The Present State of Ireland, and the Only Means of Preserving Her to the Empire, Considered: In a Letter to the Marquis Cornwallis (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

James Geraghty

9780260051066: The Present State of Ireland, and the Only Means of Preserving Her to the Empire, Considered: In a Letter to the Marquis Cornwallis (Classic Reprint)

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It has been objected to the confiitution of Eng land, that, however admirably it. Has adjufi'ed the different powers of the Rate 1n mutual freedom, as well as in necefiiiry co -operation, it has not fufiici ently provided againf't an evil, which, under this fine theory, may produce defpootifm in practice; that the inﬂuence of the Crown 13 not entirely excluded from admiﬂion to the Legiﬂature. Finely tempered as this confiitution is between the popular form of govemment and the monarchical, partaking of the freedom of the one and the energy of the other, I am free to confefs myfelf one of thofe who think 11.

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