REASONS
against
the
Bill
for
Prohibiting
the
Exportation
of
the
Woollen
Manufactures
of
Ireland
,
to
Foreign
Parts
.
THE
Bill
for
Prohibiting
the
Exportation
of
the
Woollen
Manufacture
out
of
Ireland
to
Foreign
Parts
,
being
now
under
your
Lordships
Consideration
,
I
have
presumed
to
offer
my
Thoughts
concerning
it
,
and
shall
endeavour
to
shew
it
will
be
detrimental
to
the
Interest
of
both
England
and
Ireland
.
If
this
hath
the
end
I
design
by
it
,
I
shall
think
my
time
well
spent
;
If
not
,
I
hope
the
Sincerity
of
my
Intentions
will
atone
for
my
Inability
of
Performance
.
I
shall
begin
by
shewing
the
great
Advantages
England
reaps
by
the
Trade
of
Ireland
,
that
your
Lordships
may
judge
how
little
Reason
there
is
to
be
jealous
of
them
,
and
how
tender
this
Nation
ought
to
be
of
putting
unnecessary
Difficulties
upon
them
.
'T
is
a
common
Saying
amongst
us
,
that
it
would
be
well
for
England
if
Ireland
was
under
the
Sea
;
whereas
I
hope
to
make
it
appear
,
that
England
gets
more
by
Ireland
than
by
the
Trade
of
the
whole
World
besides
;
and
if
in
the
late
Reigns
Ireland
had
not
in
a
great
measure
supplied
the
Losses
we
suffer'd
by
the
French
,
Indian
and
Eastern
Trades
,
we
had
been
long
since
undone
,
and
it
had
not
been
now
the
common
Debate
of
the
Town
how
to
undo
them
.
This
will
appear
to
be
evident
,
if
we
consider
the
Particulars
relating
to
both
Kingdoms
.
Near
a
third
part
of
all
the
Lands
of
that
Kingdom
,
belonging
to
English
Proprietors
who
inhabit
here
,
and
have
their
Rents
constantly
return'd
in
ready
Money
.
Besides
this
,
most
of
the
Nobility
and
Gentry
of
Ireland
spend
their
Estates
here
;
they
live
no
longer
in
Ireland
than
to
raise
a
sum
of
Money
to
spend
here
in
their
Pleasures
.
This
is
the
Seat
of
Government
:
Here
are
the
Court
and
the
Societies
of
Law
:
Here
all
the
Nobility
and
Gentry
come
for
Employments
,
Education
,
or
Pleasure
;
which
Considerations
alone
would
exhaust
that
Kingdom
,
if
it
had
the
Riches
of
both
Indies
.
I
will
add
to
this
,
that
England
supplies
Ireland
with
most
of
the
Commodities
they
consume
;
and
notwithstanding
all
our
frights
,
there
are
nine
in
ten
of
that
Country
,
that
are
able
to
buy
it
,
clothed
in
Woollen
Manufactures
sent
from
England
,
and
in
exchange
we
have
very
few
Commodities
from
them
;
for
their
Cattle
are
prohibited
,
there
are
Impositions
upon
their
Tallow
,
Leather
,
and
Corn
,
which
almost
amount
to
a
Prohibition
;
and
last
Year
the
Tonnage
and
Poundage
was
doubled
upon
their
Linen
and
other
Manufactures
;
and
such
Commodities
as
are
suffer'd
to
come
from
thence
are
either
absolutely
necessary
to
us
,
or
Materials
for
our
Manufactures
,
as
Wooll
,
Flax
,
Cony
skins
,
raw
Hides
,
Sheep-skins
,
Rape-seed
,
&c.
In
times
of
Peace
there
was
near
100000
l.
per
annum
return'd
neat
to
the
Court
,
besides
the
Charge
of
that
Government
;
and
since
the
War
they
have
contributed
to
the
Publick
Charge
as
far
as
their
late
Misfortunes
would
suffer
them
,
and
without
doubt
in
a
new
War
will
advance
large
Supplies
of
Men
and
Money
,
if
we
do
not
disable
them
.
Besides
this
,
most
of
the
Trade
of
that
Kingdom
is
carried
on
by
English
Stocks
,
and
in
English
Bottoms
;
and
a
great
number
of
their
Estates
are
mortgaged
to
English
Men
at
the
unreasonable
Interest
of
ten
per
cent
.
