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lit ¦ . ¦ AiU the world t . e . the political world of England , ie busy with « tcitement at the avowal of the Upper House , that Ireland sbtdl have as bad a government as that House can prociffe for b « p ; for thus must be construed the fact , that they , the Lords , ate determined to abolish corporations the moment the government wishes to make corporations implements of public utility instead of private rapacity . That the Lords should
thus aet , is not strange ; their gains have mostly been based Ota the people ' s losses ; but it is strange—yea , very strange , that those who profess themselves friends of the people should affect astonishment at the very natural conduct of the Lords ; it is still more strange , that they should profess a tender regard foivthe powers , whereby the said Lords are enabled "to work miachief , and ceasing * to be men , become mere wilful wild animals . Is it madness , or mere imbecility , that affects public men , thus to make them forego the characteristics of reason , and talk absurdities as fluently as though they had been paid "by the Tories forgetting them by heart ? Mr . Shiel beg * an the
absurdity of professing respect for lordly legislation , under the cotitrol of popular agitation ; and it is lamentable to find Joseph Hume following it up at the Westminster O'Oonnell Meeting . He wished to " respect the privileges of the Lords . " If be
© oe « h ^ indeed ? those words spoken after reflection ; ifthey i > e not the mere ebullition of superabundant verbiagetff ttae haranguing tongue and not of the thinking brain ; if they bS Really the expression of a deliberate opinion , then Joseph Hutne is ill-fitted for a legislator , however well he may serve a& a people ' s delegate . Privileges ! Why the very word itself is-to the merest tyro in Radical philosophy , conclusive evidence of unsound doctrine . Privileges are private laws , — -laws or
regulations for the especial advantages of a small number of individuals , a something in which the nation at large does not participate . Now , what nation calling itself free , can tolerate such a system ? One law for the rich , and another for the poor ! Is this your meaning Joseph Hume ? li * it be not , what do you mean by Privileges ? In such a matter as this ,
cfttition must be thrown aside ; if you contend that the'Lairds ought to be privileged , do it manfully , and let us , of the people , fttfreteftt the point with you , when I doubt not we shall sheWj that you arfc better fitted for a Chancellor of the Exchequer , than far * - ! gg ) ffcr 6 f the people , or a Utilitarian * legislator ; The-Loi ^ d * fdein better friends to the people than yon a * e in thisniaittur , thid thiti is unfortunate , for you really and honestl y are our ftftt # dy while they are reall y and at botteatly cur enemies ,
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^ V ' 1 PRIVILEGES OF THE LORDS .
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$%$ . Privileges qf th * Lords .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1836, page 436, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2659/page/44/
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