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IRE LAi ^ lP . MB . O * CONNELL'S TISIT TO CHAKLEVILLEThe Limerick Reporter contains & very long acceunt of Mr . O'Connell ' a visit to Cbarleville , eonnty of Cork . The following ia an abridgment : — Mr O'Ctonnell slept » t Nenagb on Wednesday night , aod arrived , accompanied by Mr . Steele and Mr . E . W . O'Mahonj , in limerick , at ten o ' clock yesterday morning -when he started for Charleville ,. taking Bmff in bta rente . At Broff he was joined by hundreds of the peasantry on horseback , and , when he halted to change horses , was received by I > r . Swyny , head repeal warden of Bruff , and his exee : ient staff , with a teetotal band , which struck np "See the conquering here comes . "
After delaying for abcut ten minutes ; be proceeded on his jonmey , accompanied by I > r . S-sryny and a numerous cavalcade . From Bruff to K . lasallock tbe whole country round poured forth its tens and hundreds of thoniands of men , women , and children , whom the terrors of a coercion bill could not prevent from joining in the magnificent demonstration in favour of Repeal . From Kilmallock to Charlerille the Bcene along the road was of the most animating description . As far as the eye could reach a fast mass of human beings presented itself to the view , carrying laurels and boughs of trees in their hands , bo as to present the appearance of a moving forest , bo dense was the crowd which filled the road . At Kilmallock the carriage was met
by a deputation from the Congregated Trades of Limerick , with their banners , and attired in the same way as they bad been on the day when they met him a few miles from Limerick , on his way from Rathkeale , and by thcu « nds of the CharleTille people and the district immediately snrrcnndiiu ? it , headed by their respected pastor , the Rev . Mr . Croke , and his curate , the Kev . Mr . Dfrjer , with two temperance bands , all carrying wands , and wearing blue and green Fashes . The Rev . Mr . Crcke sat with the Liberator on the dickey of hiB carriage . As it advanced the numbers increased tenfold , while the same cheering and waving of hats continaed to rend tbe air with acclamations . Same idea may be formed of this splendid and magnificent demonstration of popular strength , when * we state tint from Bruff , which is a distance of ten miles , to Cbarleville , the liberator's carriage was obliged \ o proceed at a walking
pace , so great was the immense cavalcade which accompanied it He arrived in Cbarleville at a quarter to five o ' clock , accompanied , in procession , by at least two hundred thousand persons , wbo rent the air with their enthusiastic gratulations . The scene in tbe prin dpal street of Cbarleville was at this moment one of the most animating description . The house-tops were crowded by adventurous spirits , the windowB by elegantly dressed ladies , wbo waved their handkerchiefs . A large platform was erected in the centre of the street opposite tbe market-bouse , in which was stationed a party of tbe 45 th Light Infantry and a stipendiary magistrate . After considerable difficulty , the carriage arrived opposite the platform , but it was so crowded , and the streets so blocked up , that Mr . O"Gocnell found it was impossible to make his way , and accordingly determined to address the mnltude from tie dickty .
On the motion of Michael Ryan , Esq ., of Bruree , the Rev . Mr . Crcke was called to the chair . Jir . O'Connell addressed the multitude at great length . It had , he observed , been said by a person who was represented the other day as one w&o had a great regard for every one ' s character but his own—it was asserted by Lord Brougham that such meetings as the present were turbulent assemblies—( Groans ) Tbe newspapers stated so , and put Lord Brcu $ haars r « me at the head of the speech of the man wbo made the
assertion . He iMr . O'ConneU ) believed that in the course of a long life that lord never asserted anything half so foul and so false ; for he had himself seen , within the last fortnight thousands upon thousands assemble in various parts of the country , and never did be witness anything so orderly , or with so much merriment and good humour—( loud cheers . ) But Brongbaio degraded the last ministry by his being associated with them , and he was then endeavouring to speculate for bis own advantage , by """ ling the people of
Ireland—{ Groans . ) Tbe Duke of Wellington was quite disgusted with him—and , as tbe Amerian newspaper said , that a Hew York man was so handsome that be was obliged to carry a stick to keep off the women , they should send there for that stick , and give it to the Duke to keep off Brougham—icheers and laughter . ) That was sis ( Mr . CCo&nell ' e ) answer to his charge of there being tumultuous assemblages in Ireland . But it would ill become them to meet at any period for tbe purpose of petitioning against tbe in justice and oppression itfixted on their country , if they insulted or injured any bo »" y , at do more than endeavour to convince Uiose in a peace- able irannw who had not tfee good sense to join then— j ( cheers . ) Within tbe fortnight he had addressed bim-i self to upwards of a million of the people— loud " *
^ . ^ b * . - t T ^_ A . L . . a — _¦• L _ . «^_ *_ . . . * ^ cheers . ) In the course of next week he would meet and address another , because h was most important that those public demonstrations should be made . iCheers . ) Be came there to a ^ k them to petition for a Repeal of the Union . ( Cries of "We will , we will . ") His object in coming amor . z&l them was to eall on them to do so . They knew the treatment they met at the other aide of the ¦ water ; for when they aeked for bread they gave them stones , and wbea they asked for fish they gave them a serpent { Hear , hear . ) Although his excellent colleague , Mr . Roche , remained away like himself from Parliament ; yet they were working fat the cause of Ireland at home . iCheers . ) They next threatened them with military violence ; and be was told that a party of
soldiers was sent to that meeting for the purpose of preserving the peace . He regretted that for their sake , for they were the bravest men in the world ; and whenever the Qae&n ' B troops were sent among the people , they performed their duties faithfully , and conducted themselves with the strictest propriety . ' ( Hear , hear . ) Three cheers for the military ( a call which was heartily responded to ) . The Hon . and Learned Gentleman thus concluded : —•• Were they terrified at the threat of the Duke of Wellington ? tlndlgnsnt cries of " No , bo . ") Wtre they ttrrified at that of Peel ? 1 N 0 , no . ) No , 1 st them take his advice— ' let them keep withi-. tbe law , and when they separated , let them go home without the least disturbance ur irregularity . { Cries of " We will . *') Let them insult no giiwirii / . tviia vi no nm . i jjou Lueiu insult ao
one , but be lively and merry at tbe prospects which were opening upon their country . ( Cheers . ) He wanted liberty for old Ireland . He was travelling through the land , and would have tbe entire island With him before many months were over . ( Cheers . ) "Who would , tell him after \ bat a British Statesman ' would refuse their just demands , and who would tell him he would not get a repeal of tbe legislative nnion ? ( Cheers . ) Prance knew list Enzland was weak as long as Ireland was justly discontented—America knew it—Russia learned , and all Europe was aware of it ; and Heaven forbid she should be secure While Ireland was in cha ' -ns . ( CLeera ) The Hon . Gentleman then canduded amid the same deafening cheers ,
CFrom the Times . ) DrBLlS , Mat 22 . —Ths Repeal Association met this day at twelve o ' clock , and notwithstanding the absence in Cork of Mr . O'Connell , tbe room was crowded to suffocation . Mr . Town-Councillor Shannon took the ^ . ftttJT Mr . Rat announced at the commencement of the proceedings the receipt of £ 4 uO as the subscriptions sent np to Saturday evening . £ ? then proceeded to read a voluminous mass cf corre ? j * sdence , enclosicg further nuns of money , in which agreeable occupation he was engaged np to tie post hour . It is stated that the amount of the rent for the week will be equal to that acknowledged on the last day of meeting , namely , £ 594 , odd shillings .
