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l now teen to shelter thetneelves tender the anthority 1
of a Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr.Gtattan);
' bul when that Sighs ..Hon. Gentleman- .011110 so
wen thenrof the impinoriety, tyitetty, and impo.
lice of continuing these bjlls for a greatel length of
time than from Session to Sessipto then het his
authority sunk to nothing. as it did not suit their
purpose. There is a provision in these bills, that
arms are to be restored to the people in the same
plight they were oaken from them upon receipt.
L thould wish to know what kind of receipt
the !bolo Honourable 0 •wleman opposite (the
Chancellor of the Evhequer) would propose.
for this occasion, or rather what sort of a
receirit fora tree Conoitntien deposited in the harvis
of His Majesty's Ministers ? I presume, it would
he cinOthed in terms somewhat similar to these
o We do hereby acknowledge the receipt of the tree
Constitio ion of tee People of Ireland, and doengage
to give it bact to them in the space of three years,
i. e. unless we shwill consider it neeesoary to keep
it longer." Sir, I cannot see how provisions of
this kind are to be ousted, when I reileet *tit
not one promise that was made coon the
Union of the two Kingdoms his been adhered
to. The engagement then m ile, was, that the
Unit)* was to give the people of Ireland all the pi i-
vil..ges it the British, C moitution. 'l has puts mi•
in mind of the promises that are generally made
by a mother to her chill, to wh i n i tale p.osen
m I have given 4 present of considerable value :
" Give it to me," s +Ts the mother, " to kop fait
you, and if you be a kool girl, I'll at sons • None
eeiiod give it y u back i.gaiii." Has there, I
oould ask, been any one single ~a to tarty that
iiniini into drat? I wish Ministers ta cntiiider haw
Inland uas been t 'Me I within regard to the Catholic
Question. rhi„ imwever, is a su',.) a which I
have no inclination deeply to touch upoe, na thif
present occasien, as I an oniy pi easii.g the consi-
deration of the state of Ireland. is it nothing to
to .k at the pledge made to the Catholics at the
time of the Union? Is it nothing to hare heard
promises held out at that time, as to concessions upon
tha• jitthjea, that were found impossible atter woo!,
to fulfil ? Is it nothing that in a pemphlei we Sad
it stared, at the ti et the Uoion, that—" Il
ee
we (Ireland,. and ch.l country) ,were one body,
it would not be a scary, for the safety of the
empire at large, to curb toe Romanist, by any
restraint whatever, as the prep,old -rein :e of the
Protestants over the Catholics in the Uaitol Par.
lament would be such as to etrlnde or reilMlve the
p •ssib,lity of danger, from repealin; the recto lel
S-aiutes then in ellstruce against the Itoillanis:,.'
W-use Logo ige is this t IL is no other that that of
the Learned Dr. Duig-n in. Such was the Lingo •gr
too. to Lard Ni a oilitam. Mi. Pitt, and all throe
who went out of office with him. fhey declared.
that to give Ireland such coacessinns, was necessity
to render the Union stable aid firm, and to
secure and streak lien the country. Tne people
eapefted, when these men r-turned to oft.e,
their claims would laa listened to. arid grant-
ed. "l'hey &I retain to (Ace, but agai i wart
the Catholics disappointed. Then, Sir is it „.fet
dear, that the 132•,14 palpable hones hate taLlivd.; ("^-
tithes made have beets violo, ed ; eaileaations
raised And ctusoei ; aill made ineredielite is that
discoweat. w itoi is stated to prevail ha I dins!? I
speak n .t 'lilts from any feeling, that swot of the
MintsLer• have w•t aftra 2C^ ,rding to their consci•
ewes; bit, on the other hand, what mast the Irish '
think. when they se- son of those vefy men in
power, woo made 'hese pelmets ? Must they not
feel themselves entitled to the accomplithrueto o.
their wishe. ? lam not blaming any at cif •men in
regard to their conduit* inwards His Majesty, as no-
the .. ism 1 c •••,:eition and conscientious scruple in
the Royal mind could have made Mb adopt the
step which His Majesty did upon a We OCCAsiOtt.
1 nave always given the late Ministers credit for
withdrawiag the Bill Upon this sof)e& and indeed
perhaps mere than in bringing it forward; but I
wish to know where I am to Sod, tide alter
such an cc tuiescence In His Majzoy's senior's,
inose who brought such measures forward iu favour
of the Catholics were to tie coosidere : as traitors to
their c marry and to His .4.4j,..ty'• throw: t l'hen'l
must pr.outne that His Majesty had ....en with Abet -
ten.: the endeavours to raise the ei y of 'Na Popery,"
when he knew that the p• trent Missisters were in
their hearts pledged to listen to toe Ca 1104 claims.
