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Dedication of the Vindicia Hibernicæ.

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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
OF ORANGE, WILLIAM TELL, FAYETTE,
HANCOCK, ADAMS, FRANKLIN,

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
EMBRACE THE KINDRED INTERESTS

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,
should be promoted;"

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
connected with the prosperity of its manufactures;"

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;
WHO HOLD THE SOUND DOCTRINE,

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,
IS RADICALLY UNSOUND;.

AND FINALLY, THAT

The ruinous experiment we have made of our present system

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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,

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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,

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INCULCATE THE DIVINE DOCTRINE OF MUTUAL FORGIVE-
NESS AND FORGETFULNESS OF THE CRIMES OF AGES
OF BARBAROUS IGNORANCE, INSATIATE RAPACITY, BLIND BIGOTRY,

INFURIATED FANATICISM, AND BLOOD-THIRSTY

CRUELTY.

Philadelphia, October 7th, 1826.

BY A CATHOLIC LAYMAN.

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