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1820 Feb. 4
Radicalism not dangerous

§.4
III Experience
II Ireland
Charlemont treachery
Grattan unpopularized by it

The Hardy p. 236. The treachery of Lord Charlemont and
Mr Grattan having become suspected — that treachery the existence
of which Mr Hardy the occupier of Lord Charlemonts other seat
has disclosed to us. Mr Grattan notwithstanding the popularity
obtained on the 16th of April 1782 by the motion by which the
resolutions in favour of the independency of the Irish Parliament
were carried, became "in little more than two months" (says
Mr Hardy) one of the most unpopular men in the kingdom. For the change Mr.
Hardy can find no other cause to be the sinister zeal of some and
the vile levity of others and in a word to a lack of wisdom on quiet/steadiness
the part of the people. But by any impartial observer it may be
seen that the effect had its cause not in the absence but in
the abundance of wisdom steadiness on the part of the people in the event
of steadiness not on the part of the people but on the part of
his hero the seatholder and his representatives. By want of steadiness I
mean in regard to their conduct. For in regard to their universal design
it was by the unsteadiness in their external conduct that their the purpose of
steadiness in regard to their design was manifested were carried into effect obtained
the effect it aimed at.

Hardy p236 Copy from "Their
conduct" to "all that
they did."

Hardy. p.236. "The conduct of numbers of my countrymen,
"amiable and excellent as they generally are, was at
"this time utterly unjustifiable. A mere difference of opinion,
"on a point inconsequential, and even now almost
"forgotten, made them regard their best friends almost
"as monsters. All Grattan's services were thrown into
"oblivion. The parasite of the 16th of April, became
"in little more than two months, indeed, long before
"their shoes were old," in following him with loud acclamations,
"one of the most unpopular men in the
"kingdom. The man of firm temper may laugh at all
"this, but in can not render solitude, or total absence
"from the political world, less supportable, to reflect, that
"the persons who contributed most to this frenzy, were the
"very men who, for year after year, swelled every unpropitious
"vote against Ireland; and whose doors, barricaded
"as if against the plague, could scarcely afford them
"security, against the hated, and almost legitimate fury
of the people, who
now applauded all
that they said, and all
that they did.

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Date_1	1820-02-04	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
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