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equally satisfactory would appear, serves to 

 show, that after all that has been said and 

 written on this most interesting subject, there 

 is but one mean by which so large a proportion 

 of our fellow subjects can be rescued from a 

 state of wretchedness, as disgraceful to the 

 policy of Ireland, as it is derogatory to the 

 government of the British empire. The pre- 

 sent moment is certainly not a propitious one 

 for entering on any direct plan to effect this 

 most desirable end ; but in the event of a 

 happy termination of the present universal con- 

 test, when the capital which is now engaged in 

 objects of national warfare shall cease to be 

 demanded, and shall wait the enterprise of 

 agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and the 

 peaceful arts of the country then will the 

 happy period arrive, when the miseries of the 

 Irish peasantry may all be forgotten in their 

 constant employment. 



Blind indeed must be that prejudiced in- 

 dividual, who for a moment could doubt the 

 unlimited felicity which such a change would 

 confer on myriads of our fellow creatures, and 

 pn the national honor and prosperity ! Adieu. 



J. C. C. 