They
are
but
Factors
,
and
most
of
the
Profit
redounds
to
us
;
they
toil
for
our
Advantage
,
they
sow
and
we
reap
.
I
have
enumerated
these
Particulars
,
to
shew
,
that
whatsoever
Ireland
gets
by
Trade
from
the
whole
World
centers
in
England
,
and
is
returned
hither
by
Bills
of
Exchange
from
Spain
,
Holland
,
France
,
the
West-Indies
,
and
other
places
.
If
they
gain'd
ten
Millions
a
Year
,
it
would
come
to
England
;
and
if
they
get
but
ten
Thousand
Pounds
,
we
can
have
no
more
from
them
.
They
have
no
Mines
of
Silver
and
Gold
,
and
therefore
can
send
none
to
us
but
what
they
get
first
from
others
;
and
if
we
hinder
them
from
making
Advantages
of
other
Nations
,
we
can
make
none
of
them
;
so
that
what
is
lost
in
the
Parish
is
got
in
the
Hundred
.
Nor
is
it
possible
that
Ireland
should
advance
in
Riches
in
any
proportion
to
England
,
for
the
former
Issues
will
draw
away
their
Wealth
as
fast
as
ever
they
get
it
:
and
this
is
manifested
by
twenty
Years
Experience
before
the
War
;
for
though
they
got
a
great
many
Millions
over-balance
from
the
rest
of
the
World
,
yet
according
to
the
best
Computations
they
never
had
above
three
hundred
thousand
Pounds
in
that
Kingdom
.
The
Particulars
I
have
mentioned
amount
to
above
600000
l.
per
annum
,
besides
the
great
Advantages
we
receive
by
being
supplied
from
thence
with
Materials
for
our
Manufactures
,
as
before-mentioned
.
If
so
,
I
submit
to
your
Lordships
,
whether
the
Over-balance
we
have
of
the
rest
of
the
World
amount
to
as
much
more
:
If
it
does
,
I
am
sure
we
shall
quickly
be
a
rich
People
;
but
if
not
,
then
how
tenderly
ought
we
to
use
a
Nation
that
yields
us
so
much
Profit
?
There
is
a
Mediocrity
in
Nature
which
we
cannot
exceed
without
destroying
what
we
design
to
advance
.
Moderate
Impositions
raise
large
Sums
,
and
great
ones
often
raise
nothing
.
We
may
sheer
our
Sheep
so
close
,
as
to
flee
them
that
they
shall
never
bear
Wooll
again
.
I
have
heard
of
a
Man
that
try'd
to
bring
his
Horse
to
live
without
Meat
,
and
then
he
died
.
I
wish
this
be
not
the
case
of
Ireland
,
that
we
desire
to
get
so
much
from
them
,
till
at
last
we
put
them
out
of
a
condition
to
pay
us
any
thing
.
But
there
is
another
Consideration
which
strikes
deeper
yet
;
Whether
by
Bills
of
this
kind
we
shall
not
make
the
Possession
of
that
Kingdom
insecure
to
us
,
and
after
so
much
expence
of
Blood
and
Treasure
at
last
throw
it
again
into
Irish
hands
.
My
Lords
I
have
heard
but
of
two
ways
of
keeping
conquered
Countries
in
Subjection
,
by
Arms
,
or
by
Colonies
As
to
the
first
(
besides
the
Charge
of
it
,
which
commonly
eats
up
the
whole
Profit
)
I
think
few
will
deny
but
it
is
equally
dangerous
to
the
conquering
or
the
conquered
Country
:
There
can
be
no
Force
in
the
Province
but
may
be
brought
to
the
Mother
Kingdom
;
and
if
they
are
sufficient
without
other
Assistance
to
keep
one
Country
in
entire
Subjection
,
in
time
they
will
keep
the
other
so
too
.
The
other
way
is
by
Colonies
,
and
this
is
the
method
that
free
Governments
have
always
taken
to
secure
their
Conquests
.
This
Rome
did
for
four
hundred
years
,
till
at
last
their
Conquests
were
so
large
that
their
Government
grew
top-heavy
,
the
Trunk
was
not
large
enough
to
support
its
Branches
.
