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An Historical And Geographical Account Of The Kingdom Of Ireland.
hcsof Ireland , stating that they felt themselves fully satisfied : that their gratitude to . his Majesty was unbounded , of which their future conduct should bear testimony : they stated , that the end of their meeting being obtained and accomplished , they dissolved their committee as being no longer necessary : they voted . large sums of money to their several agents , which sums , we " are informed , still remain voted two thousand
unpaid : they guineas for the purpose of creeling a statue of his present Majest y as a monument of their gratitude , which resolution , like the former , has never been thought of since ; nor one guinea expended in completing the meritoriousllesign . Such was the state of the Roman Catholics of Ireland in 1793 . Not long after this , and about the time when the horrid barbarities which degraded France , and made her bleed at everv pore , when her
massacres , her butcheries , her hatred to royalty , her blasphemous disavowal ofthe existence ofthe Deity and of " a future state , screamed her bloody trumpet through the world , proclaiming deeds , at the recollection of which human nature shudders ! a society of repullicans started up in Dublin , under the denomination of United Irishmen , and beat up for recruits by disseminating seditious hand-bills and other publicationsunder the si gnature of one Theobald Wolfe Tone
, , their secretary , since transported to Botany Bay . At length , a party of . the traitors audaciousl y assembled in arms , within si ght of Dublin-Castle : their uniform , their buttons , every emblem whereby their hatred to royalty could be expressed , were " adapted to convince every beholder how far they were desirous of emulating the savage ferocity ofthe French . They were bent upon a revolution—they called themselves the
' First Battalion of National Guards , ' and assumed for their motto , < Liberty and Equality . ' Their colours exhibited a harp without a crown ' ; in the stead of which was affixed a pike , supporting- a cap of liberty . Every thing tended to indicate their traitorous designs . This band of republicans was headed by Archibald Hamilton Rowan . - The military were called out ,. and ordered to disperse this gang of levellers . This was effected , fortunately , without bloodshed . "
An enquiry was instituted b y the Irish Parliament for the purpose of developing the treasonable designs of this society ; who , upon a report being made of their proceedings , were discovered to be closely connected with the French Directory : an attempt was made by the latter , in December 179 6 , to invade the kingdom , which was providentially averted by- the mutual co-operation ofthe winds and waves .
However , the internal disaffection of the Irish still continued to rage : in order to pacify their minds and check its influence , if became necessary that a change should be made in the executive power . On January 4 th , 1795 , Lord Westmoreland was succeeded in the government by Earl Fitzwilliam . . According to some accounts published under the sanction of Lord
, Fitzwilliam , it appears that his Lordshi p , previous to his departure for Ireland , concurred in opinion with the Duke of Portland and Mr . Pitt , and the other members of the British Cabinet , that the work which was left imperfect in Ireland in the year 1 793 , ought to be
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Historical And Geographical Account Of The Kingdom Of Ireland.
hcsof Ireland , stating that they felt themselves fully satisfied : that their gratitude to . his Majesty was unbounded , of which their future conduct should bear testimony : they stated , that the end of their meeting being obtained and accomplished , they dissolved their committee as being no longer necessary : they voted . large sums of money to their several agents , which sums , we " are informed , still remain voted two thousand
unpaid : they guineas for the purpose of creeling a statue of his present Majest y as a monument of their gratitude , which resolution , like the former , has never been thought of since ; nor one guinea expended in completing the meritoriousllesign . Such was the state of the Roman Catholics of Ireland in 1793 . Not long after this , and about the time when the horrid barbarities which degraded France , and made her bleed at everv pore , when her
massacres , her butcheries , her hatred to royalty , her blasphemous disavowal ofthe existence ofthe Deity and of " a future state , screamed her bloody trumpet through the world , proclaiming deeds , at the recollection of which human nature shudders ! a society of repullicans started up in Dublin , under the denomination of United Irishmen , and beat up for recruits by disseminating seditious hand-bills and other publicationsunder the si gnature of one Theobald Wolfe Tone
, , their secretary , since transported to Botany Bay . At length , a party of . the traitors audaciousl y assembled in arms , within si ght of Dublin-Castle : their uniform , their buttons , every emblem whereby their hatred to royalty could be expressed , were " adapted to convince every beholder how far they were desirous of emulating the savage ferocity ofthe French . They were bent upon a revolution—they called themselves the
' First Battalion of National Guards , ' and assumed for their motto , < Liberty and Equality . ' Their colours exhibited a harp without a crown ' ; in the stead of which was affixed a pike , supporting- a cap of liberty . Every thing tended to indicate their traitorous designs . This band of republicans was headed by Archibald Hamilton Rowan . - The military were called out ,. and ordered to disperse this gang of levellers . This was effected , fortunately , without bloodshed . "
An enquiry was instituted b y the Irish Parliament for the purpose of developing the treasonable designs of this society ; who , upon a report being made of their proceedings , were discovered to be closely connected with the French Directory : an attempt was made by the latter , in December 179 6 , to invade the kingdom , which was providentially averted by- the mutual co-operation ofthe winds and waves .
However , the internal disaffection of the Irish still continued to rage : in order to pacify their minds and check its influence , if became necessary that a change should be made in the executive power . On January 4 th , 1795 , Lord Westmoreland was succeeded in the government by Earl Fitzwilliam . . According to some accounts published under the sanction of Lord
, Fitzwilliam , it appears that his Lordshi p , previous to his departure for Ireland , concurred in opinion with the Duke of Portland and Mr . Pitt , and the other members of the British Cabinet , that the work which was left imperfect in Ireland in the year 1 793 , ought to be