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Page 19
... Union was carried , and when a new era opened in the government of Ireland , England had a long score of misdeeds to wipe out ; and how did she set to work ? Were I to draw an indictment against English rule in Ireland I think I should ...
... Union was carried , and when a new era opened in the government of Ireland , England had a long score of misdeeds to wipe out ; and how did she set to work ? Were I to draw an indictment against English rule in Ireland I think I should ...
Page 21
... Union Era by treachery and falsehood . England promised emanci- pation to the Catholics as the price of the Union , and that promise was shame- fully broken . Twenty - eight years passed before the Catholics were emancipated , and then ...
... Union Era by treachery and falsehood . England promised emanci- pation to the Catholics as the price of the Union , and that promise was shame- fully broken . Twenty - eight years passed before the Catholics were emancipated , and then ...
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... Union a fair trial . O'Connell kept faith with the Govern- ment , but the Government failed to carry any effective remedial measures for Ire- land . On the failure of the Melbourne Administration , O'Connell once more raised the ...
... Union a fair trial . O'Connell kept faith with the Govern- ment , but the Government failed to carry any effective remedial measures for Ire- land . On the failure of the Melbourne Administration , O'Connell once more raised the ...
Page 38
... Union . O'Connell demanded its re- peal . His agitation was put down by force . It was the old story so well told by Swift in his own day . The love and torrent of power prevailed . Indeed the arguments on both sides were " " invincible ...
... Union . O'Connell demanded its re- peal . His agitation was put down by force . It was the old story so well told by Swift in his own day . The love and torrent of power prevailed . Indeed the arguments on both sides were " " invincible ...
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... Union Act inch by inch . I can speak confi- dently of Mr. Grattan , by appealing to every speech he ever delivered in his life . ( Cheers . ) Now , I want to know , gentlemen - Were these heretics and rene- gades as we are ? Were they ...
... Union Act inch by inch . I can speak confi- dently of Mr. Grattan , by appealing to every speech he ever delivered in his life . ( Cheers . ) Now , I want to know , gentlemen - Were these heretics and rene- gades as we are ? Were they ...
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agitation army asked believe Bill Butt Catholic Emancipation Cheers Clare concession constitution declared demand Drummond ejectment system election England and Ireland English Minister English Parliament English rule English statesmen Englishmen established Fenianism Forty Shilling Freehold franchise freeholders give Gladstone govern Ireland Grattan Grattan's Parliament history of Ireland Home Rule House of Commons House of Lords Imperial Parliament Irish affairs Irish Church Irish Executive Irish landlords Irish members Irish Parliament Irish peasant Irish question Irish vote Irishmen Isaac Butt justice Kingdom Land Act Land League Land Reform Lecky legislative independence Lord Melbourne Lord Rosebery measure Melbourne ment Ministry nation never nineteenth century O'Connell O'Connell's oppressed parish Parlia Parnell police political population of Ireland practically promise Protestant Episco rebellion refused religion Repeal movement Roman Catholics Rulers story testant things tion Tithe War tithes Tory Union Whiteboy system whole Young Ireland
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Page 21 - I am one of those who have probably passed a longer period of my life engaged in war than most men, and principally in civil war ; and I must say this, that if I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil war in the country to which I was attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it.
Page 70 - From the North to the South, from the East to the West...
Page 37 - Ireland to be bound only by laws enacted by his Majesty and the Parliament of that kingdom in all cases whatever...
Page 36 - Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 39 - For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed, is the very definition of slavery. But in fact, eleven men well armed will certainly subdue one single man in his shirt.
Page 10 - Lords, unless the House of Commons direct to the contrary, be presented to His Majesty and become an Act of Parliament on the Royal Assent being signified...
Page 155 - Ireland; and that the doctrine, worship, discipline and government of the said United Church shall be, and shall remain in full force for ever, as the same are now...
Page 173 - I want to see a public man come forward and say what the Irish question is. One says it is a physical question ; another a spiritual. Now it is the absence of the aristocracy ; now the absence of railways. It is the Pope one day and potatoes the next.
Page 52 - Parliament, but no man has the right to fix the boundary to the march of a nation. No man has a right to say to his country " Thus far shalt thou go and no further...
Page 155 - England; and that the continuance and preservation of the said United Church, as the Established Church of England and Ireland, shall be deemed and taken to be an essential and fundamental part of the Union...