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THE UNITED IRISHMAN.
April 1.
Qlriiant-Iiigljt of llrzlanh.‘
V. mi-3 Unsrmt TliNAN1"S CLAIM or l'tlGll’l‘; ll Lgtl'cl' to M,mM,,,,,m n
the Right llori. the Lord John Russell. By James hI'kllt;:lIl., m be ,“
' . l.LD., 1?.-rim of the Londoiulerry Standard. Duhhu: M,
iiceininii.
an
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on the pen; ’
totally different-state of oeistv must ii so
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island of Ireland, is dlstinctl and exclusively in Protestaiit
right
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, and has its fountain in the “British roivn"a.ii
at it
may be communicated. or “ extended," by special favour, to
mini. ' ' ‘ ' ’ ’ ' '
IL r v- no
, ' llliiirxstv or-
other, flowing through his English and orthodox subjects,
has sometimes reached, and may reach, to the mere Irish-
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Protestant fellow ountrymaii:-this is in
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doctrine of James '.U'Knight, Doctor of Laws, Editor of the
lanrlundi.-rry Standard, and “ Author of the Letters of
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John Knox, u
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Devon Commission evidence. "M" M“ H-‘“‘5DCk, 0f L“!-
gan. swore that in his opinion Tenant-Riglit was traceable
to the terms and conditions of the Ulster Plantation, as con-
ed in a royal lcttor. Now no‘ Iemznl-flirmrr in all Ulster
ther to v or le
lncrcdible that no tradition of such terms should exist
and that the true basis of Tenzint-Right should only be dis.
closed now by the erudite investigations of “John Knox,
un." '
The author is amaiingly learned in point of books-
Justinian an-l Montesquieu on his fingers’ cailssbut, as
rribly. ignorant in point offaicls.
the -cts are prceisclyntlie opposite of what Knox,
Inst ad ‘ ‘ ‘ “ '
an
i,-.-.h,t to live, and to hold, and till larid;.for which imsi
ii, the new
certain.
8'3
which ociirred in the 17th century, ha
doubt but that there would have arisen,
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with'tliose i
‘and that the tenants would, in like
customary, or '
by them. Even down to the present din
cu in iv-ri l ‘
vi it of succession w '
of their prrsumed common right, by the commission of outrages
on and propert of the new occuplpgls. Anothe
o
,5 dangerous and sediiioiis poiso
n tli al
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-etaineil by the eliieftaui iid the members of his famil .
' ‘ of iiurc under the Bree o the Ir
ey of the Englisli
ere enforced by par‘
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rnment, and minister, who protests that, if letters go on this way tumbling in
t‘ ii.
prop e h till
1' f H ' t to t oi 3 . , " p
E on: 0 ii; mm" dDc;:i,,,:nf,‘f Engliggh bar or lachcs to the previous interests of ,“News, an “Crimea,”
ct with native iiidii-iduals, representing several and liirihs, Deaths, and hfarriages-altli
dot it-r el ses ofthe
, ou
people to whom one or more wulands were tlemised, sometimes ‘ ,
eSLilll'S of inlientance, but more generally for terms .of lives ‘ V1““9 07 “19 h0“1’i ll“
“ If the nerul couliscation ofthe estates of Irish pro
d not iiite e no ‘I
on the extinction ‘of the, .
svstem of tauistry and gnvellii g, nei tenures corresponding pain for the formation of a Ride Club, to be composed of person:
vices from ancient nizinors l'l Eiiglaiiil (copy hold). H‘ '; ‘ ‘ " ' '
aannc -
c it
qualilled estates of inheritance-in the parcels held
, B traditional clai of
OUR lVAR DEI’Ali'l‘lllEN'I .
