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TSE REPEAL PRESS . AND THE OFFER TO COMPROMISE . There h&Te been do * arTests" ibis week . All therefore , as far as the prosecutions aie concerned , stands as at did when we last appeared . Not bo however withOT-oiraELL . Be has made a&olher move . He & no longer a FEDERALIST ; bat an TJLTRA REPEA LER once more ! Before yre give the particulars of hh last vagary , or * jianp Jim Crow-rusn about , " yre will hare a " peeftk the Repeal PreB 3 . How did the ° «»• conditional Repeal" Journals Teeeive ihe whining tmcBhig offer io . pKDKHjxisE ? Lei the World tellns ^ -
" We inow not that "We era looked nut with much anxiety in the .-whole course " of our lives taiearn what a section of our meteopolifen contemporaries were likely to ay upon any given subject , until the present week- ? " when we certamly do pleaa guilty to having felt no slight cariosity to ascertain by what Ingenious proce « s of logie Bmy would endeavour to reconcile the people fa > the new doctrine of FeSaralism . » Ofor a sight of ihe > -Free / am P we exclaimed before day-break on Tuesday morning , ^ th&t -we may behold what bolus it
recommends to calm down its patients who will now be ftantw iritti dtMp ' pointmentr In time we obtained s copy of the wiihed-for print from an Industrious newsvender ;—when , Is * how "ww * ^ wVaatounded to Sad it as sSarf as the grave ~ abeat ihe ' sabjeel lipo * which vx tspecitd to be edified ! There was seme double-diluted prosing about the Hanoverian lery , which , aa-tbe people sieaH to be peaceful , will never now % Teach emr shores ; bnfc so bigh jutd sxtjomtt dextj > 'ci ATIOSS AGaIKST IHB P 0 SB 1 GK PAKLIAHBNI * —
SO "WOBD OP CONTEMPT ITTXEKBD i AGA 1 SST THE PXEFnuors SAX 05 . ' In disgust we threw away oar win-penny fellow-labourer , saying to ourselves ' all will not be rxitklenj the Pilot will eome It strong and no " mistake ;* but , bowbeit , our respected coteaiporary of Elephant-lane was , if possible , more tame than the ~ B ** mr , ^ VfrTttjPl ?? " -Wjr ^ ffiTff hope now is Jn the Nation , wHcb Hr ^ MMMMM ^ lft the phzaas of the road , has declared win not ' die soft * H Young Ireland play hb false—if instead of shewing a Met in its gallop , It sb down a mere milk . Kip , converting its spear into a plough-share , resolved
neither to encotmter law nor war for fatherland , then indeed shall -we be disposed to think th&tjthere are no inie men Bring , and that" the Government has been frightened Tgr a very insignificant and sordid set of braggarts . But we cannot believe this . The rabid essays and death-dealing songs were not written for nothing ; nor was the nullaballoo about' Ireland lot ths Irish' and * national independence * all a mockery . Gome , Messieurs , we must have xoic none of your half taeasvres , fat you promised us a real College-green Pai-! Hament , and not a humbug Legislature , over which our estimable friend Mi . Pierce llahony would disdain JoprasMe . "
Bid the Nation realise the hope" of the World Did it stand oat for "National Independence" ! Did it denounce " 111 compromise" 1 and bid the ** boys" to agitate fat nothing bnt "Ireland for the Irish" ? Alas , no ! The "Spirit of the Nation ' * evaporated . Its war-cry for jiatiosalitt sunk into s . miserable moan for Fkdebaxisx ! It proclaimed its basa subserviency , by stating in round terms , ihai wherever the "Leader" offered to "lead"the people , it was l > onBd to follow . Young Ireland had 310 spunk . It was forced to "knock under , " and « onsen » to be dragged through the mire ! Here is the Nation ' s miserable adhesion to the slinking federal movement j—
" WIththB Cosciliatjon Hall , on Monday , will open a 5 sw and TJ ^ OToas agitation . That day , it is onder : stood , wiH witness some remarkable accessions to our xankt ; and it may be fathered from the proceedings of the last meeting that Ifr . OCosxeU triU countenance a moveptent among those neve , allies for a Federal Parlia-Biest ' , while the Association will continue to demand an independent one . This is undoubtedly a momentous measure . Par ourselves , no reader of the Nation seed fee told that we abhor all dependence upon England , and that we look with a hope bs sxre as the rising of-to-morrow ' s sun , to the regeneration of this country . But Tfi teaB , too
aeeply , the deadly bane of Ireland—Division—to resist &e movement , but because we would not propose it . The only man whom the country trusts or believes in hvs pronounced for it ; and if we eould tlrair any pqpu-Irr opinion from ins views to ours , it is only too obvious that to that ' extent we would weaken the national strength . The post of commander is hia . He is accredited—he is responsible , and we dare not peril the cause in wbica we labour by that Celtic wUrnlhtess { which lost so many field * to Ireland ) of reaxs&ig the ' trial of every plan but oor own . We sksds must folxow ike mly general v £ o can muster an elective army , though hisvtan ofbaUle does not tally tciih ottnT
Hew different this from toe language of a free untrammelled press ! The base scjeophaney is sickening I How lamentable that the heroic devotion 2 nd confiding patriotlnn of the Irish people should be so abused and so treacherously sold . ' Surely the scales will sometime or other fall from the eyes I Turning from this Eickening exhibition of mental subjection , let us next Bee what the only Independent Irish RepealJcnrnal has to say on the " Base Compromise . " In bis own quiet sarcastic method the World thus disconrbBth : —
"The present week has been abundant in exciting events , and the shifting of the political panorama has not giren birth to greater astonishment than laughter . © . ' thanks be to Providence that we live in times when the antagonism of parties displays itself in a spirit which might afford tolerable amusement at the front of aDonajbrook abow- 'bootb . We never saw the plot of a farce better arranged or more admirably executed Man the recent dramatic representation , beginning at dontarf , sod terminating -within the walla of the Corn Exchange Did we not prognosticate that neither the Government nor the Bepealers intended to ensage in any serious quarrel ? How eould jrach good-tempered opponents ever iisink of entering into a more serious csLfi-ct ttwtn that which occasionally is exhibited
Vetween the sbo-wman and his humble servant Mr . iierryman ? The-Government is really , after all , jnot a bad Government ; or would it otherwise have earned the praises of the Catholic Esri of K ^ nmare , or gratified 2 ir . OCocceH and the concatent DutfinlivaiuigPostLj promotiBg the ohsequkms Mr , Sergeant Howley *? Keither ' are the agitators , Lord bless you ! the dangerons fellows that some suppose . True , like Soba-OH , they talk , very big ; and _ while promising to achieve hloodlesB viekxries , citaunt ¦ K ^ r-soBgs , and emhliZan iiieir cards trith the sanguinary names of ' Bfe&lan-atha-buidhe , and Brnborb ;* but allowing them ttis license , ¦ which is only an aid to winning the penny , BuIJy Bottom himself , and Quince the Joiner , were nojt
