The  object  now  was,  to  put  down  all  law,  and
to  dispose  of  all  property ;  for  this  re-
bellion   went  to    nothing  short  of  that
point :  every  thing  was  to  be  regulated
according  to  the  unknown  system  of  some
invisible  government :  by  that  it  was  to
be  decided  how  gentlemen  were  to  let
their  lands,  or  whether  they  should  let
them  at  all.    This,  in  short,  was  a  re-
bellion of  murder  and  plunder ;  and  if  the
House  supported  the  motion  of  the  right
hon.  baronet,  it  would  sow  more  deeply
than   ever  the  seeds    of  perpetual  dis-
turbance.   He  therefore  most  solemnly
protested  against  mixing  up  matters  of
grievance  with  the  question  of  the  main-
tenance of  the  law :  it  was  only  in  times
of  tranquillity  that  the  House  could  legis*
late  with  wisdom  and  effect  upon  such
subjects.     He  felt  much  confidence,  that
the  right  hon.  baronet  would  give  due
weight  to  these  considerations,  and  assist
him  in  pursuing  a  course  which  all  who
were  interested  in  the  welfare  of  Ireland
must,  he  thoueht,  be  disposed  to  follow^-
a   course   which    the   aistinguished    in>
dividual  who  had  not  lon^  since  so  ably
advocated  the  claims  of  tne  Roman  Ca-
tholics would  be  anxious  to  second,  and
which  had  been  prudently  and  temperately
adopted  on  a  former  occasion.-    When
the  country  was  in  a  state  of  disturbance
and  confusion,  the  year  before  last,  the
House  had  heard    no  desire  from  any
quarter,  that  the  claims  of  the  Catholics
should  be  taken  into  consideration ;  all
parties  then   studiously  abstained  from
their  introduction,  and  it  was  not  until
tranquillity  had  been  perfectly  restored  in
this  country  ( Ireland  in  the  interval  re-
maining undisturbed),  that  the  question,
in  which  they  were  so  deeply  interested,
was  broueht  under  the  notice  of  parlia-
npent.    He  trusted  that  the  heads  and


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