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Parliament Of Ireland.
hao . succeeded in breaking the / smaller societies , those of a superior kind yet remained ; but by their , own official ' reports it was evident the- debilitated state to which the conspiracy was reduced : subscriptions ceased to be paid , a scarcity in the , funds -followed ,-a- communication between the : different : orders of the . association became difficult , and from , all thosecircumstances the leaders were . induced toturn all their attention , to the corruption , of the other " provinces . ; causing their agents toburncorn , hough cattle , and commit other enormitieswhich artfull to
, . they- y imputed such causes and to suchinsttuctions , as most effectually to excite the resentment of the Catholics' against . the !" Gpyeriimentr The , next ., engine-pf- 'tieason claiming ; the- attention of'the ' Committee was an-infamous paper , called-The Unimr Star , - . published- in the : summer . of . 1797 , and , exciting . to the , assassination of all- magistrates' and others ,, whose ; loyal . activity impeded . the accomplishment of their treasdns ,-and assuming encreased infamy in the open justificationiof . this infernal-docin the
trine . . same year was published a newspaper called The Press , established also . in aid-of . the conspiracy , and bearing the name , as : printer , of Arthur . O'Connor ; , who . admitted ,, in his examination before the Committee ; - that he-was that year , a Member of-the Executive Directory of theTrish Uriior .-It appeared-that ,, so- early . as the 3 ^^ 1793 ,, the seduction of-the soldiery- ; was . part of" the system of treason , and acted . upon by distributing among the ; troops printed -ex-citing to mutinyand offering rewardfordesertion
papers , . ,. s ; - Frpm , the . exami . nationof Dr . M'Nevin ,- a-Member ofthetfrish Executi ' ve . v before the ; Committee , it appeared , that-early , in : the'year 1796 a corfe - - sc-ondence was , maintained-with France ; and accredited agents from .-the Irish 3 Union dispatched- to , the-French : Direetory ,, to solicitaicfrahdlnduc ' e them '
tothe invasiou-of this country . ; These agents were ,-Lord E . Fitzgerald " arid ' A- O'Connor ,, who proceeded by- way of Hamburgh and Switzerland ; buf did-not , go to . Paris , fearing . that- their , arrival . in that city would reach theknowledge ,: of , the : Irish , Government ,, and at their return home they wouldbe arrested ; they- contented themselves , therefore ,, with a conference ^ with '' General Hoche ,-who afterwards : arrived with , a French fleet ' off the Irish ' coast , In October ,- 179 6 ,. an . accredited messenger arrived in : this kingdorif fromtheFrench the intention of
-.- - 'Republic ,- communicating ; invading -it" withfifteen thousand .-mcn , .. which invasion was attempted the December following at . Baiitry Bay ¦ . nor - were these , the first communications - had ' - between the ' traitors , of . this , co , untry-and-rhe Government of France ,-: for on- ' thri ' . triatof Dodor Jackson , it was fully proved that an intercourse of this 'kind existed-{" ¦ ' 795 . and a representation of the . state-of this country was drawn for the instruction . of -the , French ; Directory ,-, b y Theobald -Wolfe Tone and ArcHi . bald Hamilton the time
Rowan . From that . France was so providentially dev wated . m her attempted invasion of this-country , the conspiracy here ceased not to encourage : France to a second effort ; and for' this purpose a Miv t-ewms was . sent ' to Paris in the spring of 1797 ; but the French Directory , not seeming- much . disposed to . renew their attempts on Ireland , a second Jpi t , Dr . MfNevin ,- was sent on a similar errand . He left Dublin about « ie end of June in the and having reached hhada
same year , Hamburg-, ' conference with : the ., French Minister- resident there , to whom , finding it "' ihcult to obtain a passport to Paris , he presented a copy of Memoire , which ; = stated by the Doitor on oath , contained an exaggerated pifture of'the re ' - ° urces of the conspiracy and the dispositions of the . people , and from these rcumstances -deducing tlie certainty of success ,: were- an- 'invasion- once ifected
... It also required a loan of a million and a half in aid of the Irish " ¦ evolution , proposing as - . security , the- confiscation of the ' church lands in is country , and the property-of-all who .-should oppose' the 'progress of the ' uelhon , II France did . not accede to this ; Spain was to have been- applied to . [ TO BE ' CO . NTIN'fED . j .
