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fcuj b H ^ 9 ^^ i ^ slxpraent 2 U tb ^ n the ^ P BPr ^ W ^ ^ be , in widely difiisiw ^ the effective influence of legislative power *
, Let us keep in mind , that it is not so much to the purpose to inquire , what may be the precise number of Catholics actually
excluded from the legislature , as to consider how mkny are excluded fnom all chance of participation ijl it ; , and what must be the general effect of such exclusion upon \ he interests and feelings of the Catholic body . The number of Catholics
qualified : for seats in the Legislature , ( if learning , tslent , landed estates , or commercial wealth be admitted as , a qiialification , ) probably ex .
ceerfs tairty thousand persons . These men stand personally proscribed by the existing exclusion , ly ^ iflst the ir P ratfestant neighbours find ^ very facility for ready admissio n *
Nty iv , the advantages flowing from a seat in the Legislature , it i « wicH known , are not confined to t \ iG individual representative JYhey extend to all bis family , friends iM > d connections ; or . in other
# prds , to every Protestant in Ireland - Within his re ^ ch ' are all J ^ nors , offices , emoluments : every mit oi gratification to avarice or vanity : the means of spreading a great personal interest by- innumemble petty services to
individual % « . H $ caii do . ¦ -qji iri&itite nqmber of actk of kindness' and generosity ^ aqd e * fii of > JpfffeUte . fpftffe lie c * n procure ftdvantage > iDttrewJe , indemnity ^ orti public vmmh jpwJ «»^ P y ^ wsfr , * fc fafoi&bifw ^ % « W 94 mqwp
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able public interest , be , at the same tiriie , a benefactot , a pati-bn ^^ a father ^ a guardian angel b bir political adherents . " On tll ^ other hand , how stands the CJaft'hW '
olic gentleihan or trader ? For 'hi * own person , no office , no powe t ^ fno emolument * for his childVenV brothers , kindred , or friends , nof proniotion , ecclesiastical or civil , military or naval . Except frotti his private forturie , he has nd
means of advancing a child , of making a single friend , or of shew ! ing any one good qaality . He nii nothing to offer but harsh refirsdl ^ { ' pitiful excuse , or despondeiit re-. presentation . ' •" - ' ' \
Further ,, we may observe tfife powerful effect of opinio n * . UFp&n this subject ; The persotml , rnTporiance , the conscious in < Jepetf ~ dence , the sense of security and protection which belong to U ?« legislative characte . r , arepart i ^ i . pated with hundreds of persons ' 1
without doors . whom the rrpifeU sentative may be desirous fo cotirt . or whose interests or ^ ympathiie ^ may accord wijlt bis own . InV Ireland , th ^ se persons arc , alniost universally of the Protestant pro- fession ' , connected with the meniber by tl ^ ties of family orojfirieHd ^ of etft
ship , early acquaintance , u , cation ^ or reciprocal services ^ Besides ! they alredcfy efiiotf ex ^ tu-« ve power airid pitivlFeges , amr therefore can command the resect , and pre-occujpy the ^ xertiona of ihe member . JP ^ fh jEt ps , t'bcV ar ^ not without ^ he prosfpect of s& t ^ ft > r tijenaselves * Hencef . ^ very Protest ^ h ?* U Kl ^ l ^ aSr V ^ lljP feWr af 4 lfeJ | ^ $ m \ Aet JStWPi ! W WW * Sfel ? ' mjZmmfliw ^ &M **
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F ^ ml X » m » "vhkfih aggrieve Catholics Ireland ,. 4 £ 7 : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ w »> ¦ ¦ -- - ' . . - ¦ • ¦ . ¦¦¦ .. f : > . .: .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1812, page 487, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1751/page/11/
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