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Travels in Ireland, in 1822, Brief Sketches of the Moral, Physical and Political State of the Country
Travels in Ireland in 1822 Brief Sketches of the Moral Physical and Political State of the Country Author:Thomas Reid General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1823 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: 300 BISHOP OF LIMERICK. There are crowds of poor, ragged and hungry, who can obtain no employment. What are they to do ? Four deluded wretches have expiated their offences this morning. No reflecting man, whose mind is not wickedly perverted, can question the necessity of restraining the wild career of such men ; but whether extirpation be the best and only remedy that can be applied to such evils is, to say the least of it, not quite so evident. Those unfortunate beings, regarding themselves as martyrs to a good cause, not only met death with indifference, but embraced it with frenzied ardour. " We are only a branch off the tree ; there are plenty left to do the business," said they, while standing on the awful threshold of eternity. Happy for the country had these evil-starred men carried their dangerous sentiments to the grave; but there is too much reason to fear they have bequeathed them to sympathizing companions, who are but little disposed to put the candle under a bushel. 10th. Waited on the Rev. Mr. Pinkerton again this morning, and had a long conversation with him relative to the country, on the state of which he appears to be well- informed. A meeting of the committee having been appointed for this day, he very politely invited me to accompany him thither, and I accepted the invitation. I had the honour of meeting the bishop, Dr. Elrington, who manifested a desire to promote the object of my inquiries, for which I feel sincerely obliged. The state of the country appeared to excite in his lordship the liveliest interest; he has no doubt that the poor will be as badly circumstanced next y...« less