IIIK .
z ' Win
ns anxious to give and‘ receive in-
structiouirithetheory and practice of gunshot “ agitation," to
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that respect. Every week, thercforc,.wo shall gve as much as
'onhiiii, he must very soon have an otllce in Dublin Ciutln-in
. . . . , . . . . .
d
ough, to say soot i, the
ays, is now how to get guns; and the
all ours, oiv to use rem-ii. most
worthy topic, and a most rare virtue. We shall begin with
ariuizn Luiis.
topic of the day, and all d
a
iAn United Irislima (Cork) wishes to be informed of “some
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and learn the use of arm
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lllmute thereon-“A g0Dli'Sil’0IIg serviceable rille, three feet in
tl-nnntry of the less
Ireland, in a dc rco which e
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asserted throu hout t
H -
the sour fiimi es.
I inat-mm nt‘
0'Kecfc' ople
ii aboli ion of h Irish teniir
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o tl e crown, in 1011. Neverthelc
ucc ssfully reta ned an adve possess
., here sets down.
ties of
g xcitcs siirpri c after the of so
many me nrlng which ‘the adverse rule been
ie ' ll om.
er. it ml , perhaps, be explained by the circumstances, that
those wild nu uncultivated districts became the final refuge of the
descendants. t e ruined eliieftains, and I ieir principal adherents,
rid thii , olt‘i ugh tho legal proprietorship has undergone various
I‘ n NM‘ 0 ' upalion of the territory has continued in
the crown estate, which art
e c. ten territory of the 0‘hcefe's, a powe c
t division of the coiintv Cork, it is yet generally do-
seril ed by the natives is Pebble 0‘Kcefe, that is, the land of the
“ t i worth of ‘remark, that the last decision of the judges
" ’ ioimce (iii the reign of James the First)
a e o isiiy, '
isputed succession to the adja
‘ ' decided by an aniicable division of it bctivccn
he itigants, th 0'Kecfes mid 0'Colln'liaiis (the chiefs of tli '
M tiv M (er ':irds furf: tci
c
King it in the 'l'hir
din was again uttainted: but many years elapsed hefore
pun
'.l‘eaani.llight originating in the 17th century, and in a
grant from the Royal Robber, James the irst, t “
eumuiun soon I -nu-is u
it happens that Ten.-int-lliglit was the aiicieut custom of
Ir land since before Saint Patrick, and that Ulster still
1' I! t
enjo sini W
quarcd, and because the Scottish and English Tenant.
farmers who settled in Ulster, when they came and found
Instead of Tenant-lliglit having been created. preserved,
or encouraged by British Kings and Parliaments, all the
efforts of these august powers have been exerted for the
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this moment one of the deadliest attacks is in preparation
from that quarter, which will, it is hoped, reduce Ulster to
were grnntul at various times by common letterspaten
English Kings and Queens, precisely in the same manner
that the lands of Munster and Leinster were. '
“ Knox, jnn., iuilccd, at ‘ d
buoy and Ards [in Down] were settled at the very time of
th Great Plantiitian, and under the v 9 ggnm.1
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hand with Conn O'Neill, of astlercaph, the former
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ilmliit-i
nativc
lease, which cx ‘rs
of this month, whom wo presume
' foot
ta on, te s, ii
and assigns of the planters, have not yet been a e,
they havel boured with all their might, and ivith
ii’ it. He in s
a
“law could give them. to nholisli
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tenant-n
than one to ,
rived in Ulster, for the simple reason.
Vince last reduced to liiiglisli rule. It is,
lirclion cadu, In which occupation under three
t
mire an!
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occupation
proprietor.
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article in the University Jllagazinc, we have not space to
est all readers of Doctor M‘Knights
cntcr. But we requ
pamphlet to study tho
-i iclc,
hastily to the conclusion “that Tenonnriglit is a.
terian invention," which, though natural enougl i
al r
Italy, we find it among the rneiaycrs; in Hungary, in
en in Russia, among the feudal
and serfs; while in Prussia, in France, in Norway, it has
. , . . . .
many, ev
ic nowledrved by the
I" ‘ ' g by payment of nominal l'0lt;:S through
(Mr. Cronan), Wil)l'()) indirectly obtained the I‘i-ivy Council
pl 41 in 18'. ."