The Athlone paper contains a reqaisition , headed by Lord French . Bishop Cantwell , < , t Meath , &n « I Bishop Biggins , of 3 Iullingar speech notoriety , addressed to Mr . O'Cossell , requesting him to name a dsy f ur a public meeting ard dinner , to be held in Atfcloxse " for the purpose of forwarding the regentntion of Ireland . "" The terms proposed for tbe country ' " regeneration " T > eing reasonable enough , Mr . O'Coi . i .. U has fixed Sunday , the 18 th of June , for the meetim : and dinner . In addition to the names attached tj the requ i sition , t _? re figure no less than twenty-thrae priests , .-cd that of one baronet , of Whig creation , Sir M . D . B : li-w The document itself breathes throughout a torn , ef defiance and contempt of the recent Ministeml declarations : it
says"Weare fully impressed with the convictien that Bothieg ehort of the repeal of the union can be of any beneficial service to Ireland . This conviction is more firmly established by the threats said : o bs mi-ie use of by Wellington and Peel , and particularly by tbe declaration of the latter , who seems to entertain so thorough a contempt for the Irish people , that he says he will not consent to listen to the unanimous voice of Ler entire representative * Hi » threats of coercion we « lesptfe , and as a proof of the little weight they have with us we beg to invite you , the Father of Repeal , to come
amongst us , that we may shew him , by the recept :.. n we will gr » e you , the measureless contempt we entertain both for him and his abettors . We beg to assur-. yoa , sir , that there are many of us who have not before joined the Repeal ranks , nor would we , perhaps , evec now , but for tbe insult which thoae Parliamentary * ee F ^ M C 0 nt 8 towa * d « om country , and for the foolish threats wbieh have been mads use of towards oraeives ; and we are aow determined to pursue a Btoadj , legal , sad continuous course of agitation nntil Ireland is once more a nation . "
The Athlone paper also . publishes the report of a jwpaiatary meeting to make arrangements for the re-CBption of the Agitator , at which tbe leading orator vai tbe Beverend Mi . KUroe , a Roman Catholic priest , wbo m tbe coarse of his speack , in allusion to tbe th » ata rf 8 ir R . Peel , andth . Duke said--» Before be ( tbe Duke of Wellington ) threatened Ireland , be should mnembn Waterloo , where he Kreamed fflce a dunghill eock that had just got a ' taste of the ¦ tad '—( Lasghtez . ) It is a fact , when be saw the Preach trwaj ehargiaf / down npon his lines , and on the position where be stood , he screamed from very fear , till be w *§ jnmranded by the brave hearts and strong arms of Irishmen ; then indeed , when surrounded by bis eodB&Tmeo , bis fears vanished , his self-possession returned , and be was able to issue his orders with prec _ kn and effwt—Jbear , hear . ) This , however , ia the peaoa wbo bv ft # JMfecit ? U ) tfereatea tbo Iricb
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pe-pie . But we regard bis threats , as OConnell says , as eo many momhs full of sawdust He dare not pat them in execution ; and however willing he and the English aristorcracy may be to tyrannize over Ireland , tbey dare not , and we fling back the threat with all tbe contempt such fiendish expressions deserve—( hear , and cheers . ")
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m PROGRESS OF REPEAL . GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT MULLINGAR . Mnilingar , Sunday Night , May 14 th , 1843 . The great Repeal demonstration for Westmeath took place here to-day , under circumstances of tbe highest national importance , and exceeding , in the display of public feeling which it exhibited , the most splencid of the many magnificieRt exhibitions of popular strength which have latterly occurred throughout the kingdom . The entire front of almost every house was hid with green bushes and wreathes of flowers , and the half dozen residences that formed exception to the general rule only served to heighten the effect , in shewing by their bare walls ( aa destitute of the enlivening hue of the national colonr as the hearts of
their occupiers were of national feeling ) , how few the enemies of repeal really were . At short intervals , through all the streets—not only those through which O'Connell shonld pass , but also the streets which were wholly out of his way—were erected beautL ' ul triumphal arches , several of which were decorated with flags of red , green , and white ; and all bearing appropriate inscription !! , such as " Cead mire failte , " " Ireland for the Irish , and the Irish for Ireland , " " Ireland mustbe a nation , " " We seek cquality , net ascendancy through the Repeal , "'" The man who commits a crime gives strength to the enemy , " ' We mu-t have Repeal , " " A nation of eight millions is too powerful to be dragged at the tail of any other country , " Repeal , and * no
Surrender , '"" Repeal , Repeal , " Ac &o .. Much of the enthusiasm described in ihe repeal newspapers as existing in favour of the national cause is considered by the anii-Msh party as exaggeration , or , at least , is represented as such by the Tory press ; but , as facts are not s-o easily combated as assertions , we leave the impartial reader to rt fleet what the state of the public mind thounbout Ireland at the present period must be when large bodies of men travel on foot distances of from twenty to thirty Irish miles for the mere purpose of swelling by their numbers the immense assemblages that congregate at the Repeal meetings , as from the extent of the crowds there mu * t be always a very doubtfnl chance of their being able to h ^ ar the speakers ; and . the expectation of being delighted by the eloquence of Mr . O'Connell
and other populax orators can , therefore , be scarcely a sufficient inducement to them to undergo so much fatigue . One reporter , speaking of this meeting , says , — " I have seen here to-day , upwards of twelve amateur bands , many of them from localities at a very considerable distance , and each accompanied by large masses of their fellow-townsmen . Among them were the bands from Kilccck , " 24 mile ? ; Kells , 22 miles ( drawn in an ornamental coach , with four horses ) ; Trim , 21 miles ; Philip ? town , 14 miles ; Ivionegad , 9 miles ; Kilbeggan , 12 miles ; Ballinagore , 10 miles ; Caatlepollard , 11 miles ; Castletowndelvin , 11 miles ; Old Castle , &c . "—A large platform was erected in the market-place , which the charge of Is . for admission to is did not prevent from being most inconveniently crowded . The assemblage was 120 000 or 130 , 000 .
