Of terror clad; not with those thunders | arm'd That conscious | Sinai | felt when fear ap- | pall'd The scatter'd | tribes: thou hast a gentler | But now my soul un- | used to stretch her powers In | flight so daring | drops her | weary | wing, 1 And seeks a- | gain the | known ac- custom❜d | spot, Drest up with with sun and shade | and | lawns, and | streams; A mansion | fair and spacious for its | guest | And full re- | plete with | wonders. 1711 Let me here | Con- tent and | grateful | wait the ap- pointed | time And ripen for the skies the | hour will come | When all these | splendors, | bursting | on my | sight Shall stand un- | veil'd, | and to my | ravish'd | | sanse Un-lock the glories of the | world un- | known. 919771971 26 SPEECH OF MR PLUNKET, On the competency of the Irish Parliament to pass the Measure of Union. dare to lay your hand on the | consti- | tution. 17|I| tell you, that | if | circumstanced as you are you | pass this | act, it will be a | nullity, purpose, and that | no | man in | Ireland | will be bound to o- | bey it. ||17|1| make the assertion de- | liberately. I re- | peat it, and call on | any | man who | hears me, | to take down my | words; you have not been elected for this you are ap- pointed to make | laws, not legis-| latures; you are ap- pointed to | exercise | ▼ the functions of | legis- | lators, and not to transfer them; and if you | do so your act is a disso- | lution of the | govern- | ment; you re-solve so- | ciety | into its o- | riginal | elements, and no man in the | land is | bound 1|17| Sir, 1|I| state | doc to obey you. im- | mutable | laws I state not merely | founded in the of | justice and of | truth; | 1 merely the o- | pinions of the | ablest men who have written on the science of government; our constitution but I state the practice as ❘ settled | at the æra of the of revolution, which but I state the doctrine | under | the | house of | Hanover de- | rives its | title to the throne.]||| Has the king a | right to trans- | fer his | crown? Is he | com petent to an- | nex it to the crown of Spain, | or of any | other | country? || No, | | 1 mayabdicate it; | and | every man but he who | knows the consti- | tution, | knows the conse- quence, | the right re- | verts to the next in suc- | ces sion; the people. The man who | questions | if they | all | abdicate, it re- verts to this doctrine, in the same | breath, transfer your | legislative | rights throne as a to to the | French | competent council of five hundred? || Are you | competent | 1 to transfer them to the | British | parliament? | I answer, | No. |11|17| When you trans- | fer you abdicate, and the great | 0-1 riginal | trust | re- | verts to the | people | from | whom it issued. ex- | tinguish. Your- | selves you may but | parliament you can not ex- | tinguish ; || it is en- | throned | in the | hearts of the people; || it is en- | shrined the sanctuary of the | constitution; immortal in it is as the island which it pro- | tects; | on the constitution; || it is a- | bove your | power. | Sir, I do not | say that | the form of the ever | such a case a- | rises, it must be decided on its own merits: || but that is not this case. If government | | con- | siders this a | season for ex- periments peculiarly | fitted | are you ready to do so? Are you they may call on the people. you, you | | dis- | ready to abide the e- | vent of such an ap- peal? 1111111 What is it | you must in that e-vent, sub- | mit to the people? || Not this particular | project, |11| for if solve the present | form of government, they be- come free to | chose | any | other; | 19 you fling them to the fury of the tempest you must call on them to un house them- | selves of the es- | tablished | consti- | tution, and to fashion to them-selves another. 9 71 I ask a- gain, is this the time | for an ex- periment of that nature? | |17| Thank God the people have | mani- | fested no such wish; | | so far as they have | spoken, their | voice is de- | cidedly a- | gainst | this daring inno-vation. You know that no voice has been uttered in its | favor, 171 and you cannot be in- | fatuated e- |nough | 10 | take confidence from the | silence in some parts of the kingdom, which pre- | vails if you | know how to appreciate that | silence, it is | l more formidable | than the most | clamorous | oppo- | sition; you may be rived and shivered by the 1 1 lightning before you | hear the | peal of the thun der!|11|17| But sir, we are told that with calmness we should discuss this question and composure! render my birth-right told I should be calm, I am | called on to sur- | and my honor, and I am com- | posed! | National pride! || Independence of our | coun try! These we are told by the minis | ! ter, are only | vulgar | topics fitted for the me-ridian of the | mob, but un-worthy to be mentioned to such an en- | lightened as- | sembly as this. They are | trinkets and | gewgaws, | fit to catch the | fancy of | childish and un-| thinking people like you, sir, predecessor in | that | chair un house, or like your | but utterly of this | | | worthy the con- | side- | ration or of the ma- | tured | under- | standing | 11 of the noble lord who conde- | scends 1 to in- struct it! | 1| 1| Gracious | God!|79| we see a Perry | re-as- | cending from the | tomb and raising his | awful | voice to warn us | a-gainst the sur- | render of our | freedom, and we see that the | proud and | virtuous | feelings | which warmed the breast of that | aged | and | venerable man, are only | calculated | to ex| | | cite the con- tempt of this young phi- | losopher, | who has been transry to the cabinetto | outrage the feelings and under-standing | planted | from the nurse of the country. I |