This
our
Ancestors
did
to
secure
Ireland
,
and
is
the
easiest
,
least
chargeable
,
and
least
dangerous
Method
.
Now
the
establishing
Colonies
,
my
Lords
,
is
often
done
by
establishing
the
conquering
Army
on
some
part
of
the
conquered
Lands
,
sometimes
by
sending
forth
a
number
of
your
People
to
inhabit
there
;
but
always
by
giving
them
such
Encouragements
,
that
it
shall
be
their
Interest
to
keep
the
Natives
in
subjection
.
This
is
the
case
of
Ireland
,
that
after
five
hundred
years
contending
,
52
Rebellions
and
Massacres
,
to
the
loss
of
a
Million
of
English
,
the
conquering
Army
often
planted
in
the
Country
,
and
multitudes
besides
leaving
England
to
inhabit
there
,
almost
the
whole
Kingdom
is
at
last
got
into
the
English
hands
;
and
if
we
should
lay
such
difficulties
upon
them
,
that
they
should
think
it
their
Interest
to
leave
the
Country
,
or
not
be
very
solicitous
for
the
English
Interest
there
,
I
submit
to
your
Lordships
great
Wisdom
,
whether
that
Kingdom
may
not
hereafter
give
us
fresh
trouble
.
France
is
but
a
new
Friend
,
and
Scotland
for
late
reasons
is
not
much
in
humour
with
us
;
and
we
know
the
whole
North
of
Ireland
is
inhabited
by
that
Nation
,
and
multitudes
of
them
go
over
every
day
,
and
will
do
so
notwithstanding
this
or
any
other
Law
that
can
be
made
.
I
would
not
suggest
such
improbable
and
such
wicked
thoughts
,
as
that
the
English
of
that
Country
should
join
with
them
in
any
Interest
but
in
subserviency
to
England
;
but
I
hope
I
may
say
without
offence
that
the
better
any
People
are
used
,
the
better
Subjects
they
will
make
:
And
I
believe
no
one
will
deny
,
if
they
had
thought
it
their
Interest
to
have
joined
with
the
late
King
,
we
had
had
much
more
trouble
in
reducing
the
Country
.
The
Town
of
Londonderry
,
the
Iniskillen-men
,
and
the
Militia
of
Ireland
,
had
their
share
,
and
a
considerable
one
too
,
in
bringing
the
Country
to
obedience
.
No
one
knows
what
unhappy
occasions
may
arise
in
ages
to
come
of
difference
between
our
Kings
and
People
and
therefore
we
ought
to
be
tender
how
we
make
it
the
Interest
of
a
whole
Kingdom
to
be
subservient
to
the
designs
of
a
corrupt
Court
,
who
will
offer
them
any
advantages
.
Most
of
us
have
read
,
and
some
of
us
have
seen
with
our
Eyes
,
those
times
that
Courts
have
plaid
England
against
Scotland
,
Scotland
against
England
,
and
Ireland
against
both
;
and
we
have
heard
of
the
time
,
that
an
Irish
Parliament
hath
been
called
to
give
Money
to
reduce
an
English
one
.
They
are
not
contending
for
Power
or
great
Riches
;
they
neither
Trade
to
the
East-Indies
,
Turkey
,
or
Africa
;
they
have
neither
Hamborough
,
Hudsons-Bay
,
Greenland
,
or
Russia
Companies
;
they
have
no
Fleets
or
Plantations
;
they
ask
only
the
common
benefits
of
Earth
and
Air.
They
desire
only
to
change
their
native
Commodities
for
those
they
want
,
and
to
manufacture
a
small
part
of
their
own
Product
,
which
is
a
liberty
seems
to
be
allowed
them
by
the
Law
of
Nature
,
and
which
I
don't
find
hath
been
denied
by
the
most
severe
Conquerors
.
And
here
,
my
Lords
,
I
would
distinguish
between
Colonies
for
Trade
,
and
Colonies
for
Empire
.
The
first
is
when
a
small
number
of
your
people
are
sent
forth
to
plant
Commodities
which
your
native
Country
does
not
produce
,
as
in
the
West-Indies
,
or
else
when
they
are
sent
to
negotiate
a
Trade
with
the
Natives
,
and
build
Forts
for
their
Security
,
as
in
Africa
and
the
East
Indies
.
