The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-22 00:00:00

CLARENDON to vindicate; his character demands no
vindication. The absurdity of the Orange slanders
carries with it its own refutation.

These fanatics would seem to say :—" My Lord
CL►RENDON, you gave us arms to aid in crushing
rebellion, but our services were not required. The
army and the police were found sufficient for the
purpose ; you deprived us, by your timely and ever•
getic measures, of the pleasure of shooting the Papists
under corer of the QuEzses troops ; you must,
therefore, allow us to indulge in a little sport on our
own account by burning a few cabins, and shooting a
few old women. You allowed us, my Lord, to march
in grand procession, in 1848 ; true, the game was
scarce in the route we then took, we had not much
sport. On that occasion we were only able to get a
stray shot or two at a Popish priest ; you did not
appear angry then. Why, my Lord, should you visit
us now, in 1849, with your displeasure, for merely
wrecking a few houses and shooting a few beggarly
Papists ?"
These are the absurd arguments with which these
insane bigots would attempt to justify the revolting
atrocities of Dolly's Brae ; these are the fatuous
puerilities with which the Irish Orangemen would
presume to insult the common sense of the British
empire.
At this moment the Orangemen are sitting in
secret conclave in Dublin, every moral cloaca in that
wretched land has discharged its rnal-contents upon
the metropolis. The evil spirits of the island are
pent up within the walls of Leitrim House, whence

is to issue the dread explosion that is to annihilate
Lord CLARENDON as a statesman, and hurl him from
his high office a disgraced and dishonoured man. But
let not the members of the Leitrim House cabal
delude themselves with the notion that they can, by
insane resolutions, or furious invectives against Lord
CLARENDON, shield themselves from public reprobation,
while they avow themselves the abettors of the crimes
of their bretheren of Castlewellan. They must purify
themselves from the imputation of the blood of the
innocent ere they can appear before the high court of
public opinion with clean hands. The ravings of
surpliced fanatics and furious bigots, who glory in
such triumphs as Dolly's Brae, are but little calculated

either to win public sympathy or dethrone a Viceroy.
We believe many indiscreet but amiable persons
have been seduced into the Orange Society. We
have no doubt many young persons, otherwise ra-
tional and Christian, have, through curiosity,
fashion, or the persuasion of friends, been drawn into
the vortex of this absurd and mischievous mysticism. '
Now, we would seriously ask these persons, TVhat is
the use of Orangeism ? It is useless as a system of
defence—the laws are sufficient to secure the life,
liberty, and property of every British subject. It
cannot be based on the principles of the Christian re-
ligion—the faith of CHRIST repudiates the sword,
and enjoins peace, and love, and charity,
It is useless as a manifestation of loyalty—true alle-
giance requires not the aid of secret signs and pass-
words. Uses, it can have none, but, alas !it has many
evils. It is the nursery of evil passions, it is a moral
pestilence tainting the young Protestant mind of
Ireland, spreading hatred and all uncharitableness
through the land, disgracing religion by assuming its
garb, and putting humanity to the blush by the re-
volting misdeeds of its misguided votaries. There
can be no peace or hope for Ireland while such a nui-
sance is tolerated, and we hope one of the first acts of
the Legislature will be to put an end to it for ever.

ritE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Assembly on Tuesday discussed the proposition
of M. ItAseAth, interdicting any banker from holding
the office of Minister of Finance. The following is
the report of the discussion, which was throughcut
one scene of confusion :

M. Raspail, jun., developed his amendment. He
argued that any minister who chose to speculate at the
Bourse could make large gains by using the intelligence
hich he might receive in his official capacity.—(oh.)
He meant nothing personal to any member of the pre-
sent Ministry.—(Loud laughter at this allusion to M.
Fould.) There were honest folks in every station—
A Voice—Even amongst the Reds.
M. Raspail, jun.—There were honest folks i❑ every
station, even amongst the Ministers. But was it to be
supposed that a man accustomed to stock-jobbing could
all at once renounce that practice because he became
minister ?—(Enough ! enough !goonlgo on 1) He
maintained that the minister would always remain
banker. But the interests of the country were at stake,
and something ought to be done in tte matter. Would
it not be well to declare that an ex-banker could not be-
come minister until five years had elapsed from the time
that he bad ceased to form part of the banking class ?
(Loud interruption.) If that were not done, ministers
ought to bn selected elsewhere.
A Vice—From the Mountain, for instance ?
(Laughter.)
M. Raspail, jun.—Could not an instance be found
where a minister had saved 1,500,000 E out of his salary
of 100,0001.—(Loud int( rruptioa on the Right.)
Voices—Wilt'? who? Name 1 name I
The President—An attack like that cannot be allowed
to pass unnoticed.