more peaceful cr pliant in their disposition . The Government , indeed , must be hard to please , which could find fanlt with their yieldhjg qaalitiea . The facetious Sepealtra cl ibe Com Exchange Towed they -would meet at any rick , and never abandon their agitation until the accursed TJnion was repealed . When remonsfcsrted Trith through the medium of a Government proclamation they evinced an alacrity for shnniing , and shewed how easily they could be satisfied ,, by expressing their readiness to accept a Pederal Union , with a jobbing conclave to be designated a Local Parliament
It is no wonder that every one laughed heartily at this contest ; and that . not a few—very erroneously , we ' believe—proclaimed that an understanding existed between the people of DabBn Castle and tfae Repeal leaders . Ko , no , there could be no secret compact ; bnt never did a set of actors play their parts so admirably . -The Go-Trernment has vindicated its character by an exhibition of vigour , and Lord Boden can no longer grumble in his Parliament-street print ; while the red-hot advocates of XhMiiestic Legislation , amidst bursts of laughter , admit that they never txpected to obtain half as much as they had been asking . ¦
'The meeting upon last Monday at the Corn £ x- j change : was quite a delightful descent from the fero- : taotudy bombastic , down to the courteously moderate . Even Mr . Duffy , of the Xation , awed by the presence of ' the 03 feil of Bunowen Castle , put his Repeal Cap "; sad ¦*¦ Green Bi > ek' in his pocket , and talked jocnlarly ! of walking his body to Mr . Juttica Bortoii- "We should i have giren anything far a look at Mr . O'Cailaghan— \ whose literary drilling ta » infused a warlike spirit even ! into such poor creatures u Morgan , the civic attorney ; —when he saw Ms fellow-labourer taking things so ] coolly . Martyrs of Mullaghmast , and martial heroes , who left your bones at the Yellow Ford , or fell fighting < s& the Pass of Plumes 3 -will ye not feel ashamed in
your graves at the degeneracy of these latter days ? We j & » rejoiced a * this critical cria / , when practical mea- j stres are about to become the objects of the national { struggle , ^ to find inch persons as Mr . O'Keil attaching ! themselves to the agitation band , and compelling their auociates not to make boasta which ate Efcvtr likely to be realised , or indulge in intemperate courses wMefc ; may fee . attended wUh so peril to » elfiih peculators in tumult , but may bring down the : Worst consequences upon the unsuspecting multitude . If ever did any person make his appearauoe sooppcataaely as Mr . O'Niel ; and we . do » ot recollect i * oy otbir , since Neptune allayed the fury of JBoJos , who
in so short a time jucceeded in producing such a perfect calm . At the fiat charge , fee ChaiTman proposed to Ms aaditay that lower ground should be taken—in &eX that they should te sa ^ sfied with a Federal Legis latore , dependant npon the English Parliament This piopositJcn was received in the bent possible spirit ; not -even a murmur of dissatisfaeidon having escaped from ihst independent gentleman who is usually- designated by rspoiters , * A Toice in the crowd . * Such successful progress having been made , the chairman , upon tha principle thai- * much will have " more , * - indicated a disposition t * follow up his encroachments . The English people "tad been ruigfcly treated—their friendship lighted , tad Jbjy th « mselyes contemptuously called
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Saxons , which seemed id % C' < % slxBBsW < to >' 4 nK > ur neither of pradence nor good : tasediag ; H&ntJHttstrated upoatbe ssbjset ; and If he ittd ^ sst actaanylhreaten toleavethechalrif a promise were not given that the hated naMe would not in futurrbe applied , it was , we presume , because he had previously a score of times at leastjthe same , day threatened for a slighter provocation , to take that step . Mr . O'Connell pledged for the Irish Bepealers that the word ' Saxon' should not agate escape their lips ? while plain-speaking ' Tom Steele , and a number of mouthing associates looked a » if they had been deprived of their Btoet-in-trade .
" Now , it may be obserredj that iV is wise to accept of an instalment , and-that when we cannot secure the whole . 1 t would be extremely'foolish to refuse the half . This is dfecidedly correct ;; bnt there was no necessity to be for 89 long a time blustering that nothing but the whole would be taken , and then sitting down content wjtb . the half aieasnre . The people will remember that "WE never led them astray with false stories concerning French sympathy and the righteous support of the Irish auxiliaries of the infamous slave-holders of South Carolina and Maryland ; and we have therefore no apology to offer . We never , fur catch-penny purposes , endeavoured to excite anti-Christian prejudices against a sister country , which , with aQ itsiaults . must still ba allowed to be the resting-place of rational liberty . We are much rejoiced , however , than an alliance with the Sturgite party . is contemplated ; although such a step will be a , severe blow to U » patriot of ttje
pennytrumBet W » ol ^ M w . ett W ttK * e WbJf reprMenUtivea of Irish constitUEEdeB / who are ju » l « s advene to the principles avowed by the followers of Mr . Joseph Smrge us they are to the cause of Irish Domestic Legislation . Friend Joseph 1 b a Quaker ; a pacific and quiet member of the Society of Friends , who will regard chivalry and martial lyrics with about the same favour that a certain gentleman is Bald to relish holy water . He will have none of such things introduced into hia scheme of agitation ; and without them , how is the steam to be kept up ? To proceed without stage effect to retain the confidence of a misguided people , who , it is positively stated , were panting , not for organic changes in the body politic , but to be Ibd forth
to a servile war , is utterly impossible . Without the thunder and lightning of delusion , neither the people nor the pence will be forthcoming—unless our countrymen be far more gullible than they are generally supposed to be . The Sturgite Union will , however , be equally offensive to the hopes of Whig place-hunters as the measure of Repeal , which has for some time caused them so much trouble and cmbarassment . This , however , is exactly the reason why we wish to see it brought out on the Irish boards , because we know that Complete Suffrage will test the sincerity of the Irish Whig-Radical politicians , who have so long led the masses astray while they drove a profitable trade in factious agitation . "
Such writing as the foregoing , though not as sternly denunciative as the occasion called for , is yet refreshing when contrasted with the spaniel-like conduct of the " uncompromising" Repeal papers . The World is evidently not subsidized by the managers at the Corn Exchange !
THE COUNTER MOVE TO THE PROSE CUT 10 KS . Dublin , Friday , Oct . 20 .
