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measures . The real object was to put down Daniel O"Connell . But the power of Daniel O'Connell is solely in Hie opinions of his countrymen . He has obtained that power by being the champion of their rights . To incarcerate him and gag them will not destroy one atom of it . It can only be transmuted thereby into a more perilous form . What occasion was there for an honest Government to suspend the business of three kingdoms , and the liberties of one , in order to attempt to put him dowq ? He was not in the way of any beneficent measures by which Irish misery might have been alleviated . A sincere desire , shown in action , to benefit that ill-fated country , would have reduced , and was the only means that could nave reduced , his power . There was nothing in O'Connell ' s position which would nave been formidable to a wise , just , and benevolent Administration . The repeal agitation would necessarily have subsided had a few salutary reforms been adopted , a hearty desire shown to adopt others as soon as their efficiency could be ascertained , and the q uestion of a local legislature been calmly waited for , and when brought forward , ( if brought forward at all , ) calmly discussed . This would have been the course of considerate and
patriotic men . This would have won for them golden opinions from all sorts of men . ' What have they now ? The following is part of a letter ( not intended for publication ) which we received lately from a friend in Ireland , who is no unreasoning , violent , party politician , but whose feelings represent those of the best class , morally and intellectually , in that country .
' The assertions of Earl Grey with respect to this large county especially are monstrous falsehoods . What disturbances we have , and they are too many , arise from the unbearable oppression of the titheexactors and the Government-appointed magistracy . And the people , finding that their just complaints are unheeded , have at length been driven to take into their own hand 9 the execution of justice to
remove the cumberers of the ground , , who was stoned in this part of the county a few months ago , was one of the fiercest tyrants Qn the face of the earth ; for five years he oppressed the people in every possible way , and as in the prayer of Cassius in Demerara , ' were many to suffer that he might live V He was stoned in open day . This is more killing than murder ; the same retribution that a people would bestow on a hostile foreign foe . Not in the
memory of the most fierce Tory has there been a murder committed for the nordid sake of the wealth possessed , in this country ; &nd there is every security to person and property for those who ce&se from trou-Hingr , and who live in friendly intercourse with their neighbours , no matter what their creed be . 4 But Earl Grey , instead of holding forth the sceptre of justice , wishes to rule us with q . rod of iron . It remains to be seen whether the English people will submit to this tyranny on a part of them » elves . Jf they are supine , away with the vain tftlk of a unity of interests , or A union of the ( wo pp uutrie * ; they will be virtually aisuaited , Mid ive
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On the Conduct of Ministers rince the Meeting of Parliament . 247
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1833, page 247, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2612/page/31/
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