(.3n the Rtht—Name, name, whom do you mean ?
On the Lett—Go on, go on 1
The President— Twenty or thirty Ministers of
Finance have quitted office with an unstained reputa-
tion. You cause a calumnious allegation to weigh on
them all.—(Hear, hear.)
On the Left—Do nut reply to these interruptions.
The President—The ion. Gentleman must give some
explanation, for we cannot allow—(tuterruption on the
Left.)
Al. Raspail, jun., had only spoken of a vague ro-
minisceLee.

On tha Right—No, no 1 Not a word of thin
was said.

M. RaTail, jun. (turning towards the Right)—
The Gentlemen at that bide could better tell the names
than he--

On the Right—Order, order 1 You ar• an insolen
fellow.

The President—When whole classes aro attacked,
they defend themselves by their own force against
calumny; but when a person individualises, he ought to
give names.

On the Left—No, not
On the light—Yes, 3 es!
The President—You must give the name, or I sha:
call you to order.
_

Ou the Left—lt is downright tyranny.
A Nlcrnber of the Extreme Lett here rose, and said
something with great animation, which we could not
catch.

--
The President—By such vivacity, you encourage the
Hon. Gcntleman to go still further. I call you to order.
M. Bouizat—lt will be said next that no minister
was ever guilty of peculation!
A Voice on the Itight—We never belonged to the
Provisional Uovernmcnt.

M. Itaspail, jun.—When I refer to a reminiscence
which I draw trom history, I am called to order. I
submit to being so called to order.
On the Right—Your history is calumny I
The President—You are unable to state the fact. I
formally declare it.—(Hear, hear.)
Great agitation was hero manifested. Loud exclama-
tions were uttered on the Right, whilst on the Left we
caught the words "Peculating Ministers—Teste—
Cub:lres."

M. Itaspail, jun.—l am really astonished that this
question has raised such a tempest.—(Loud interrup•
Lion.) _ _ _

The President—What, you insult a large portion of
the Assembly, and you are surprised that they are in-
dignant I
6everal Members of the Right at the foot of the tri•
bune, and amongst others M. Baze, cried out, " Name
name I we insist on it."

M. Raspail, jun. (with great apparent unconcern)—
Contemporary history
Oa the Right—No, no ! Name, name !
The President, to M. Raspail—lf you continue in the
same strain, I shall consult the Assembly as to the pro-
priety of publicly censuring you.—(Applause.)
M. Bac approached M. Raspail, and addressed some
observation to him. M. de Panet spuke with energy to
M. Bac.

The President—l allow Hon. Gentlemen to ascend the
tribune to discuss and not to insult.—(Great agitation,
which lasted some time.)
M. Raspail, jun.—l regret having alluded to a fact
which has so moved the Assembly, when I could have
cited others which could not have done so.—(On the
Right—You cite no fact !) Can you forget the case of
M. Teste ? Did he not yield to the solicitations of an
ex-Minister of War and a banker ?—(Great agitation.)
I cannot say if justice strikes the guilty in proportion
to their position. Ido not think it does ; for we every
day see poor devils condemned for a paltry theft, and
sometimes Shen only intending to procure bread for
their families.—(Violent murmurs.)
The President—You attack everything, even what has
bee is judged, and those who judged it ;—(Tumult on the
Left.)

M. Duct 6 —lt is you who attacked him just now.
The Prest..?ent—l recommend M. Ducti to use les
violence, or I must call him to order.

On the Loft—lt was the Right who interrupted just
now, and it was we whom the President called to order.
The President—There was on the Right just now a
legitimate indignation, and on the Left a violence with-
out example—an illicit support to a calumnious assertion
—a struggle against the President himsolt when endea-
vouring to enforce order.—(Hear, hear.)
M. Raspail, jan.—Was nut a letter found on the 24th
of February at the Tuileries, in which I forget what
King wrote to Louis Philippe: —" Your Ministers ma-
naged badly, else assuredly you would have realised
millions of profit."—(Loud exclamations.)
On the Right—lt is a lie !
Other Voices—lt is alike ridiculous and odious.
The kresidens—.4)=2 for all, I WI ou the Five.