THE ISTOKHATIOXS . —CHARGE OF rEHJUBT . A considerable sensation was crested to-day by the announcement that Mr . Barrett , proprietor of the Pilot newspaper , and one of the parties implicated in the Government prosecutions , was to attend at one of the police-offices this morning , for the purpose of swearing informations for alleged perjury against Mr . Frederick Bond Hughes , the gentleman engaged by Government t « report the proceedings at Mallaghmut , and the subsequent meetings of the Repeal Association . Early in the forenoon , Mr . Barrett appeared before Mr . Porter and Mr . Magee , two of the magistrates of the head office of police , to prefer the charge . He was accompanied by Messrs . M \ Donogh } and Close , as counsel , and Mr . J . Cantwell , as his solicitor . Several of his friends also accompanied him ; amongst whom were Mr . John O'Connell , M . P ., Mr . T . M . Bay , Dr . Gray , Mr . T . Steele , &c Mr . P . Mabooy , Mr . John O'Conneir * solicitor , was also in attendance .
| Mr . M'Donougb , having seen asked by the magistrates if he was prepared to proceed with the charges , 1 replied that he was , and proceeded to say—that be appeared upon behalf of Mr . Richard Barratt , the proprietor of the Pilot newspaper , to prefer a charge of , wilful and corrupt perjury against Mr . Frederick Bond Hughes , a gentleman who had sworn information ' , against his client before Mr . Justice Barton , one of ' the Judges of the Queen ' s Bench , upon which he was : held to baiL | Mr . Porter^—Where did he swear them 1 I Mr . M'Honogh—In Mr . Justice Burton's house . ! Mr . Porter—Then so there .
F Mr . M'Donough—We have been advised , your wor « ; ship , t o apply to t he mag istrates of the Head-office to i seek for justice . ! Mi . Porter—This is not the division in which Judge \ Burton's house is situate ; you must apply to the magisi trates of Collge-street office ,- and I am sure that if y « u I show them that you have a proper and fair case to mtp-! port your charge if sent for investigatien to another i tribunal , they will have no objection to receive the in-] formations of Mr . Barrett j Mr . M'Donough—We dont for one moment presume ' that they eould , but as there was some doubt as to | College-street office , we tbongbtit better to come here . i Mr . Porter—But there can be no doubt whatever , and
{ we will not interfere with the business of another office . i-This was formerly called the Head-office , and the head ¦ of the executive of the police ; but it is not so now , < although it may be considered ao for some purposes , l-such as pawnbrokers' or excise cases , together with : the management of the carriage court College-street | has Kingstown district under its jurisdiction , and for : that reason we have this other description of business ; I bnt , in the common criminal business of the city , I \ have never known one police-office to interfere with the ! other . I Mr . M'Donough—Then we cannot press it upon your ; Worship further .
3 dr . Porter—Ton need not ; bnt if you make a good case , teen you will be successful in your application . I wish yon good morning , and wteh myself joy in having nothing to do with it , ( Laughter . ) > Ir . M'Donough—Is that the ground upon which you Worship sends us away ? ( Laughter . ) Mr . Porter—No , no ; but I never wish te do anything that I can avoid . ( Great langhter . ) The parties then left the office , and proceeded to College-street , where they found Messrs . Tyndall and O'CaUagban on the bench .
Mr . M'Donogh then stated what he before said to the magistrates of the head office , and said he had been referred by them to make application on behalf of his client , Mr . Richard Barrett , the proprietor of the Pilot newspaper , to tender informations for wilful and corrupt perjury , alleged to have been committed by Me . Frederick Bond Hngbes , the Government repo r ter , in informations rwom by him in that police di v isio n , at the house of Mr . Justice Barton , the second Justice of the Queen ' s Bench . He ( Mr . M'Donogh ) had no doubt bnt that their worships would decide the case fairly , and ascertain whether it was not sufficient to warrant them to compel Mr . Hughes to give bail , as
he had compelled Mr . Barrett to do : be bad come forward in a fair spirit , not waiting until the offence should be forgotten , ox until Mr . Hughes had no witnesses , but immediately to tender and support his charge . On the 26 th of October , Mr . Barrett gave bail npon the informations in question , upon which the warrant was founded , and shortly after he obtained copies of them , in which be discovered two very startling statements , both of which were undoubtedly untrue . Now , he ( Mr . M'Doncgb ) had no less than thirteen informations to support Ms case , and to refute the informations swern by Mr . Hughes , who in several places mentioned the name of Mr . Barrett : —
*• He first stated , that on the 9 th of Oetober , a meeting was held at the Theatre Royal , Abbey-street I attended at the said meeting of the said Association , which took place at the said Theatre Koyal , In the Akbey-sireet , in the city of Dublin . I saw the said Daniel O'Conntll , Richard Barrett , John O'Connell , Thomas Matthew Ray , Thomas Steele , the Rev . Peter James Tyrrell , John Q « y ,. and a great jnumber of other persons present at the said meeting . The said persons last named took part in a * d spoke at the said meeting . I was also present on the » th day of Octobev ' at a dinner which took place in the Rotunda , in theidty of Dublin , at which were seTeral English BapealerB , who < ame from England to attend the said intended meeting at Clontarf i I saw the said Daniel O'Connell , John O'Connell , Charles Gavan Duffy , Richard Barrett , TbBmas Matthew Bay , Tbomas Steele , the Rev . Peter Tynell , and John Gray , present at the said dinner , and nearly all of the said penomr made speeches thereat- " . .
The laformaBon stated that Mr . Barrett wat present at tte morning meeting , and at the Botunda in the evening , white the troth wm that he attended neither , and was * thome , fontvS k * tton DnWIn ,: when . tie dinner waagtlsg on . He had prepared the infonnaaonB of thirteen personsto $ rore those acts , and he begged Isave to tender them to the bench , net hating any doubt bnt that they would be received . " " Mr . Tyndall—It is unusual to take InformatienB against a person who 1 b not present upon bo serious a charge . Mr . O'Cailaghan—I think Mr . Hughes eught to be summoned before the bench would be warratted in taking informations .
