For the first time since the union, the Irish case was at last to be pressed in all its force and strength, in every aspect of policy and of conscience, by the most powerful Englishman then alive.
Morley highlights a significant moment in Irish political history where their case was finally presented forcefully.
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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.
There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
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.
How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?
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