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 points of difference in the laws and practice of the English and of the Irish Constitutions (chapter viii.).

In this inquiry I will, as far as possible, quote the remarks of contemporary statesmen on the workings of a Constitution with which they were familiar. Such remarks arc always interesting; addressed to popular audiences they are not likely to be misunderstood; spoken in the presence of persons well acquainted with the facts, and without fear of contradiction, they are presumably correct.