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The Sharp Spear and Flaming Sword of Political Justice Unsheathed and Wielded
The Sharp Spear and Flaming Sword of Political Justice Unsheathed and Wielded Author:John Scott General Books publication date: 2009 Original Publisher: F. Farrah Subjects: Great Britain History / Europe / Great Britain History / Europe / Ireland Political Science / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Book... more »s edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LETTEE IX. Belfast, 59, Victoria Tehbace, March 27th, 1868. John Bright, Esq., M. P. .. Deae Sir, -- On next Monday will commence one of the most important Parliamentary battles of the century, -- which will put the members of the House of the Common men to a severe and practical test, -- which will strongly affect the first elections under the new Reform Bill, -- which will materially modify the constitution and objects of parties, and exercise a powerful influence on the condition of Ireland. The Defence Associations are only making the doomed Establishment more odious, and veakening more and more the scanty power of the Ministry. The fierce, intolerant spirit displayed at those anti-Christian meetings must convince honest men of every form of religion of the pressing necessity of removing for ever the fruitful source of civil dissensions and sectarian feiids. Nor are some of the members of the Tory Cabinet themselves deficient in the artifices by which the timid are swayed, and the wavering secured. Industrious reports of dissolution are circulated, and visions of imaginary danger to the Constitution are conjured up with all the extravagant embellishment of cunning fancy ; and no weapon that can aid the failing cause is left untried. The insolent and tyrannical factions who would fain make a sport of the fortunes and liberties of their fellow-men, have made the friends of freedom and equality more determined and united in disarming them. When the cause of discord is removed, tranquilli...« less