Memoranda of Irish matters, by obscure men of good intention1844 |
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... the rules of Irish promotion ; " and , in doing so , to explain those rules , and the reasons why they have , at all times , been so injurious and so odious in Ireland . The conflicting statements on this head , render an investigation.
... the rules of Irish promotion ; " and , in doing so , to explain those rules , and the reasons why they have , at all times , been so injurious and so odious in Ireland . The conflicting statements on this head , render an investigation.
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... reasons , why the repeal move- ment had obtained such a head in Ireland , consists in the fact , that Englishmen and Scotchmen , and not Irishmen , -have been appointed to the chief offices in that country " -Speech of Mr. Smith O'Brien ...
... reasons , why the repeal move- ment had obtained such a head in Ireland , consists in the fact , that Englishmen and Scotchmen , and not Irishmen , -have been appointed to the chief offices in that country " -Speech of Mr. Smith O'Brien ...
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... reasons which dictated that selection . From these letters some extracts are sub- joined , to establish the correctness of the above rules . These extracts , whilst they fully effect this object , also prove how diffi- cult it is , even ...
... reasons which dictated that selection . From these letters some extracts are sub- joined , to establish the correctness of the above rules . These extracts , whilst they fully effect this object , also prove how diffi- cult it is , even ...
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... reason why it is impossible that Ireland should thrive he states : " Those who have the misfortune to be born here , have the least title to any consi- derable employment ; to which they are sel- dom preferred but upon a political ...
... reason why it is impossible that Ireland should thrive he states : " Those who have the misfortune to be born here , have the least title to any consi- derable employment ; to which they are sel- dom preferred but upon a political ...
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... reason . Thirdly , you lament , most justly , the money spent by absentees in England . Fourthly , you complain that your linen manufacture declines . Fifthly , that your tithe collectors oppress you . Sixthly , that your children have ...
... reason . Thirdly , you lament , most justly , the money spent by absentees in England . Fourthly , you complain that your linen manufacture declines . Fifthly , that your tithe collectors oppress you . Sixthly , that your children have ...
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amongst appeared asserted Bar of Ireland Bishop Boulter British causes Chancellor of Ireland commissioners conduct considered court crown declared Dublin Duke England English Bar English Interest English separate Interest equal Erin mavourneen Exile of Erin Father favour feelings filled gentlemen George Nugent Reynolds Hercules Ellis highest honour hope House of Commons injustice insult Irish Bar Irish nation Irish party Irish promotion kingdom laboured lath go bragh letter lish Interest Lord Campbell Lord Carteret Lord Chancellor Lord Melbourne Lord Plunket Lordship maintenance Majesty managers meeting ment native land object occasion office in Ireland opinion Parliament persons poor law population prerogative present Primate profession Protestant rank remonstrance Repeal Association resolution rights of Ireland rule of promotion rules of Irish Scotch sentiments Sir James Graham Sir Robert Peel slawn lath go song tion Union Whig whilst wretched
Popular passages
Page 80 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 50 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 83 - There came to the beach a poor exile of Erin, The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill : For his country he sighed when at twilight repairing To wander alone by the wind-beaten hill. But the day-star attracted his eye's sad devotion, For it rose o'er his own native isle of the ocean, Where once, in the fire of his youthful emotion, He sang the bold anthem of Erin go bragh. Sad is my fate...
Page 21 - The remedy is wholly in your own hands, and therefore I have digressed a little in order to refresh and continue that spirit so seasonably raised among you, and to let you see that, by the laws of GOD, of NATURE, of NATIONS, and of your COUNTRY, you ARE and OUGHT to be as FREE a people as your brethren in England.
Page 63 - No — through th' extended globe his feelings run, As broad and general as th' unbounded sun ! No narrow bigot he ; his reason'd view Thy interests, England, ranks with thine, Peru ! France at our doors, he sees no danger nigh, But heaves for Turkey's woes th' impartial sigh ; A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country — but his own.
Page 5 - ... their welfare; we think it our duty as Irishmen to come forward and state what we feel to be our heavy grievance, and what we know to be its effectual remedy. 'We have no National Government...
Page 21 - I, MB drapier, desire to be excepted : for I declare, next under God, I depend only on the king my sovereign, and on the laws of my own country. And I am so far from depending upon the people of England, that if they should ever rebel against my sovereign (which God forbid) I would be ready, at the first command from his majesty, to take arms against them, as some of my countrymen did against theirs at Preston.
Page 21 - During the trial, the chief justice, among other singularities, laid his hand on his breast, and protested solemnly, that the author's design was to bring in the Pretender ; although there was not a single syllable of party in the whole treatise, and although it was known that the most eminent of those who professed his own principles, publicly disallowed his proceedings.
Page 14 - ... our duty as Irishmen to come forward and state what we feel to be our heavy grievance, and what we know to be its effectual remedy. We have no National Government : we are ruled by Englishmen and the servants of Englishmen...
Page 10 - rested with the court for these appointments. Excellent and moral men had been selected upon every occasion of vacancy. But it unfortunately has uniformly happened, that as these worthy divines crossed Hounslow Heath, on their road to Ireland, to take possession of their bishoprics, they have been regularly robbed and murdered by the highwaymen frequenting that common, who seize upon their robes and patents, come over to Ireland, and are consecrated bishops in their stead.