‘Va find that ti writer in the‘ Dublin Uliivershy
to be ME.
ct, the main object of the Plaiitation
vht of mere occupancy, which is n r or less
farm of the old Irish < which has longest sur-
thnh U15! ‘
Tz'yIi:anm mar ' iu. csswiis b’
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own ad instead of ‘proportions.’
int i no
witliiri t e ealilies mentioned is at once accounted for.
In tli st place, Knox, junior, is historically wrong; for
Clanhughbuidhe and A s were not settled “under the
same general conditions" with the Plantation counties,
cy were simply purchased by the Scottish llloiitgouiery
from the Irish O'Neill, and the title of the purchase after.
wards confirmed by royal “ letters-patent," yust its like the
letters-patent which granted the lands of Desmond, in
In the second place, Knox, junior, is logically incon.
elusive; for, supposing that Tenant-right were t
accounted for in those two baronics of Down, how
it be accounted for in all the remainder of th
W0“
e county,
which is five timesias great as Clanhuglibuidhe and Ards?
n o a t m
right, and where all his pretended accounts fail, arc the
very flcatf-qul1ffEfl of Tenantsright. Arid seven-eiglitlis of
the county ltntrini are nearly in the same catcgo '.
f the pruycctcd removal
writer has the fol.
’‘ attention toitz...
prevails airiong t.‘lie‘olil
“ In almost every pan at
' “ "rig on this .;.i i‘-iii '
Ecliemlly niiilerstood. his usiiallv expressed in their rlaiiii
“-'"‘-““'"kIlt renewal‘-when iio' such thing exists at law;
hqrcwrthc claim is diiffunrilcd by the proprietor, and (lie
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There is no diliieulty, then, at all, in “accounting" for
for the continual and rcle tl
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To correct Knox junior's historical mistakes, i
W “M L r u L r .
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takers and English “lii.ivs" to suppress the custom, ii
a . .
, , are
to lead to fatal errors in practice. For instance, tli
Crown, that he puts his book into the form of
Lord John Russell, presses the “ Ulster Tenants’ cm
R’ lit" by virtue of the imaginary Royal grant, am] (:0
does his viewslofa remedy to-wliut, think you? An A
of Parliainent V
And he does this at the Very momgn
ii
Tenant-riglit as they still possess.
’ I It. .. be well assured of this-.no good thing
9'10!’ did. 01’ cwr Will, come to them from the British Pu
liament or from the " British Crown."
and icy now, instead of‘ trusting in God,
their powder dry. throw tlieiiiselves upon the grace an
or of the ' ' '
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Lord Russell and his accomplices are pii
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t e b r
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'0 dire“ by 91“‘"‘c’;:;1g:u’3‘(',33';g::";fId 3:l:o‘l:‘I““'3 ‘"17 plain steel )‘nt3l.Illl.lllg,.hl'ii.'2Gt.lC strap, or trap, and of any c
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la ii
ii ma e D bliii for three poun ; or th a i b
iinting, for po uds ten sh g Suppose iunilrod
isons form a club, ch of whom will subsci-i ialf a or via
"ii and instruct in rifle practice, or drill, or the use of
arms generally. The remaining two shillings of each subscription
is carried to the stock fund of the club; and thus each week
' ., "1 ‘e M in. rm-in mniv.
each week supplied to Ihtt club, or ten rillcs (at 3!. each), every
three weeks. Each week's, or three weeks‘ supply, should be dis-
ic a g tl
general expenses of the club, for the payment of a person compe-
tent to trai
tr y , or pliabet al order inon members vi!
the u e ndi , that if they fa ' their siibscriptiona
fo three or four necks (or other ilclinite number of
ssiiely, i armed, t on thy forfci
a
ery day
the treasurer, or other person
'l unl : I A I omit
i. n 1-: .-u inllun vnrvinlirni -
may have been obtained. Ily this means, the whole hundred
- - J - s . . s.
