The Irish parliament from the year 1782 to 1800. Cressingham prize essay, 1878 |
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... Government , that , to be acquainted with the merits of a Ministry , we need only observe the condition of the people . " By this- standard was Lord North judged . In our American colonies open discontent had ripened into revolt , the ...
... Government , that , to be acquainted with the merits of a Ministry , we need only observe the condition of the people . " By this- standard was Lord North judged . In our American colonies open discontent had ripened into revolt , the ...
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... Government , but also on the capacity and personal character of its leader , at length forced his resignation . Much of the calamity which attended Lord North's administration must be attributed to the conflict between principles and ...
... Government , but also on the capacity and personal character of its leader , at length forced his resignation . Much of the calamity which attended Lord North's administration must be attributed to the conflict between principles and ...
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... Government , that , to be acquainted with the merits of a Ministry , we need only observe the condition of the people . " By this- standard was Lord North judged . In our American colonies open discontent had ripened into revolt , the ...
... Government , that , to be acquainted with the merits of a Ministry , we need only observe the condition of the people . " By this- standard was Lord North judged . In our American colonies open discontent had ripened into revolt , the ...
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... Government was powerless for any such purpose . Permission was given to raise a volunteer corps for protection . Belfast at once did so , the Government providing the arms , and her example was followed by most of the northern towns ...
... Government was powerless for any such purpose . Permission was given to raise a volunteer corps for protection . Belfast at once did so , the Government providing the arms , and her example was followed by most of the northern towns ...
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... Government , even if they so desired it , were without means of controlling the popular feeling . They had permitted the military power to pass out of the hands of the constituted authorities , and an armed force to spring into ...
... Government , even if they so desired it , were without means of controlling the popular feeling . They had permitted the military power to pass out of the hands of the constituted authorities , and an armed force to spring into ...
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Page 97 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 100 - An act to repeal an act, made in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the First, intituled, An act for the better securing the dependency of the kingdom of Ireland upon the crown of Great Britain...
Page 99 - That an humble address be presented to His Majesty, to return His Majesty the thanks of this House for his most gracious message to...
Page 106 - That the said right claimed by the people of Ireland to be bound only by laws enacted by his Majesty and the parliament of that kingdom, in all cases whatever, and to have all actions and suits at law or in equity, which may be instituted in that kingdom, decided in his Majesty's courts therein finally, and without appeal from thence, shall be, and it is hereby declared to be established and ascertained for ever, and shall, at no time hereafter, be questioned or questionable.
Page 84 - ... to such an alarming degree, as from their atrocity and extent to bid defiance to the civil power, and to endanger the lives and properties of his Majesty's faithful subjects...
Page 98 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Page 100 - Majesty's forces", being unlimited in duration, and defective in other instances, but passed in that shape from the particular circumstances of the times, is another just cause of discontent and jealousy in this kingdom. That we have submitted these...
Page 55 - The address being laid before the Lord-lieutenant, he replied — " That, under the impressions which I feel of my official duty, and of the oaths which I have taken as Chief Governor of Ireland, I am obliged to decline transmitting this address to Great Britain; for I cannot consider myself warranted to lay before the Prince of Wales, an address, purporting to invest his Royal Highness with power to take upon him the Government of this realm, before he shall be enabled by law so to do.
Page 106 - An act for removing and preventing all doubts which have arisen, or might arise, concerning the exclusive rights of the parliament and courts of Ireland, in matters of legislation and judicature...
Page 88 - He then ordered me to get the paper * which I had written for him on the Catholic question, and said, add to it these words, " / die with a love of liberty in my heart, and this declaration in favour of my country in my hand.