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1820 Feb.4
Radicalism not dangerous

§ 4
III Experience
II Ireland
Charlemont treachery
Conclusion

Hardy 287

Hardy p. 287. Year Ao 1787, 1780 The Reviews of the Volunteers + + Copy to the country
in p. 288
were continued as usual this year and the succeeding one.
"But he observes, in one of his letters, that they were not then
"of the same number as formally formerly. His solicitude with regard
"to this institution was the same; and if he continued
"the reviews, when the same reasons did not exist, or at least
"with diminished force, for such military exhibitions, as
"some years before, it was because he not only wished that
"a certain portion of the inhabitants of this country should
"be habituated to the use of arms, but well knew (as has been
"often mentioned,) that if he relinquished the command of
"even this remnant of the volunteer bands, these were not
"then wanting some who would seize on it for purposes
"by no means so patriotic as his own. It was more wise
"therefore to suffer the Volunteers to fade way away tacitly
"under his quiet, auspicious rule, than that they should
"receive ill timed, or angry, orders from the Castle for
"their dispersion, which they not only would not have
"obeyed, but perhaps have recalled some of their former
"Associates from their specific pacific, rural occupations,
"to engage in an unnecessary contest with government,
"which could have little redounded to the honour of either
"party, and most injuriously to the country.

Identifier: | JB/137/321/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 137.
Date_1	1820-02-04	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	321	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
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Notes public		ID Number	47038
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