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The counties of Tipperary and Down had just
recovered from an insurrection. In Louth there
had been great agitation, and many atrocities
had been committed. There evils had been suppressed
by the application of a large military force—
by the operation of the Peace Preservation Act—
and, as was believed by many, by the operation
of the Insurrection Act. What did His Right Hon.
Friend do, zealous and anxious as every one knew
he was for the peace of Ireland? Did he declare
the apparent tranquillity, hollow, and ask for the
continuance of the Insurrection Act, that it
might be ready for the next winter? No—not because
he did not expect disturbances would recur,
but because he believed the power with
which the Government was vested by the Constitution
to be sufficient for their suppression.
What was the ease at present? There had been
some disturbances in Galway. Those disturbances
had been suppressed. How? bBy a military force
and by the operation of the Peace Preservation
Act. The tranquillity of the county of Clare had
been menaced. The threatened movement had
been repressed by the exertion of the resident
Gentry and by the operation of the Peace Preservation
Act. The tranquillity of the county of
Mayo had also been threatened; but had been
maintained by the rigorous efforts of the local
gentry, even without the Peace Preservation Act.
Did he say, that there would never be any
further disturbance in Ireland? Was he to
be told by Gentlemen whom it was his interest
and his wish to conciliate, that he was
abandoning the cause of Ireland because he
was unwilling to place in the hands of the
, Lord Lieutenant and the Government of Ireland
a power, which until the passing of the Insurrection
Act, had never existed since the days
of the 'Norman Conquest. As he was speaking on
this subject he was bound to say, that if the
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Identifier: | JB/109/169/001"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	169	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	C8
Penner		Watermarks	C WILMOTT 1819
Marginals		Paper Producer	Andreas Louriottis
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1819
Notes public		ID Number	35824
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