Oa the motion of the Bishop of ALeath , seconded by Mr . Fitzerald , Behsahd Martin , Esq ., Mnllingar , was called to the chair .. The Rev . Mr . Kkarnbt , P . P ., Tubberclare , moved the first resolution expressive of the evils of the Union , and of their determination to use every legal and constitutional means to obtain its repeal . Mr . Tars seconded the resolution which was carried .
Mr . O'Cojtxeu . then came forward , and was received with deafening shouts of applause , which continued for a con-iderable period . He said : Wellington and Peel have proved this—that they are ready enough to show their tt etb , but they cannot bite _ —( hear , hear ) . That is the entire amount of all iheir mighty schemes . But I will tell you why—for the same reason that the cur dog cannot bite your hand if you keep it wrapped in your coat—( cheers apd laughter ) . We do not give them anything to bite us on , and they cannot touch us . Now , there are two reasons why their declarations should prove atonive . First , our object is legitimate ; and secondly , our means are peaceable and lawful—( . hear , hear ) . Our object is to repeal an Act of Parliament ,
and there can be no crime in endeavouring to do that iy peaceable and legal means . The crime was in : ii passing it , and it was by a multiplication of crimes that it was originally earned—( hear , hear ) J My first object is to get Ireland for the Irish—( loud cheers . ) 1 a . m content that tbe English should have England , bn : they have had the dominion of this country loo long , and it U time that the Irish should get ihe management of their own country—the regulation of their oirn country—the enjoyment of iheir own country—iba : the Irish should have Ireland —( great and long cheers ) . Nobody can know how to govern ua as well as we wonld know how to do it ourselves—nobody could know to relieve our wants as well as we would onr .-elves—nobody
could have to deep an interest in our prosperity , or could be so well fitted for remedying our evils , and procuring happiness for us aa we would ourselves . ( Hear , hear . ) And if I am toid that the present system has been working for seven centuries , my answer is , the more Bpeediiy is i ; incumbent upon us to break our fetters , and to obtain the liberty of our native land . ( Cheers . ) Old Ireland anu Lberty ! ( Loud cheers . ) Thai is what I am ssrugglnifi for . ( Hear , hear . ) If 1 was to tell the Scotch that they should not have Scotland—if 1 was to tell the English that they should not have England—if I was to tell the Spaniards that they ihould not have Spain—or tbe French that thtv
should not have France , they would have a right to laugh at , to hate , to attack , or to assail me in ; whatever manner they choose . But I do not say any such thing . What I say is , that as all these 1 people have their own countries the Irish ought to ; have Ireland . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) What | numberless advantages would not the Irish enjoy if they possessed their own conntry ? A domes-tic Parliament would encourage Irish manufactures . Tne linen trade , and the woollen trade wonld be spreading amongst you . An Irish Parliament would foster Irish commerce , and protect Irish agriculture . The labourer , the artizan , and the shopkeeper would be all benefited by the Repeal of the Union ; but if I were to describe all the blessings that it would confer 1 would detain you here
crowdland does charily in the way a person will throw a bene to a dog by slashing it in between his teeth—( hear , hear ) . That is the poor law charity , the charity of the commissioners , and assistant commissioners , and all concerned under them , except the ' poor themselves , and when they do give relief , they ' look upon the poor as if they were criminals , or aa if poverty was a crime to be punished bv perpetual imprisonment —{ hear , hear , and loud cheer- ) . But I would relieve the poor without the imposition of poor rates , and I would prevent you from paying i any clergy but yoar own Uoud cheers ) . I should not have used the word prevent , because if any of you wished to pay both you might do it if you pleased ( laughter ) . I often asked Protestants how
mg on each others back * until morning before I wonld be done—( laughter ) . In the first place , I ask did yon ever hear of the tithe rent charge—( groans ) . Are you satisfied tvbe paying parsons who do not pray for you —( no , no ) . It is time , therefore , that they should be put an end to —( hear , hear ) . The people of England do not pay for the church of the minority . A Voices-No , nor the people of Scotland either . You are quite right , though I think I heard the remark before —( laughter ) . But carry home my words with you , and tell them to your neighbours . 1 tell you the people of Ireland will not be much longer paying them—( hear , hear , and cleers ) . I next want to get rid of the poor-rates—( cheers ) .
Engwonld they like to pay for the support of the Catholic clergy by force , and they alirays said they would not like it at all , and why should the Catholics like it ' one bit the better ( hear ) . Cobbetfc had a phrase for it . He used to say , " what ' s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander . " ( Laughter . ) The next thing that the Repeal would abolith is the grand jury cess . ( Cheers . ) I believe it grinds some of you ? ( Cries of * It does so . " ) There is not a moro iniquitous tax in the world , for it comes on the occupier instead of on the country at large . Give me the Repeal , and the national Treasury will pay for the making and repairing of all the roadB , bridges , and public buildings , and instead of the poor farmerB
and occupiers paying the money themselves , it will come from the treasury , and would go in giving employment to those who have to pay it . I will tell you another thing I want to do , I want that every head of a family , every married man , and every h > usebolder , should have a right to vote for members «• Parliament . They said that I wonld have au unrest in that , because I would then have more vales ; but my answer is , that if 1 wonld it is because the people now I am acting honestly by them , and every body else who does the same will be equally supported . ( Loud cheers . ) The landlords now persbente those who Tote differently from their wishes , but I would institute the ballot-box . The
next advantage is one that does not much concern the majority © f you . It is the giving tbe management or their own affairs to the inhabitants of the towns , instead of their having tbe miserable mnnieipal reform thai they now possess ; but I will not tronble you farther with that . You know that the landlords have duties as well as rights , and I would establish the fixitv of tenure ( loud cheers ) to remind them of those duties . I will tell you what my plan is , and you can consider it among&t yourselves . My plan is that no landlord should recover rent unless he made a leate for twenty-one years to the tenant —no lease or no rent say 1 . ( Load cheers . ) Unless fie made & lease , he would have bo more business
