The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-23 00:00:00

SOCIETY OF IRISH VOLUNTEERS.

A very crowded and respectable meeting of this &viol/
took place yesterday at the Greit Rooms in the Corn Es'
change, Dublin. The galleries were crowded with
On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, the chair 114°
taken by JOHN REYNOLDS, E-q.
Alr. O'CoNN ELL said, before he proceeded further, be
should move the admission of Fergus O'Connor,
M. P., and M. O'Neill Daunt, Esq , M. P., MealuP"
~f the Volunteers.
Passed with acclamation.
Mr. O'CoNNELL edit' that he had given notice of
mo,ion fur effectually organizine the volunteers of !retold'
His object was to make that body as extensively useful
possible. Tht•
2avnoodlnunly,tbeieenrsothtotilfserpslaBr3ht3idedudliabffere,eratehdaarftmrotemhde.tphrees,;i:
lwuenteeeursnaorfn.le7df:
object of both was the same—the legislative independence
of Ireland.—(Cheers.) He referred to the circumstance°
under which the volunteers of PM were formed. Ire:,
Itud was destitute of troops, and the volunteers of t_,,,APe
Period formed and equipped themselves, and were 30,Uw
wrong at the time the French attempted a landing at 011"
rickfergus. They afterwards increased to 7,1,000. 1141:
ing established their national independence, their first act
was to vote 32,000 seamen to the British 11.!et, at a 61:48
that it was almost destitute of seamen. They re..nlann
the British fleet, and it again swept the sess......(Cheer"
Ile objects of this society were the same. He was
ions to preserve the connexion of the two countries, 571
he felt that the only way to secure it was by the rep";
of the Union. He stated the fact that the Whitebo
insurrection was becoming stronger every year. The
strength and s,,und part of the country, was becoming
disgusted at the conduct of the Government ; and I
they persevered as they were going on, the Whitebni,
insurrection would become too strong for the soap°
and moral part of the country, who, like himself, were ill
tached to British connexiou.—( Hear.) The only way tilt.% I
she Government would render the connexion of tmi
countries indissuluble was by repealing the Union.
present the Volunteers were unarmed, and they wool,
continue so until the law enabled them to be armed for tu:

generalleers
o f la7nBi 12 internal
ehhunearinod,
stoagfhinesBenscepucstapecoe
proceededreeradav
separation
i dcreaoeinibbl
Ireland—(Hearn.)
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,shdeiele:
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Christian
11, sytfirinti
si
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preserved the peace ; and the present Volunteers woll''' V 'tql(
writtnitthsliji
wP( succeedCuothui (Cheers.)
eldger snba. it
)nee
opposed
ertvoe separationtheco nu
connexion,
i 0 Inn,
and the firsthe
wpolualcde henot hvaiodiaVhf..:4: r 141;401:little "-----dEoVuEb
oath. The second reason was that separation could 0,°1441 limo, •
be achieved without a bloody revolution, and he viou'vßt °Val
~,, In the
purchase no political advantage at the expense of a siligls Val, 11 the
pocritvi civil
arop of blood. • The third reason was, that it was our iir,ll,
terest to preserve the connexion. United, we might deSB tt e„
the northern power and every power in the world. 978 114411110 t, WI
King and two Parliaments, was the motto of the Irish °jet; Oho e borne
uneers of 1782, it should also be theirs. He then proceedni e ~ as
to consider the argument derived from the possibility
b? e, "Ith
such a question as the regency question being raisedi. roil:, they
tween the two counties. —(Hear, hear.) He said, that gi. .8 4 . are emit
the representative of eight millions of people, be would ti:itt. nd
upon himself to get rid of that objection, for th.i . ° Of privilege.f„,
would agree that whoever was admitted by the Britt` ' oh, ‘'nfistianF.
Parliament to be king de jure and de facto in Engla° Nit 'rely t• •
di flt • rerlguy
would by them be admitted to be king de jure and ire, to .
facto in Ireland. He alluded to the case of a war. di Linte
peace;w the
anKd dlSeliss i
ititigw'saautnhdeountattteydnpraenrohg,aitievaet
ptoatlmiatnakeentW:: i•o3tltletlihe hc:flika
of
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a dray upon unnecessary wars. But if one honest Pll4lO 1111„e,e4 of
ment was a check to unnecessary wars, two would be 5,,10t0 -the extensi,
more so. He proceeded to show how no objection on 1"f„tallt, ,t Ned but
point could exist to a domestic legislature in Ireland. Elejdttef ' gifret .
almost every colonial depe Wei' ,4 °l.lllett Dent cha
of Great Britain, bad a domestic I.gislature ; even tiol, tO , ' arta
8,,y was to have its domestic legislature; and was P0'0'41344 ' pare • in(
thereeasily wouldaridtin
i n Europe,
aontgbueid ya. and
to be worse off than Botany Bay ? Hui wish was to 10 •It . tition. lelPat
the transition as easy as possible ; he would injure no 01jel il4 4,,
to his property; he would make them pass from P.roo Nile 64ed, ind
country
vinei ,1 degradation to the dignity of national leg s.slgjl relic, aOf th , c
left
toion hothpee
nonfunretritye.d uiLtil :he
sattle e.,b
of
the
eth e jev,
Rolickeitehalei
Conservatives had a pecuniary interest in multiag., °tried tttrie, d
these distill brnces.—(Hear, hear.) In Louth, wb,b/II if ,Nree of
a r
an udditiolial police foice was about to be iaisedo •01 c -4,,,,, pov
Conservative Magistrates would have the appointnieo. d . °thy) be ell it
algAin 10 the members of that force, which would be, of nece—oei rit 0, Ila, he °
a Conservative force. Again, we have been thread demi 'llrj . tr
taut )er ,tian•
in England with measures of hardship. They had b"thiht oe lty ;
of the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. But ,P—ie for the Lo
Government had no chance of making such a c. 9 10011 g it A, tile p vv(
would give a pretext to such a measure, unless there muipiLb %Id , eeri4
these disturbances iii Ireland. He, however, would frlol of ,t,. oe, sa
' bol' 13 kqr 3'
say that he defied the Goveroment to pass any ifyll erioh . Goy
measure. There would be five-and-forty honest "oh ar„„ Of b. 1•13
Members in the House, arid by their deter minatioo a inl butheilt 411sboi
firmness no Administration could pass an Algerine 1;0 Po4j• ' i
bi 4 the
It would take them at least eighteen months • fur thpeentat. e, ,IIA
lop u „„
was nit a line of .it, from the preamble to the months;
°6dtai ' f --r
11 ea or
which they would not divide at least five times. He deo r,l --ttt ii arty
them to pa-s it, unless by trampling over their deadoi low ve it, the L,
vet
fell"(
casses.—(Clieers.) He would propose that the so° 00 We alt • 1
a theios,
Committee should procure three persons for each cOl/0/ Of .L
in Ireland, to organize the extension of the Voluateeri the j
ciety. At every meeting he would suggest that aC"

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