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Mr . Close—But we did not know where to serve a summons : he has left Abbey-street , foe hia last information describes as late of Abbey-street Mr . O'Cailaghan—I would soggest the serving of a summons at his place of residence on the first information , and if there is no appearance , we can find another way . j . Mr . M'Donough—If rach be your worship ' s decision , and the decision of Mi . Tyndall , your brother magistrate , I must say I do not consider it unreasonable , because we are most desirous to conduct the prosecution in a fair and just spirit , not wishing to throw any obstacle in the way of the person charged . I would also suggest that a summons should be Berved upon the the Crown solicitor . . . '
The magistrates asqniesced in what the learned counsel suggested , and the further beating of the application was adjourned until to-morrow ( Saturday ) at half past one o ' clock . C 0 L 1 EGE-STREET POLICE OFFICE ( SATUEDAT . ) The board-room of this office was densely crowded to-day at two o ' clock , the hoar appointed by the magistrates for bearing Mr . Barrett ' s application . Among those present were Messrs . John O'Connell , M . P , Thomas Steele , T . M . Ray , Richard Barrett , and Dr . Gray . Messrs . Tyndall , Hitchcock , and O'Callaghan were on the Beach . Mr . M'Donough , Q . C . being about to renew bla application . . ¦' ¦;¦ ¦[¦¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ Me . Tyndall isqnlred if Mr . Hughes W 88 presiBt ?
Mr . Krmmis , crown solicitor , said , I attend here in consequence of the summons being sent to my house . Mr . Hughes is not in the country at present He remained in town several days after he swore the information on which the parties were held to bail , and , if the mistake had been pointed out at once he could have rectified it . Mr . Pierce Mabony said that he felt called upon to state what actually occurred in consequence of this remark . On Saturday , the 9 ' . a instant , he waited on Mr . Kemmla for a copy of the information , and he was
told there was no copy in his possession . He was then referred to the Crown-office , from whence he was not able to procure it until three o'clock on the following Tuesday . He at once gave the document to the press , and , through it , to the public . T&e first intimation , therefore , that hlx . Barrett could have had of its contents was on Wednesday . It must be admitted that no delay teok place , when they appeared here yesterday , but two days after the publication of the informations . He ( Mr . Mahony ) did not auppoBo that more due diligence could have been shown .
Mr . Cantwell , as solicitor for Mr . Barrett , said that considering the practice of the Crown , there was extraordinary promptness displayed by the advisers of his client After an Intimation from the bench to the effeot that this point should not affect the application in any way , Mr . M'Donough proceeded with his application . He had , he said , to prefer informations against a person named Frederick Bond Hughes , for wilful and corrupt perjury , and he doubted not that he would present such a prima facie case as would induce their worships to send taia person for trial on the charge . It appears that Mr . Hughes was the paid agent of the government and sent to this country for the purpose of giving information and furnishing materials upon which bis employers should decide upon prosecuting certain parties here . He ( Mr . M ^ Donongh ) felt convinced that
the present was a just government , that would not attempt to prosecute men upon the information of such a character as be would show Mr . Bond Hughes to be . Mr . Barrett came forward to vindicate the law and have this criminal punished , and the bench would deal with the case as one where justice was Bought at their bands . They had not to try the question whether the perjury , which he would satisfy them had been committed , was " wilful and corrupt" If they believed this maaperjnred inmselt , then ' they should send him for trial before a jury . He then read the passages in the information which related to Mr . Barrett , and he contended that there was no criminality charged against that gentleman except on the two oceasiona specified , namely , the meeting at the Theatre and the dinner at tbe Rotunda , and proceeded at some length to nrge his views , in the course of which he was interrupted by
Mr . Tyndall , who observed that he was extremely loath to interrupt the Learned Gentleman ; but from all that had come to his knowledge , he felt no hesitation at-once in stating his opinion that the Bench could not receive the informations . The practice in Courts of this description was , that when a prosecutor was proceeding in a criminal case , tbe party against whom he was proceeding could not turn round and seek to upset his prosecutor upon bis trial . If a prosecutor committed perjury in the progress of bis case , no proceeding could be taken against him until the case was
decided . They ( the Bench ) did not mean to say whether they thought the charge well or ill-founded , but they were of opinion that they could not entertain it until tbe original charge was disposed of . Again , he felt that this application should bs made to the Learned Judge before whom the information of Mr . Hughes was sworn , or one of tbe other Judges of the Queen ' s Bench , and , therefore , ought not to be entertained by them ( theBench ) . He further thought it right testate that they had made up their minds previous to coming here . Mr . M'Donagh—Then , your worships , you made up you minds without hearing the case ?
Mr . Tyndall—Teat is not the case ; we wen awn re of the application to be made , and we consulted together on tbe subject , and the result was , that we came to the conclusion it would be establishing a new precedent , one that did not previously exist , to take the informations . We are , therefore , not prepared to incur the responsibility . Mr . M'Douagh—You issued a summons yesterday and here we are In pursuance of it . Surely , then , you cannot refuse to hear your own summons ? I think we can compel you to do It You may feel you are responsible to the Government , but I doubt not it is a just and righteous Government , that would not go on with a prosecution based en false , evidence . Mr . Tyndall and Mr . Callaghan denied that they felt at all responsible to Government ; their desire was to do that whieh was right between all parties .
After some discussion ( which we are compelled to abridge ) , Mr . Close said be would now tender the information which he had ready te hand in . Mr . Cantwell then read tbe informations as detailed above . } 1 t . Close proceeded to address the bench , and in the course of a very able argnment quoted a variety of cases and decisions , for the purpose of showing that it was tbe duty of the bench to take the informations in the present instance , and that a refusal subjected them to a criminal information . The parties then retired . In addition to the discrepancy above pointed out in the " Information" as far as it regards Mr . Barrett , the Morning Advertiser ferrts out the following : —
" Of the accuracy of Mr . Hughes , you have very striking evidence , and will have yet more . Mr . Steele , as you are probably aware , is in tbe habit of reporting his own speeches for the newspapers ; He made a speech at the Corn Exchange en MenSsy , the 2 nd of October , which speech be duly reported , and like some of tbe Parliamentary orators who act as their own reporters , interlarded with quotations , no doubt very apropos ; but which were only delivered to the printer . Among other embellishments , Mr . Steele , alluding to the Mullaghmaat meeting , added the following : — ' Behemoth , biggest born of earth , Upheaved its vastness . * All of which is duly set forth in Mr . Hughea'a informations ; but not one word of which was uttered in tbe hearing or presence of the accurate and courageous reporter . "
MEEIIKG OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL . A Privy Council was held at the Castle at four o'cleck on Saturday afternoon . A number of rumours were naturally sfiaat as to the object of the ' meeting , all of which , however , turned out to be fallacious , tbe Council being summoned merely for the purpose of fixing a day on which the new Arms Act li to come into operation . A Proclamation to that effect will issue . The Act is to take effect on tbe 13 th of next month ( November ) .
THE HAJTOVJERIAN "INVASION . " We have authority to give an explicit and unqualified denial to a statement , which we are surprised to see has , in spite of previous contradiction , been repeated by the Irish press—we mean , ihe intimation tbat Ministers intend to engage the services of Hanoverian troops in Ireland . Ministers never contemplated Bach policy ; on the contrary , they are too well convinced of the ability of the- English troops , and the loyalty of the Irish Protestants , to think of calling In any foreign soldiers to quell the agitation In that country . — Times , Saturday .