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before he sat down , for h < - meani ; to address them at some length ; and therefore those who had other business to occupy them had better bo going home at onco—( cheers and laughter ) . He asked had any thing been done since ' 34 . Had England assisted in doing anything for Ireland ? He did not expect that she would act otherwise than as she had done ; but still , if they had kept up the Repeal cry after that promise ' , how triumphantly would Sir Robert Peel be now able to shout out " England made promises —the high word of England , that was never broken " —he would say it was never kept—( laaghter)— " was pledged—the plighted faith , the unstained honour of England were bound up in the pledge , and it would have been fulfilled . " Ho ( Mr . O'Connell ) would not
say one wcrd about Limerick , to be sure , while reel would be so boasting —( hear , hear , )—but boast he assuredly would , and exult ho would . He would say , there can be no doubt the grievances of Ireland would be redressed , but they wanted separation . They wanted not justice , but . hey had a vexatious and rebellious cry for separation between the two oountrio 8 . " It , under such circumstances , the people ef Ireland continued to agitate , they would do so only through the timidity that must naturally arise within them from the . recollection of the broken faith of England in former times ; but m : » ny of those who join us now would be far from joining ua then . ( Hear , hear . ) It was also to be recollected that the reform parliament had then been only just instituted ,
anil its working had not yet been known ; and Sir Robert Peel would als-o have relied on that fact . They would thus be placed in as unpleasant a position as ever public men were placed in ; bat on the other hand , see how triumphantly they were placed . ( Cheers ) By their actions—though mt by thoir belief— they gave to England the opportunity of doing them . Thero wero two grounds of apathy and indifference towards the Repeal agitation : one of these was caused by the agitation having been abandoned for a time , and many honest men feared that it had not been seriously revived—( hear , hear ) —and the other was tho policy adopted by the Whigs in the notorious declaration of Lord Ebrington , now Earl Fortesoue , against the
Repealersthe paltry attempt at corrupting theyouth of Ireland by bribery—the effort made to corrupt the waters of social life , so that those who drunk of what ought to be the pure spring of patriotism imbibed only baseness and turpitude , and the personal expectations of poHtioal benefits—( hear , hear ) . Where were tho bar that usod to surround them at former times 1 Lord Fortescue can tell . They are still afraid that the Whigs may come into power again , and that they 'would bo excluded from promotion . Shame on the Irish bar for having at length deserted their country—( cries of shame , shame ) . But tho Repealers could do without thorn . They had a sufficient number ot" the honest portion ot the bar to do the public business ; and with that
portion , and the popular strength that was collected around them , and the aid of that Providence that he hoped was watching over the destinies of the country , they would go on—( loud cheers ) . Ho had been aware that that public apathy could not continue much longer . He knew how anxious the pcoplo really were for their country , and that the moment h <) was able to cry out " Ireland for the Irish , " ho would have a talisman that would bo irresistible in rousing the patriotism of tho country . But as Boon aB he saw a predisposing sentiment of a higher order nf agitation , his hopes brightened . When he called 1843 tho Repeal year , many persons laughed and sneered at him . Who laughed and sneered now ! In point of history how tiien
were they circumstanced \ Peel and Wellington threatened them ; they came out with their declaration of a threat . They are , forsooth , to apply to Parliament for more power , that they may put down the exercise of a constitutional power . But will they do it —( hear , hear ) . He would not discuss the prudence of their doing so for a while , but this he would say , for the present , that the threat had come forth ; the brutum fulmen had been announced . The thunderbolt had been heard to hiss but not to roar through the upper air , buc the Irish people despised it . What was the first response ? The great meeting of Westmeath —( loud cheers ) . He was not exaggerating when he said that tens of thousands , and he believed he did not exaggerate when he said more than 100 , 000 persons were assembled there . But whatever the numbers were the assemblage was majestic , and it was also well conducted . The people were civil towards each other ,
and their mutual politeness prevented the pressure of the crowd from injuring any person . They were sober , good humoured , and steady , while they exhibited tho most marked hatred of their enemies and the strongest love of their friend . * -: They met to hear tho advantage of the Repeal talked of , but there waa a pre-gone conviction in their own minds that required no instruction to them . Let Wellington and Peel know that that was their reply to tbeir menaces . When they said "the resolution of 1834 , " he would say" the meeting in Weatmeath "—( cheera . ) And was it no answer to them that they had . £ 696 12 s . 4 d ., and he would not forgive Peel one penny of it—( loud cheTs . ) But ought not the people of England , and the statesmen ot Eugland consider what steps they ongtu now to take . They should recollect that the Irish people violate no law , infringe no-statute , are guilty of uo violence . There shall be no rebellion while ho lived .
The name of it should sot be heard . The Irish people would attack no one , but he would not say that , if attacked , they would not defend themselves —( 3 nth ; , eiastic cheering for several minutes . ) The Repeal would be carried by legal means , or , at leabt , by means that were constitutional—( hear , hear . ) Buc the English , it seemed , did not like the cry for Repeal . If they did not , why did not theyjuiu them in insisting that justice should be done to Ireland—( hear , hear . ) Titte Tory party never attempted to apply the proper remedy for the ills of Ireland . He s ated at Mullingar that they acted like the
Frenchman who attempted to fatten his horse- He tried one day a purgative , another day a pill , another day a drench , and then ho tried more medicine , he supposed Morison ' s pills—( laughter . ) At length he tried tobacco water ; but the horse would not fatten by all the trials , and at length somebody asked him " did you ever try oats" —( hear and laughter . ) In the same manner England tried every means of tranquillising Ireland except the oats—the doing her justice —( hear , hear . ) She tried coercion bills , transportation bills , peace preservation bills . A Toice—The arms bill .