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Parliament Of Ireland.
hao . succeeded in breaking the / smaller societies , those of a superior kind yet remained ; but by their , own official ' reports it was evident the- debilitated state to which the conspiracy was reduced : subscriptions ceased to be paid , a scarcity in the , funds -followed ,-a- communication between the : different : orders of the . association became difficult , and from , all thosecircumstances the leaders were . induced toturn all their attention , to the corruption , of the other " provinces . ; causing their agents toburncorn , hough cattle , and commit other enormitieswhich artfull to
, . they- y imputed such causes and to suchinsttuctions , as most effectually to excite the resentment of the Catholics' against . the !" Gpyeriimentr The , next ., engine-pf- 'tieason claiming ; the- attention of'the ' Committee was an-infamous paper , called-The Unimr Star , - . published- in the : summer . of . 1797 , and , exciting . to the , assassination of all- magistrates' and others ,, whose ; loyal . activity impeded . the accomplishment of their treasdns ,-and assuming encreased infamy in the open justificationiof . this infernal-docin the
trine . . same year was published a newspaper called The Press , established also . in aid-of . the conspiracy , and bearing the name , as : printer , of Arthur . O'Connor ; , who . admitted ,, in his examination before the Committee ; - that he-was that year , a Member of-the Executive Directory of theTrish Uriior .-It appeared-that ,, so- early . as the 3 ^^ 1793 ,, the seduction of-the soldiery- ; was . part of" the system of treason , and acted . upon by distributing among the ; troops printed -ex-citing to mutinyand offering rewardfordesertion
papers , . ,. s ; - Frpm , the . exami . nationof Dr . M'Nevin ,- a-Member ofthetfrish Executi ' ve . v before the ; Committee , it appeared , that-early , in : the'year 1796 a corfe - - sc-ondence was , maintained-with France ; and accredited agents from .-the Irish 3 Union dispatched- to , the-French : Direetory ,, to solicitaicfrahdlnduc ' e them '
tothe invasiou-of this country . ; These agents were ,-Lord E . Fitzgerald " arid ' A- O'Connor ,, who proceeded by- way of Hamburgh and Switzerland ; buf did-not , go to . Paris , fearing . that- their , arrival . in that city would reach theknowledge ,: of , the : Irish , Government ,, and at their return home they wouldbe arrested ; they- contented themselves , therefore ,, with a conference ^ with '' General Hoche ,-who afterwards : arrived with , a French fleet ' off the Irish ' coast , In October ,- 179 6 ,. an . accredited messenger arrived in : this kingdorif fromtheFrench the intention of
-.- - 'Republic ,- communicating ; invading -it" withfifteen thousand .-mcn , .. which invasion was attempted the December following at . Baiitry Bay ¦ . nor - were these , the first communications - had ' - between the ' traitors , of . this , co , untry-and-rhe Government of France ,-: for on- ' thri ' . triatof Dodor Jackson , it was fully proved that an intercourse of this 'kind existed-{" ¦ ' 795 . and a representation of the . state-of this country was drawn for the instruction . of -the , French ; Directory ,-, b y Theobald -Wolfe Tone and ArcHi . bald Hamilton the time
Rowan . From that . France was so providentially dev wated . m her attempted invasion of this-country , the conspiracy here ceased not to encourage : France to a second effort ; and for' this purpose a Miv t-ewms was . sent ' to Paris in the spring of 1797 ; but the French Directory , not seeming- much . disposed to . renew their attempts on Ireland , a second Jpi t , Dr . MfNevin ,- was sent on a similar errand . He left Dublin about « ie end of June in the and having reached hhada
same year , Hamburg-, ' conference with : the ., French Minister- resident there , to whom , finding it "' ihcult to obtain a passport to Paris , he presented a copy of Memoire , which ; = stated by the Doitor on oath , contained an exaggerated pifture of'the re ' - ° urces of the conspiracy and the dispositions of the . people , and from these rcumstances -deducing tlie certainty of success ,: were- an- 'invasion- once ifected
... It also required a loan of a million and a half in aid of the Irish " ¦ evolution , proposing as - . security , the- confiscation of the ' church lands in is country , and the property-of-all who .-should oppose' the 'progress of the ' uelhon , II France did . not accede to this ; Spain was to have been- applied to . [ TO BE ' CO . NTIN'fED . j .