A Letter to the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., On the State of Ireland
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That weapon which he has forged with so much care, and has heretofore wielded with so much success, has broken short in his hand.f The Government of 1829 proposed to raise the freehold franchise from 40^. to 10/. Lord Duncannon, * Hansard^ vol. xx. f Hansard^ vol. xx. March 5, 1829. On the State of TrelancL 29 on the second reading, observed that but for the con- stitutional exercise of their privileges by the 4,0s. freeholders of Louth, Waterford, and Clare this bill would never have been hear...d of. But the abuse was flagrant, and some remedy was required. The remedy proposed indeed restricted the elective franchise within very narrow limits. But in 1850 a measure was carried through Parliament granting the franchise to occupiers rated at twelve pounds a year. Still the fight — the hght for life and death — con- tinued. Mr. Shiel described it dramatically somewhat in this fashion : — Timothy Xolan is accosted by his landlord, Mr. jNIartin, a deposit of the Lord Protector. ' Who do you vote for, Tim ?
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