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Show ..._,,.--..e~vt ,7- 4fi~‘\*)~q"mc .- POPULAR OBJECTIONS. W SERIESOFANSWERSdp fert any Fallhoods, and would plunge their But Providence hath fixt Ireland to be our nearef't Neighbour; and as the Country is too Country into any Difirelles, for the Sake of be- fl {mall to be a feparate, independent State of it- coming Men of Conleqtience themfelves, and of gratifying their Revenge upon others. felf, it mull depend either on Great-Britain, or on tome other governing and proteéting Power. ANSWER 3. THE Trade from Great-Britain Therefore the only proper Qiefiion is, To :to Ireland, confidered merely as a Nurfery for whom, or to what Country, for its own Sake, as well as for ours, ought it to belong? And Seamen to man the Brilz'fi'z Navy, is more than i‘urely this Qiei‘tion is lbon anfwered. double to that from Creat-Btz'tain to the rebellious Provinces of Nor-ih-flmerim. And yet this Trade at prefent is little better than in its ANSWER a. IRELAND is, very unluckily for the republican Faction, lugged into this Debate -, for whenever they have recourfe to the Cafe of Ireland, they are lure of receiving a 9‘ fignal Overthrow. The only proper Inference to be Infancy, if compared to what it might be, in Cafe of an Union, and a thorough Incorpora- tion. This Allen-ion, I know, like feveral others which 1 have ventured to make, will be looked upon at firfi as very extravagant and abBut be it fo, I am aceuftomed to hear drawn from the Defeétion of Nort/‘z-flmerim is, that it ought to acce‘erate our Union and Ineor- furd. poration with Defend; lead the fame malignant have undergone a thorough Examination: And bpirit of Diibord and Rebellion, which hath then, they have met with a very different Fate. fo grievouily l‘pread itilll'over the one Country, The prefentt Cafe is plainly this 2~Divide the whole Coalt of GreabBritm'n into four Parts or Portions: Let the filth Divifion be from the lhould infect the other alfo; and where indeed, be i: fpokea, there are not wantwith So ing already a Number of noii‘y Pretenders to my Opinions treated as Paradoxes, 'till they Patriotism, who would run any Lengths, "l affert and excellent Perfonage (whole private and public Virtue; entitle him to the Regard and Veneration of all Mankind) is [item/I} and {rifled/j {uch as the youngDiH'enting Minilter (whom l have quoted. Page 69} has repreJEIltcd him, and * See my Addrcl's and Appeal, Page's Sou-8.4. f I have been afi'ured by a Gentleman lately come from the worth of Ireland, that the common People among the Did‘enters are there made to believe, that a certain greadt an that I» tanner mm sect-mg; And-but l forbear. 1n the Nmu-Engfimd Provinces the fame l'erfonage is reprelénted as a. éigortgrr' Page, and that he goes to Mafs every Day: , Lane. a |