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of these horrors in the ensuing winter. As soon as he understood
that his motion was likely to be opposed by his Majesty's
Government, he had communicated with the principal Gentlemen,
with the superintending Majistrates, and with some
of the first legal authorities in that country. He would state
to the House the substance of some of the letters which he
had received from the principal Protestant and Catholic
Gentlemen of the county. He had a letter from the Archbishop
of Tuam, stating his belief that the country was in a most
melancholy state, and demanded the most prompt and decisive
interposition of Government. That distinguished person
had been compelled to lay aside his clerical character,
and was, in fact, one of the most active Majistrates in
the county. Mr Dackin, the chief Majistrate of the
county, who had been sent down by Government as
superintending Majistrate under the authority, of the
Peace Preservation Act, was of opinion, that the prevailing
spirit of disaffection could not be subdued without
arming Government with some extraordinary powers, and
that there was no objection to a revival of the Insurrection
Act. Government had indeed in some respects, awakened
to a sense of the necessity of preserving the peace of
that district. The country was studded to thickly with
miliatary, that no man could stand at his door without
seeing parties of soldiers. Government had been obliged
to take another step which was unconstitutional, although
he allowed it was necessary—namely to
grant the qualification of the Peace, to Field Officers
and Captains commanding detachments. If such was
the alarm felt at the present moment, what would be
the case in the long nights, when a part of the army
would probably be withdrawn in a
had described related only to one
county. Hee had heard, that both Killkenny and Cork
were disturbed and that horrible outrages had been perpetrated
in Westmeath. Putting that out of the question
however, there was the fact that four counties had been
proclaimed. He had felt it his duty to state the facts
of which he had been a.n. eye—witness. He had gone out
on nights for a fortnight together, to search the houses of persons,
and he had hardly ever found an able—bodied—man
at home. He had met numbers on the road. If they
were inside, they replied to his inquiries, that they
had been dancing at a wedding; if saucy, they asked
what it was to him? He was obliged to let them go on
altho' he knew perfectly well their object. He begged
pardon
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