FIRST.

That in order to promote and secure the essential Interests of Great

Britain and Ireland, and to consolidate the Strength, Power, and

Resources of the British Empire, it will be advisable to concur in such

measures as may best tend to unite the two Kingdoms of Great Britain

and Ireland into one Kingdom, in such manner, and on such Terms and

Conditions as may be established by Acts of the respective Parliaments of

His Majesty’s said Kingdoms.

Speech of the Right Honourable William Pitt, in the House of Commons, Thursday, January 31, 1799 On offering to the House the resolutions which he proposed as the basis of an union between Great Britain and Ireland: Fifth Edition. · 第 5 / 20 题