Mr . O'Connell—That had not passed yet , but he would como to it by and bye . But would it not become the people of England really to see whether the Irish people had not grievances to complain of ? —could the English minister hold so high a tone towards the King of France now , as if he could say that England , Scotland , and Ireland would man thoir armies and navy ; but was it so 1 Could he tell the Emperor of Russia or the King of France to fear him—could he tell the Americans not to dare infringe on the British boundary ? Tbey would reply to him in the short and emphatic word , " Ireland" —( hear and cheers ;) and it would be a reasonable answer for them to give him , for heaven forbid that England should be strong as long as she is
unjust towards Ireland —( cheers . ) No , they wel knew that the Irish people , attached as they are by allegiance to the throne , have still one love higher than that or any other passion , and that is love of their native laud , and that they will not miss any opportunity of compelling England by the force of circumstances to do Ireland that justice which she is so reluctant to afford —( hear and cheera . ) Was it not proper and befitting that tho English people affected as they appeared to be towards this question , should seriously consider how to put an end to the Repeal agitation ? This seemed to be the desire of Wellington ; for this object Sir Robert Peel proposed to be in an especial degree desirous . Surely it was not possible for him ( Mr . O'Cocnell ) to
pursue a more generous or . more disinterested course than that which be adopted when he proceeded to show his opponents how to take the Repealers from him—how to disperse the forces which had congregated around his peaceful Btandard—how to reduce him from the giant which he had now become , according to the representation of the Times to his natural and befktiug condition of a political dwarf—( laughter , and cries of " hear , hear ") . For his own part he declared most emphatically that he would never abandon tho Repeal—no boon would induce him to do so—no threat would coerce him , for ho considered that no temporary advantages could compensate to a country for the loss which she sustained in character , dignity , and prosperity , by the absence
of that protection which it was in the power of a domestic legislature alone to confer . But while he made this declaartion for himself , it surely could not but be admitted that he acted a generous and magnanimous part in explaining to his opponents the course they ought to adopt if they desired to lessen his forcea and weaken the effLet of the Repeal agitation . Sufficient had already occurred , even since tho launching forth of the brutum fulmen , to convince the Tories that the course which they were at present pursuing was not calculated to diminish the numbers of the Repealers . It had as effect exactly opposite ; it bad served to increase their numbers a hundred-fold and had but added further fuel to the flame they were desirous to extinguish . Yes , the declarations of Peel and Wellington had had a most marvellous effect throughout the country . Men , who were silent before spoke—men who had been torpid
were now awake to fresh energy , and those who were heretofore neutral had now come forward to take a decisive part . It was clear , therefore , that their present policy had failed in a lamentable degree , and it was right that they should bethink them of some more effloacioas expedient whereby to put down the Repeal agitation . There were eight or nine propositions , he wool *! enumerate them seriatim , to which they ought to direofc tbeir attention , with a view to attain tbe object , to them bo desirable , of diminishing the Repealers . The first subject to which they should direct their most serious consideration , and which was indeed well worthy of their attention , was the financial iBjustice inflicted on Ireland by the act of union . This was a grievance which it behoved them to remedy effectually and expediently if they would carry out their project . In the year 1799 , or he would say for round
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numbers 1800 , the national debt of Ireland amounted to twenty millions , that of England to 446 millions , and if the aot of union had been framed upon honourable and equitable terms , it would have been enacted that for the future the respective debts of both countries should continue to bear the same proportion one to the other as they bore before the Irish Parliament was abolished—( cries of bear ) . The EagliBh Tories were cock-a-hoop in their dignity , and talked very loudly and bombastically about putting down the Irish people ; but , he asked his friends do the Stock Exchange if a battle were fought to-morrow on the Cnrragh of Kildare between the English soldiery and the Irish peasantryno matter what might be the result to the
latterwhat would be tho value of the three-and-a-half per cents , on the morning whan the tidings would reach London f The resistance offered on the part of the people to aggression was characterized by various titles , generally depending upon the result of the struggle . When it failed it waa called a rebellion , when it succeeded te was called revolution , and he would , therefore , give it no name , but this he could tell them , that if it were announced upon the Stock Exchange that Ministers were mad enough to hare recourse to physical violence against a loyal and true-hearted people , who were looking for their liberties by means purely constitutional , the tidings would excite a panic of no ordinary description in the Money-Market , and it mattered not what gazette full of victories might follow , the
three-anda-half per cents , might be purchased for fifteen shillings the morning after the battle—( hear , and cheers . ) Let it not be supposed that he ( Mr . O'Connell ) was the on y person who had denounced the financial injustice done to Ireland by the Union , for the man was scarcely cold in his grave— . who when Chancellor of the Exchequer had admitted in his place in the House of Commons that tbe Union exacted vastly more from the Irish people than they ought to been called upon to pay . " You contracted with her , " said he , " for an expenditure die could not meet . " Vesey Fitzgerald had made that declaration , and it was one well worthy the attention of the Torres , who instead of blustering about putting down Ireland , ought to appoint an honest committee for tho purpose of inquiring with accuracy into the state of the uational debt as between , the two
countries , with a view to relieve Ireland from her unjust proportion—( hear , hear , and oheers ) . ' If the English Tories would consent to this proposition he would make over to them that section of the Ropealers who were induced to joiu the Repeal standard by the'financial injustice ii . flic ted on Ireland by the Union ; but it they refused , he had still that wing of Repealers at his side . He called upon the Tories to take another section of Repealersfrom his standard by giving to Ireland a fair and equitable proportion of parliamentary voters—( hear , hear . ) Tho latest returns estimated the rural constituency of Cork at 4 , 000 ; but of that number not more than i , 500 voters could now bo mustered together in the agricultural districts of the county , so lamentable was the falling
off ; for the franchise was perishing day by day in Ireland . Twenty-fiVe per cent , of tho pepulation of England enjoyed the franchise , whereas it was only one man out of 400 that possessed a vote in Ireland . ' Thero was fully a huudred to one in favour of England , and against Ireland ; and that was what they called justice to Ireland ! Was that a union between the countries—( hear , hear , hear )! It waa madness—it was infatuation to say eo . He called upon the English Tories , if they desired to rob him of his Repealers , to come forward with the sword—not of vengeance , but of justice 1 and to give to Ireland a , franchise which will bestow the right of voting upon twtnty-fire per cent , of her population—( cries of hear , hear , and cheers . ) It was too limited
