make us a happier, and certainly not a more powerful people. Our acquisitions in India, sounding as they are in name," and extensive - in territory, have added nothing-to the general stock 7of tonal prosperity. 'They have en riched,* few individuals ; added some titles to the peerage,s encrnated the influence of the 'Cron*; tkuLthented . the number Of livery servants, equipages, parks, and villas 4 But, in return, they have diminished the comforts, .and irt • jured the morals of the people. Are the great masa of the English population better clad,• lodged and fed; tlo they enjoy greater political freedom, and their children a more vsetpl education, since the succession of the East India •-Company to the Empire of the Moguls ? Certainly not: . Whersas every acre of bog, that is drained in Ireland ; every manufacture and school, that are established there ; • every penal law, which is repeated ; every measure, tend ing to conciliate the minds of her hardy, enterprising, anti ardint population, has a direct and permanent tendency to promote the power and prosperity of the empire. As our object, in the present examination, is to coin ciliate, and not to irritate—as we reprobate every thing that tends even remotely to foster a spirit of we will allude, Without harshuesi. and waiiitth, to that abotiiinftble policy, to 'those exterminating passibas, which fro sit the closegOf the seveweelah to the middle of the eighteenth century, rendered the population of Ireland the most injured, as well as the mast wretched,'upon thfi facer of the earth. -It is intended asap appeal ' to the justice, humanity, and , sense of sill Auglish public, PRio 9d. favour of the sufferers and their indignation against the authors. The abhorrence it excites, may prevent the revival of those abominable prejudices, which, at 'one time, threatened to convert that fertile province into an uncultivated waste, and its inhabitants into ferocious sa vages, We - will pass over in silence the circumstances of:a • a lingering conquest. They excite pain, without con vet ing, instruction ; and may be comprised in one sweeping sentence ;—they consisted in the sanguinary occurrences of an uninterrupted war of five hundred years between the natives and the invaders of their property and indent' . NV.'" ence. The result is known. Success constitutes a people, rebels or patriots ; and, as the original inhabitants were unsuccessful, they suffered the penalty of ineffectual re sistance ;—the confiscation of their property, and the ft;e.. feiture of their independence. Time, however, that great decider of strifes, had gradually accommodated their minds to the change ; and it would have been fortunate for them had they submitted, in quiescent resignation, without interfering in the quarrels of their new masters. The civil war began, and they had the imprudence to de clare decidedly in favour of CHARLES the First. 'their. loyalty to that unfortunate monarch was tremendouily punished. Caouwet.t.traversed the country with the de: whiting effect of a pestilence. Death and famine marched before him., Neither age nor sex were spared ; and the ; PsVporty of. the victims was distributed amongst the minis teraof his undistinkuishing vengeance. IRETON completed whAt his leader had left unaccomplished ; and it his been computed that one-fifth of the *holm population were immolated to the rage of thoie ferocious monsters. Oa the Nestor ton, the sufferers appealed to the justice and gratitude of CIL% Rl f ES H. ; but that_unfeeling and unprinf cipted Sovereign afforded them no redress.; and left the.pro perty of the loyal adherents of his family in the hands of his father's murderers. Their unaccountable attachment to the ST F.WA RT family was not extinguished ev6 by this instance • of injustice; and they embraced, with their usual arilour, the fortunes and cause of JAI, ES 11. The result ofthis un- . , Successful effort was the expatriation of a very great num 7 . ber of the aboriginal inhabitants, the massacre. of mailv. 'More, and the total•confiscation of the remaining property they had in their hands. they vitiCthits reduced 'to 11.‘ !evel of misery and degradation with the desce ndan t s • •, • ' the INCAS , and forced to roam as ontlaw e s,..er „cnltivale. • the ?lands belonging to their ancestors, assiatea to the new pr o „,, prittors. The measures of security, axiopted by the hatter, - were *o;rthy of the ifnteten the hdr. rors of the, intittlte i h kntilodiked ma_ •• • lec.i.cliefan4tke• natiies;it, skiPlo4lll, ' Ircikm.. After i the ceremony .Ls' mock l ahotia Catholic 'Palest; *teem helmet 4,l•Sheat airy The congreg4lon'and the piiest;if tho *ere fouitid 1104.trealonabl? act and celobiroor mobs, . • itOrs4h 6 A* o o.fiNs. - Al* . , . ' . , . • ' . • • • . • .. , *:,....;.., 4 4,...... ... , 0 NAL ~R EG. i s T E ..... R.,„-,... .. ; s ail b •' • •• .b :i. •• : • . . . . . - . - _ i •tettl,lll , bit Z.i S. .1 a . a. , ' . .1 ..• . :•11,2 - 4 . 4 40 /..•4 0 4t) . . '4 ur iiing, Coniltitution, Rua LatuO. • . . . ..• .14t. .. , : - . , •4•,: , :g fiL.,O , . .. , .. ...... z4 ' I I viol) •, .: ..,, „, . . . ••• ~ NO. 1.R3; '.. # , SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1809 . PRICZ W. ............... '1... . . . - ."• '' • POLITICAL DISQUISITION. .... favour of the sufferers and their indignation against the authors. The abhorrence it excites, may prevent the •: ' . - - i . •!: • • ptIMBE* 91!1.E DUNDRED AND ONE. . revival of those abominable prejudices, which, at one • - • . •• . ''!••• ..t- II: ' ' '. ' .: •: 1...410.1. • time, threatened to convert that fertile province into an . . . , STATE OF IRELAND. . • uncultivated waste, and its inhabitants into ferocious ea- , • . vacces 1. What rec oll ection‘ does the retrospective view of that 15 9 • • We .will pass over in 'silence the circumstances of:a • unfortunate country awake !—For, the long course of seven a lingering conquest. They excite pain, without con ve". centuries, its history had been an uninterrupted series of tub instruction ; and may be comprised in one sweeping 'public distraction and private misery—a disgusting narra- , sentence ;—they consisted in the sanguinary occurrences of ' live of petty usurpations and unavailing ,resistance ;—a s hideous, sanguinary drama, in which eve an uninterrupted war of five hundred years between the ursuccessive act ..... natives NV. inspires deeper horror. Weuld to God ! we could draw a atives and the invaders of their property and indep • ....,:i ......... 4t....1 .-...:...e.5, :in. i......,.% I . #1...r. vt.• ea gr. ',AA .4 A...•moi errs •n. ence. The result is known. 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