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... Parties arose in Down , Donegal , Tyrone , Armagh , and Monaghan , under the direction of such men as Lords Mt. Alexander and Blaney , Sir Arthur Rawdon , of Moira , the Hon . Clotworthy Skeffington , and others . Significant ...
... Parties arose in Down , Donegal , Tyrone , Armagh , and Monaghan , under the direction of such men as Lords Mt. Alexander and Blaney , Sir Arthur Rawdon , of Moira , the Hon . Clotworthy Skeffington , and others . Significant ...
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... party to plot for a restoration of the Stuart dynasty . The Government of Ireland was then directed chiefly by Sir Constantine Phipps , who was Lord Chancellor and one of the Lords Justices -notorious for his Jacobite tendencies , and ...
... party to plot for a restoration of the Stuart dynasty . The Government of Ireland was then directed chiefly by Sir Constantine Phipps , who was Lord Chancellor and one of the Lords Justices -notorious for his Jacobite tendencies , and ...
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... party . " The oath of the peasantry goes no further than " to obey their officers , " no political object being apparent ; but once bound in association by the oath , the pea- santry were drilled at nightly meetings by superiors of ...
... party . " The oath of the peasantry goes no further than " to obey their officers , " no political object being apparent ; but once bound in association by the oath , the pea- santry were drilled at nightly meetings by superiors of ...
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... party in the Catholic Committee , and devoted himself to the revolutionary cause . This was Theobald Wolfe Tone , chiefly in- strumental in beginning the system of political organi- zation , which soon produced such alarming effects ...
... party in the Catholic Committee , and devoted himself to the revolutionary cause . This was Theobald Wolfe Tone , chiefly in- strumental in beginning the system of political organi- zation , which soon produced such alarming effects ...
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... Parties are necessary in a free State , but raigion , when brought into party , has always been destructive ; it has been too long so in Ireland ; I wish we could forget its consequences , and I hope the time will come , though I may ...
... Parties are necessary in a free State , but raigion , when brought into party , has always been destructive ; it has been too long so in Ireland ; I wish we could forget its consequences , and I hope the time will come , though I may ...
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affected agitation alarm appear arms asked began Belfast better body British brought carried cause clergy committee confidence constitutional continued Convention course designs direct disaffected Dublin enemies England English established expressed fail feel firm force French friends gave give Government Grattan Hibernian hope House Ireland Irish judge justice kind Know known land latter laws leaders live look Lord loyal means measures meeting movement nature never oath object observed occasion once opinion organisation Parliament party pass past peasantry penal period plans plot political prepared present principles proceedings proposed Protestants race ranks rebellion reform religion rise Roman Catholics secret seemed seen shown side society soon spirit taken things tion took true Ulster United Irishmen Volunteers wish Wolfe Tone writes
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Page 35 - I think it right to mention that, at this time, the establishment of a Republic was not the immediate object of my speculations. My object was to secure the independence of my country under any form of government, to which I was led by a hatred of England, so deeply rooted in my nature, that it was rather an instinct than a principle.
Page 8 - ... the occasions and motives of this our Association, and what is intended by it : — 1. We resolve to adhere to the laws of the land and the Protestant religion. 2. We shall, as we ought, unite ourselves accordingly with England, and hold to the lawful government thereof, and to a free Parliament. 3. We declare that our taking up arms is only defensive, and not in the least to invade the lives, liberties, or estates of any of our fellowsubjects, whether Roman Catholic or others, while they demean...
Page 11 - The Roman catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland, or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles II...
Page 36 - ... discontent ; they were ostentations of strength, rather than solicitations for favours ; rather appeals to the powers of the people, than applications to the authority of the state ; they involved the relief of the Catholic, with the revolution of the government, and were dissertations for democracy, rather than arguments for toleration...
Page 36 - What was their import ? — they were exhortations to the people never to be satisfied at any concession, till the state itself was conceded : they were precautions against public tranquillity ; they were invitations to disorder, and covenants of discontent ; they were ostentations of strength, rather than solicitations for favours ; rather appeals to the powers of the people, than applications...
Page 24 - What sets one nation up above another, but the soul that dwells therein ? for it is of no avail, that the arm be strong, if the soul be not great. What...
Page 54 - Hoche mentioned, also, that great mischief had been done to the principles of liberty, and additional difficulties thrown in the way of the French Revolution, by the quantity of blood spilled :
Page 62 - Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea, I might hail thee with prouder, with happier brow, But oh ! could I love thee more deeply than now...
Page 30 - I would now wish to draw the attention of the House to the alarming measure of drilling the lowest classes of the populace, by which a stain had been put on the character of the Volunteers. The old, the original Volunteers, had become respectable because they represented the property of the nation; but attempts had been made to arm the poverty of the kingdom. They had originally been the armed * Grattan's Speeches, vol. i., p. 212. property ; were they to become the, armed beggary?
Page 54 - when you guillotine a man. you get rid of an individual, it is true, but then you make all his friends and connections enemies forever to the Government.