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1820 Jan. 18
Radicalism not dangerous
Hardy 272, 275.
Ii § (*3)
III Experience
II Ireland
(1) 1 (§.2. *established
Volunteers = Universal
This not aristocratic
No But says somebody this is not democratic ascendency
it is rather aristocratic ascendency: for as to what
property, none but were admitted: all un-freeholders
were excluded: and as to what concerns religion, none
but Protestants were admitted: Catholics were stand excluded.
and of Catholics fewer fifth of the population were composed. The class of man therefore under whose decision influence
all this evil was thus excluded — good
took place was not the class of men; to whom in
which your plan places the whole power of the
country in a word they were all universal
suffrage men. In this had all universal
suffrage was born, a part, who can say what
and might not have ? the quotation
1 That the freeholders were not of the number appears
(it may be added) from Hardy a Resolution of the Convention passed
at in the motion of Mr Flood in which what 29 Nov. 1783. 268
House of Commons
then sitting.
is recommended to be done is recommended to be done
by the delegates of which the "in conjunction
with the other freeholders of their several Counties: here Hardy
then you may see it is (it may be said) that whatever was
done it, by the freeholders and them alone that it was
done.
2. As to the Catholics if Mr Hardy is to believed "the delegates Hardy p.275
did not, nor could they then include the Catholic
body: for so he says in so many words. p.275.
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