The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

The following resolutions, which appear to be the basis of the late proceedings of the different associated bodies in Ireland, we find in a London paper of February 27.

IRELAND.

The following are the resolutions of the volunteer corps of the province of Ulster, now sitting at Dungannon, and consisting of 160 hundred and sixty officers.

ULSTER VOLUNTEERS.

At a meeting of the representatives of 143 corps of volunteers of the province of Ulster, held at Dungannon, on Friday the 15th of February, 1782.

Colonel WILLIAM IRVINE in the chair:

Whereas it has been asserted, that volunteers, as such, cannot with propriety debate, or publish their opinions, on political subjects, or on the conduct of Parliament, or public men:

Resolved unanimously, that a citizen, by learning the use of arms, does not abandon any of his civil rights.

Resolved unanimously, that a claim of any body of men, other than the King, Lords and Commons of Ireland, to make laws to bind this kingdom, is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.

Resolved (with one dissenting voice only) that the powers exercised by the Privy Councils of both kingdoms, under, or under colour or pretence of, the law of Poynings, are unconstitutional, and a grievance.

Resolved unanimously, that the ports of this country are, by right open to all foreign countries not at war with the King; and that any burthen thereupon, or obstruction thereto, save only by the Parliament of Ireland, is unconstitutional, illegal and a grievance.

Resolved (with one dissenting voice only) that a mutiny bill not limited, in point of duration, from session to session, is unconstitutional, and a grievance.

Resolved unanimously, that the independence of Judges is equally essential to the impartial administration of justice in Ireland as in England: & that the refusal or delay of this right to Ireland, makes a distinction where there should be no distinction, may excite jealousy where perfect union should prevail, and is in itself unconstitutional, and a grievance.

Resolved (with eleven dissenting voices only) that it is our decided and unalterable determination, to seek a redress of these grievances; and we pledge ourselves to each other, and to our country, as freeholders, fellow citizens, and men of honor, that we will, at every ensuing election, support those only who have supported and will support us, therein; and that we will use all constitutional means to make such our pursuit of redress speedy and effectual.

Resolved (with one dissenting voice only) that the Right Honorable and Honorable the Minority in Parliament who have supported these our constitutional rights, are entitled to our most grateful thanks; and that the annexed address be signed by the Chairman and published with these resolutions.

Resolved unanimously, that four members from each county of the province of Ulster (eleven to be a quorum) be, and are hereby appointed a committee till next general meeting, to act for the volunteer corps here represented, and, as occasion shall require, to call general meetings of the province, viz. -- Lord Viscount Enniskillen, Col. Mervyne Archdall, Col. William Irvine, [and 20 others.]

Resolved unanimously, that said committee do appoint nine of their members to be a committee in Dublin, in order to communicate with such other volunteer associations in the other provinces as may think proper to come to similar resolutions, and to deliberate with them on the most constitutional means of carrying them into effect.

In consequence of the above resolutions the committee have appointed the following gentlemen for said committee, three to be a quorum, viz. -- Col. Mervyne Archdall, Col. William Irvine [and 7 others]

Resolved unanimously, that the committee be, and are hereby instructed to call a general meeting of the province within twelve months from this day, or in fourteen days after the dissolution of the present Parliament should such an event sooner take place.

Resolved unanimously, that the Court of Portugal have acted towards this kingdom (being part of the British empire) in such a manner as to call upon us to declare, and pledge ourselves to each other, that we will not consume any wine of the growth of Portugal; and that we will, to the extent of our influence, prevent the use of said wine, save and except the wines at present in this kingdom, until such time as our exports shall be received in the kingdom of Portugal, as the manufactures of part of the British empire.

Resolved (with two dissenting voices only to this and the following resolution) that we hold the right of private judgment, in matters of religion, to be equally sacred in others as in ourselves.

Resolved, therefore, that, as men, and as Irishmen, as Christians, and as protestants, we rejoice in the relaxation of the penal laws against our Roman Catholic fellow subjects; and that we conceive the measure to be fraught with the happiest consequences to the union and prosperity of the inhabitants of Ireland:

Resolved unanimously, that these resolutions be published.
To the Right Honorable and Honorable the MINORITY in both HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

We thank you for your noble and spirited, though hitherto ineffectual, efforts in defence of the great constitutional and commercial rights of your country. -- Go on. -- The almost unanimous voice of the people is with you: and in a free country, the voice of the people must prevail. We know our duty to Our Sovereign, and are loyal: we know ourselves, and are resolved to be free. We seek for our rights, and no more than our rights: and, in so just a pursuit, we should doubt the being of a Providence; if we doubted of success.

Signed by order,

WILLIAM IRVINE, Chairman