The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI

The Works of the Right
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THE WORKS

OF
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
EDMUND BURKE
IN TWELVE VOLUMES
VOLUME THE SIXTH
[Illustration: Burke Coat of Arms.]
LONDON JOHN C. NIMMO 14, KING WILLIAM STREET,
STRAND, W.C. MDCCCLXXXVII

CONTENTS OF VOL. VI.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND POSTHUMOUS VOLUME, IN A
LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM ELLIOT v
FOURTH LETTER ON THE PROPOSALS FOR PEACE WITH THE
REGICIDE DIRECTORY OF FRANCE; WITH THE PRELIMINARY
CORRESPONDENCE 1
LETTER TO THE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA, November 1, 1791 113
LETTER TO SIR CHARLES BINGHAM, BART., ON THE IRISH
ABSENTEE TAX, October 30, 1773 121
LETTER, TO THE HON. CHARLES JAMES FOX, ON THE
AMERICAN WAR, October 8, 1777 135
LETTER TO THE MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM, WITH
ADDRESSES TO THE KING, AND THE BRITISH COLONISTS IN
NORTH AMERICA, IN RELATION TO THE MEASURES OF
GOVERNMENT IN THE AMERICAN CONTEST, AND A
PROPOSED SECESSION OF THE OPPOSITION FROM
PARLIAMENT, January, 1777 149
LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. EDMUND S. PERRY, IN
RELATION TO A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF THE ROMAN
CATHOLICS OF IRELAND, July 18, 1778 197
TWO LETTERS TO THOMAS BURGH, ESQ., AND JOHN
MERLOTT, ESQ., IN VINDICATION OF HIS PARLIAMENTARY
CONDUCT RELATIVE TO THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND, 1780 207
LETTERS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE EXECUTIONS OF THE
RIOTERS IN 1780 239
LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. HENRY DUNDAS: WITH THE
SKETCH OF A NEGRO CODE, 1792 255
LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

MEETING, HELD AT AYLESBURY, APRIL 13, 1780, ON THE
SUBJECT OF PARLIAMENTARY REFORM 291
FRAGMENTS OF A TRACT RELATIVE TO THE LAWS AGAINST
POPERY IN IRELAND 299
LETTER TO WILLIAM SMITH, ESQ., ON THE SUBJECT OF
CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION, January 29, 1795 361
SECOND LETTER TO SIR HERCULES LANGRISHE, ON THE
CATHOLIC QUESTION, May 26, 1795 375
LETTER TO RICHARD BURKE, ESQ., ON PROTESTANT
ASCENDENCY IN IRELAND, 1793 385
LETTER ON THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND, 1797 413

PREFACE
TO THE SECOND POSTHUMOUS VOLUME,[1]
IN A LETTER TO
THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM ELLIOT
My dear sir,--As some prefatory account of the materials which
compose this second posthumous volume of the Works of Mr. Burke,
and of the causes which have prevented its earlier appearance, will be
expected from me, I hope I may be indulged in the inclination I feel to
run over these matters in a letter to you, rather than in a formal address
to the public.
Of the delay that has intervened since the publication of the former
volume I shall first say a few words. Having undertaken, in conjunction
with the late Dr. Laurence, to examine the manuscript papers of Mr.
Burke, and to select and prepare for the press such of them as should be
thought proper for publication, the difficulties attending our
coöperation were soon experienced by us. The remoteness of our places
of residence in summer, and our professional and other avocations in
winter, opposed perpetual obstacles to the progress of our undertaking.
Soon after the publication of the fourth volume, I was rendered
incapable of attending to any business by a severe and tedious illness.
And it was not long after my recovery before the health of our
invaluable friend began gradually to decline, and soon became unequal
to the increasing labors of his profession and the discharge of his
Parliamentary duties. At length we lost a man, of whom, as I shall have
occasion to speak more particularly in another part of this undertaking,

I will now content myself with saying, that in my humble opinion he
merited, and certainly obtained with those best acquainted with his
extensive learning and information, a considerable rank amongst the
eminent persons who have adorned the age in which we have lived, and
of whose services the public have been deprived by a premature death.
From these causes little progress had been made in our work when I
was deprived of my coadjutor. But from that time you can testify of me
that I have not been idle. You can bear