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 viii
... endeavouring to break from bondage . One of the offences charged upon the Irish , and one among the many pretexts for refusing redress to the catholics , is , that sixteen thousand of them fought on the side of America . That many more ...
... endeavouring to break from bondage . One of the offences charged upon the Irish , and one among the many pretexts for refusing redress to the catholics , is , that sixteen thousand of them fought on the side of America . That many more ...
Page xviii
... endeavoured to substitute a different constitution in place of that which produced the extremes of misery and oppression , may , if they value such testimony , quote in support of their pro- ceedings the confessions of those very ...
... endeavoured to substitute a different constitution in place of that which produced the extremes of misery and oppression , may , if they value such testimony , quote in support of their pro- ceedings the confessions of those very ...
Page 3
... endeavouring by reason to dispel " their errors ; without affording means of improvement , or time ❝for those means to operate , their religion was regulated by act " of parliament , to the precise standard of English faith . Al ...
... endeavouring by reason to dispel " their errors ; without affording means of improvement , or time ❝for those means to operate , their religion was regulated by act " of parliament , to the precise standard of English faith . Al ...
Page 16
... endeavouring , to give it effect . They bestowed on the author their most confiden- tial friendship , and employed his work as a powerful instrument for spreading their opinions . Ten thousand copies of it were struck off in Belfast ...
... endeavouring , to give it effect . They bestowed on the author their most confiden- tial friendship , and employed his work as a powerful instrument for spreading their opinions . Ten thousand copies of it were struck off in Belfast ...
Page 17
... endeavoured to dissolve it with a zeal propor- tioned to their fears .... Besides , even those presbyterian men of property , who had obtained reputation by co - operating with Lord Charlemont , and the whig interest , cried out against ...
... endeavoured to dissolve it with a zeal propor- tioned to their fears .... Besides , even those presbyterian men of property , who had obtained reputation by co - operating with Lord Charlemont , and the whig interest , cried out against ...
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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.