tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291499137127413508.post6367842123550658874..comments2024-02-29T21:48:58.490+00:00Comments on IrishBeerHistory: Beer History: Politics versus Bad Beer ... and The True Heart of Man?Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15232909461477844968noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291499137127413508.post-29802236231459059932022-01-26T03:13:45.669+00:002022-01-26T03:13:45.669+00:00William Cobbett is quoted in The Irish Famine: A ...William Cobbett is quoted in <i>The Irish Famine: A Documentary</i>, by Colm Tóibín and Diarmaid Ferriter, as follows (he wrote this before the great famine, but evidently Ireland was already in bad shape):<br /><br />Gentlemen, it is impossible that Ireland can be suffered to remain in its present state! What! Vessels laden with provisions ready to sail for England, while those who have raised the provisions are starving on the spot where they raised them! What! Landlords living in England, having a 'RIGHT' to drive the King's subjects out of this island, on pain of starvation from hunger and cold! What! Call upon England for meal and money to be sent in charity to save the people of Ireland from starving, and make the relieved persons pay rent the same year! What! Demand allegiance from a man whom you toss out upon the road, denying that he has any right to demand from any part of the community the means of sustaining life! ...What! Give to 349,000 of the English people as many representatives in Parliament as you give to the whole Irish nation, and bid the latter be content ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com