In
both
these
cases
it
hath
been
usual
to
restrain
their
whole
Trade
to
their
Mother
Kingdom
;
for
there
can
be
no
other
reason
for
their
establishment
,
and
their
number
being
small
,
they
will
have
sufficient
encouragement
for
all
their
Charge
,
Industry
,
and
Hazard
.
But
Colonies
for
Empire
stand
upon
quite
different
reasons
;
they
are
always
planted
to
keep
great
Countries
in
subjection
,
and
prevent
the
charge
and
hazard
of
constant
standing
Armies
.
These
have
always
received
the
utmost
Encouragement
,
much
less
been
restrained
from
making
the
best
advantage
of
their
natural
Product
,
and
having
their
whole
Trade
restrained
to
their
Mother-Kingdom
;
but
with
humble
submission
,
the
Case
of
Ireland
is
yet
harder
:
for
by
this
Act
they
will
be
restrained
to
carry
their
Woollen
Manufactures
to
Foreign
parts
,
and
the
Impositions
formerly
laid
,
are
sufficient
to
hinder
them
from
coming
hither
,
so
that
they
must
carry
them
no
where
.
But
my
Lords
,
if
we
had
destroyed
the
Woollen
Manufacture
in
Ireland
,
is
it
necessary
that
all
will
be
made
in
England
,
that
is
hindred
from
being
made
in
Ireland
?
That
's
a
Tartar's
Conceit
,
that
if
they
kill
any
man
,
they
shall
immediately
enjoy
his
Wisdom
and
Beauty
;
but
I
am
afraid
this
will
not
be
the
Case
of
England
:
for
Holland
,
Scotland
,
Venice
,
Germany
,
and
France
,
pretend
to
the
Woollen
Manufacture
as
well
as
they
;
and
France
hath
been
always
equal
,
if
not
superiour
to
us
,
in
their
skill
of
making
Stuffs
:
and
can
it
be
conceived
that
they
will
not
share
,
if
not
in
a
great
measure
engross
the
benefit
we
propose
in
the
destruction
of
that
Manufacture
in
Ireland
?
If
so
,
then
how
much
more
will
it
be
to
our
advantage
to
receive
the
whole
profit
at
second
hand
,
than
at
best
to
divide
it
with
other
Nations
,
and
chiefly
with
France
,
which
hath
always
sent
Stuffs
to
Spain
and
Portugal
,
as
well
as
England
?
and
these
are
the
only
Nations
I
have
heard
of
,
which
Ireland
hath
dealt
with
in
that
kind
;
and
thô
for
a
few
years
before
the
War
,
Ireland
might
increase
in
their
Manufacture
of
Stuffs
,
yet
it
is
very
plain
it
was
not
upon
the
ruines
of
England
,
for
those
Manufactures
both
then
,
and
during
the
War
,
have
advanced
prodigiously
here
,
as
will
appear
by
the
Entries
in
the
Custom-house
,
as
well
as
by
a
greater
consumption
of
them
at
home
;
and
it
seems
a
very
hard
case
to
hinder
Ireland
from
enriching
themselves
,
and
it
consequence
this
Kingdom
,
at
the
expence
of
other
Nations
.
But
it
seems
we
are
particularly
afraid
of
Ireland
,
because
we
are
told
they
can
under-work
us
,
and
send
their
Commodities
to
a
Foreign
Market
cheaper
than
we
;
which
fa●●
with
humble
submission
is
otherwise
.
'T
is
true
,
common
labour
in
Husbandry
is
much
cheaper
there
then
here
,
b●●
such
as
requires
skill
and
knowledg
is
not
so
:
and
this
i●
true
not
only
in
Ireland
,
but
in
all
Countries
thin
of
people
for
there
cannot
be
brought
together
numbers
enough
t●
carry
on
any
Manufacture
with
success
;
and
if
they
could
Stocks
and
Materials
are
wanting
to
set
them
to
work
:
besides
,
naturally
men
choose
rather
to
live
in
idleness
and
sloth
than
labour
;
and
in
poor
Countries
,
where
they
can
satisfy
the
ordinary
occasions
of
life
with
little
industry
,
they
wi●●
hardly
be
perswaded
to
learn
an
Art
,
to
which
it
will
cost
them
seven
years
pains
to
attain
;
and
those
who
give
themselves
that
trouble
,
will
be
sure
to
be
better
paid
than
in
a
we●●
peopled
Country
,
where
they
must
either
work
or
star●e
This
is
the
reason
that
in
the
West-Indies
,
where
the
labour
of
a
Black
,
is
not
worth
above
Six
pence
a
day
,
yet
an
ordinary
Artificer
will
earn
a
Crown
,
and
sometimes
ten
Shillings
.
