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The Speeches of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan (4); To Which Is Added His Letter on the Union, With a Commentary on His Career and Character
The Speeches of the Right Hon Henry Grattan To Which Is Added His Letter on the Union With a Commentary on His Career and Character - 4 Author:Henry Grattan Volume: 4 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1822 Original Publisher: J. Duffy Subjects: Ireland Great Britain History / Europe / Great Britain History / Europe / Ireland Travel / Europe / Ireland Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be t... more »ypos or missing text. When you buy the General Books 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: In consequence of my support of the bill, I have received much anonymous and very shameful abuse. I hope my countrymen will put on my conduct a just construction ; but if voting for this bill, and on the principles I have stated, should deprive me of the love of my fellow-citizens, I shall feel the loss as the greatest misfortune of my life, and only to be borne with the fortitude which belongs to integrity. I shall vote for the bill, and share the odium. The committee then divided : for the original clause 68, against it 21 ; Majority against the duration of one year 47. IRELAND. Mr. Sheridan's Motion Respecting Ireland. August 10. 1807. ' A/I R. SHERIDAN, this day, made his promised motion on the state of Ireland. He entered at length into the affairs of that country, and stated the cause of this motion was the introduction of coercive bills with regard to Ireland; these measures (viz. the Insurrection Act and Arms' Bill) were adopted at a time when it was said that Ireland was quiet. The Irish judges and grand juries, at the late assizes, had congratulated the country on the peaceable state in which it was. That there was a French faction in Ireland was true ; there always had been a French faction in Ireland since the time of Elizabeth, and there had also been an Irish faction in France. This was the consequence of the bad and wicked laws that had been passed against the people of Ireland; these acts of tyranny and oppression had deg...« less