First, a scheme for creating a legislative body, and defining its powers; second, a scheme for opening the way to a settlement of the land question, in discharge of an obligation of honour and policy, imposed upon this country by its active share in all the mischiefs that the Irish land system had produced.
Morley outlines two key measures proposed for addressing Irish governance and land issues, highlighting the complexity of the situation.
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No: not at all; because there is so much, I will not say of random variety, but there is so much independent use of mind upon the facts that we have to deal with, that I listen with endless edification and instruction.
But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.
How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?
What I endeavoured to show was that King George III., without changing his opinion of the justice of his war against the colonies, was obliged to give it up on account of a change of public opinion, and was not open to blame for so doing.
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