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II. Experience
5 II. Ireland
11 or 3
Not to speak of democracy,
when from
democratical ascendency
none of information
predict injury to
prosperity, tranquillity
or morality, see what
grounds their
saying so affords for
believing that they think
so
In Ireland for 4 years in undemocratic
. In for 40 years together acted
,
Not to speak of pure democracy After what has here been seen, when men having any
tolerable insight into the nature of government in general and the
state of the country in particular are observed to say
that from democratic ascendency any detriment injury to social
the happiness of the prosperity, the tranquillity or the morality of the
people would be more likely to insure them from the contrivance
of the government in its present state, — that the impractical reader
may judge whether their saying so affords any grounds for believing
that they think so
12 or 4
See whether Grattan
could think as he
spoke. Grattan sitting
always for one of
Charlemonts two seats
acted consequently in
concert with him on
putting down radicalism
in Ireland
On the of 1783
Charlemont by adjournment
virtually defeated
the Convention with
which the prosperity
tranquillity and morality
of Ireland
expired.
Mr Grattan was the confidential friend of the Ld Earl of
Charlemont: it was by that patron that he had been brought
into Parliament: Lord Charlemont in virtue of the borough
of that name had two seats, and Mr Grattan sat in
one of them. After the his first intrusion which was on
17 he each ever after during their joint time, and
every change of Parliament continued to do so as of
course.
13 or 5
On the of
178 . Grattan spoke
against radicalism a
set speech: as per
Plowden from Irish
parliamentary debates.
The day While the Convention chosen by universal suffrage sat, the paramount power
of the country was in the hands of the universal suffragists
the Irish radicalists of that time. On the of
it was that Lord Charlemont asthe President of that body procured the adjournment under
the notion of its being but temporary this adjournment
from which the expiration of democratic ascendency
with the prosperity, tranquillity and morality which
had been the never disputed accompaniments of it, expired.
On the of 17 it was that Mr Grattan
stood up and delivered against that undisputed
and universally known instrument if every thing that was allow
that was in either government and or morality a set speech,
of which Mr Hardy's life of Charlemont [+] [+] Plowdens History of Ireland
Parliamentary
Debates. gives in a copy from the Irish
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