Dedication of the Vindicia Hibernicæ. ΤΟ Those Superior Spirits, WHO SCORN THE YOKE OF FRAUD, IMPOSTURE, BIGOTRY, AND DELUSION; WHO, AT THE SACRED SHRINE OF TRUTH, WILL OFFER UP THEIR PREJUDICES, HOW INVETERATE SOEVER, WHEN HER BRIGHT TORCH ILLUMINATES THEIR MINDS; WHO, POSSESSING THE INESTIMABLE BLESSINGS OF Thrice>Holy and Revered Liberty, ACQUIRED BY AN ARDUOUS STRUGGLE AGAINST A MERE INCIPIENT DESPOTISM, WILL SYMPATHIZE WITH THOSE WHO CONTENDED ARDENTLY, ALTHOUGH UNSUCCESSFULLY, AGAINST AS GRIEVOUS AN OPPRESSION, AS EVER PRESSED TO THE EARTH A NOBLE AND GENEROUS NATION, WHICH EMBARKED IN THE SAME GLORIOUS CAUSE, AS LEONIDAS, EPAMINONDAS, BRUTUS, THE PRINCE AND WASHINGTON, THIS WORK IS DEDICATED. Dedication of the Vindicia Hibernicæ, continued. IT IS LIKEWISE DEDICATED TO The Immortal Memory of the desmonds, the O'NIALS, THE O'Donnels, the O'MOORES, THE PRESTONS, THE MOUNTGARRETS, THE CASTLEHAVENS, THE FITZGERALDS, THE SHEARESES, THE TONES, THE EMMETTS, AND The Myriads of Ellustrious Xrishmen, WHO SACRIFICED LIFE OR FORTUNE IN THE UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO EMANCIPATE A COUNTRY ENDOWED BY HEAVEN WITH AS MANY AND AS CHOICE BLESSINGS AS ANY PART OF THE TERRAQUEOUS GLOBE; BUT, FOR AGES, A HOPELESS AND HELPLESS VICTIM TO A FORM OF GOVERNMENT TRANSCENDENTLY PERNICIOUS. Philadelphia, March 6, 1819. Dedication of the New Olive Branch. TO THOSE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES WHOSE EXPANDED VIEWS OF AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE; WHO BELIEVE THAT NATIONAL INDUSTRY IS THE ONLY LEGITIMATE SOURCE OF National Wealth and Prosperity; WITH DR. FRANKLIN, "That industry in all shapes, in all instances, and by all means, WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON, "That manufactures are now as necessary to our independence as to our comfort;' WITH ALEXANDER HAMILTON, "That the independence and security of a country are materially WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THE POLICY OF Lavishing the wealth of the nation to support foreign governments and foreign manufacturers, AND IMPOVERISHING OUR OWN COUNTRY AND OUR FELLOW CITIZENS; That nations, like individuals, must suffer distress and misery when their expenses exceed their incomes; AND THAT A POLICY Which converts a large portion of our citizens into hucksters and retailers of foreign productions, INSTEAD OF PRODUCERS for Home CONSUMPTION, AND FINALLY, THAT The ruinous experiment we have made of our present system 66 for five years, POINTS OUT, WITH A PENCIL OF LIGHT," THE IMPORTANT TRUTH, PUT ON RECORD BY LORD CHATHAM, That if any thing can prevent the consummation of public ruin, it can only be new councils, a sincere change, from a sincere conviction of error," THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, March 17, 1820. BY THE AUTHOR. Dedication to Letters on Religious Persecution. THIS PAMPHLET IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THOSE Liberal and Superior Spirits, WHO SCORN TO CALUMNIATE, ABUSE, OR VILIFY THEIR UNOFFENDING FELLOW CITIZENS, UNDER THE Accusation of their holding Doctrines which they have repeatedly and solemnly disclaimed, AND FOR WHICH THEY ENTERTAIN THE MOST PROFOUND AND UNQUALIFIED ABHORRENCE— An Accusation originally preferred and since maintained, to palliate and legalize, in England and Ireland, Wanton Oppression, Barefaced Rapine, AND FOUL MURDER IN THE MOST TERRIFIC SHAPES: TO THOSE, ALSO, WHO, CONSCIOUS OF THE FOLLIES, THE ERRORS, AND THE CRIMES OF THEIR OWN ANCESTORS, WOULD BLUSH "CRIMSON RED" TO REPROACH THEIR NEIGHBOURS WITH THE FOLLIES, CRIMES, OR ERRORS OF THEIRS: AND TO THOSE, WHO, INSTEAD OF FANNING THE EMBERS OF Religious Bigotry and Entolerance, PREACH HARMONY, Kind feelingS, AND GOOD WILL TO ALL MEN; AND THUS STUDY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BENEDICTION, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." Dedication to Letters on Religious Persecution, continued. IT IS LIKEWISE DEDICATED, AS A LOOKING GLASS, TO THOSE ULTRA ZEALOTS, WHO, THOUGH THEIR ANCESTORS, (In flagrant violation of their Pledge to the World that the Reformation was founded on the right of private judgment, in matters of Religion,) FINED, IMPRISONED, BANISHED, MUTILATED, BEHEADED, TORTURED, EMBOWELLED, QUARTERED, BURNED, AND DROWNED THEIR FELLOW MORTALS, FOR A Conscientious adherence to Religious Opinions; YET HAVE THE CONSUMMATE FOLLY AND THE DARING HARDIHOOD, ΤΟ REPROACH WITH INTOLERANCE AND PERSECUTION, THOSE Whose ancestors perpetrated only some of those Crimes, under circumstances which, though they do not justify them, OFFER CONSIDERABLE PALLIATION. IN ONE WORD, IT IS DEDICATED TO HIS FELLOW CITIZENS AT LARGE, OF EVERY DENOMINATION AND DESCRIPTION, IN THE HOPE OF ITS PROVING A Religious Olive Branch, ΤΟ INCULCATE THE DIVINE DOCTRINE OF MUTUAL FORGIVE- INFURIATED FANATICISM, AND BLOOD-THIRSTY CRUELTY. Philadelphia, October 7th, 1826. BY A CATHOLIC LAYMAN. |