 | Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis - India - 1859 - 598 pages
...in a temper to conduct a business of that nature with credit to themselves or utility to the state. The principal persons of this country, and the Members...Parliament, are, in general, averse to all acts of clemency, aud although they do not express, and perhaps are too much heated to see the ultimate effects which... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1861 - 622 pages
...either with or without arms, come within their power." J They had encouragement from their superiors: "The principal persons of this country, and the members...are, in general, averse to all acts of clemency." Whilst himself advocating the most lenient measures, the Lord-Lieutenant writes — " Lord Castlereagh... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Great Britain - 1861 - 738 pages
...be out of the country, within a reasonable limited time, under pain of an act of attainder. . . . " The principal persons of this country, and the members...both Houses of Parliament, are, in general, averse concluded, to all acts of clemency ; and, although they do not express, and perhaps are too much heated... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Great Britain - 1861 - 762 pages
...be out of the country, within a reasonable limited time, under pain of an act of attainder. . . . " The principal persons of this country, and the members...both Houses of Parliament, are, in general, averse concluded. to all acts of clemency ; and, although they do not express, and perhaps are too much heated... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1861 - 654 pages
...either with or without arms, come within their power."J They had encouragement from their superiors: "The principal persons of this country, and the members of both Houses of Parliament, are, in general, ave»se to all acts of clemency." Whilst himself advocating the most lenient measures, the Lord-Lieutenant... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1862 - 498 pages
...leading Irishmen around him. Here are his own words on the 8th of July to the Duke of Portland :—" The principal persons of this country and the members...Parliament are in general averse to all acts of clemency. . . . The words Papists and Priests are for ever in their mouths, and by their unaccountable policy... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - Constitutional history - 1863 - 608 pages
...come within their power: in short, murder appears to be their favorite pastime." — Ibid., 358. " The principal persons of this country, and the members...general, averse to all acts of clemency . . . and would pursue measures that could only terminate in the extirpation of the greater number of the inhabitants,... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Electronic books - 1864 - 552 pages
...exhibit their general tenor. The first is from a despatch to the Duke of Portland, of July 8, 1798 : — The principal persons of this country, and the members...to see, the ultimate effects which their violence would produce, would pursue measures that could only terminate in the extirpation of the greater number... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May (baron Farnborough.) - 1865 - 672 pages
...come within their power : in short, murder appears to be their favourite pastime." — Ibid., 358. " The principal persons of this country, and the members of both Houses of Parliament, nre, in general, averse to all acts of clemency . . . and -would pursue measures that could only terminate... | |
 | Martin Haverty - Ireland - 1867 - 798 pages
...or without arms, come within their power; in short, murder appeari to be their favtir ite pastime. The principal persons of this country, and the members...of clemency, and although they do not express, and are too much heated to see the ultimate effect* which their violence must produce, would pur tut measures... | |
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The principal persons of this country and the members of both houses of parliament, are in general averse to all acts of clemency... 
