He expressed regret that he was unable to respect the laws of the
country. According to his views, the laws were made by an assembly of
landlords, purely and solely to serve their own rapacious desires, and
not in accordance with any dictates of right or wrong. As soon might
the lambs respect the laws of the wolves as the people of Ireland
respect the laws of the landlords.
From this point he naturally arrived at his fifth negative proposition: