The Life and Times of Daniel O´connell (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Life and Times of Daniel O´connell It is now more than seven hundred years since the day on which English invaders first set foot upon the soil of Ireland. Ever since that fatal event Ireland has been more or less subject to the yoke of England, and more or less miserable. At times, indeed, she has been regarded, equally by friend and foe, as the most unfortunate island of the sea, though, from the gifts lavished alike on her soil and people by the bounteous hand of Nature, she might be reasonably expected to prove the most fortunate. And wretched her destiny must ever remain while her connection with England lasts. There are many who ask, Why must this be so? Does she not share the benefits of the glorious and envied constitution of Britain? Is she not represented in the British legislature? Are not the Irish people, in short, now part and parcel of the great British nation - participators in all the blessings of British law and British justice? Most Englishmen, and Irishmen of the West-British stamp, would fain answer these questions in the affirmative; but the views of all such on "the Irish question" are entirely fallacious. If, indeed, the Irish were really one people with the English - similar in race, feeling, character, traditions, and interests - the present connection with England would ensure their happiness. With or without members in the British legislature, Ireland would, in this case, see her interests cared for - would be virtually represented. The representatives of Shropshire and Sussex would be as solicitous about the honour and interests of Tyrone and Tipperary as about those of Durham and Dorset, or even their own. But the two nations - not being homogeneous; on the contrary, differing widely in race, feeling, character, traditions, and interests - are altogether incapable of amalgamation. The representation of the weaker in the united legislature must ever be a delusion and a sham. Even if Ireland had an equal number of representatives with England (and this she could not reasonably claim), England, being wealthier and more powerful, would have the advantage in various ways. But Ireland having, as a matter of course, only a small minority in the united legislature, it necessarily follows that, whenever a conflict of interests takes place between the two countries, her representatives must be swamped and her interests must go to the wall. This would be inevitable if Irish members of Parliament were all as incorruptible as Aristides. But it is hardly necessary to point out the facilities England possesses for corrupting Irish members of Parliament; and her desire to corrupt equals her ability. Some, indeed, there are who argue that if a democratic republic were proclaimed in the British Islands, it would no longer be necessary for the Irish people to seek even the restoration of their separate legislature. The representatives of the English democracy would at length give tardy justice to Ireland. No more thorough fallacy than this was ever uttered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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