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[COOKE ( Edward )]. Arguments for an against an union, between Great Britain and Ireland, considere

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[COOKE ( Edward )].  Arguments for an against an union, between Great Britain and Ireland, considere

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 19 @ 18:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
[COOKE ( Edward )]. Arguments for an against an union, between Great Britain and Ireland, considered. Fifth edition. Dublin printed : London re-printed for J. Wright, opposite Old Bond-Street. Piccadilly, 1799Pages (2), 58, (2, adverts dated January 1st, 1799, with the half-title, 8vo, recent paper wrapper : a very good to nice copy. Mc Cormack A 24. Of this edition, ESTC locates four copies : L, C(2) / MH-BA. "This pamphlet, which was taken to represent views held in higher quarters, called forth many replies. It is a temperate examination of the problem, resting the case for the union on grounds conciliatory to all classes of the Irish people. Large concessions to the Roman catholics are foreshadowed as the natural sequel to a measure which, in other ways, the writer did much to forward. He was the intermediary in most of the transactions, questionable and otherwise, by which legislative support was obtained for the Union." – DNBALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1) [SMITH ( Sir Wm. Cusack )]. Letters on the subject of union, in which Mr. Jebb’s "reply" is considered ; and the competence of Parliament to bind Ireland to an Union is asserted ; by a barrister and Member of Parliament. Dublin printed : London reprinted for J. Wright, opposite Old Bond-Street, Piccadilly, 1799. Pages (4), 115, (1, adverts), with half-title, 8vo, recent wrapper : a very good-nice copy. Mc Cormack L 29. Smith (1766–1836), Dublin-born politician and judge. The 1798 rebellion turned him into one of the foremost advocates of the union, on the grounds that a subject parliament was a political and logical inconsistency and that the exclusion of catholics from power could best be remedied by ending it. His speech in the union debate in 1799 brought him instant fame and resulted in a request from Pitt to meet the author (CDIB).(2) [LATTIN ( Patrick )]. The Case of Ireland Reconsidered, in answer to a pamphlet [by Edward Cooke], entitled Arguments for and against an union, considered. London : Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Debrett, Piccadilly, 1799. FIRST EDITION, pp (8), 86, (2, blank), with half-title, 8vo, recent wraps : very good-nice. Mc Cormack C 2. Cooke's pamphlet was regarded as a statement of the government's thinking and was ‘very universally read’.(3) JEBB ( Richard ). A reply to a pamphlet, entituled, Arguments for and against an Union. Dublin, printed : London, reprinted for J. Debrett, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly, 1799. Pages iv, 67, (1, adverts), 8vo, recent paper wrapper : a very good to nice copy. McCormack R9. When the possibility of abolishing the Irish parliament was being discussed, Jebb published this pamphlet, a rebuttal of the views of the under-secretary, Edward Cooke. In a work widely read in several editions that year, Jebb predicted that the abolition of the Dublin parliament would injure the local economy greatly if ‘principal nobility’ and ‘first gentlemen’ no longer had to reside either in their constituencies or in Dublin. He suggested, in an effort to sway government opinion, that the Irish parliament might give up the right to differ from the monarch over declarations of war and similar matters. He argued that not all catholics could be blamed for the rebellion ; instead, he blamed revolutionary theorists and the pernicious influence of the French republic. Even though he opposed the union, his moderate and clearly argued work impressed the government ; he declined the offer of a seat in the post-union parliament at Westminster (CDIB).(4) SPENCER ( Joshua ). Thoughts on an Union. New edition. London, re-printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1798. Pages 31, (1, adverts), 8vo, recent paper wrapper : a very good to nice copy. Mc Cormack T 8. First published at Dublin earlier in the same year.(5) RUDD ( Pemberton ). An answer to the pamphlet, intituled, "Arguments for and against an Union," &c. &c. In a letter addressed to Edward Cooke, Esq, secretary at war. New edition. London : re-printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1798. Pages iv, (5) - 23, (1, adverts), 8vo, recent paper wrapper : a very good to nice copy. McCormack A16. ESTC locates seven copies of this edition - none in Ireland.(6)ENGLISH PRE 1801; IRELAND; HISTORY; UNION; DUBLIN PRINTED; ; ; ; ; ; ;