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MR . 0 CONNELL ' S ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND . ; Dublin , October 21 , Half-past Six , p . tn . The Nation has juat published the following in a third edition : — .
- "TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND . " Mention-Equate , " Oct . 20 t / 1843 , "The nations have fallen , but still art thou young , Thy sta * Is bat tislng , whilst others haveset } And thongfa slavery ' s cloud o ' er thy morning bath hung , Thfrfull noon of freedom shall beam round thee yet " " Beloved Fellow-countrymen , —We are engaged in the most noble experiment tbat ever was made by man or nation—the endeavouring to obtain the restoration of political franchises and tighta , of which we have been inlquitously despoiled , and the achieving ef that restoration by means purely and entirely peaceable and legal . * " TniB Is piy great experiment . I have desired , and I am endeavouring to prove to the world that the moral combination « f the people is the most potent means of procuring the amelioration of the institutions of any country .
"Tbe achievement of Catholic Emancipation was one such proof . The abrogation of the Legislative Union by the repeal of the statute , 10 George III ., c . 38 , will bo tbe second . ^ .......... "WefeUow . countrymen , have Worked off the first parfeo / onr experiment completely . Wo have held some twenty moiistOT meetings to demonstrate th& Intensity and universality of the desire of the Iriab people for the restoration of their domestic Parliament So many human beings never congregated together for peaceful purposes as have assembled to those meetings . There may be | a difference as to the amount , by twenty , fifty , or a hundred thousand j but there is no doubt at all that such immense multitudes never assembled before , and that at least one of them considerably exceeded half a million of human souls .
" This fact is certain—that tome twenty meetings of the largest nnarmed multitudes tbat ever assembled , were congregated together in Ireland during the past summer . " There Is another faot equally certain—that at no one of those meetings did any act , however slight , of force , violence , assault , or breach ef tbe peace occur . " Dwell upon this , all generous believers in the amelioration of the human race , wherever you be throughout the world . Console yourselves with tbe conviction that men can meet in countless myriads without the slightest violation of peace , of order , of decorum , of civility .
"There is ene additional characteristic of our multitudinous Irish meetings—that so disposed were tbe people to avoid all acts of force , even for individual accommodation , that not so much as a single personal injury occurred , even accidentally , at any of those meetings . "The experiment was thus complete in both its parts . —Firstly in showing the unanimous , universal will of the Irish peple in favour of the Repeal of the 40 tb Geo . III ., c 33 , called the Uulon Statute . Secondly , in the proof we gave oZ the perfect order , decorum , and thoroughly peaceable condact of the IriBh people .
"Nor was this experiment spoiled by tbe uncalledfor Proclamation directed against the Clontarf meeting . On the contrary , the ready submission to a proclamation which we deemed , and still deem Ulegul-r the perfect obedience of tbe people to the advice of their guides and leaden—tbe promptitude with which they abandoned all idea of holding the meeting , the very moment those guides and leaders told them they ought to abandon it—the perfect controul over every exciting passion and irritating provocation which the Irish have since displayed , and are displaying , have all . all , given practical proofs to the fullest demonstration , tbat the lessons of peace inculcated by their leaders have been fully understood and adopted into the popular sentiment , and have become the fixed and unalterable rule of their political conduct
" Yes ; tbe Proclamation has demonstrated that the Irish people ace too well convinced of the strict propriety of peaceable demeanour , not only to be desirous of , but to be incapable of . being provoked into any , even the elighesfc , force , violence , or breach of the peace . " Yes ; the Proclamation has come to place beyond a doubt the cheerful alacrity with which the Irish ate determined to adhere to their glorious sentiment , that permanently useful political changes can be best attained by peaceable and moral means ; and that no political change can be worth the price of any one crime ; and , above all , of one single drop of human blood .
" Shall I be asked what , thpn , is it I require of the Irish people ? They have honoured me with a confidence more unlimited than ever was bestowed before by & nation on a single individual . My duty is to advise them with something of the force of that influence which almost resembles a command . " My advice ia twofold—I advise perseverance In two different , but essentially connected topics . ' First , foremost , and above all , I advise perseverance in peace and order . Perseverance in avoiding any epeclea of riot ( or violence whatsoever . No matter what the provocation may be ; no matter what the irritation may be ; no matter what the vexation—still , peace , order , total absence of all violence . In all and eyery event , peace , order , and absence of violence ; and I especially saywhatever be the event of the pending prosecutions—peace , order , and n » violence .
" Indeed this advice is a superfluous precaution . In every event ; , I reiterate—peace , order , and so violence . i ' "The second topic npon which I require perseverance is the continued exertion in all legal and constitutional courses left open , to procure the Repeal of the Union statute . That Repeal must not be abandoned . On the contrary , every event tbat is taking place proves more clearly the absolute necessity of a local Parliament , sanctioned by her Majesty , and connected in an inviolable bond with her British dominions by the gulden and unonerous link of the crown of our revered Sovereign , Queen Victoria .
" Persevere in peace , order , loyalty , and allegiance . Persevere in constitutional exertion for obtaining the Repeal of tlie obnoxious statute . ' *"' Prosecutions nbtbr yet ; extinguished a OBEAl PUBLIC CAUSE . Prosecutions may or may not retard ; but they cannot terminate the struggles to obtain ameliorated institutions . There were several prosecutions in order to extinguish the struggle for emancipation . Yei emancipation wafe triumphantly carried . Tbere were unnumbered prosecutions to extinguish the cause of Parliamentary Reform ; yet a large instalment of Parliamentary Reform was
nevertheless triumphantly obtained . The present prosecutions may be intendtd to extinguish the cause of Repeal . As well may a schoolboy ' s rattle be used to overpower the thunder of the ocean waves . Dropping figurative language , I can assert in firm sobriety and truth that the pending prosecutions , even should they delay , yet they cannot possibly prevent the uttainment by ttie Irish nation of their right to a domestic Parliament ; btffc , on the contrary , their effect must be , to increase the necessity fur tbe existence of tbe Irish Legislature—in other words for the Repeal of the statute 40 th Geo . III ., c . 38 .
