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... constitutional liberty will never be forgotten ( p . 138. ) The share which Belfast enjoyed in the promotion of these objects , is placed in a striking point of view in the Collections now offered to the public , and it must be acknow ...
... constitutional liberty will never be forgotten ( p . 138. ) The share which Belfast enjoyed in the promotion of these objects , is placed in a striking point of view in the Collections now offered to the public , and it must be acknow ...
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... constitution . For this pur- pose , a society was instituted at Belfast in the beginning of the year 1790 , the sole object of which was to effect a reform of parliament on constitutional principles . ( p . 334. ) It was denominated the ...
... constitution . For this pur- pose , a society was instituted at Belfast in the beginning of the year 1790 , the sole object of which was to effect a reform of parliament on constitutional principles . ( p . 334. ) It was denominated the ...
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... constitution of this country , if it desires or deserves to be frec , must comprehend The People . We have said that the first law is the general will , and the determination of that will must be- that every citizen , without ...
... constitution of this country , if it desires or deserves to be frec , must comprehend The People . We have said that the first law is the general will , and the determination of that will must be- that every citizen , without ...
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... constitution which he had sworn to support . It may be inquired , what advantages did the Irish Romanists hope to acquire by this temporary abandonment of their principles - this bold assumption of the cause of civil liberty and ...
... constitution which he had sworn to support . It may be inquired , what advantages did the Irish Romanists hope to acquire by this temporary abandonment of their principles - this bold assumption of the cause of civil liberty and ...
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... constitution , with all its imperfections . The audacious insurrection of Emmet and Russel in 1803 , afforded an ample demonstration of this alteration in their political feelings . A numerous meeting of the in- habitants unanimously ...
... constitution , with all its imperfections . The audacious insurrection of Emmet and Russel in 1803 , afforded an ample demonstration of this alteration in their political feelings . A numerous meeting of the in- habitants unanimously ...
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Address Alexander arms army arrived artillery assembled Belfast Volunteer Company body Britain Captain Carrickfergus Chair Chairman Charlemont Colonel command committee conduct constitution corps county of Antrim declaration defence delegates Donegall Dublin Dungannon duty Earl election enemies exertions favour France freedom freeholders friends gentlemen George glorious happy Henry HENRY FLOOD honour House of Commons Hugh inhabitants of Belfast Ireland Irish James Ferguson John O'Neill July King kingdom late legislature liberty Lisburn Lord Charlemont Lordship Majesty Majesty's March meeting ment nation Newry Northern Star o'clock occasion officers parliament patriotic persons petition present principles Protestant reform regiment representation representatives resolutions Resolved respect Robert Robert Simms Robert Thomson Roman Catholics Rowley Samuel Samuel Neilson sentiments Signed by order Sinclaire Sovereign spirit Stewart thanks Thomas Thomas Sinclaire tion town of Belfast troops Ulster unanimously unanimously.-That United Irishmen Waddell Cunningham William William Magee
Popular passages
Page 183 - That as men, and as Irishmen, as Christians, and as Protestants, we rejoice in the relaxation of the Penal Laws against our Roman Catholic fellow subjects ; and that we conceive the measure to be fraught with the happiest consequences to the union and prosperity of the inhabitants of Ireland.
Page 180 - 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 31 - The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion ; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Page 32 - That every one in their station and calling earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints...
Page 341 - A bill for preventing revenue officers from voting at elections. " A bill for rendering the servants of the crown of Ireland responsible for the expenditure of the public money. " A bill to protect the personal safety of the subject against arbitrary and excessive bail, and against the stretching of the power of attachment beyond the limits of the constitution.
Page 180 - That the ports of this country are by right open to all foreign countries not at war with the king, and that any burden thereupon or obstruction thereto, save only by the Parliament of Ireland, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Page 358 - ... spirit of her representatives in the legislature. Such an extrinsic power, acting with uniform force in a direction too frequently opposite to the true line of our obvious interests, can be resisted with effect solely by unanimity, decision, and spirit in the people; qualities which may be exerted most legally, constitutionally, and efficaciously, by that great measure essential to the prosperity and freedom of Ireland, AN EQUAL REPRESENTATION OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN PARLIAMENT.
Page 181 - That the independence of judges is equally essential to the impartial administration of justice in Ireland, as in England; and that the refusal or delay of this right to Ireland, makes a distinction where there should be no distinction, may excite jealousy where perfect union should prevail, and is in itself unconstitutional and a grievance.
Page 41 - ... can be no work of the civil sword, but of the spiritual, which is the word of God. No man well in his wits, endeavouring to root up weeds out of his ground, instead of using the spade will take a*mallet or a beetle.
Page 49 - England, by whose authority and in whose right they inhabit there. By their actions we might rather judge them to be a generation of Highland thieves and redshanks, who being neighbourly admitted, not as the Saxons by merit of their warfare against our enemies, but by the courtesy of England, to hold possessions in our province, a country better than their own, have, with worse faith than those heathen, proved...