This
is
the
reason
that
linnen
Cloth
doth
not
thrive
so
well
in
Ireland
as
in
Holland
,
where
common
labour
is
three
time●
as
dear
;
and
this
is
the
reason
that
Woollen
Cloth
could
never
be
made
in
Ireland
so
cheap
as
it
is
sent
from
England
,
notwithstanding
Freight
and
great
Customs
paid
there
;
which
appears
by
their
being
never
able
to
set
up
that
Manufactur●
with
success
,
most
of
the
Gentry
and
Merchants
of
tha●
Kingdom
being
cloth'd
with
English
Cloth
.
They
make
only
a
few
Stockings
,
Stuffs
,
and
Frizes
,
which
are
different
from
those
made
in
England
,
and
the
sale
of
them
is
more
owing
to
the
particular
way
of
making
them
,
than
any
advantage
in
the
price
;
and
yet
notwithstanding
they
send
but
very
few
abroad
,
it
appearing
by
the
Custom-house
Books
of
Ireland
,
that
the
Woollen
Manufacture
imported
into
Ireland
from
England
,
is
ten
times
the
value
of
what
is
exported
from
Ireland
to
the
rest
of
the
World
.
But
admitting
they
could
work
cheaper
there
,
yet
't
is
no
consequence
they
can
fell
the
Manufacture
cheaper
.
There
are
several
Foreign
Materials
necessary
to
it
,
which
come
cheaper
to
us
than
them
:
besides
,
the
difference
of
Interest
gives
us
a
great
advantage
.
No
man
will
imploy
his
Time
and
Stock
in
any
Manufacture
without
trebling
the
common
Interest
of
his
Money
.
This
Consideration
alone
makes
above
fifteen
per
cent
.
difference
:
besides
,
men
upon
small
Stocks
,
and
in
a
poor
Country
,
will
expect
to
get
much
more
in
proportion
,
than
upon
great
ones
in
a
rich
Country
,
because
there
are
so
many
ways
in
the
former
,
of
turning
their
money
to
advantage
.
Great
Stocks
and
low
Interest
carry
away
the
Trade
of
the
World
;
and
,
as
is
observed
by
Sir
Josiah
Child
in
his
Book
of
Trade
,
where
Labour
is
dearest
,
there
are
most
Manufactures
,
as
in
Holland
and
England
,
more
than
in
any
Countries
in
Europe
,
and
in
the
West
of
England
more
than
the
North.
Whether
this
is
the
Cause
or
Effect
,
is
not
material
,
since
't
is
plain
that
Dearness
of
Wages
does
not
destroy
Manufactures
,
but
always
is
an
Evidence
that
they
thrive
,
as
we
experience
every
day
,
that
when
the
Woollen
Manufacture
is
most
demanded
,
Wages
run
highest
.
But
they
tell
us
,
that
Ireland
will
drein
away
our
People
;
thô
by
the
way
they
give
but
a
scurvy
Argument
for
it
,
when
they
say
,
they
can
earn
less
Wages
there
.
Now
,
my
Lords
,
I
could
be
glad
to
know
how
many
People
have
gone
to
Ireland
that
could
live
in
England
?
Few
Men
leave
their
Country
,
their
Acquaintance
and
Relations
,
but
for
necessity
,
because
they
would
not
hang
or
starve
at
home
;
Men
who
are
in
Debt
,
Unfortunate
,
or
spent
what
they
had
;
and
if
they
had
not
Ireland
to
go
to
,
would
go
to
the
Plantations
,
or
else
to
Holland
and
other
Countries
,
and
be
lost
to
the
Kingdom
for
ever
.