" People of Ireland I be patiepfc—be persevering . Follow out ( lie experiment in tohieh tee are now engaged , to obtain our political objects by peaceable means . It is a noble experiment—that of endeavouring to obtain the restoration ef political franchises UDd rights , by tbe use of means strictly and exclusively peaceable and legal . " Rally round me in this noble experiment—this glorious Bhu ^ le . Be not abashed—be not ( oh ! need I say it T ) be not dismayed . Peace , Order , Tranquillity . These are our arms . With these we are curtain of success . " Persevere , and yonr country will be a nation again indissolubly connected with Great Britain , but legislating for herself . Persevere—firmly and peaceablyand the Repeal is certain . " I am , and always will be , ¦ " Your ever faithful Servant , « Daniel O'Conhell . "
Tbe above address has called forth the Dublin Monitor in gallant style . He had hailed O'Cqnneh ' s adhesion to Federalism with all joy f . He "had prognosticated from that move all the good that O'Connell has promised from Repeal itself . The Monitor is the organ of the Fbdebaiistb . It is moreover a mere Whig ; and it had Been , in prospective , a possibility of the return of the Whigs to poser , from the open junction of O'Conw * w . with the Federalized band . Judge then of its surprise when it finds O'Connellplaying fast and loose . It wants to know " what He would be at " . Many people have been trying to make that out . for a long time : they have now gotten the Dublin Monitor M aid them in their inquiries ; and it ifl possible that the ' -result miy turn ont to be that he desires neither Repeal nor Federalixation I But wemuBt hear the Monitor . He rates O'Connell moat soundly : —
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tEGISLATION . •« In ansther part of our publication will t > e found an Address to the Irish People , issued by Mr . O'Connell abont mid-day on Saturday laat We confess ¦ tbs * this address has token us Dyuurprise , considering the speech Mr . O'Connell made at the Corn Exchange on Monday last ¦••¦ In that speech Mr . O'Connell , In bo many words , deslored his intention of abandoning ' unconditional
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Repeal , * and of resting satisfied with a Local Legislature for local purposes . j " It was not that we alone so understood him . Every man who heard him speak on that occasion—every man who read the reports of his speech , so understood him ; and so clearly and definitely did he express himself , tbat among all parties it was sj settled proposition that' Unconditional Repeal' was ] to be abandoned , and a Local Legislature fur local purposes sought for , in connection with Imperial Representation . In his address , howeyer , issued on Saturday , Mr . O'Connell abandons tbe ground he took on the preceding Monday , and assures the People of Ireland tbat by their * perseverance their country will be a nation again '—* indissolubly connected with Great Britain . but legislating for herself ^ ' that ' Repeal must not be abandoned , ' but effected—" sanctioned by b&r niijts ^ y , and connected in an inviolable bond with her British dominions by the golden and unonerous link of the Crown .
" Such is the stand taken in the Address to the People of Ireland issued on Saturday last . ' Now , we are no party journalists . We have no sinister purposes to serve . Our desire solely and entirely ia to farther the intere&ts—the real , substantial , and permanent interests- —of our country . Unmoved by Mr . O'Connells condemnation—uninilnenced by hia sneers or sarcasms—not biased by wild and visionary views of national ^ dependence , magnificent , no doubt , to contemplate , but mightily Impracticable to realisepursuing tbe even tenor of our way , which has for the polar-star of onr guidance the good of our country , the advancement of our people in sober , industrious , and moral habits , without which all political changes are mere bagatelle—thinking j and acting thus , we desire , contrasting Mr . O'Connell ' s speech at tbe Corn Exchange on Monday last with bis Address to the People of Ireland on Saturday last , simply and explicitly to understand what he would be at I
" We desire to know what he meant ? Does he intend still to persevere in tbe quixotic crusade for " unconditional Repeal ? "l Dim a « mean to back out of bis declaration , tbat he would be content witn a Local Parliament , such aa we have ever advocated as alone applicable and suited to tbe present condition of the t wo countries ? \ " It is right that this should be clearly understood . We have now arrived at a crisis when false moves cannot be indulged in with impunity . We have arrived at a
stage when the delusions Of tbe past cannot be repeated —when the solemn farces that amused of old will not bear rehearsal . Called upon to aid Mr . O'Connell , and sustain him through the difficulties in which he has become involved , we desire t ! p know clearly what ia meant —to sound the shoals and quicksands ahead of us , and so steer our course aa to serve the substantial interests of our country without calling to our aid the Attorney-General of a Tory Government , or the Crown-Solicitor , with bis leady-framed charge of ' conspirasy and other misdemeanours . ' \
" It is all very well for Mr . O'Coauell to make a speech on Monday , and to contradict and unsay it on the subsequent Saturday ; but , as honest journalists , we cannot subscribe ( o , let alone follow , such loose morality . What we proclaim weave ready to adhere to , couie qui ooule . Steps advisedly taken—moves deliberately made—ought not to be lightly retraced or timourously abandoned , j " We desire , then , to { know what Mr . O'Connell means to do—whether te means to re-hoist tbe flag of ' unconditional Repeal , ' and battle under it , aa his Address to the People of Ireland on Saturday last would imply ; or adhere to his declaration of the prec « ding Monday , and seek ( to gain for Ireland a Local Legislature fur local purposes , in connexion with Imperial Representation ? Surely , it is not too mueh to
require an honest and straightforward answer to a question so vital and momentous in the present crisis . " The ' Unconditional Repeal' preached by Mr . O'Connell is so entirely distinct from Domestic Legislation on a Federal basis , as sought for by us and advocated by many Liberal land Conservative : Noblemen and Gentlemen , without reference to paltry party considerations , that it is above all things necetsary clearly to understand tbe ground on which we are moving . We do not want to be agitating far a shadow . We do not desire to continue agitation for a year or so , and then to be checkmated by a Tory Attorney-General . We require ¦ * to know intelligibly and distinctly the solidity of the ground on which we tread , and then to march boldly and confidently onwards , without fear or the shadow of turning , i
"We come , then , to tbe point—will Mr . O'Connell abandon ' Unconditional Repeal ' , or will he not ? If he do . s not , he must fight hia battle out ; and in Gods nume let him give us ' Unconditional Repeal' as soon as possible . The country at present is in a lamentable position . He has had full swing for tbe last nine m onths , at any rate—be ; has had monster gathering after monster gathering , to the tune of hundreds of thousands of fighting man , at each rehearsal of the grand national farce he has ) been preparing—he baa had all he required—the People peaceable , sober , obedient
—marshalling in military array when he ordered themgoing home tranquilly when he desired them—impoverishing themselves to enrich tbe Repeal Exchequer , when he called upon them—and in all things subservient to bis omnipotent will . All this the People have done ; but what has be done ? He promised them the ' Repeal' , and where is it ;? Why , as far off as ever ; and the only consolation he offers to the People now is , to be as sober , obedient , peaceable , and as ready with the pence and farthings—as heretofore—while his part of the bargain is as far from realization u ever 5
' They eat , they drank , they slept—what then ? Why , eat , and drink , and sleep again , ' if they have the wherewithal to procure th « eatables , and a roof to cover their beads from the inclemency of the weather while they sleep 1 " Look , then , to the results of this ' Unconditional Repeal agitation , ' and what has it produced ? Why , it has made Toryism more triumphant than ever—it has enthroned in Dublin Castle a set of plotters against eur liberties—men malignant in conception , and audacious in execution—it has placed our rights and liberties at the mercy of Tory forbearance . The Liberal party are scattered—tbe strength of the country , enlisted in favor of a del u sion , becoming alive to the deception , ia dishearUned to rally for any 'practical reform , and thus , at tbe present moment . Literal Ireland is at the merciful disposal of a faction truculent in sp ir i t , and heretofore always savage in action .
