Ireland as She Is as She Has Been, and as She Ought to Be (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Ireland as She Is as She Has Been, and as She Ought to Be Benjamin Disraeli, being addicted to epigrams, has said that Ireland is "debauched with legislation." Other Englishmen have a habit of proclaiming her "the spoilt child of the Empire, " and averring that her grievances are mere sentimental fictions or vague rhetorical exaggerations. Hence many persons unfamiliar with her history and actual condition are tempted to ask: "What real, substantial grievance has Ireland to complain of, or why is she perpetually clamoring at the doors of the British Parliament like a noisy, petulant babe?" These questions I propose to answer clearly and exhaustively. The substance of many of the following chapters has already appeared in print at varying intervals. A paragraph from the London Times, elsewhere quoted, first suggested to me the advisability of collecting the scattered essays into a concise yet comprehensive hand-book for the enlightenment, chiefly, of American readers. 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.