But
what
shall
those
men
do
,
that
are
bred
up
to
that
Manufacture
in
Ireland
,
and
understand
nothing
else
?
Men
that
have
spent
their
whole
Life-time
in
learning
an
Art
,
will
not
go
to
School
again
to
learn
a
new
one
:
They
will
rather
leave
their
Country
,
and
find
another
,
where
they
may
receive
more
Encouragement
.
They
can't
come
to
England
,
for
the
Laws
of
the
Poor
prohibit
them
to
live
in
any
Parish
:
Holland
will
receive
the
Protestants
,
and
France
the
Papists
;
or
perhaps
they
will
go
to
some
Country
,
and
set
up
the
Manufacture
where
't
is
not
yet
pretended
to
.
All
the
Nations
in
the
World
would
promote
any
Proposition
of
that
kind
,
and
with
open
Arms
receive
those
who
would
give
them
any
Assistance
.
'T
was
the
Duke
of
Alva's
driving
out
the
Flemins
that
set
up
the
Woollen
Manufacture
in
England
,
and
the
Persecution
in
France
hath
very
much
improv'd
it
,
and
many
of
the
French
Protestants
for
want
of
Imployment
in
England
,
are
gone
to
Ireland
;
and
if
we
should
drive
them
and
other
Protestants
out
there
,
they
will
go
somewhere
else
,
where
they
will
be
sure
to
be
received
:
and
the
Consequence
to
the
Publick
is
the
same
,
whether
People
leave
their
Country
for
fear
of
Persecution
,
or
because
they
can't
live
in
it
;
but
the
Consequence
will
be
much
more
fatal
to
Ireland
,
by
driving
out
such
a
number
of
Protestants
,
to
the
lessening
the
English
Interest
there
.
And
after
all
,
are
we
sure
,
my
Lords
,
this
Act
will
answer
the
ends
designed
by
it
?
I
would
not
suggest
so
unbecoming
a
Thought
,
as
that
the
Magistrates
in
Ireland
should
not
do
their
utmost
to
execute
it
,
but
that
we
find
the
Officers
in
other
Countries
are
not
over-zealous
for
the
publick
Interest
when
their
own
is
concerned
.
Few
Men
are
in
any
Imployments
in
Ireland
,
but
either
have
or
hope
to
have
an
Interest
in
the
Country
:
and
what
probability
can
there
be
of
having
a
Law
well
executed
,
when
the
Nobility
,
the
Gentry
,
and
the
whole
Body
of
the
People
have
an
Interest
against
it
?
We
have
an
Instance
of
this
in
the
Coasts
of
Kent
and
Sussex
:
for
though
't
is
the
Interest
of
the
whole
Kingdom
besides
to
prohibit
Wooll
going
to
France
,
yet
because
't
is
the
Interest
of
a
few
hundreds
that
it
should
,
all
the
Laws
made
to
the
contrary
have
proved
ineffectual
;
and
in
my
humble
Opinion
it
is
worth
your
Lordships
deepest
Consideration
,
whether
this
Law
may
not
put
Ireland
upon
negotiating
a
secret
Trade
with
France
,
than
which
nothing
can
be
more
fatal
to
England
.
But
there
is
another
Country
that
pretends
to
the
Woollen
Manufacture
nearer
than
France
.
Scotland
lies
but
three
hours
sail
from
Ireland
,
and
the
whole
North
of
that
Kingdom
is
inhabited
by
Scots
,
and
if
we
should
put
such
Hardships
upon
them
,
I
am
afraid
it
will
not
be
an
easy
matter
to
hinder
their
trafficking
with
their
Country-men
,
which
may
be
done
in
little
Boats
;
and
what
is
not
work'd
up
in
Scotland
,
may
be
sent
from
thence
to
France
.
The
whole
Kingdom
of
Ireland
thinks
it
as
much
their
Interest
as
ours
to
prohibit
the
carrying
their
Wooll
to
Foreign
Parts
:
but
if
we
should
hinder
them
from
sharing
in
the
Benefit
of
that
Law
,
't
is
to
be
feared
they
will
send
it
where
they
can
get
most
for
it
,
notwithstanding
this
or
any
Laws
that
can
be
made
to
prevent
it
.