" Ct'oi effects , some sanguine ^ enthusiast may tell us , will flow from past | agitation ; but where are they ? Are we to seek for them in the State Prosecutions against Mr . OConnell and a set of'tis followers ?— ! ' Sweet Echo , say where those effects now dwell ? ' Indeed , ' BWeet Echo ctieB , ' I cannot toll . ' Nor we . It is a humiliating and melancholy position in which we ore placed ; and , | what is worse , at the very moment we thought Mr . O'Concell was about to ' mend bis hand '—to adopt a new ! and more feasibio and enlightened policy , the cup of hope is dashed from our ljps by bis Address of Saturday last , unsaying and contradicting , as it does , all that we relied on in his speech of the preceding Monday . j
" ' Unconditional Repeal , ' " as advocated by Mr . O'Con . sell , means this : —A Parliament in Ireland consisting of two Houses—Lords and Commons . The Lords consisting of the Irish Peers—though he has never informed us whether the Bishops of the Established Church or of the Roman Catholic Church are to occupy seats in the Lords as Temporal Peers . The Commons are to be chosen by a complete or Household Suffrage franchise , and Parliaments are to be j Annual . The Lords and Commons of Ireland are alone to make taws for Ireland—none other to be binding . The foreign relations of Ireland to be negotiated and settled by the Irish Parliament All that ] relates to onr internal or
external affairs , to come under the cogn-zuice of the Irish Parliament . The army in Ireland , and navy entrusted with the surveillance and protection of our coasts , to be under the same authority—Grand Jury Cess is to be abolished—Tithe Rent Charge to be annihilated , and Fixity of Tenure to be established—Law Appeals to the English Hquse of Lords to be done away with . In fact , according to Mr . OConnell ' s plan * Ireland is to be in all and every respect an ' inde pendent nation , ' save that we are not to have a crowned bead , hereditary or elective , of our own choosing—it being provided that the monarch of England Is always to be monarch of Ireland . I
" Such is Mr . O'Connelt'a idea of ' Unconditional Repeal , ' as we glean from his speeches and his reports , Now , the people of Great Britain almost to a man , with a very large and influential portion of the Irish people , consider that this scheme of erecting Ireland into an independent nation is not at all practical , and , even if practical , is not desirable—that It amounts , in fact , to a diflflnemberment of the empire , and would , if granted , ultimately lead to a civil war , which would result either in separation , 'or in the ' re-conquest * of Ireland by Great Britain . j :
" However , Mr . O'Connell professedly thinks otherwise . He has agitated for an ' independent nation ' on the plan above indicated—to gain hia object he agitatedin 1832 * and abandoned the agitationiu 28 ? £ — he resumed it in 1839 , and has continued it till the present moment ; and with all his vaBt resources—with all his superhuman exertions—with all the ' appliances and means to boot' he has ; brought to bear on the question , now successful Las he been In attaining the grand object he bo perseveriD / jly aimed at ? Are we in any degree nearer to becoming an independent nation , ' now that we find ourselves in the close of 1843 , than we were In the beginning of 11832 , when the agitation was first commenced ? :
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"The difference between Mr . O'Connell and tbosa who advocate a Domestic Legislature on the . Federal basis , is this . We seek for a local representative body to regulate our internal relations , without In any way seating to interfere with the functions of Imperia 1 Representation . We would not abandon utterly , as Mr . O'Connell does , our right , aa an integral portion of tia empire , to be represented fully and fairly In the Imperial Parliament . On the contrary , We would maintain and exercise that right as at present We ; want a local body to attend to and regulate our local aiFilrsy which , in the multiplicity of business that engaged tKa attention of tbe Imperial Legislature , cannot by any possibility ba properly attended to .
, " Our » is no new schenw—no Impracticable hobby which sounds well in theory , but ha « never fcaea reduced to practice . We refer not now to other countries—to Norway , Switzsrl&ni , America , or other countries in which the principle we advocate has been applied , and found to work admirably , and with beneficial tfitjcts , as well to local as to national interests . We content ourselves with adducing a familiar illustration from our own institutions . We take onr G-and Jury system , which only requires to be enlarge ! to give us all that is requisite , in an administrative sense , so far as the material interests of the country are concerned .
•• ' Every Grand Jury in Ireland exeroises the right of taxing the People for improvements within the jurisdiction of each county . Road-making and repairing , bridge-building , Mid so forth , are all presented for and considered by the Grand Juries ; and , when adopted , the people are taxed to pay for tbe execution of the works . We would , then , extend this power and centralise it , and make the Central Board or Legislature a representative body , and confer upon it additional powers : such as to effect improvements in our internal communications , by means of canals and railroads—to drain bogs- — reclaim waste lands—improve harbours—encourage trades—promote manufactures—administer wisely vaA uprightly our various public charities ; and to aid in the development of our vast national resources , both mineral and agricultural , which at present afford but a paltry proportion of the labour and -wealth to our industrious population , which , under a better ordering of things , they would do .
" Such , in general terms , is what we propose should engage the attention of oar iocsl Representative Board . There ure other things which we have not particularised , nor is it necessary . We give a general outline , that our readers may perceive what we mean by advocating a domestic representative body , for domestic purposes , in connexion with imperial representation , in cor . tr * disfcinction to the ' Unconditional Repeal , ' the ' independent national project' which Mr . O'Connell has buen agitating for . " It remains now for Mr . O'Connell to explain himself fully and explicitly . We do not want speeches on
Monday , to be contradicted and unsayed by addresses on the subsequent Saturday . The country is heart aick . of delusion—the People want a plaiu , honest , unsophisticated policy , by following which resolutely and determinedly they can work , out their own redemption from tbe grievances that afflct them , and the innumer a b le bli ghtiug influences that press upon their industry and keep them in a state of impoverished bondage . No man living possesses the power that Mr . O'Counell does . The salvation of his country rests on him while he lives ; and is not this a fearful responsibility ? What is our present position ? Can we consider without alarm tbat there is a
• Sampson in thia land , Shorn of his strength and bound in bonds of law , Who may , in some grim revel , r aise b is ha n d , And shake the pillars of tbis common weal . Till tho vast temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lias V * " Can we reflect upon the dangers that now encompass Irish liberty . Toryism more triumphant than ever—tbe Attorney-General , and all the h&rpiea of the law , m full cry after the destined victims—Mr . OConnell the object of a State prosecution , and the Liberal strength of Ireland prostrate in the dust—tan we n fleet on these things without regretting the past , and a misgiving respecting our prospects coming over us ?