a franchise , he confessed it , for any country , but it was the one which prevailed in England , and if we cannot obtain a full measure of justice , let us , at all events , be placed on terms of equality with our fellow-subjects at tho other side of the Channel . The next project to which the English Tories should direct their attention , if they wished to alienate his ( Mr . O'Connell ' s ) followers from him , was the granting to the Irish people of an additional number of representatives . We ought , at all events , to have the means of protecting ourselves in their alien parliament . They gave us 105 members , but at the very lowest calculation we ought to have as many as 150 . Wales , with its revenue of £ 343 , 090 had twenty-Hine members , while in Ireland hefound that eleven
hundred thousand Irishmen were represented by four members . Others might endure that , but he would not endure it , and he would not surrender one single Repealer to the Tories , unless that grievance was put an end to . The next matter of jiutjee to which Peel and hi * party ought to direct their attention was the exteniien to Ireland , of the same description of municipal reform bill , which waa conceded to the people of England . The Irish bill was a mockery . It 'took from the people the appointment of magistrates and sheriffs , and rendered it necessary , in order to the enjoyment of the municipal franchise , that a citizen should be valued to ' the poor rate at £ 10 , whereas in England every man who was rated at air to poor rate , it mattered not in how
insignificant an amount , was permitted to exercise the borough franchise , iie would not surrender one solitary Repealer till this , monstrous grievance was remedied . The fourth subject which should engage the attention of the English Tories , if they would estraiigi the Repealers from him , was the removal from this country of that most ; crying of all evilsabsenteeism . The three poorest countries in Europe , were the three in which , absenteeism most prevailed—Sardinia , Sicily , and Ireland—( hear ) . Absenteeism was an evil not to be cured by any other means than that recommended by Dr . Lust as a cure for the toothache—total extraction—and he told Peel that without extirpating this fruitful sourco of misery , it was vain for him to hope for a
cessation of the Repeal cry . Indeed ^ it was infatuation for him to indulge in suoh an anticipation at all , for never would there be a cessation of that cry until they heard the echo of the shout whick would proclaim that the Speaker had taken the chair in tho irUh House of Commons—( loud cheers ) . What next did he demand ?—Ho demanded an immediate and salutary chan ; o in the relations between landlord and tenant in Ireland —( hear , hear , shear ) . He defied Peel to take a Repealer from him as long as the relation between landlord and tenant remained unaltered . The seventh topic for England to turn her attention to was the state of the bench and the magistracy —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then proceeded
to refer at some length to the judicial and magisterial appointments made by the present Government , and having dwelt for some time on this topic , observed , that the magistrates ought to be elective officers as in the olden times , aud he would never relax his efforts until ho saw the power granted to every barony of electing its own magistrates—( hear , hear . ) The eighth point which he begged leave to submit to the most attentive notice of those , who made it tbeir study to think how they could lessen the number of his adherents , was tho consideration of the purposes to which tho ecclesiastical resources of the country ought to be applied . In Ireland , the ecclesiastical temporalities went to the church of tho minority . They had another remedy for them—the
Arms' Bill—a more horrible measure was never yet introduced—( hear , htar ) . He owned it—he was not of those who wished to sec tho people armed—( loud cries of " hear , hear . ") He would be glad that all Ireland , from the Giant ' s Causeway to Cape Clear was unarmed , but he would not leave any portion of them armed , and if the government disarmed them all , they should have his assistance , for he wanted to work alone by moral means . But they left the magistrates the power to take away arms from those they pleased , and to leave them with those they pleased ( hear , hear ) . Did they forget the gun clubs that existed in the north , or that lords , and baronets , and magis rates were members of those club ? ? The Orangemen paid
a shilling each ; every twenty five persons had a rifle , and the person who threw the highest number got a musket and bayonet . Now , to be sure , they would not require to have gun clubs any longer , for those lords , and baronets , and magistrates could let them-have the arms , and supply them with arms , without any lottery ( hear , hear ) . That was the bill the government were bringing in to satisfy the Repealers that they were the friends of Ireland ( hear ) . Thero was a clause in it making it peiial , and subject to transportation for seven years , to have any concealed arms , or anything that could be used as a pike or weapon , and it gave liberty to search your home at any hour of the four-and-twenty . The poor Irishman had no longer his castle . His door could
be broken open , if it was not opened , in a reasonable time . Those were the words of the statute . What would a young policeman standing ' at tho door , perhaps in the rain , think a reasonable time , and there was no person to decide it , but the . person who wanted the door to be opened 'hear ) . And then he could go in and fiad the families in their beds—Oh , it was a diabolical act—( hear , hear . ) Let them go to England , and read the horrific accounts of immorality there—and then come to Ireland , and dare to enter the bedchambers of the pure and virtuoaa women of this country—( hear , hear . ) That was tbe way they wanted to conciliate them ; and what then folio ( red , if in any man ' s house , out offices or grounds , there was found a concealed weapon , he was liable to be transported for seven years . He ha ? this defence—it is not necessary to
prove that he knew it to be there , but he is entitled to prove that he did not know it to be there—( hear , hear . ) Now be wanted to know , if in English bloody blundering , there was ever such a blander as that ! Why he could prove what' he knew , bat how could he prove in metaphysics what he did not know—( hear , hear . ) Yet this was the way they were going to conciliate them —( hear . ) There was a worthy farmer , named Baker , in Tipperary , who married a respectable widow , who became the mother of seven children ; one of these was at her breast when her husband was obliged to go to England , and during his absence some miscreant contrived to drop a bayonet into a tub of her milk where it was found m a few moments after by tbe police . Tho poor woman was taken to Clonmel , where she was brought before the magistrates , aad without judge or jury sent off out of tbe
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country in half an hour with one of ner sevpn v ,-dren in her arm 3- ( expressions of horror ) n ; jT English Government intend a repetition of i 5 t scenes by way of conciliating the people of Ir «» u 7 or were the English people so absurd as to ' m *^ that Irishmen wouM consent to be senaraWA ? * hear )! But what was the eonaSSS \** J man who took an active part in havine th » *» * woman convioted , was afterwards shot dead h » v * men in the presence of at least a dozsn otheri *? sons , none of whom made any effort to arrest tK ^" It was a horrid orime , but so waa thetreatnS the poor woman . But he would not be drawm ^ comparison between them . It might be askwT ^ uiu uvi ii
w nv w . e imperial Parliament toriil . these things . What business had he there —( cwS There was not an idle whipster in the House belongto any of the hells or gaming-houses in London 22 ! wonld not be willing to leave his sport and to tfc » away his dice-box in order to come and vote \ i * l him . He once before had occasion to call Umu-iw ing beastly bellowings , " aud the Speaker adS that he was so far right , that no other term eonld jJ applfed to the noises that had been made . Poq . n ? den now called them " Inhuman voices , " thonj . fc £ might as well have repeated his name for th , ( Laughter ) He would not go under the cbaa « j being exposed to their beastly bellowings again , bats ! wonld remain at home , where be would con ' tioiMf expose such Acts of Parliament where he wonld v ! attended to . Bat -who brought in that bill' th « » -i ?