It they were Pound to concur with ibis Majesty's
scruples, they vole also bound in nenour and run
setencenut to raise say obstacle vilveli may *button
the success of tnese claims. or which they may not
be able afterwards to controul, even should a time
strive, when His Majesty's scruples and uojeasons
may be done away. ISltiw. with regard to toot Ca-
tholic treasure itself, I believe it would be Omni
upon inquiry, that had that measure beers carried,
it was not one toat was to quiet the people of IT,-
land. The lower orders of the people, as well as
the higher orders, are what we mast look tu.— We
must attend to the the cottage and parasol garden,
and not wilily to the splendid mans on and the park
If there be no attempt made to ameliorate the con-
ditions it the lower orders of the people. such a Bill
is that I am alluding to would be doing more in
jury than good i for not to do so, would be like de-
corating a ship at the top. when there is water hi the
hold, or putting a laced hat upon a mar., when he
had tv t shoes to his feet. The result of the inquiry I
would wish to institute would be, to tint that it is
the lower orders of the people with whom we should
begin, and, above all, to adopt some measures upon
' the suej!dk of tythes. a suhje'fk which was begun
last Session, and which I should wish to see renewed.
I wish Ministers would take the earliest opportn-
nity of paying attention to these stesjeas, anti of
reading some sit the useful publications upon the
state of that country. Mr. Bell's pampnlet of the
History of the Peasantry in Ireland. is one that
I would recommend as being well worthy their
early attention. That, and other such publics-
liens. would do them mote good than paying at-
tention to all that has been stated in this House as
to the low Irish being a savage race, totally inca-
pacitated tor, or undeserving a more happy tate ; for
in this House en attempt has been made to throw
the blame upon Providence. instead.' Lying it upop
man. I would ask you what gave Cill.S. lOC such
a supposition ? Where is there more industry, per-
'issuance. and geodkenduet shewn. than amongst
Lb, low Irish, when they corns over to labour in this
ottani, ;ad reran back with their scanty pit-

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have these
describedar.th-ePianslei.,lt'ail
eehi bi5:::.0:.... "1,6,.:
savage, aid indocile rac•, ?No ! this cannot be to • .-.'"" °I th'
case Their virtues must be equally cnnspicuous
into another. their
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she Speaker
The Rig'
through n
otif:ndcooinfgthaewpar;foa.ninydetshci sion of one
bin preset'
shorter du
firm hi that unhappy country. It is, Sir, . observed, t
'1 ickneyed remark to lay, that this is in- . Ales, in 111
l':.is May be thonelit 'loon InrooLloct:osiaoyus.
p-siloth moment chat evrr this Empire e,, ' rarty in II
eisggeratioo, hut I defy any. power 01 t
was Dow i
country was ever in a stile of greater &eget ar: nested, had
pee.l. tam tired. Sir, of hearing of your Conti:ley its seal '
tat All.es, your magnanimous Emperor of [lewd. world. V
who appeared at this Mnalent to be more proud sf the advan
being enrolled in Bonaparte's Legion of HOllOlll up a Fro
than taco-verve with this c entry, in rescuiug he', of the hie'
.: ppression the fallen :lathes of Europe. The see M exercis
p. roe AlexanJer returns back to his country, exult% The high
ing in his,acqirred territory t but how acquotal kople be
Is ..vas by the spmiations of 11.naparte and hinuel them by I
front hit sunk and degraded Ally the Ring of Pro. They wet
sia Imtead of boasting that he returns kit with the as they w
spoils of Lie plundered ally, he should isle: heir ins a par
tared even the example of Napoleon hi:Yorks sot 4 and hose
have restored put of it to that unfortunate 41sitartds. argument
When I looks Sir, at the cusp of Europe, 1 may say, belaed i
that I now see nothing but France. tine ditkont appearan
thit from the anticipation of the celebrates M., the tram
Rua', who, at the commeramment of the Fretia the them
Revolution. had predicted that France woe' 1 le the Ass':
but a blank upon the neap of Enropel I When I bad ear
lo dr at the West Indies, and reflect upon the red. of their
lution which ibis !tittle came to up'n Istonday last, IgAtuit g
to inquire into the Condition of Property in that f nght to
part of the world, early in next Sessions of Parlor mon law
meat, I deem k a happy omen of the success of the hove, t
maims I am to propose. But upon this occasion, t 'tubed i
say, I ‘ok riot to the prep-ray, but to the state ti telt. I
the p.• .ple Ireland. When I look to Americo a verj
i
sir, I aaminspres ed with tide semisweet t I teat, host le 1
we shall give up those independent and manly but it w
that
principles, hot when we eeak to be a Utaritires Bill
nation When I say t .at we have Bet net propriet;
enemy in the world, do I ask much, Sir, who Nil was
I ask you to procure as abaft, the inhatia deters,
tams et our own empire ? What mast we urinalperpetrA
when we compare the deed, of Bonaparte etit3 nut
own e•0t1314 hore? In this House we are continually
dtsduting Avant trifles, as we might suppose two
X ills Taros
trod°. were lIFOT to b el' : e q,li d enflkii•
tieintl of their merits, by layingoat to thi other,Yon Fnand.4.ll:lleohnia'ertwl:ii
(molester
did this wione. y At did hot do it well.. and you did
it as bad, &c. ke. See .1.113.11 is tha zoareruMalbite%
aa of
ante fits'
France. under the domnicioa of Bonaparte. How has
tie Wooded it ? Ho has even exceeded the vain b lan 'ea ley,st
of Lewis tile XI V. He has bounded his territories, sary mei
not by an no . frnroier, but by ErriPes of his own 11000NIII
ereititig. ale has filed ii.e b•aods nt astedtion in tee etful an!be nit
*yeasts of his own heroes. and finds in the grant:de
of great minds, a hostage for their fidelity, and het p cosi&
the fear of Others as a pledge Of hie own secoril. lis.irli;
recolle
Such must have been his situation, upon his retorts
the firs a
from hi last campaign. And can any man daub:,
that there does remain bet one objea only to coin-
Aeolian(
more,
pieta the ambition of his heart, and that lithe anni'ii.
