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Dublin, Jn{y 20*Speech cf Lord Dun^ay, in the Houfe of Peers, on Tburfday, when the Meffags from the-Lord Lieu■ tenant was taken into conjidcration•Lord Dnnfay.—My Lord, the paternal offer of pardor which our mild and beneficent fovereign has been graci. oufly pleafed to hold out to his deluded lubjects oi tins kingdom commands my approbation, as I am lure it doe! every man who feels the excellence of the wife and bu« mine policy, which would, if poSuble, reprefs rebellion, yet fpare the effuftoh of human blood, and prefern ite population of the country. I fliould, however, have contented myfclf, on this lignal occaficn, with my entire concurrence with fo admirable a meafure, by giving it a filent vote, had not the noble Lord on the wooliack thought pro* per to allude to ^ motion for Conciliatory meafures heretofore made by a much refpefted Peer, now abfent. Having had the honor of lupporting that motion, with other noble Lord-, upon the principles which now make it a duty in re to pals over in Lienee an allufion that might render thole principles liable to future mifconftruction, I therefore men iblcmnly proteft, in the face of this Houfe, that if IccuH have formed the mcft difiant conception of the fecret views and machinations of thole deluded people, or imagined that they tended in the fmalleft degree to rebellion, 1 ftcuU never have appeared an advocate for them; and I will be bold to fay, that thofe other noble Lords with whom I hai the honor to aft upon the occafion alluded to feel as I no’* feel and have cxprcfled ihyfelf. I perfeftly agree withu-noble Earl that French principles have been the ruin ctt* peace, profperity, and happineis, of the once incluftnc^ inhabitants of this country; that the magic founus 01 bertv and eoualitv have effeftcd more mifchicf in eve countf'y where the French have gained an inherence t;.-* their arms could ever have acccmplifhed; it is alio certat that .the minds of men have been for many \eais in aplorable fate of progreffive preparation for ti e admiffc*and poerful operation of the moll accurfcd princijJ^ France, Italy, Germany, and Holland, were complyphilofophiztd by a fct cf dcifa, atheifts, ami premeditatedeflroyers of all moral and religious principles, untie*f denomination of the Illuminati, a let of philofophersw*^ fource of light was the infernal demon of cifccrd; by efforts the way was frnoothed for the deftruftive rcvohtfj that followed in thefe countries; but that fuch diaboWprinciples fl»ould have found theiF way to Tlfcpeace^ ccttajres of our iiiand would have remained a matter*1 doubt and aftoniflmieat, had not this unnatural rehwy and devtdopement of fafts by the late trials in this capitaproved it beyond a doubt. —If-then,- my fards, libe? and eoualitv have any ufeful and rational influence an*-? men, where are tliev to be found fo eminently’ compicuc as in Great Britain and Ireland, where integrity, tab---31 and induftnp, ure infallible guides, from the lowed in the community to tlie Kighelt lienors in the fate. I where the jufl equality of cur laws protefts the mearc“ j well as the highefl of his Majefty’s fubjefts? Is it tor 21archy, mifery, and the guillotine, that our pecp.echange thofe bleflings? God forbid; they have only t0 * j a view of the conduct of the French towards even nation, who were deluded to admit them into their as friends, to make them recoil from their deftructn^jj nexion, and fhudder at the danger they have ym the power of Great Britain preferring them from tn* J tile and cruel invafion of every thing that is dear The people of Holland and Flanders welcomed t^ Mfriends and deliverers, but having had a French fraternity, by which means they haveb|Ai not only of their wealth, but cf tlieir com^Pycoreat fource cf :t, new Hgh fur their ar.CKU®
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Savannah Georgia Gazette
Savannah, Georgia, US
Thu, Oct 25, 1798
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