Pieces of Irish History,: Illustrative of the Condition of the Catholics of Ireland, of the Origin and Progress of the Political System of the United Irishmen; and of Their Transactions with the Anglo-Irish GovernmentWilliam James MacNeven Eleven pieces, chiefly by or concerning the editor and T. A. Emmet. |
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Page 78
... duke of Portland was prevailed upon to enter the cabinet , by such offers as can be best inferred from lord Fitzwilliam's letters to lord Carlisle , which have been published by the authority of the writer . These offers are ...
... duke of Portland was prevailed upon to enter the cabinet , by such offers as can be best inferred from lord Fitzwilliam's letters to lord Carlisle , which have been published by the authority of the writer . These offers are ...
Page 79
... duke of Portland and lord Fitzwilliam , at which Mr. Edmund Burke also occasionally assisted , As they had , during the preceding session of parliament , even under the unpopular administration of lord Westmorland , ex- pressed their ...
... duke of Portland and lord Fitzwilliam , at which Mr. Edmund Burke also occasionally assisted , As they had , during the preceding session of parliament , even under the unpopular administration of lord Westmorland , ex- pressed their ...
Page 80
... duke of Portland uniformly concurred , and even Mr. Pitt himself , who had previously kept in the back ground , and avoided personal communication with lord Fitz- william's friends , was present at some of the latter interviews , and ...
... duke of Portland uniformly concurred , and even Mr. Pitt himself , who had previously kept in the back ground , and avoided personal communication with lord Fitz- william's friends , was present at some of the latter interviews , and ...
Page 83
... duke of Portland , however , in his reply of the 13th , made an ominous selection of topics ; he omitted saying a word on the catholic question , but informed his excellency that his majesty consented to Mr. Wolfe's peerage . This ...
... duke of Portland , however , in his reply of the 13th , made an ominous selection of topics ; he omitted saying a word on the catholic question , but informed his excellency that his majesty consented to Mr. Wolfe's peerage . This ...
Page 85
... Duke of Portland's letters prior to the 2d of February : on that day , he received another , silent like those that preceded it , on that subject , and merely relating to the intended dismissal of Mr. Wolfe . Lord Milton , his ex ...
... Duke of Portland's letters prior to the 2d of February : on that day , he received another , silent like those that preceded it , on that subject , and merely relating to the intended dismissal of Mr. Wolfe . Lord Milton , his ex ...
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Page 101 - I will endeavour, as much as lies in my ability, to forward a brotherhood of affection, an identity of interests, a communion of rights, and an union of power, among Irishmen of all religious persuasions, without which every reform in parliament must be partial, not national, inadequate to the wants, delusive to the wishes, and insufficient for the freedom and happiness of this country.
Page 140 - That I will bear faith and true allegiance to His Majesty King George and him will defend to the utmost of my power against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts whatsoever which shall be made against his person crown or dignity. And I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to his Majesty...
Page 141 - Him or Them : And I do faithfully promise to maintain, support, and defend, to the utmost of my Power, the Succession of the Crown, which Succession, by an Act, intituled An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 141 - I do renounce, reject, and abjure the opinion that princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope or any other authority of the see of Rome may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or by any person whatsoever...
Page 39 - I give my most hearty disapprobation to that address, for I do think that the lord lieutenant and the majority of this house, are the worst subjects the king has.
Page 141 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 141 - Third, and to any other person claiming or pretending a right to the crown of these realms ; and I do swear, that I do reject and detest as unchristian and impious to believe, that it is lawful to murder or destroy any person or persons whatsoever, for or under pretence of their being Heretics ; and also, that unchristian and impious principle, that no faith is to be kept with Heretics...
Page 141 - I do declare, that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 141 - I do renounce, reject, and abjure, the opinion, that princes excommunicated by the pope and council, or by any authority of the see of Rome or by any authority whatsoever, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any person whatsoever...
Page 29 - Catholic claims, it expressly said, that " the Protestants of Ireland would not be compelled, by any authority whatever, to abandon that political situation, which their forefathers won with their swords, and which is therefore their birthright:" and to this threatened resistance against the constituted authorities, it solemnly pledged the lives and fortunes of its members.