SOME THINGS TO WHICH THE IRISH WOULD NOT SWEAR.
MR. GROVE.—This insufferably ignorant, and, therefore, insolent magisterial cur, who has recently made himself an object of unenviable notoriety, by asserting that “the Irish would swear anything,” has shown himself to be as stupid as he is malignant. Would, for instance, the most hard-mouthed Irishman in existence venture to swear that—
- Mr. Grove is a gentleman; or that—
- Sir Francis Burdett has brought honour to his grey hairs; or that—
- Colonel Sibthorp has more brains than beard; or that—
- Sir Robert Peel feels for anybody but himself; or that—
- Peter Borthwick was listened to with attention; or that—
- Sir Peter Laurie’s wisdom cannot be estimated; or that—
- Sir Edward George Erle Lytton Bulwer thinks very small beer of himself; or that—
- The Earl of Coventry carries a vast deal of sense under his hat; or that—
- Mr. Roebuck is the pet of the Times; or, in short, that—
- The Tories are the best and most popular governors that England ever had.
If “the Irish would swear” to the above, we confess they “would swear anything.”