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1820
Radicalism not dangerous

III Experience
II Ireland
§ 10 Sheffield against Reform

(o ) Lord Sheffield p.362. last Jan Ao 1765. "Some of the corps, perhaps + +
for the sake of compleating their numbers, and possibly without
consideration, admitted Roman Catholics; other perhaps
enrolled them latterly for the sake of acquiring numbers
and strength, to force a reform: but that Protestants should
allow and encourage this, and also the forming of whole
corps of the Roman Catholics, when all Europe was at
peace, is scarce to be believed, considering the pretensions
of the latter, and above all, their numbers. It became
the system of Roman Catholics to enrol as
many as possible, and particularly since the peace, last
Spring, last summer, and now it is going on, though
not quite so rapidly as was expected. There is nothing
equivocal in this. They were already half of those
that latterly appeared under arms; in a year, or
less, they might be ten to one, for the protestants
were gradually quitting the service, and the only apology
for those who continued since the peace, was,
that they meant to prevent the volunteer arms
from falling into more dangerous hands, and to
counterbalance the Roman Catholics. The latter appeared
sure of their plan, and seemed already to exult."

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Date_1	1820	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	355	Info in main headings field	radicalism not dangerous
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	1
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Penner	jeremy bentham; john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1816]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur wellesley, duke of wellington
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1816
Notes public		ID Number	47072
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