Aa fori I sties[ of our elm v and the independence bf our coun-
try. It is irn„.--.i. le to doubt it; and therefore I w mid proclain
;iris U
.1011 Geoid- in.,..ii Cie necessity and importance of the
nt a close union di d atietlion between this Country were ill
and trelaad. I call upon yon, instead of oibiidisirg in that i
the Foreign Powers of tie donduent. to salasidiLa Genera
dui'
tridand t and what is to be th .t subsidy ?-•••
Iglno
N . liin•e but your justice, your confidence. and
your affection. lam far from wishing to squander, was sa
but it is filly not to look at our own danger : Le to siren
us wth true magnanimity measure with a d.untle,s The tar
eye, first our danger, and next with a dauntloo of the ;
heart meet it afterwards. With one heart. ewer, iii wed
and spirit. I think we shall still have sue.es, und?-
Partial
Pr .videuce; and if ant we shall at least g c When live he and wet
historian an opportunity to record cf this nation, Va
lea., it
we were nut merely fighting for our own henout anal
f ime, but were animated with 'hit anti/lion, t,,a to won, th
t• es* two little Islands, as to an altar, the freedom cu Oa the
the world had 111 Awn for proteetion ; icoog with pie. but
valorous fury against those who are violating the ti•nt on
sacred sandinary, the liii.ev of man fell, and tea was uu
bravely ! " Mr Sheridan then cohclu•led a moat and th
eloqment a Irl imp•essive speech, of which the fire. greater
going is but an impe. feet sk-tch, with moths* erganu
*. That this Hone wilt immediately. on Use meetieg of the those
waiting Somem of hatiernent, premed to I.lte iota thee forget
moat &mous and sokna consad•tatioo. the State and Coed.- seemo
bon at Fated, in the anxious hope. slut, seen ipaimires sa.t the alt
t•necJies me! be safe" *de .led, in tepid to the diecontenl..
easy t
keged to exist in th it covets', as may reed.; utioace•sa• • :.
continuance of those prostssoot voloolt case Legislative • : and w
limiest le miaow has de.mei it ex, one, i reluctantly to a • riding
at the ekne of the present Season, and Ils• patina,,, &aura.
which would be a ei•Janon of the ,seats of the ti, ...0?, ;••::Li..:t
hoe, sad a subversion of the spitit sae p.actke ti. ••••• • 1 ..i. tit
Conetitution.*
e •ncy
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stated.
tChtaltAthNeCEßLigLhtoHßonof. tGbeendeEtanCHEwc2.h:., :..,:
just sat down, used, in his judgment. an extra.,: lions
what t
e
nary mode to heal or alleviate the suffering, of •!•••
of keel
people of Ireland. in case h;s account or deter..
tiou of diem was fou..dcd in thc reality of taints were s
It appeared very surprising to him to hear .i: were
topics from the Right Honourable Member , , that t
after the raising of army
two Atli for tranquillising a...
securing the peace and safety of Ireland. He cot; . !mutt
er
not understated the motives of such a resolcrion - eth
this time, as that proposed, except it was to a. So fa
the e
duty
qhuadaintregenthetpetyoppalasesedoftwloreleanncdo.ostchitaittoeatPlostiwrisf„`....
*as 3
Saf for subverting the liberties of that coutar•
event
This imputed 'to the two Houses a candela inter.
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