iaay-iiKe L , ora isnot ( Hear , near . ) He wondered * 3 his Lordship want to have more Irish motharj ti ^ ported , or would he devise any means to prevent man ' s enemy from concealing a bayonet or a pike Oa j , . premises . If tbe bill passed , aDd ha hoped it wJh not—he a * ked was not the intention in which h * a framed clearly to decftniate and destroy the Irish p « o ! ( Hear , hear . ) Such was the manner in -w hich Itsl ^ waa treated . They gave her a stamp tax , a wy ? 2 tax . They were preparing to destroy every ^^ principle in the poor law , and they were finally gj » fo * her an infernal arms bill . Was he wrong in eallWu infernal ? " ( Cries of no , no . ) Yes , be was wroj rt there was any more reprobatory word in tie En « r k language that he could use . Bat tbe people of England imagine that because the . Dnfee of Wellington tw ^
dies over the half of an old resolution , and bean * Sir Robert Pael set at defiance the Irish people , the ? wore tranquilly to submit to a union pregnant fju such mischiefs . If they had a Parliament in CoijJ ? green , would such a poor law exist , -w ould so m »* taxes be levied , or would the members dare to l < x * them in the face after passing such an arms bill ! ( Hear , hear . ) No—but he would allow no law to be violated , and no force or violence to be used . Ha wu poing on Thursday to Charleville , on Sunday thei V 7 oald have the magnificent trades procession In Coik-I on Monday the great meeting in Cork wonld be held . On Tuesday he would attend the meeting fn Caafcel and
on Thursday he would be at Nenagh , and wm then any ene bavin ? tbe slightest apprehension that any . thing like violence or a breach of the peace would t&t place at any of those meetings ? Bat he would remind the people of the law . _ He would have placards posted through every county telling tbe people that if they committed the slightest violation of the law they would continue the infliction of tbe Union , they would impose an injury on themselves , and they would gratify their enemies . ( Hear , hear . ) If any magistrate or person fa authority commanded them to disperse they should fa so at once . The Irish Riot Act only allowed time minutes to the people to disperse , ' after which tti
troeps could fire on tbe people ; bat he would earnestly recommend the people to disperse at ontt Mr . OConnell then proceeded to refer to a pjsaa from tbe Standard newspaper , which contained a p » sage from a speech made by Sir Walter S : » tt agjiiut emancipation , ia which he said that be could prodoe a million of Protestants from Antrim and Pown to pjj dawn the Repealers . He considered Sir Walter Scott no authority on such a matter , as he bad presided ah meeting against emancipation a fortnight before he cum to Ireland , in order to ensure his popularity jo tii country , and he rejoiced that his brother John , vbt then kept the only staghounds at KUlamey , toot especial care not to invite him to a stag bant , ih < nd
he made the offer to Miss Kdgeworth , who accompanied him . He did not know why the Protestants and Presbyterians of the North should not be as interested li getting the fixity of tenure , and in having the eoanfej prosperous as any other p « rsuasion —( hear , hear ) . Belfast , it was true , had a great deal of trade , but wo&H she not have much more under the protection of t native parliament ? By the late treaty with France Ua duty on Irish yarn was raised , while the duty on Ea | - lish cutlery was lowered ; but woald not an Irish Pitliament at once raise the duty on French wines aid silks , if such an attempt was made to raiae the datj on Irish yarns under them—( bear ,. bear ) . Bat whs were the facts ? Instead of the two eountiesaf Anlrii
and Djwn having a million of Protestants in them , tto entire population of both counties was not more ton half a raHHon— ( load cries of hear , hear ) . In Antrii there were 223 . 142 Protestants , and 87 , 351 Catholic *; and in Down 267 . 717 Protestants , and 109 , 446 Cittolies , IeaviDg the majority of Protestants in both only 234 , 062 Protestants , and one-half of these were , i csurse , women—and half the remainder ajed and cMdren—the entire surplus fighting population of tbe tfft counties would , therefore , be not more than 50 , 0 J ( J—( hear , hear ) . But this would not be very comferUbii if opposed even to the Catholics of Ulster a ! ona—to in the archdiocese of Armagh there was a surplus Catholic populati n over all sects ot Protestant ! & 783 . 503 . In the archdiocese of Taam the surplus
Cttbolic popalatien vrxs 1 , 142 800 ; in Casbel , 2 , 165 , 117 ; and in Dublin , 879 , 072 . —making in all Ireland anaplus Catholic population of 4 , 910 , 492—( hear ) . Tit } saw , therefore , that it waa very absurd to pay any » tUfr tion to Sir Walter Scott as an authority upon M a question as the present . He was glad to find thattba tone nature and cbaraoter of the Repeal question *» daily becominc ; better understood . The Tima tea had admitted tint the Repeal movement was not o » susceptible of a sectarian complexion—no , it wai I nafional movement inten . ied and designed for the benafit of all classes of Irishmen irrespwtivelj of religion * or political discrepancies , and this was eloquent * evidenced by the fact that every day saw a fresh we * sion of Protestant gentlemen to their standard .
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SIR J . GRAHAM'S FACTORY BILL , goi Manchester , Monday Evemsg .-Od . Sa rd * 'r t 1 evening last , and again by adjoarnmenii w-oaj , »|^ i numerous meeting of delegates from all theuiaBU- | iBJ factoring diatriota within thirty miles of this «>"»|» m was held in their place of meeting ,, Lon don-wad , loirn ^ the purpose of considering the Factory BUI M ;^ . before Parliament . The meeting was , very »»¦* £ ously attended , there being between thirty and Rn JP ^ delegates present . ., . ^ j ** From the statements made it was « ne * ™ 2 " J « unanimous opinion that ten hours a day is tne low ^ est period to which factory labour ought to Deo tended . . . » ..:
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LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION . Tie usual weekly meeting of the Loyal National Repeal Association was held on Monday , at tho Corn-Exchange . The room was crowded almost to suffocation , and hundreds went away from tbo door , unablo to effect an entrance . After she handing in of funds , Mr . O'Connell said , I have the honour to announce 'hat the Repeal rent for tho pan week amonnts to SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX POUNDS TWELVE
SHILLINGS AND FOURPENCE-Ctremendous applause which lasted far several minutes without intermission ) . Mr . O'Connell observed that he was wrong in announcing it as the Repeal rent , he should have termed i' the Peel and Wellington contribution —( laughter and cheers ) . Dr . Gray wi ? thon called to the chair . Mr . O'Connkll moved the thanks of the meeting ta Mr . Langtree , and expressed his satisfaction that the chair had that day been occiDied by three Protestant gentlemen successively —( oheers ) .
ADJOURNEP MEETING—TUESDAY . E . W . O'Mahony , Esq . was called to the chair , and after some other business , Mr . O'Co . vneil said that he rose to call the attention of the association to the present state of public affiirs , to the course which th ? y threaten to take , and the mode in which Ireland ought to resist farther despotism . In considering the steps tha ; should be taken by the British Government , and by tho British people , it was most material to ascertain what the present state of the tacts are . He took up the declarations of Sir Robt rt Peel and the Duke of Wellington , in both Houses of Parliament , and he found in them as they appear in the newspaper reports , a most important and significant omis . ; ion .
