The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-10 00:00:00

IRELAND.
O'CONNELL'S ADDRESS.—The papers from Ireland
bring to-day the continued report of the speech which the
Hon. and Learned Gentleman delivered last Saturday at
the General Association, the preliminary proceedings of
which body were cursorily alluded to yesterday in The Sun.
After stating the course he intended to pursue regarding an
Address to the Irish People, and a Reporter of Registry,
Mr. O'Connell then said, " I propose also to move that
an Address be proposed to the People of Great Britain on
the inefficiency of the Union and on the duty which they
owe to the Irish people ; and next, I intend to move that
the justice rent received during the week be published re-
gularly, as it was in the Catholic Association. Another
session of Parliament has passed over us—injustice has been
prolonged for another year. Parliament is about to rise, yet
nothing has been done for Ireland. The union between
Great Britain and Ireland is a nominal union, not a real one.
—(Hear, hear.) It is a union of Parliament, or, I should
rather say, a cobweb union.—(Hear, and great cheering.)
That union, however, may be turned into as firm a bond as if
we were united by a chain of adamant. One magic spell would
effect this mighty change, and that is " Justice to Ireland." I
tell the British people from this room, that nothing care
make that union permanent or prevent its being dissolved,
unless they do us full and ample justice.—(Continued cheer-
ing.) Nay more, I tell them that it must be dissolved.—(Tre-
mendous cheering, which lasted for some minutes.) I have
given my support to the King's Government even on mea-
sures which I could not approve of. I voted, for instance,
in favour of the English Church Bill ; I did not, I need
hardly tell you, approve of that measure ; but I violated
no principle in voting for it, because it was a declara-
tion that Parliament had a rightlo meddle with the pro-
perty of the Church.—(Loud cries of " Hear.") It took
from the Archbishop his 20,000/. a year, and reduced him
(poor man !) to the miserable income of 15,000/.--(Laugh-
ter and cheers.) It may be asked what hope or expecta-
tion I entertain of justice for Ireland without a repeal of
the Union ? I come here to avow my sentiments, not to
conceal them, and I confess to you that I have no hope of
obtaining justice from a United Parliament.--(Hear.) I
say it in bitterness and sorrow, but I am bound to say it in
perfect sincerity. The Melbourne Whig party are dis-
posed to govern by the people, and through the people—to
govern Ireland upon the same principles of legislation that
regulate the rest of the United Empire—to identify our
interests in all respects with theirs—in a word, their motto
is " Justice to Ireland."—(Cheers.) On the other hand,
we have ranged upon the side of To ryis m iniquity and op-
pression ; we have no longer an Orange ascendancy ; we beat
that down, but the spirit of Orangeism has not been extin-
guished. Although I had considerable hopes from the English
towns, I confess that a chill came over me when the result of
the Newcastle election was announced. lam the more affected
by the result, when I remember that I was myself recently
in that town, and heard the voice of its assembled thou-
sands respond enthusiastically to the appeal which I made
to their sympathies. Will any man say that, upon the re-
turn of the Tories to power, seven millions of the people
would not become disaffected ? It is in vain to deny the
fact; seven millions of the people would be disaffected, and
they ought to be disaffected." The Hon. and Learned
Gentleman then described at great length, and with consi-
derable vigour, the manifold evils which Tory rule could
not fail to inflict on his country, and then added—" The
very thought of such consequences is enough to strike the
coolest mind aghast with alarm for the future peace and safety
of the country, and give the impulse of burning indignation
to the blood that was never quickened into life before."
Mr. O'Connell proceeded to add his tribute to the distin-
guished merits which have marked the wise and beneficent
conduct of the present Viceroy—" When," said the Hon.
Member, " I look to Ireland, and contemplate all that Lord
Mulgrave has done—all that, for the vindication of the so-
lemn trust reposed in his hands, and for the amelioration of
the sufferings with which bis generous nature sympathised,
he has struggled against, and overcome—l feel my heart
swell with gratitude, while my tongue fails in its expression
of thanks. Some late appointments, it is true, have been
found fault with, and I will not say that some of them might
not have been better than they were. But let those who
would quarrel with. them remember that there was a power
which the Lord Lieutenant could not always controul.
Give us those rights which England and Scotland enjoy ;
link us truly, and faithfully, and honestly in the common
cause, and Great Britain may defy the congregated world in
arms.--(Cheers.) Yes, if the force of a hostile world were
brought to bear against the throne of England, she may
defy it all, whilst Ireland continues to be Mulgravised, if I
may so coin a word.—(Loud cheering.) Aye,-let it be Mul-
gravised. I have now told you my hopes and my fears. I
have pointed out the dangers which surround you, and the
resources on which you may rely. I have told you that you
have friends in Scotland and England—but, above all, I
dwell upon the well-known adjuration by which I have so
often addressed you. Before I go to England again we
will have the registry so organised, that we will have the
means of returning, not sixty-seven, but eighty to ninety
Liberal Members. We will stand together in this Associa-
tion as we stood in the Catholic Association. I perceive
that some of the enemies of Ireland have designated us as
the new Catholic Association. lam obliged to them who
call us by that name, not that I would accept it, as indi-
cating a sect or party, but I accept it in another meaning
of the word, universal—for our views and our services shall
be universal ; and never shall I belong to, or take part in,
any society or association that shall be sectarian in name,
or in services.(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I know not
whether I should allude to the letter of Sharman
Crawford's, which I must call ungenerous ; I will not call
it by a harsher name. But it was ungenerous and uncalled
for. He should never have written it ; and if he can for-
give himself, I forgive him. In that letter it was alleged
that some of those who supported the Irish Tithe Bill
compromised principle. In my support of that Bill I acted
according to the dictates of humanity and common sense.
You have the Government with you.—(Hear.) With this
Association the Government is obliged to go, and we are
pledged to their support. We have the people with us—the
clergy are with us—the greater part of the nobility are with us.
Who will say then that there is any doubt of our suc-
cess. The justice rent is increasing, too, and the protec-
tion which it will afford against local tyranny in the country
will be of immense service in promoting the good cause.—
(Hear.) We must ensure, also, the co-operation of the
attorneys of Ireland, who contributed so much valuable
assistance before to the exertions of the Catholic Associa-
tion. Men who did not fear God feared the neighbouring
attorney.—(Laughter.) They will assist us in organizing
the country, and we will turn the tables on the rebellion
Smiths."—(Hear.)
The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was vehemently
cheered throughout his address, and when he sat down it
continued for several minutes.
Mr. GALLOWAY next addressed the meeting, and recom-
mended the people to follow implicitly the directions of their
great leader.
The meeting then adjourned till Tuesday.

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