A letter from the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, M.P. in the Kingdom of Great Britain, to Sir Hercules Langrishe, Bart. M.P. : on the subject of Roman Catholics of Ireland, and the propriety of admitting them to the elective franchise, consistently with the principles of the constitution as established at the revolution

A letter from the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, M.P. in the Kingdom of Great Britain, to Sir Hercules Langrishe, Bart. M.P. : on the subject of Roman Catholics of Ireland, and the propriety of admitting them to the elective franchise, consistently with the principles of the constitution as established at the revolution

London Printed for J. Debrett 1792

88 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

L2006F202 1792

(OCoLC)09528541

First London edition published weeks after the Dublin edition with significant corrections by Burke
Signatures: B-F8 G4
Defends the extension of the franchise to the Roman Catholics in Ireland, as a matter of justice and progress towards social peace; in support of the Roman Catholics, Burke also notes the fidelity of Canadian Catholics to the British Crown during the American war for independence: "[Instead] our English Protestant colonies revolted. They joined themselves to France; and so it happened that Popish Canada was the only place which preserved its fidelity; the only place in which France got no footing ..."

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