Excerpt from Catholics: An Argument on Behalf of the Catholics of Ireland, in Which the Present Political State of That Country, and the Necessity of a Parliamentary Reform Are Considered The misfortune of Ireland is, that we have no National Government, in which we differ from England, and from all Europe. In England the King is refident, and his prefence begets infinite advantages; the Government is Englifh, with englifh views and interefis only; the people are very powerful, though they have not their due power: whoever is, or would be Minifier, can fecure or arrife at office only by Rudy ing and following their will, their pafli-a ons, *and their very prejudices Hence the interefis of King, Minifiers, and People, move forward in one and the fame dirco tion, advanced or retarded by the fame means, and cannot even in idea be fepa. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.