In those declarations they recited the resolutions of 1834 , as they were menacious aud threatening , but they suppress those resolutions as far as they wero conciliatory and promising . It was in fact a piece of dexterity , he would call it unequalled in its tolly as well as in its turpitude —( hear , bear , and oheers ) . They attempted to delude tho people of England , and they thought they could delude the people of Ireland by threats . It was unjust to the people of both countries . They should have recollected that the promise followed tbe threat ia 1834 . The promise cannot be denied , and neither can it be denied that that promise was fallacious , and not carried out . It would be monstrous to allege otherwise , for no human being could be found degraded enough
to make each an assertion . Wishing to take advantage for hia country by any means , or in any way that could offer , he did sot hesitate to suspend tbe agitation for tbe Repeal in order to give England time to perform a promise bo solemnly entered into ; but let nobody suppose thai he was at the time deluded into a beliei that the promise would have been fulfilled —( hear ) . He merely wished to put England in the wrong . He said to them— " Recollect that the people of Ireland have given up the agitation ftr Repeal , and that they now look to you for justice , and the redress of their grievances . " But has any one of those grievances been redressed—( bear , bear } . ' Oa the contrary , tbey have been increased considerably , as be meant to enow them .
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looking for his rent than a d : > g would have barking at the moon . ( Cheera and laughter . ) It may be said the landlords would , in that case , put too high a rent on their lands , but I have a remedy for that too in my plan . ( Laughter , and criea of " More power . ") At present , if a man g oes to register his vote , be must provo on oath what a solvent tenant could pay to his . landlord for his holding , and in the same manner I would give the tenant an opportunity of proving what a solvent tenant ought to give for hia land , in order to fix the amount of rent he would have to pay . ( Cheers . ) I would give the poor man the benefit of a trial by Jury in such case , bo that it would be impossible for a landlord to get more than the fair value of his land . It may be
said the poor man would be turned out of his holding at the expiration of bis lease , and his land given to another , but I have a cure for that also ( cheers ) . I would allow the tenant by law every year to register , as he can now register trees that he plants , all the improvements that be makes on bis holding , and if the landlord does not pay him tho full value of these improvements , he could not turn him out , but would be obliged to give him a new holding . Every tenant would then be building a better house for his pigs than he now inhabits himself , as he would be Bure to get every farthing he laid out on his holding before be could be deprived of poasebsion at the end of bis lease ( cheers ) . Is it not worth while , I ask you , to look for a Repeal of tho Union
for that alone ( cheers )! Would it not do more to produce happiness and prosperity in the country , aud put an end to the horrible wholesale murders of the landlords who now send their . ten ants to die by twenties in the ditohes , and the fearful retaliations , by assassination , that so frequently take place on tha other side . But this is not all . Every year since the Union nine millions of money has been sent out of Ireland , after being raised fmm the produce of the soil—( cries of "oh , murder , murder" ) . It is no wonder you shonld cry " murder , " for therein no country in the world where Buch a system would exist that must not be poor . The only countries except Ireland where anything like it occurs aro Sicily and Sardinia , and both of these , from having
absentee landlords , are miserably poor . There is not , however , a country in the world so impoverished as Ireland , where it has been found that there are 2 , 260 , 000 persons in a state of destitution every year . Lord Eliot , the other day , gave a proof ot this , for ho had to admit that out of 83 , 00 i ) poor rate payers , 44 , 000 Were rated under £ j . For the last ten years no less than ninety millions have been drawn out of Ireland , but if we get tho Union there will be ninety millions Bpent in Ireland that would otherwise bo taken from her—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . That will leave au average of £ 750 , 000 a month , or £ 125 . 000 a-week of six days to be spent in wages , and in giving employment to the people—( loud cheers ) . I have all this within my grasp if the
people join me . Now , what is there in all this that Wellington should stammer at in his old a ^ e , and that Peel should bluster , and get very angry about it . Even their enemieB should admit tho progress they had made ; and let him have but three millions of Repealers , and then he would make his arrangements for obtaining the Repeal . He would have ihe Repealers send up 300 gentlemen , chosen from various parts of the country , each entrusted with £ 100 ; that would be £ 30 , 000 . They should meot in Dublin to consult upon the best means of obtaining legislative independence . They would not leave Dublin till they would agree to an act of Parliament to establish a domestic Legislature , household suffrage , vote by ballot , fixity of tenure , and a law against absentees
having estates in the coantry . Many estates would then be sold in lots and purchased up by those who would ih < n become rmall proprietors ; and it was a fact well ascertained that in proportion as the owners in fee were numerous in any country , so in proportion were the people prosperous —( hear , hear . ) It was truly said by Mr . Martin , their chairman , that if they had their own parliament , taxation would be diminished to almost nothing ; for in five or six years they would be able to pay off their portion of the national debt—the duty upon every excisable article would be redueed—they would have a pound of tea for Ihtle or more than was paid for two ounces and a pound of sugar at the price of a quarter of a pound ; the duty on tobacco would be
reduced so that there was not an old woman in the country who might not have her pipe lighted from morning till night if she pleased —( laughter . ) It was said that the Repeal was to be put down by force , but he did not believe a word of it , for there would be nothing against which the force could be applied . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They were bringing soldiers into the country to gallop against the wjud , for they had nothing else to oppose tbem . ( Laughter . ) He would be delighted that they brought a much larger number , for they would cause the expenditure of a good deal of money , and they were besides the friends of the people . He recollected once being counsel for some unfortunate men at Limerick who were tried for the robbery of
ammunition , aud assaulting fourteen soldiers who were in charge of it , when the facts came out that as soon as tho people discovered they were soldiers , not police , they determined that a man of them should not be killed , but they closed in upon them , and disarmed them ; but in the struggle the sergeant , who fought desperatel y , and seven of the men , were , wounded , and , as soon as they were completelv in their power , they took them to the neighbouring houses , had their wounds dressed , and their wants attended to , declaring , at tho same time that , had it been police who were in it , not a man of them should be left alive —( hear , hear . ) The unfortunate men were found guilty , aud it being a capital offence for which they had forfeited their lives , Baron
Pennefaher , in passing sentence on them , said , with tears in his eyes , that , when they had the lives of others in their powrr , they showed mercy , and he would take care to use his influence in the proper quarter to havo mercy extended to them . The people were always friendly to the military , and the feelipg was reciprocal . He would be glad , then , how many of them was sent among them , and he would promise them that they would have nothing to do but amuse themfeives and spend their money , whioh would be very pleasant to those who Epent it , and those amongst whom it was spent . He again exhorted the poople to continue in habits of morality and order , violating uo law and giving their enemies no advantage
over them—he called upon the Repeal Wardens to do their duty , aud if the people followed hia advice , then there would be no doubt of their success ; a song of gladness would pervade the land , and he wuuid outshout them all from his native mountains with tho cry of hbsrty and prosperity to Ireland . They desired not to seek for Repeal by other agencies than those of peace , law , and order , and they would adhere to the constitution as long as one inch of it was left to them to stand upon —( loud oheers . ) The Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving the presentation of an address to the peo } lo of England and Ireland , on the present state of political aifiirs , and that it be referred to the committee to prepare such address .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1214/page/8/
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