Besides
,
there
is
another
thing
worthy
of
Consideration
,
whether
if
we
should
hinder
the
People
of
Ireland
from
sending
any
of
their
Woollen
Manufactures
abroad
,
they
will
not
agree
together
to
spend
none
but
their
own
at
home
,
which
if
they
do
,
this
Act
will
recoil
upon
England
with
a
witness
.
The
Bill
prohibiting
their
importing
Irish
Cattel
hath
put
them
upon
Navigation
,
and
an
extentive
Trade
with
other
Nations
;
and
't
is
to
be
feared
,
if
we
should
hinder
them
from
selling
their
Manufactures
to
other
Nations
,
they
will
have
Wit
enough
to
spend
none
but
their
own
in
Ireland
.
But
if
,
my
Lords
,
notwithstanding
all
that
may
be
said
,
it
shall
be
thought
the
Interest
of
England
to
destroy
the
Woollen
Manufacture
in
Ireland
,
there
is
an
easier
and
Gentler
way
of
doing
it
.
The
Power
of
the
Government
is
very
great
in
that
Country
,
and
may
give
it
secret
Discouragements
,
and
let
it
decline
by
degrees
:
they
may
divert
it
by
setting
up
the
Linnen
Manufacture
in
the
places
where
the
Woollen
most
prospers
.
Perhaps
the
Parliament
of
Ireland
,
now
they
see
the
Pleasure
of
England
,
will
do
their
Endeavours
to
divert
their
Stock
and
People
to
the
Linnen
Manufacture
;
but
with
the
utmost
Submission
I
say
it
,
that
it
seems
too
severe
to
tell
them
and
the
whole
World
in
so
solemn
a
manner
,
that
they
shall
not
Manufacture
any
of
their
own
Product
;
it
bears
a
Sting
in
the
Tail
of
it
,
and
teaches
them
this
hard
Lesson
,
that
whenever
hereafter
they
with
great
Charge
,
Hazard
,
and
perhaps
forty
Years
Industry
arrive
to
a
degree
of
Perfection
in
any
thing
,
if
it
appears
to
be
the
real
or
mistaken
Interest
of
England
to
suppress
it
,
all
their
hopes
and
Endeavours
must
be
dasht
to
pieces
in
a
moment
,
their
Cattle
are
already
prohibited
,
their
Corn
,
their
Leather
,
their
Tallow
,
are
so
in
a
great
measure
,
they
cannot
come
from
the
West-Indies
but
must
touch
in
England
:
But
this
Bill
goes
farther
yet
;
it
says
,
in
effect
,
they
shall
not
bring
their
Manufactures
here
,
nor
carry
them
any
where
else
:
why
may
they
not
expect
that
another
Parliament
will
say
,
that
the
carrying
abroad
their
Beef
will
lesson
the
Price
of
our
Beef
,
the
carrying
abroad
their
Corn
will
lessen
the
Price
of
our
Corn
,
and
so
the
rest
of
their
Commodities
;
and
with
so
much
the
greater
probability
,
as
they
have
the
Precedent
of
this
Act
to
justify
the
Reasonableness
of
it
;
Nay
,
my
Lords
,
't
is
the
common
Subject
of
the
Pamphlets
,
and
Discourse
of
the
Town
,
that
it
ought
to
be
done
already
;
and
what
Assurance
shall
they
have
that
the
Linnen
Manufacture
(
which
they
are
so
often
complimented
with
)
will
never
be
set
up
in
England
?
It
hath
been
often
attempted
,
and
the
want
of
Success
in
my
poor
Opinion
hath
been
more
owing
to
the
Stock-jobbing
and
ill
Conduct
of
the
Managers
,
than
any
reason
from
the
nature
of
the
thing
:
yet
notwithstanding
a
great
deal
of
Linnen
is
made
in
Lancashire
,
Westmoreland
and
other
Parts
of
the
North
of
England
,
who
begin
already
to
grumble
at
the
bringing
in
Flax
and
Linnen
from
Ireland
.
