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Article PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND. ← Page 2 of 4 →
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Parliament Of Ireland.
Minister , 100 men , armed and mounted , had the audacity to enter the towii of Cahir , in the county of Tipperary , and plundered it of arms . Inconsequence of these acts , it was found expedient , on the part of Government , to issue a proclamation , enabling military commanders to use the promptest means of suppressing rebellion ; and it must be in the recollection of that House , and of the country , that on all occasions , when Government found it necessary to resort to extra measures , the fullest notice was given , that
offenders might avail themselves ofthe intermediate time to avoid any necessary severity accompanying those measures in their execution . The steps then taken had almost an instantaneous effedf in suppressing the daring attempts of rebellion , and in many parts of the counties of Kildare and Tipperary the deluded gave up their arms , and returned to their allegiance . This disposition was so far prevalent in the month of May , that the leaders saw their cause declining , anel that they must hazard an insurrection or relinquish their hopes altogether . For the measures then taken by the conspirators , and their plans of procedure , the Report referred to the trial of the Sheares ' s .
On the 24 th of May martial law was announced hy proclamation , and the kingdom was committed for salvation to the military and yeomanry . The Report here repeated the opinion of the Committee , that the rebellion orig inated not in a wish for Catholic Emancipation or Parliamentary Reform , but in a project to subvert the Government , and dissolve the connection between this country and Great Britain ; a connection so mutually advantageous to both nations ; and that these objects were sought to be attained b y
working en the passions , vulgar prejudices , and vices of the multitude , and by the allurements of the fanciful and specious doctrine of equality . How far these might have prevailed , was not to be calculated , had not Government precipitated the rebellion into an effort , the rashness of which so happily contributed to its suppression . The Report ascribed much advantage to the disclosures made on this subject , as they enabled Government to secure the future safety of the countryand guard it against the desolating influence of
, France . Such has been the agency , and such the leading views , as already described , of that rebellion , upon whose arrestation tiie Committee congratulateel the House and the country , and which it trusted was effectuall y and finally suppressed . , ' Here ended the Report , after which Lord Castlereagh presented the documents referred to at its commencement , and which were in substance as follows :
EXAMINATION OF DR . M ' NEVIN' . This detailed the progressive degrees ofthe United Association . It recited that all idea of mere Reform in Parliament had been long relinquished , and the establishment of a Republic in this country determined on ; and it went through the formation of military bodies , appropriation of funds , & c . & c . The Doftor exculpated the English and Scotch societies from any connection with the Irish Union , but believed some slig ht intercourse was held between
them and the disaffected in the North . He corroborated what had been advanced in the Report , relative to the correspondence with France , and asserted , that had tlie Bantry Bay affair succeeded , the North would have arisen . He acknowledged a conference with General Hoche at Frankfort , and that the Irish Union had constantly , and continues to have , an accredited aoc-ntai Paris . He communicated the substance of a representation made to the French Directoryinstructing to the invasion of Ireland and
, , recommending Lough Svvilly or Killybegs as the best places for effecting a landing ; amfthat , if the latter place was chosen , a powerful diversion mig ht be made at Siigo , in the neighbourhood of which 10 , 000 men would be ready to take up arms . It represented the priests - as generally very active in pro-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Parliament Of Ireland.
Minister , 100 men , armed and mounted , had the audacity to enter the towii of Cahir , in the county of Tipperary , and plundered it of arms . Inconsequence of these acts , it was found expedient , on the part of Government , to issue a proclamation , enabling military commanders to use the promptest means of suppressing rebellion ; and it must be in the recollection of that House , and of the country , that on all occasions , when Government found it necessary to resort to extra measures , the fullest notice was given , that
offenders might avail themselves ofthe intermediate time to avoid any necessary severity accompanying those measures in their execution . The steps then taken had almost an instantaneous effedf in suppressing the daring attempts of rebellion , and in many parts of the counties of Kildare and Tipperary the deluded gave up their arms , and returned to their allegiance . This disposition was so far prevalent in the month of May , that the leaders saw their cause declining , anel that they must hazard an insurrection or relinquish their hopes altogether . For the measures then taken by the conspirators , and their plans of procedure , the Report referred to the trial of the Sheares ' s .
On the 24 th of May martial law was announced hy proclamation , and the kingdom was committed for salvation to the military and yeomanry . The Report here repeated the opinion of the Committee , that the rebellion orig inated not in a wish for Catholic Emancipation or Parliamentary Reform , but in a project to subvert the Government , and dissolve the connection between this country and Great Britain ; a connection so mutually advantageous to both nations ; and that these objects were sought to be attained b y
working en the passions , vulgar prejudices , and vices of the multitude , and by the allurements of the fanciful and specious doctrine of equality . How far these might have prevailed , was not to be calculated , had not Government precipitated the rebellion into an effort , the rashness of which so happily contributed to its suppression . The Report ascribed much advantage to the disclosures made on this subject , as they enabled Government to secure the future safety of the countryand guard it against the desolating influence of
, France . Such has been the agency , and such the leading views , as already described , of that rebellion , upon whose arrestation tiie Committee congratulateel the House and the country , and which it trusted was effectuall y and finally suppressed . , ' Here ended the Report , after which Lord Castlereagh presented the documents referred to at its commencement , and which were in substance as follows :
EXAMINATION OF DR . M ' NEVIN' . This detailed the progressive degrees ofthe United Association . It recited that all idea of mere Reform in Parliament had been long relinquished , and the establishment of a Republic in this country determined on ; and it went through the formation of military bodies , appropriation of funds , & c . & c . The Doftor exculpated the English and Scotch societies from any connection with the Irish Union , but believed some slig ht intercourse was held between
them and the disaffected in the North . He corroborated what had been advanced in the Report , relative to the correspondence with France , and asserted , that had tlie Bantry Bay affair succeeded , the North would have arisen . He acknowledged a conference with General Hoche at Frankfort , and that the Irish Union had constantly , and continues to have , an accredited aoc-ntai Paris . He communicated the substance of a representation made to the French Directoryinstructing to the invasion of Ireland and
, , recommending Lough Svvilly or Killybegs as the best places for effecting a landing ; amfthat , if the latter place was chosen , a powerful diversion mig ht be made at Siigo , in the neighbourhood of which 10 , 000 men would be ready to take up arms . It represented the priests - as generally very active in pro-