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his duty not to exagerate them. The people of Ireland
were rather hardly dealt by. If there were any
local outrages in that country, then the Insurrection
Act was called for; if quiet seemed to prevails, it was
said to be delusive, and to threaten a tremendous conclusion.
If he were asked whether Ireland was
in such a state that all considerations for the future,
might be calmly resigned, his answer would be
that he would be a bold man, who, in the present
state of the world, would predicate that of any part
of His Majesty's dominions. Unquestionably there
were in the history of Ireland deeply seated causes
for discontent and disturbance. For those causes
they must look to the two centuries which preceeded
the middle of his late Majesty's reign. Never had
a great nation been ill—treated with impunity. If
great principles were sacrificed to gain a temporary
end, for safety might be obtained, but
the hour retribution would surely arrive (hear,
hear, hear,') The present causes of the agitation,
with which Ireland was occasionally affected were,
among other, the extent of illicit distillation, the
fatal influence of religious animosity, the reedundance
of population, and the absence of employment.
But what had those causes to do with
an inquiry by a Committee of the House? Some
of them ono Legislation could reach. They must be
left to time, and to the beneficial effect of a more
general intercourse with England. Some of them it
was in the power of the resident gentry to controul.
Undoubtedly there were causes of the evil
to which the Legislation ought to look; but they
were not fit subjects for the investigation of a
Committee; they were abundantly notorious and
ascertained. But above all the renewal of the
Insurrection Act, would be the worst mode of
meeting the evil. Adverting to the recent disturbances,
he (Mr Grant) observed, that it was unpleasant
in him to make the remark; but as the
Honourable Mover had put the Government on
its defence for its conduct on that occasion, he
was obliged. however reluctantly to say, that every
person connected with the Government of
Ireland must, under such circumstances, expect
to

Identifier: | JB/109/167/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 109.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	109	Main Headings	Parliamentary Reform
Folio number	167	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	C6
Penner		Watermarks	C WILMOTT 1819
Marginals		Paper Producer	Andreas Louriottis
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1819
Notes public		ID Number	35822
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