British Royalty contrasted with the Irish. 317 



virtues betray us into uncharitable incon- 

 gruities ! 



Royalty in Great Britain is not an empty 

 pageant, a senseless ostentatious sound ! but 

 implies power exercised for public protection 

 for individual security for the maintenance 

 of public tranquillity for the conservation of 

 personal privileges, liberty,freedom, and rights 

 and for the execution of the laws. Attachment 

 to so illustrious an office, whence no wrong can 

 issue, and where the fountain of mercy re- 

 sides, is founded on rational principles, or a 

 compact existing between the governor and 

 the governed. The distribution of benefits is 

 the business of the former a grateful acknow- 

 ledgement, and thankful acceptance, the duty 

 of the latter here, the law is the poor man'* 

 shield, and here the dwarf, arrayed against the 

 giant, has an equal chance in the field over which 

 justice presides. What a contrast does the 

 reverse of the medal in Ireland present ? Can 

 loyalty or attachment be expected from a people 

 as here described, " rung in the nose like a pig, 

 and bent to the earth ? " 



Mr. A. Young gives a deplorable account of 



the county of Mayo, at the time of his visit. 



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