TABLE OF CONTENTS PRE FACE Page. | Mr. Grattan informs the House that an Association was formed to Control the Conduct of the Representa- tive, 10th Nov. 1779. . i .'. . . . . . . lviji er of the Constituent over the Representative, do. . Mr. Grattan's Reply to Sir Henry Cavendish, do. . . ib. Mr. Grattan's Speech on his celebrated Resolution “ That the King, Lords, and Commons of Ireland are the only Powers competent to make Laws to bind Ireland, 19th April, 1780. . . . . . . . . . Ixii Mr. Grattan's Speech on the Mutiny-bill, 13th Nov. 1781 lxvii The Dungannon Resolutions, 15th Feb. 1782. ... lxx Mr. Grattan's Speech on Mr. Gardiner's Bill for the Re- fief of the Roman Catholics, 20th Feb. 1782. . . lxxii Mr. Grattan's Speech on the Address to His Majesty, 1782. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lxxv Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lxxviii Mr. John Hely Ilutchinson communicates the Dake of Portland's Message to the House, 16th April, 1782. lxxx Mr. Grattan's Speech on the Declaration of Rights, 10th April, 1782. ............. koxi . Ixxxix 1783. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xcii Page. Prefatory Observations to the Debate on Orde's Propositions. 1 Mr. Grattan's Speech on do........ 23 Prefatory Observations to the Debate on National Economy 61 Mr. Grattan's Speech on do. . . . . . . . . . . 66 Prefatory Observations to the Debate on Pensions .. 82 Mr. Curran's Speech on do. . . . . . . . . . . 86 Mr. Grattan's Speech on do. . . . . . . . . . . 92 Prefatory Observations to the Debate on the Navigation Mr. Gratten's Speech on do. ......... 114 Prefatory Observations to the Debate on Tythes.... 128 Mr. Grattan's Speech on do. . . . . . . . . : . 148 Secretary Orde's do. on do. . . . .. . . .,. . .158 Mr. Grattan's Reply to do. ........... 161 Mr. Grattan on do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Do. do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167. Do. do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Prefatory Observations to the Debate on the Riot-act. . 290 Mr. Grattan's Speech on said Act. . ....... 300 Prefatory Observations to the Debate on the Address to the Marquis of Buckingham. . . . . . . . . . 308 Mr. Grattan's Speech against the Address...... 319 Prefatory Observations to the Debate on the Regency. 328 Mr. Grattan's Speech on do. ......... 336 The Speech of Mr. Fitzgibbon (Attorney-general) on the Mr. Curran's Reply to the Attorney-general .... 362 Mr. Grattan's Reply to the Attorney-general .... 372 Prefatory Observations to the Debate on the Bill for disa- bling Revenue Officers voting at Elections. ... 393 Mr. Grattan's Speech on the Principles of the Opposition 398 WHEN the Editor of Mr. GRATTAN'S Speeches first entertained the idea of collecting and compiling the eloquence of his distinguished countryman, he was influenced by two considerations to the prosecution of so important and national a work. The first, that the present circumstances under which his Country was placed, required more than ever the general diffusion of those principles which first tended to promote the happiness and prosperity of Ireland. - The second, that he conceived be would add, in a great and eminent degree, to the many valuable works of this kind which are daily issuing from the Press, and gratify that taste for eloquence which has been so much the object of every man's attainment and ambition. The only claim which the Editor of tliis Volume has to public patronage is, that he has spared no labour in endeavouring to give to the public the most faithful reports of the Speeches which he has collected-and that he has diligently examined the various records where the best and most faithful reports could be found.-That he has made every effort to do justice to the splendid talents of Mr. GRATTAN, by an attentive comparison of those reports, will perhaps be acknowledged by such readers, who have been witnesses of the great exertions of our Orator ; exertions which now constitute a new era in English eloquence. In collecting the productions of that mind which so eloquently poured forth its treasures-in compiling, with industry and care, the labours of that man, whose talents raised his Country from slavery to freedom, the Editor hopes, if he shall not enjoy the praise, he may at least escape the severity, of the Critic ; and that be shall have gratified the friend of literature, and the man of taste, the admirer of genius, and the advocate of liberal principles and enlightened legis. lation, by rescuing the Speeches of Mr. GRATTAN from the mouldering records of Newspapers, and the widely extended surface of Par. liamentary debates; and it is a debt wbich the Edi. tor owes to the fame of this distinguished Senator, to state, that those and similar records, are the only sources from which he has taken the Speeches now given to the public. . |