and at the end of twcntyefivc weeks all will be siippl' d with
r' es of their own, at 21. 103. each, or at 31., at the end of tlii
weeks. Of course, if the members can afford to pa
subscription above mention ed, they will all be armed in less than
ialf the time‘if they can only aIl‘ord to pay half that subscripv
tion, it will require something more than double the timoto arm
them. But wilclher the time be long or short, they can still,
T.‘om the beginning, practise the use in am
We shall be happy’ to make iii-rongemints in Dublin for the
pply of any such club; but we recommend cluLs in the pro-
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in Dubl only. A siigirc addition to the cost will provide .
short sword, orloiig dirt; which should be fixed on the end of tin
barrel, in place of a ho onct. V '
There is nothing to prevent any Confederate Club from at once
ai
ave the right of enjoyment in perpetiii y; ist as in Wales, ‘ l1l'W“‘11"EW““m"9”1f ‘Mills ’“'““m‘-
"by three successive geiierations made the fcurlli tciiaitt Eve
ry club, confederate or other, should adopt the strictest
economy. ll . where the means of the members will not pcnrilt
' oi. .. i. in M.-aim rimn nlnri
. subscribe, and obtain mnskcts, or pikes. A musket, with bayonet
complete, can he had for about thirty sliillings, and a pike for
two.
If a rifle club were established on the plan we have described.
s might be expended in the pilrcliasc of pikes--
superior kind, and ten first-rate pikes, ten feet I ng, steel hands.
We recommend this distribution, wlierever it can be practised.
“"‘ l ' ' ' ' oi"... ......i.ii mu-
tlieir pike: to the less wealthy: there is no charitable donation
liko pikes for e oor.
0 , in a rgo city like Corlr, or Limerick, .ai- Dublin, clubs
might be easily formed ‘for the general arrnaiiieiit and drilling of
all I ‘ --
Airanging the members of this club in three ehisscs, thus :-
I Perwocln
lst. Rilleiiien-subscription for rifles, 25. d.
2d. llfuslccteers do. for mus-kcis G: bayonets, ls. 0d.
lid. Pikcincn do. for ikcs 0s. 3d.
a classes become armed cotemporaneously, each class
i in a definite tiin proportioned to the cost of the Il’t‘Jlpi7“t
. and the amount of weekly subscription; while all the elaxcs and
me bars, by an additional subscription of sixpcnee, or time’
i-cnce each. irceiziy. can learn drill, and exercise, and practise ma
use of all arias, from the ride to the plk ‘
We do not pr c these clubs as a movement to supersed
or interfere with, in the sllghtcst degree, the national guard 5’
which the Confederation is pledged. ' On the contrary, when 01‘
n . - . . . ma
Tlics
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of organization before the people, it‘vril.l be for these clubs W
ca that organization at once into effect. r’l‘o be enabled to 410
so, they should at once organize for their d ual armament-
ACCOU1'llE)lBN'l’S.--Ullller‘ thirheiirl, a short sword, 'twt‘-ii‘!
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side-belt, pouch-belt, pouch, ‘medium-sized born or llziski "Rh
"‘ cliargcr filed down to 100 yards point blank, and small poi‘-K
' ‘ , ‘ caps, should he obtained by the rllleirien
whereverpand whenever possible. local shocmakcrs, saddlcrs, "0
can make all the belts and pouclies; strong black her (""""
hide), and plain buckles, are the best. Rifle halls shouldbo 1-1Pl"'d
round with a greased patch of cotton, brought together, and lied
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the mouth. A little practice will cnalil: yDllDf0 load with lb‘
horn and patched ball as quickly as ivitn llll. cartridge. Or iftin]
of > -- - . . . iiinw
fziv lll.‘0Il of -ng n , ,,
the English Parlianieut, they will be stripped ham
Rround to powdc '
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and w
“um” "J“'Wli U10 WU!-Ilry invariably eoiiabiiie to resist the in rac-
heads.
r, before twelve months go over ....
at It
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in aim, he can roll his powder and ball into a cartridge siniil
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of taste.