In his speech he said: 'I have seen in that country a marked distinction made between the English and the Irish.

I have seen troops that have been sent full of this prejudice, that every inhabitant of that kingdom is a rebel to the British Government.

I have seen the most wanton insults practised upon men of all ranks and conditions.

I have seen the most grievous oppression exercised, in consequence of a presumption that the person who was the unfortunate object of such oppression was in hostility to the Government; and yet that has been done in a part of the country as quiet and as free from disturbance as the city of London.

He who states these things should be prepared with proofs.