Collectanea Politica: Or, The Political Transactions of Ireland from the Accession of ... George the III. to the Present Time ...

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A. Stewart, 1801

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Seite 196 - The almost unanimous voice of the people is with you ; and in a, free country the voice of the people must prevail. We know our duty to our sovereign, and are loyal. We know our duty to ourselves, and are resolved to be free. We seek for our rights, and no more than our rights ; and, in so just a pursuit, we should doubt the being of a Providence if we doubted of success.
Seite 194 - That the ports of this country are by right open to all foreign countries, not at war with the king, and that any burthens thereupon , or obstruction thereto , save only by the parliament of IRELAND, are unconstitutional, illegal, and grievances.
Seite 221 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the king, lords, and commons of Ireland to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Seite 109 - ... to be good and expedient for that land, and his licence thereupon, as well in affirmation of the said causes and acts, as to summon the said parliament, under his great seal of England had and obtained...
Seite 227 - Ireland," an Act containing matter entirely irreconcileable to the fundamental rights of this nation. That we conceive this Act, and the claims it advances, to be the great and principal cause of the discontents and jealousies in this kingdom. To assure his Majesty, that his Majesty's Commons of Ireland, do most sincerely wish that all bills which become law in Ireland, should receive the approbation of his...
Seite 97 - The settlement of this manufacture will contribute much to people the country, and will be found much more advantageous to this kingdom, than the woollen, manufacture, which being the settled staple trade of England, from whence all foreign markets are supplied, can never be encouraged here...
Seite 227 - Ireland, or altering the same any where, to be another just cause of discontent and jealousy. " To assure His Majesty, that an act, entitled ' An act for the better accommodation of His Majesty's forces...
Seite 227 - To assure his majesty, that we humbly conceive that in this right the very essence of our liberties exists; a right, which we, on the part of all the people of Ireland, do claim as their birth-right, and which we cannot yield but with our lives.
Seite 227 - That there is no body of men competent to make laws to bind this nation except the King, Lords and Commons of Ireland ; nor any other parliament which hath any authority or power of any sort whatsoever in this country save only the Parliament of Ireland.
Seite 194 - That it is our decided and unalterable determination to seek a redress of these grievances, and we pledge ourselves to each other and to our country, as freeholders, fellow-citizens, and men of honour, that we will, at every ensuing election, support those only who...

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