...Cornwallis.4 Self-government had become impossible. " If ever there was a country," said Lord Hutchinson, " unfit to govern itself, it is Ireland ; a corrupt...commonalty,- a distracted government, a divided people." 5 Imperial considerations, no less paramount, also pointed to the union. Not only had the divisions...

...so convinced of anything in politics as of the necessity of this measure. If ever there was a nation unfit to govern itself, it is Ireland; a corrupt aristocracy...to enjoy the power of persecuting each other. The * Memoirs, p. 125. Catholic would murder the Protestant in the name of God ; the Protestant would murder...

...Cornwallis.4 Self-government had become impossible. " If ever there was a country, said Lord Hutchinson, " unfit to govern itself, it is Ireland ; a corrupt...ferocious commonalty, a distracted government, a divided people."5 Imperial considerations no less paramount, also pointed to the union. Not only had the divisions...

...Cornwallis.4 Self-government had become impossible. " If ever there was a country," said Lord Hutchinson, " unfit to govern itself, it is Ireland ; a corrupt...ferocious commonalty, a distracted government, a divided people."5 Imperial considerations no less paramount, also pointed to the union. Not only had the divisions...

...Sir Ralph Abercromby, dated Dundalk, June I2th, 1799, speaks thus on the subject of the Union : — " If ever there was a country unfit to govern itself,...commonalty, a distracted Government, a divided people. . . . The bulk of the people, in my opinion, are by no means averse to the Union. 7 he South is certainly...

...measures of administration. " If ever there was a country infit to govern itself," said Lord Hutchinson, "it is Ireland. A corrupt aristocracy, a ferocious...commonalty, a distracted Government, a divided people 1 " The real character of this Parliamentary rule was seen in the rejection of Pitt's offer of free...

...measures of administration. "If ever there was a country uifit to govern itself," said Lord Hutchinson, "it is -Ireland. A corrupt aristocracy, a ferocious...commonalty, a distracted Government, a divided people ! " The real character of this Parliamentary rule was seen in the rejection of Pitt's offer of free...

...the Protestant Volunteers, 1779; granted by Lord Rockingham, 1782. (c) Ireland from 1782 to 1800 : "a corrupt aristocracy, a ferocious commonalty, a distracted government, a divided people." 2 Pitt's Early Policy. (a) Free trade between England and Ireland ; rejected by Grattan and the Protestant...

...measures of administration. " If ever there was a country unfit to govern itself," said Lord Hutchinson, " it is Ireland. A corrupt aristocracy, a ferocious...commonalty, a distracted Government, a divided people ! " The real character of this Parliamentary rule was seen Irish in the rejection of Pitt's offer of...

...measures of administration. "If ever there was a country unfit to govern itself," said Lord Hutchinson, "it is Ireland. A corrupt aristocracy, a ferocious...commonalty, a distracted government, a divided people!" 1561. The real character of this parliamentary rule was seen in the rejection of Pitt's offer of free...