Peel And Oconnell A Review Of The Irish Policy Of Parliament From The Act Of Union To The Death Of Sir Robert Peel

Author : G. Shaw-Lefevre
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ISBN 13 : 9781331318996
Total Pages : 406 pages
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Download or read book Peel and O'connell written by G. Shaw-Lefevre and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Peel and O'connell: A Review of the Irish Policy of Parliament From the Act of Union to the Death of Sir Robert Peel During the last five years I have had frequent occasions to look back at the proceedings of Parliament on Irish affairs since the Act of Union; my studies confirmed the conclusion, which other considerations had gradually forced upon me, that a complete change was necessary in the Legislative and Administrative systems of Ireland. In view of the issues now before the country, I have ventured to expand my notes of the first fifty years after the Union into a narrative of the Irish policy of Parliament. I have not gone further than the year 1850, in part because the death of Sir Robert Peel, who was so largely responsible for that policy, marks a distinct epoch in Irish history, and in part because it is more difficult to write with the same freedom of many subsequent events. I have not proposed to write a complete history of Ireland during this period; my object has been to explain the action of Parliament in respect to Irish affairs. Neither have I intended to give a full biography of O'Connell, still less of Sir Robert Peel. They are, however, the two commanding figures of the opposing forces during this time. I have endeavoured to exhibit their views and their policy, and those of some others of the contemporary statesmen, as fairly as possible, by frequent references to their own language. 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.