The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-06-07

e~cept the Pcrions t,,eseives OF whom u fei' ne
o; dsrs o. this hidden directing power conveyed
through the whole organized body by NOT estly d!co
ve,ab'e CHAINS OF communication. BY member
only ofthe Directory were carried the mandates to
ono member OF each TT 'vncial committee, by the
latter evcraly to the fecretares Of the diifr6 and
county committees In the province by thee fsorcta
ries 70 thoie o. the upper bsronias, and :hus do
ward through the lower baronial the in,ple focie
ties.
The military organization was grated on the civil
Of this ars'uly framed union The fecre,ary of each
Q! the Gmple foeieties its non-conmiiiion-d Off
osr, ierjeant, corporal the delegate Of FIVE iple
ocieties to lo"cr baroaia commute was common
y captain thefr five, that is, of company OF
iixty men and the delegate of ten lower baronia to
an upper or dti6f committee, generally colonel
or commander of battalion of tx hundred men,
competed of the fifty Gmpe foce,ies, under the fu.
perintendence ofth upper committee.
The Coonsls or ba,talioas in each COUNTY, fen, in
the names OF three perfon the Executive pire6to-
ry Of the union one of whom appointed BY them
Adju'ant General of the county, whole duty it was to
receive and communicate military orders from the ex
eeutve to the Colonies Of battaons ard in general
act as officer OF the revolutionary ftaff. They were
required to inform hemieves Of aud report the fate
o the united regiments within their refpeSaiv DIFF
rict', OF the number Of mills, the roads, rivers br.dg
es and fords, the military petitions, the capacity Of
'he towns and villages TO receive troops, comun
cate to the executive every movement Of the enemy
thea'mg the Kings troops) to announce the frA APP
psaranee OF their allies, (neaning the French and i'm
nnedia;ely to eolleta their force
IL o complete the fcheme ef warlike preparation
military committee nttuted in the beginning of the
year l79S, and appointed by the Directory, had it's
tax aligned oon,rive plans for the direction of the
NATIONAL force either Tor the purpofes of snaided re
nelhon, or cooperation with invading French army
as location ihould require. Orders ilIued that
the members Of the union Mould furniih themfelve,
where their circumstances allowed it, with firearms
where NOT, with pixies To form a pecuniary fund
tor the various expenoes of this great revolutionary
machine, monthly luberptions according to the zeal
and ability of the frblcribers, collected IN the
levsr9l ocie,es, ard treafnrsrs appointed by fuage
Tor their collection and difhurfement.
From his fund were fupplied the demands OF the
eniiaTies CONDITIONED extend the union or
thee, comfortable numbers were difratched into the
iouthern and wetern counties, in the beginning and
courie OF 1877, where, though many had been fyorn
INTO the union, little rrogrefs for the eeaua promo
ton OF the iyitem had been made before the Autumn
OF il96; and 70 little made for fome time after
'hat IN May, 1897, at the eve OF intended infur-
reeto the itrength of the alocation lay excluively
OF Ct!ter, chiefly in the metropolis and the neigh.
pouring counties of Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Welt
meath, and Kings county. This body of political
9iionaries, received intru6tons work on the PAT
whom
they LIQUID addrs Is themlelves.
The lower clafles were informed that, by revou-
ton, which, in the Establishment of a republican fyr
TEN o. government would give universal fuffraee and
equai rights, their condition would be exalted and
rendered lar more comfortable; that their indulfry
f"as now roo fatally checked by dcontents, and III
]ied by load of cppreiions; that all improvements
vere thwarted by the covetounefs of landlords and
ne exactions of the clergy and that their prelent 60
I'd NOT lt,G,r ,l, q
put were fasied with facrfcing the good of the ma
ion to their own private interefts.
onch certainly is the deplorabe condition in which
lreiand fands with relpea to agriculture. The frn
means by which every civilized nation exerts the in
d'itry OF ITS inhabitants and provides for their wants
IS thus neglected That duty Of providing food and
with the other ordinary conveniences of
w.'ich known that every government to
it luolects, is left undcharged. Tnnead of fulino
Inc higher duties Of advancing the ration to ate of
true iecity by education, virtue, and real piety it
itops ihort IN the very threlold by leaving them IN
prcTidet with the neceGaries Of Efe
As from tie exorbi.ant rents at which the lands of
ireland are in general ft, account of the great mo-
noPoe' OF land, entails, ietemenr and bad cuioms,
ne payment oil tithes, which 70 unfortunately mo-
d'hed as TO RET their weight noH exclufivey on til
'age' appears to the cotager, exhautted by the de-
ands OF their landlord, and the frvices and doueeurs
exaeted by his landlords agent almot ntolerable
grievance the agitators Of revolution poke mott for
eby to tie feelings of the peantry on that fubea
partieulsriy IN tie counties of the South where the
deontent on this account, greate, Representing the
ehabiIihnent of a commonwealth to include by ne
cery coniequence, the total abolition of this hated
fpecies OF rent.
a rent, eNaced to fupport accuhomed luxury in
tue liter Country by wrefing the Ian farthng rom
the hard labour OF wretchrd and dependent tenanry
Whole oasnlltous appearance enough to fend horror
to the foul OF hpianty IS unnoticed in the general
view Of nlifery and diGref which IreAnd exhibits as
a angular and melancholy fpet9acle to the world.
such are the men who deten the iimple kind that
euti7ates their lands, and who calumniate to other
countries, the iubdued aud crawling peafan Of their
own, wcie ears to be gratiled whole hearts are
cheerfuiy delighted, by deiamatory, rsncorous and
indhcrImlnae reViling of their countrynen; caIum-
mes that II directed agani their feow-natives would
excite horror and indignation in the breans of the
gentry of any other country in Europe or perhaps on
the globe.
II has been too common foibie with fome of This
Gals OF gentry to aim at eqia fplendor and expence
WIN TIER iuperors IN fortune. Such men, before be-
ing aware oil their iltuaon, have ncautoufy expend-
ed largely above tleir incomes. A fyhem Of fueh
eaTeies dilpa;on, and extravaganza fquanderng, muR
deitEoy the MOI ample refources; and men, long in
the habit OF INDUCING hole propenlties, and finding
tnen means abridged, and themlelyes deeply nyoly
ed have itili an aching reluctance to give up any
mare OF their ideal confequence. InAead therefore Of
reiortng to any rational plan of economy they endea