...being 72 to 22. " The nearer the great event approaches," wrote Lord Cornwallis in April, 1 800, " the more are the needy and interested senators alarmed...for their families, and I believe that half of our [Government] majority would be as much delighted as any of our opponents, if the measure could be defeated."...

...Same to Same, Jan. 11th, 1799; Ibid., 34. And much later in the struggle, his lordship wrote : — " The nearer the great event approaches, the more are...our opponents, if the measure could be defeated." — Ibid., 228. 2 Jan. 23d and 31st, 1799. vote.1 It was plain that corrupt interests could only be...

...— Same to Same, Jan. llth, 1799; Ibid., 34. And much later in the struggle, his lordship wrote: — "The nearer the great event approaches, the more are...our opponents, if the measure could be defeated." — Ibid., 228. 2 Jan. 23d and 31st, 1799. vote.i It was plain that corrupt interests could only be...

...April, writing to General Ross on the parliamentary supporters of the Union, his Excellency says, " I believe that half of our majority would be at least...much delighted as any of our opponents if the measure were defeated."! The Union being carried against the will of nearly every inhabitant of Ireland, Protestant...

...— Same to same, Jan. llth, 1799 ; Ibid., 34. And much later in the struggle, his lordship wrote: 'The nearer the great event approaches, the more are...as much delighted as any of our opponents, if the nieiisure could be defeated.' — Ibid., 228. Union as a necessary measure of state policy ; and Means...

...described its character with perfect frankness. ' The nearer the great event approaches,' he wrote, ' the more are the needy and interested senators alarmed at the effects it may possibly have on 1 ' Cornwallis Correspondence,' vol. iii. p. 224. their interests and the provision for their families,...

...described its character with perfect frankness. ' The nearer the great event approaches,' he wrote, 'the more are the needy and interested senators alarmed at the effects it may possibly have on 1 ' Cornwallis Correspondence,' vol. iii. p. 224. / their interests and the provision for their families,...

...Some to Same, Jan. llth, 1789; Ibid., 34. And much later in the struggle, his lordship wrote: — " The nearer the great event approaches, the more are...majority would be at least as much delighted as any of oar opponents, if the measure could be defeated." — find., 2-28. » Jan. 23d and 31st, 1799. vote.i...

...system.'—Same to same, Jan. llth, 1799 ; Ibid., 34. And much later in the struggle, his lordship wrote: ' The nearer the great event approaches, the more are...effects it may possibly have on their interests, and tho provision for their families ; and I believe that half of our majority would be at least as much...

...described its character with perfect frankness. 'The nearer the great event approaches,' he wrote, cthe more are the needy and interested senators alarmed at the effects it may possibly have on 1 * Cornwall is Correspondence/ vol. iii. p. 224, their interests and the provision for their families,...