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only hope of doing so at present is , by adhering to the Whjg ^ , f he late sudden irruption of the Tories into power excited ; extrux * rdi , n i ^ ry alarm in the minds of the Irish leaders . They fancied two years si nee ^ that the Reform Bill had stricken down the Tory party for ever ; ttiey were , therefore , led by this fancied security to express witTY great asperity their feelings against the Whi ^ s . Suddenly made to se'e tnat their old and dreaded enemy still retained great and dangerous porter ,
they seek to nlly themselves to the Whigs , in the hope of excluding the far more dreadful and hated Orangeman . While this terror remains , the Whigs will have no keener , no more thorough thiok-aiid-thin supporters than the Liberals of Ireland ; and this out-and-out Bupfjort of VVhig measures will induce the English Radicals to confound , Abe Irish and the Whigs together . It is to be hoped , however , that the true interests of the English and the Irish will eventually guide the councils of both . The English must exercise forbearance towards
their Irish brethren , and not too hastily judge and condemn a conduct which results from a dire necessity , to them unknown . And the Irish should bear in mind that they alone are not sufficient to maintain the Whigs in office . Deserted by the English Radicals , they and the Whigs united must succumb to the Tories ; so that the staving off of Orange domination depends as much upon the Radicals as the Whigs , and the Irish Liberals should be careful not to excite , by an uii * crfi ~ pulous support of their present Whig allies , distrust and jealousy in that party which must eventually rule in England /'
No one will accuse you of an " unscrupulous support " of the Whigs ; but would not the evil here deprecated , be likely to arise from merging all topics in the comparatively remote one of Peerage Reform ; and meanwhile , casting into oblivion , all " stale complaints , and modern grievances , " together with " the detail of constitutional deficiencies ? ' If disunion on
these points will let in the Tories , not less surely will they be let in by the disunion which even the agitation of Peerage Reform is certain to create . Indeed , while we are debating " , the enemy is at the gates . Omens of danger are warning us on every side . Look at the elections , substituting , as fast as they fall , for every dead Whig a living Tory . Mark the language of ministerial papers , and
ministerial candidates , and diners . How carefullv vour nrinininislerial candidates , and diners . How carefully your principles are disclaimed , and how humbly is your support apologized for . Vain is the expectancy that present aid in keeping out the Tories will be repaid by future co-operation in reforming the Lords . How will the Irish returns stand after the
next dissolution I Will it be possible there to exclude Toryism to the same extent , without substituting a portion of Whig aristocracy for some of your Radical friends ? In England , the improvement of our corporations will afford some hel p ; but the last elections showed the feebleness in which the Reform
Act lias left the people , and the system must needs degenerate . And it is essential to remember , throughout the empire , that although Whig or Radical may make no difference at all as to
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Agitation of Peerctge Reform . 6 l
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1836, page 61, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2653/page/61/
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