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Excerpt from Speech of Lord Dunraven at Limerick, Wednesday, March 22nd, 1893 <p>We are met here to-day in a very critical moment in the history foi our country - perhaps the most critical that it has ever passed through - and we have a very solemn duty to perform towards her, and towards ourselves. We, Irishmen, who 'are-filled with the profound conviction that our civil and religious liberties and rights will be seriously jeopardised by the Repeal of the Union, are met here to protest against the most iniquitous measure ever sought to be imposed upon free men. We who believe, we who know, that the material welfare of our country, and her industrial prosperity, is inseparately bound up with the preservation of the Legislative Union that now exists between Great Britain and Ireland, are here assembled to make our voices, our sure convictions, and our determination heard in the only constitutional way Open to us. <p>We have no direct representation in the House of Commons. Our opinions are represented, most ably represented, by members returned for other portions of Ireland, but as far as this county, and the South and West are concerned, we have no direct representa tion of our views in the House of Commons. The Unionist voice is silent in that chamber 3 but it will not be silenced. We can by meetings, by petitions, and by resolutions give evidence of the faith that is in us, and make our fixed resolve known to the Legislature, the constituencies, and the electorate of Great Britain; and that we intend to do. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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 re