And
if
those
Countries
should
improve
in
that
Manufacture
,
I
know
no
reason
why
it
should
not
be
as
much
Justice
to
prohibit
the
Linnen
Manufacture
in
Ireland
as
now
the
Woollen
,
and
no
doubt
the
Parliament
will
not
want
Petitions
to
that
purpose
;
they
trade
in
no
Commodities
that
England
does
not
produce
,
and
if
they
must
not
trade
in
those
,
they
must
trade
in
none
;
and
then
the
English
at
best
will
quit
the
Country
,
and
it
must
be
maintained
by
vast
Armies
supported
by
the
Men
and
Money
of
England
;
and
even
that
is
an
uncertain
Security
,
when
all
the
Natives
are
their
Enemies
,
and
neighbouring
Nations
ready
to
assist
them
.
But
what
seeems
hardest
yet
is
,
that
the
People
of
England
should
do
that
,
now
almost
the
whole
Kingdom
is
in
English
and
Protestants
hands
,
which
was
never
thought
fit
to
be
done
whilst
in
Irish
and
Popish
.
I
have
often
lamented
that
some
method
hath
not
been
found
out
to
make
England
and
Ireland
joyn
hand
in
hand
in
the
same
Interest
,
that
England
may
not
look
upon
Ireland
as
Rivals
of
their
Trade
,
nor
Ireland
upon
England
as
severe
Masters
,
who
would
sacrifice
them
upon
every
imaginary
and
perhaps
mistaken
advantage
.
I
doubt
not
but
Expedients
of
this
kind
may
be
offered
,
but
't
is
not
now
my
Province
,
't
is
a
Subject
worthy
of
the
Legislative
Power
,
and
your
Lordships
great
Wisdom
;
but
I
humbly
conceive
Acts
to
ruine
their
Trade
will
work
a
quite
contrary
effect
,
and
make
Ireland
look
upon
England
instead
of
their
Protectors
,
as
the
check
to
all
their
endeavours
,
and
the
obstacle
to
all
their
hopes
.
I
know
your
Lordships
are
not
to
be
diverted
from
your
purposes
by
distant
Surmises
;
but
't
is
no
dishonour
to
apprehend
just
consequences
;
for
to
fear
nothing
is
as
great
an
extravagance
,
as
to
fear
every
thing
.
It
's
your
Lordships
noble
Province
in
this
Government
under
Heaven
,
to
redress
Grievances
,
to
relieve
the
Oppressed
,
and
not
only
to
correct
the
Exhorbitances
of
Inferiour
Courts
,
but
to
moderate
the
Excesses
(
if
any
should
happen
)
of
the
other
parts
of
the
Government
;
and
't
is
to
your
generous
compassion
that
is
offered
the
condition
of
an
unhappy
Nation
,
who
in
the
cause
,
and
for
the
sake
of
England
have
lost
their
Fathers
,
their
Children
,
their
Brothers
,
their
Relations
;
who
have
seen
their
Country
every
where
on
a
light
fire
,
their
Cities
and
Towns
laid
in
rubbish
and
ashes
,
their
Estates
ravished
from
them
,
their
Faith
tortured
,
and
their
own
blood
spilt
promiscuously
in
the
Fields
and
Lanes
,
in
the
High-ways
and
Streets
.
Few
have
escaped
this
general
destruction
;
and
't
is
hoped
you
will
not
let
those
few
be
in
the
condition
of
poor
shipwrackt
men
on
some
Coasts
,
who
when
they
are
thrown
half
dead
a
shore
,
meet
their
ruine
from
those
of
whom
they
did
expect
relief
.
They
are
Englishmen
sent
over
to
conquer
Ireland
,
your
Countrymen
,
your
Brothers
,
your
Sons
,
your
Relations
your
Acquaintance
;
governed
by
the
same
King
,
the
same
Laws
;
of
the
same
Religion
,
and
in
the
same
Interest
,
and
equally
engaged
in
the
same
common
cause
of
Liberty
.
And
they
hope
this
Nation
that
hath
so
lately
escaped
the
fetters
of
Tyranny
,
will
shew
themselves
easy
and
Gentle
Masters
to
them
;
they
hope
you
will
not
let
them
by
their
service
to
England
,
their
zeal
to
their
Religion
,
their
love
to
their
Liberty
,
and
by
the
loss
of
their
Stock
,
and
benefit
of
their
Estates
for
a
great
many
years
,
purchase
the
loss
of
them
for
ever
.
FINIS
.