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'pluckfng sinking carTion out of ditch black
and rotten, and been credibly informed that


n,uol-fpv et;o,-iro oo,r;o, ,,,+ ~ d;+o, b1,o1-
and rotfen and hnon oraS;ti,, " tfan,na o +toe
they >A~ ~o~A oAe0'o'' 4nAoA"So 'At"'
n1ccpn conaevc ,,,,, ~, ur,,, -,
oI1GED coRPsEs oGT OF THE GRAVE TO EAT
Did these dreadful snfrcrings soften toward
the Irish the hearts of their English oppressors?
in fhe sys Sir Wq Petty wrttmg tn{
the Irish would rebel ugnin. that they might be
put to the sword.''
Another cra Of persecution dates from Will
lam of Orange, and it was not till the twenty
seventh Of the reign OF George II. that the Penal
Code reached what Mr.. McLannan calls .'the
f1lness Of its hidcousneSs,-thcr repronch of pol
iticians, and disgrace Of Protestants and Church
men: He gives sucn an admirnble comprcssea
summary OF these abominable lnws' that think
TUG reaoer WILL excuse my Qno11ng inc passage
nEtGnlc11so: |. ~, 1s
d,p rnplss " Mas S., w1tnnra"n from tne cnargo
~ hiiu Guueanon q ms 1amfly. de conlu cduc4Ie
n,, at II nt.neE tsil I nolae nor uur. n
oouu o, LII ~. oe sne!r NOT 1ne ~
any otner persons chlldren; Hopish scnools
~ & anu nt oI
70 fapasts bred abroad 4 premium was set on
THE BREACH OF FIL1AL DUTY
and the family affections If son declared
himself Protestant which he might do III boy
hood q third Of his fathor.s fortune was ut oaeo
cured to him us heir, lifc-rcnt merely being
left to the father. 4 fathers settlement to tho
prejudice Of the heir-at-law might be Instantly
defeated by the heir becoming Protestant. II
the heir continued u Papist, tho estate guveled,
went in equal shares to the sons,-a moditlca-
non OF Old Irish Inv introduced TO Qrc1k I'D Inc
estates Of the Papsts, 50 that none should be on
the land above the condition Of Il bcsgar. II
there were no sons. it glyclcd on the dauxhters:
If no children, then on the colluteruls. Papists
who had lost their ln1ltis and had grown rich in
commerce, could neither buy land nor lend their
money on heritable security. The Papists could
get no hold, direct or indirect upon the soil.
Even lcase to Papist, to be legal, must have
nccn short- any fapist above IL years OF age
nl'Sht o9 ca!iea On 10 Iahe Tue ontn OF apJurs-
nu VI .I,ee ~ uee.,itg ~ nst ~
Bishop, be was fined; for % third olrense he for
religion
its chapels we're shut up; its priests banishcd,
te1 re5s5pss tho ax
kenny provision against mixing over s again. He
could neither vote at vestrics. nor servo on
Grand Juries, nor net us aConstable, as Sheriff,
neither vote at elections nor sit in Parliament.
In short, he was excluded from any Office Of public
tst or ~ c1hos M 4rss ss
OF Prince from whom they were taught to cy-
pect only justice and mercy. were made the
5ayeS Of every one f nG fhd te
mere slaves, they might have expected some de-
gree of humane treatment; but, rs the policy
which hnd made then, slnvcs held them ut tho
OF their masters tney were aopmEa 10 .ht,t thput
rlcnce ~ me oppress.pn nl .yT.nms, wenons ~
4hs ., .ne ;; arfni "ot ond a.; fan fher
tyranny secure nn,on .+,o,,o. ,r,o .,,~
IN snoIt INC lrlsn homan G'nl.cs WV G;-a sur
Ssea tne!I pelseeut1ous mere .i ,,ar ~
scssco OF tnclr nai3Ve co'lntrs: Aou SatrG. tuo
Irish Lord Chanccllor at tue t1mc OF tnG Unlol'
maue tna1 stateHeht III Ills plaee Ill Ia1Aan4e'l1-
atter showing tnat
1.-THE WHOLE LAND OF IRELAND BAD BEEN CON-
EISCATED.
with the execution of the estates of five Of six
families Of Enrlish blood" and that no inco1l-
!
cnted twice or nnrhaps thrice in tho course Of a
century,; he goes on to make the following re-
s.The The sitnatton' therefore, of the Irish
nation Mt the Revolution iof 1855 stands
unparalleled in the history Of the ini1ab-
tied world: If the wars Of Enslnnd. car Cur
BED baa been eeae aeed ae ore
the inhabitants would have retained their pos
sessions under the established law OF civilized
declaration Of perpetual war ngainst the , n; M :
tiyes Of Ireland, and It mas rendered ner p!lh
amid the nations Of Europe; and retarded hcr
Of tho Irish landlords he says that "Contisca-
ton is their common title; and from their hrsI
settlement they have been nemnea r. ~ Ing tmp
in sullen indignation" One OF the great evils OF
our dealing with Ireland IS, tnat We nave per
sisted in governing her
Not Tins have ,yr dealt with India. or French
Canada- or even the Isle of Nun and tho Channel
Jc1ur6e Thc 11n1-t4,nI 0f Ireland was
nItorefhar different from that Of England.
Thc land hcjnnrei tn the sept, or clan, not 10 tho
chief, or to any of his yasSais. This wns for
gotten or ignored when the lands Of chie1s n were
declared forfeit and granted 70 Enehsu lanu-
lords. The occuplers, on tne otner nano; =
garded these lands US their oWn' anu TINS laess.
founded originally IN fact, ms never passea OUT
Of their minds, anu ie lles aI 1he TOOL ol u euou y
deal Ut the present lana agltAuon. y WIS uoI !,
mere class which the contiscauons a,snnel1.ea u.
and uprooted from tne sou; put tao elt.lc aGes
OF irlshmen; ana these SUN cncrlsn ~ dne ttaau
thnt they nre the lawful owners oi TUG 'glu.
And, as II il were NOT enough 70 p1se uis ;
whole nation from the soil whicn gave IL nlrtn,
and which Of right belonged 70 IL, me @ ingenuity e
OF Engllsn statccfa1t 1ounu otncr n'ea1ns u
COMPLETING THE RUIN oF IRELAND.
Till Queen Elizabeth's reign the Irish had
n flourishin0 trade in Supplying England
with cottlc. This was supposed to de-
prcciate rents in England, and Irish
cattle were accordingly declared by act Of Par
Lament nuisance, ana tne1r inlpGr1ilt1on We
1oroauden. Increupun ttc n.su hr.I W'.i,.,i - =
cattie ~ uotnG aua scls tue ~ - t ~ - is,r M
Salteu meat; ius pio' oneu thn ~ ;nnor4a
liament. 1 II. I.,I i aaaI AZ ",i,.a
non o1 ~ cAttie tfol1 ~ ~ tiSau' oIorshaiozs IN
great qr snll, ~ " aI =, 1t"i,'ud a., hrbo
Lleatenant @ ~ ct,1t 40 ~ ~ nrInn
Ct the snuerers 1roln .as gacm1 nG ~, ad ~ ,,oii
me lrsn were ~retcnet,s t ioot eant 49, Ina hands6ma
+rh,,tio;, oa IL; c,ttIe This ifI The landed in