Excerpt from Ireland: A Letter to Earl Grey The justice with which you, as a Peer of Parliament, have always spoken of Ireland and of the Catholic Church, gives me confidence that you will bear with me if I express my mind upon. These subjects. I venture to address myself to you because your Lordship has long stood aloof from the two great parties in the State; and in what l'write, I desire to hold myself neutral between opposing sides. I make an appeal for justice, not to one side or the other, but to both. I have refrained from asking your Lordship's permission to inscribe your name upon this letter, because I wish you to be abso lately free from all responsibility as to any opinions I may express, and as to the prudence of my express ing them. That responsibility lies wholly on myself; and I have not hesitated to make this public declara tion of my convictions, because it is evident that upon the future of Ireland hangs the future of the British Empire; and even the least may ask to be heard. 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.