Historical Review of the Legislative Systems Operative in Ireland: From the Invasion of Henry the Second to the Union (1172-1800).Longmans, Green, 1888 - 256 Seiten |
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Seite 76 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Seite 82 - Molyneux, an English gentleman born here, as well as by several of the greatest patriots and best Whigs in England ; but the love and torrent of power prevailed. Indeed the arguments on both sides were invincible. For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery ; but in fact, eleven men well armed will certainly subdue one single man in his shirt.
Seite 112 - 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 76 - Ireland hath been, is, and of right ought to be subordinate unto and dependent upon the Imperial Crown of Great Britain, as being inseparably united and annexed thereunto ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and...
Seite 104 - ... her enemies are a host, pouring upon her from all quarters of the earth; her armies are dispersed; the sea is not hers; she has no minister, no ally, no admiral, none in whom she long confides, and no general whom she has not disgraced; the balance of her fate is in the hands of Ireland; you are not only her last connection, you are the only nation in Europe that is not her enemy.
Seite 105 - What ! are you, with 3,000,000 of men at your back, with charters in one hand and arms in the other, afraid to say you are a free people ? Are you, the greatest House of Commons that ever sat in Ireland, that want but this one act to equal that English House of Commons that passed the Petition of Right, or that other that passed the Declaration of Right...
Seite 142 - I believe it, tho' itself not easy to be accomplished, to be the only Solution for other and greater Difficulties. The admission of Catholics to a share of Suffrage could not then be dangerous. The Protestant Interest, in Point of Power, Property and Church Establishment, would be secure because the decided Majority of the Supreme Legislature would necessarily be Protestant...
Seite 107 - We are too near the British nation, we are too conversant with her history, we are too much fired by her example to be anything less than her equal ; anything less, we should be her bitterest enemies — an enemy to that power which smote us with her mace, and to...
Seite 160 - Is it not rather the free and voluntary association of two great countries, which join for their common benefit, in one empire, where each will retain its proportional weight and importance, under the security of equal laws, reciprocal affection, and inseparable interests, and which want nothing but that indissoluble connexion to render both invincible...