*  You  want  to  preserve  the  peace  of  Ireland :  where

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is  the  place  to  do  so  but  in  Ireland  ?  You  want  td
preserve  the  connexion  of  this  country  with  England :
where  is  the  place  to  do  so  but  in  this  country  ?  Sup-
pose any  man  of  plain  understanding  should  meet  your
peers  and  your  hundred  members  on  the  road  to  Lon-
don, and  ask  them,  "  What  are  you  going  there  for  ?"
and  you  shoyld  anfwer,  u  to  preserve  the  peace  of  Ire-
tend,"  would  he  not  say,  "  Good  people,  go  back  to
your  own  country ;  it  is  there  you  can  best  preserve
its  peace  :  England  wants  you  not ;  but  Ireland  does."

He  then  moved  an  amendment  to  the  address,  con-
necting -the  desire  of  a  continuance  of  British  con-
nexion with  the  wish  for  the  preservation  of  an  inde-
pendent resident  parliament.