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THE LAST JIM-CROW MOVE . We have before intimated thai Mr . O'Comwbm has once more suddenly moved from his last taken position ; and that he now seems as maab disposed to tnrn his back on FcdbralisHj as he , last Week only seemed disposed to give , the " go-by" to " Unconditional Bepeal "! ! The Indication to return to his old position , was first given in the following address , issued on Saturday evening : —
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" Since writing the above , we have read two speeches made yesterday at Ward Meetings by Mr . O'Counell—ire publish them this evening . ' "It seem 3 that , in bis present humour , nothing wj * I satisfy Mr . O'Connell but 'Unconditional Repeal ; ' and he pledged himself yesterday anew , to this effect : — ' Give me , ' said he , six months of perfect peate and I'll give you my head on a block if at the end of that tiw you have net a Parliament in College-green J ' . 'Thus , then , we have it at last—a definite pledge , to be redeemed within a fixed definite period i We are to have in six months from yesterday—tbat is , on orlbefore the 22 ad day of April next—the * Unconditional Repeal' Parliament sitting in College-green ; orand tbe alternative is a significant one—' Mr . OConnell ' s head on the block !' The speeches to which the Monitor alludes in hia appended observations , are as follow : — At a meeting on Sunday , in the Postoffioe Ward ,
" Mr . O'Connell said , thaV whatever might be the end of the impending trials , whether they end in acquittal or conviction , tho tranquillity , the peace of the country must not be disturbed . He thought there could be but little doubt that with common justice in the formation of the juries , there must be an acquittal ; but whatever might be the result , he called upon the people of Ireland to be peaceable , and as certain as the next January would come round ; ero the revolving year would pass over , their heads , the loud and determined call of the Irish people must be heard—( loud cheers ) . Lit him bnt have them in the right . Let him keep them tranquil and orderly , and they should have their own Parliament ia College-green—( tremendous cheeridc ) . He told them all , and he spake to them as to the
whole of Ireland , tbat Repeal depended on the tranquillity with which the people passed through the present course of events —( hear , bear ) . He wanted to burn that into the minds of the people —( cheers ) .. Ait Ireland must have beard or read these doctrines ; and he conjured them to observe them . The next th ' ng he wanted was perseverance . Let no one abandon the Bepeal- ^ iCriw of' We never will / No , no , ' & 0 ) . Let them rely upon it , that if be were preaching to them ont of a prison , he would not be less effective than now . His advice would not be a bit the worse for it—( cheers ) . There was not a man in Ireland would strntjgle with more tenacity than himself—( cheers ) . He bad been reported , indeed , to have struck his colours on that point , and to have sung small ; bnt on this occasion
he had acted only as he bad always done . Whenever he found an advance towards his side of the question made by those who had never , joined them , HE always WENT HALF-WAT TO MEET THEM —( Cheers ) . Having eulogised ' the golden link of the Crown , " && . M * O'Connell declared , that whilst he announced Ms fit m resolve never lo eease agitating for the whole Mepeal , ha was not to be looked upon as contradicting what he had said upon the last day of meeting as to Federalism . There had been h ;< pea helrt out te him that a luge patty would be ready to join him in England , and that many would be conciliated in Ireland , if he affirmed his readiness to accept a federal Parliament—( hear , hear ) . He did not know how far these hopes were unreasonable , but he would know the exact circumstances ef the help to be expected from England
tomorrow —{ hear ) . As to the hopes , however , from federalists in tbis country , he believed it was a mere dream and a delusion . He" accused no one . He did not impute wilful deceit to anybody , but { he rathee thanked the persons'who held oat those hopes , f or it showed that he was itilling to abandon MPCH FOE A little justice . Ab for himself , however , hia opinion was unchanged , that the people should not look for anything else but Repeal ; but still , if he saw a party formed oolding ^ out any good to Ireland , he would be at all times willing to meet them halfway . He wanted perseverance for the restoration of their independent Irish Parliament ; and there let him not be misunderstood . By independent , he did not mean a Parliament independent of the Crown , bat of . tha other Parliament . " ¦
At a meeting the same day , ia St . Andrew ' s Ward , Mr . O'Coknbll asked : — " How shall we obtain Repeal ? We have already mado great progress , and I have not the slightest doubt of ultimate success if you , seek it only by peaceable combination , and by keeping yeurselves always io the right , and putting your enemies in the ftrbng . ity doctrine is , that improvements in all political institutions , to be valuable , must be obtained by peaceable means ; therefore is it that I want to have you determined not to break the peace . ( Cries of "So we are . " ) Whatever may become of the present prosecutions , whether they be supported by a packed jury or not , —and if it be Dot a packed jury there ia little danger of & cormctian —( cheers ) , —but , whatever be the ) result ^ give me but six months of perfect' .. tranquillity , AND IP YOU HAVE KOT A PARLIAMENT IN COLT .
EGKGRKEM AT THB END OF THAI PEIUOD I ' LL GIVE 10 * my head upon the BLSCK . ( TremendonB cheering - for some minutes . ) Circulate ; that , sentiment amongst your families , tell it to your friends , report it in your temperance rooms , and talk of it to the music of your temperance ban 3 s . ( Cheers and laughter . ) I am not limiting your peaceable conduct to six months . I merely mention that time because I know that at the end of it you will be too good humoured at the coming of Repeal ever to think of violating the peace . But do you promise me for six months ? ( Crl 3 » of " We do I" ) ¦¦ I have - m more reasons .. for Baying six months than I could detail to yon # ere I to speak until midnight Depend
upon the mail who is advising you . Nobody will 00 the worse for taking my advice , w he will be sure to have neither soldier hta heels . ( A voic *— " We defy them may defy them by keeping yourselves leaving them in the wrong . After peaceable character of the Tara and O'Connell again exclaimed-O , gi ^ me and III have Repeat for you £ s sure to-morrows sun . < Cheers . ) But you you r cry for Rtpeal aa well as being ( Cohtiaued in our Eighth
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 28, 1843, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct825/page/1/
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