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imweXbeea ^^ Wfqu ^^ d , tli-fet teyt&e *» & * & *** * j ^^^ a ^ i ^^ r ^ fe by the Th <« e Bdte ^ s \^^ ^ na % ' ^ att ^ ie ^^ by « h ^ fefe ^ tetfians iatf * h < &mbMWtexsmMe ttey Ssfc € Ifeoi previously ««) iiqaered by the prince * tof the empire ; and then the half-armed savage * with the pike mn& tfre pole , g&iue do « ra on tite ^ dut ^ er ^ , awd disposed of fche masters ^ f ifse world as of the mock
of the land—the gttuty stock of 'the rich , and the rade stock of f he peopie " . Re / arm . " —In that American contest we saw that reform which had been born la EnMand and Banished to Amerka ,
advance like the shepherd lad in holy writ , and overthrow Goliafo . Me returned , riding ob the wan ^ e of the Atfaiftfe , and his spirit * noved on the waters of & « tfrope . " Selflegislation Selflegislation is
- , — " - life , and has been fought for as for being * It was that principle that called forth resistance to « he House of Stuart , a *» d baptized witJh royalty the House of Ha ^ - ttover , when the people stood spfftisors for tneir allegiance to the liberty of the
subjects ; for kings are btrt satellites , &ir a your freedom is the luminary t £ * at has called them to the skies ^ Irat your fetal compliances ( speaking of the fhen parlia ^ nent ) have teatrsed a sacees « ion « rf me asures which have collected upon us such an accxwnulation of calamity , and whick
nave fmaUy > at an immense expense and through a sea of blood , stranded these kingdoms on a solitary shore , naked of empire , naked of liberty , and bereft of inabcence , to ponder on afn abyss which 'has swallowed tip one part of their fortunes , and yawns for the remainder /'
tfe thus finely portrays some of the great political characters of Ireland :
" Mi * . Malone , Lord Pery , iate Lord . Shannon , Duke of Lemster ^ t 4 e Mr . Px > n « o « ¥ bys , Mr . Brownlow , Sk William Qgborne , Mr , BurgDi , Mr . Daly , Mr , Veftmer * ton , Ma ? . Ogle , Mr . Flood , Mr . Forbes ,
Lord Oiarletnont and myself . I follow the author through the graves of the ho ^ mourable d 6 ad meti , for most of them cane so ; and 1 ibeg to sraise wp iiheir tomb * stones , as ihe ftkpew them down . 1 feet it move tuBtawcfthre to converse with their
asfoes than with This compositions , Mn . MaJane , one of the characters ; of 53 , was a man of the finest intellect that > mf coumtry « ver pi » odnced » tf l % e three ablest men .-Ilhave ^ fverhesrrd , were Mn Ktet , jj ^ ie ? rWher , J Mr . Miuray ^ wd Ma Malones jfer a popular ^ esembly I ^ rcwiM
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getrtieman fr ^ m tvticHn I ftei ^ fti * IH ^ i * && * m t isea-4 n i **^ fe , ^ ^ i * Mr . ><^ f % ^ H aiiiiHony atio ^ er ^ e ^ tf ^ a ^ ^^ % a ^ t taleBts . * Aye ^ it v ^ ir ^ ie ^; « but
had you seeai Min ^^ ir te Xva « % d ^ B ^ you would have said he ^^ ft gr 4 at feeii in a « torm ; # nd like t ; fe se ^ a , ^ helhef in calm or & <* rmb he W& & % peM production ^ of niature . ^ ' * V : ? 1 ** Mlf « . ' Sts ' S >^ fM ? 1-
JT / a rfRfo ^ w— « M *» F * o ^< l , my Hval , 4 fe # the ^ amph to c ^ ls hint- ^ a ^ d 'I ^ ho ^ iia be unworthy the char&cte ** of his riv ^ l , if lh his igfave I did not ^ 0 Mm jd ^ icfe ^^ he had iyis faulty but he had great powers , great public effect ; hie persuaded the old , he inspired the yourtg ; the ; castle f banished before him ; on a § mali subject fee was ¦
miserable ; put torn his figtiid & dig taff , aad , like Hercules ^ fe mtt&e sM ^ vork ^ f it ; but ^ five hkn the ? thunderbolt , and he had the arm of ii JWpi ^ T ; 4 ^ e ^ fejudgetl when he trensi ^ rce cl hi * asflf to ittie English , Parliament $ he forgot that he was
a tree of the forest , t , po old and too great to toe transplanted at fifty % tod nisuseat in tim Bridsh Parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home , ® n& make the country of their birth the seat of their action . ** \
Mr * 8 urgh . ^ < t % fterw&tiL Lord-Chief-BatHJn of the Exchequerv ^ Mr . Burgh , another great person fa those scenes , which it is not in tiie little quill of this author to depreciate * H « was a man singularly gifted— -with ^ ieat
talent , great variety ^ , wit , oratory and logic ; lie too had his weakmees ; but he had the pride of genius also ; he strove to raise his country alon ^ ^ th i himself > and never sought to build his elevation on tfee tlegradation ^ xf Ireland ^
"I moved an amendment for a free export ; he mov « d a better amendment , and he lost his piace ^ I ihoved a declaration of right ; With my last breath will 1 &&p-V ***> the right of tile Irish P&stfaiaent , ' was Ms no « te to me , when I applied to Mm € mr kis support : he lost the cfoance of
recovering bm place ^ ia ? nd kis way to tte sea ^ ls , for which he might ha «« ne bartered . The gates of promotion were shut * m him , as those of < &Lo * f opened /' Mr . Boiyj **** Mr # . 1 > alyy qp ay gloved friend—he in a ggseik « ae « sibe dr ^ w the address «< xf 7 % ta favour « f ottr trade ^ that * ungracious ipfeasure ; ' ^ i 1 * d ^ e & * w > read a » d approved of the adflitess ^ of 82 ,
m favour « df coc ^ itution , that address of ? separatioo ' ' , He visited me in my iHtjess , at that moment , and I >* iad «« mmunicat ixm oh those ^ ub ^ cts' ^ th mlmm powers # MM ) iflirtt ^ il » perfection , & * d wttoae ii ^^ « aiiSiiig , 1 ^ li t j ^^ ^^ JF « r h ^ ppenidL boxder ^ d ^ oii ^ He # ii 4 ^ pRfP ^ . Tr ^ !?/ *''•— . ' ^ . W ms ^ B . ^^^ A
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 600, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/36/
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