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" And some have believed that a country haunted with
the memory of heroic resistance and proud victories
from the field of the yellow ford to the church of Dun-
gannon, and hot with shame and indignation at suffering
and disgrace without end, would at length rise and
snatch the liberty so long denied. That her Chief,
weary of hope deferred, would at length proclaim that
patience had limits, and resolve now again to
" Right her wrongs in battle line."
" We fully confess that much was written in this
journal tending remotely to that end, calculated to sti-
mulate the hope and desire of great and speedy changes
wrought by a people's might."—lVation, Saturday, 18th
July, 1846.
The Learned Gentleman concluded by referring to seve-
ral legal authorities, showing that they would be guilty
of high treason if they held the same opinions as the
Young Ireland party did.
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was
deputed
was present at a
nedtythcelamree.etiinige with reference to
to express to Mr.
O'Connell the thanks and gratitude of the people and
Catholics of Kilrush, and particularly their moral alle-
giance to his commands.
Mr. O'CONNELL expressed his gratitude to the people
of Kilrush.
Several sums of money having been handed in,
Mr. J. O'CONNELL spoke at some length upon the
Colleges Bill, and concluded by referring to religion in
the army, and proposed that a committee should be
formed called the Religion Grievance Committee of the
Association, and that they should search for the several
grievances which existed in the army.
Several subscriptions having been handed in, the rent
was announced to be 1041. ls. 6d., and the meeting sepa-
rated.

I shall receive from my fellow countrymen, who,- ful
different parts of the kingdom, have so kindly comet
forward to express their approval of the appozntmentl
that her Majesty has been pleased to make of a resident:
proprietor as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
" The interest I have always felt in the prosperity of
this country makes the appointment most gratifying, as,;
it gives me the opportunity of more immediately di-
recting my attention to those measures of internal
improvement which must tend to the tranquillity and
welfare of the kingdom.
"I deeply regret the distress that prevails in many
parts of the country from the failure of the potato crop,
and you may rely on my immediately carrying into
effect those measures which the Legislature have adopted
for relieving the poorer classes under this heavy dispen-
sation of Providence."
The Corporation then withdrew.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The usual weekly meeting of the above Association
was held in Conciliation Hall this day. At one o'clock
Mr. O'Connell entered the hall (attired in his municipal
robes) amidst loud cheers, and moved that Counsellor
andThcommencede
O'Dowd should take the chair.
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honourlen,
they conferred upon him. He then alluded to the Young
Ireland party, and stated that in his opinion no ques-
tion, except the repeal question, should be discussed in
that Hall. He (the Chairman) denounced the condum
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of the Young Ireland party ; he denounced their cri-
which
equaetshtesliesAcsal
Ireland—not merely the Catholics, but of the Protest-
ants, for that question referred to both parties. He ar-
raigned their conduct upon that questior.—he arraigned!
their silence, as tending in no small degree to the passing:
of that very measure.
Mr.RAy read the minutes of the last day's proceedings_.
Mr. O'CONNELL rose, and after handing in some
money. said that as he was now in trim for visiting they
Castle, and as he had to go up with the Address front
the Corporation to an Irish nobleman, the Earl of Bes-
borough—a man who was well acquainted with Irish
affairs' he would speak to the meeting at once. He sup-
posed he would not find fault at hearing his (Mr. O'Con-
nell's) brogue addressing him this day. At all events,
the Association would be satisfied.— (Cheers.) The first
topic he had to allude to was the state of the distress,.
and the failure of the potato crop in Ireland. It had
been thrown out that they had done nothing. Upon that
subject they were mistaken. They did all they could ;
and he would tell the meeting what they did. They put
into the possession of the Government every account
they received from different parts of the country, and
the sentiments expressed by different writers upon the 3
subject. He (Mr. O'Connell) himself did a great deal
more ; for he sent them information respecting thefailure)
of the crop. He engaged the attention of Government to
the distress that prevailed in the country. The Govern-
ment had passed an Act of Parliament for the relief of
the poor. By that Act the rich must pay for keeping
the poor in employment, and whenever the poor Irish-
man could get good wages for his labour, he was never
known to ask for charity from any man. The landlords
did not like that law. Now, he would tell them that law
would be perpetual, unless they gained the repeal, which
would compel the absentees to come here and spend their
incomes in Ireland. The next topic was the Inidel Col-
leges Bill.—(Cheers.) He never read a paper wall more
delight than he did the Evening Freeman of Satirday,
announcing the glorious news that the Cardinals, to
whom it was referred, unanimously condemned the
Bill.—(Cheers.) What a triumph was that for the
faithful people of Ireland, for the Catholics of Ireland,
and for the Catholic clergy of -Ireland.- The Colleges
Act had been condemned in Rome, and it was also
condemned in Ireland. Mr. O'Connell then referred
to the demand made by the Presbyterians. He (Mr.
O'Connell) thought the Presbyterians were perfectly
right in that demand. He thought Lord John Russell
was very wrong in refusing them.—(Applause.) He
would do the best he could to get for them that demand.
He would insist upon the demand of the Catholic clergy
to have jurisdiction over the professors appointed to in-
struct the Catholic youth—and the same jurisdiction
should be given to the Protestant. He gave notice that
he would move—that before the next session an address
should be presented to the Queen condemning in the
most emphatic terms " mixed education." He believed
Lord John Russell liked the principle of mixed educa-
tion. He would now refer to a subject of great import-
ance to the Association. It had been said that many
people were anxious for reconciliation between the two
partits in that Hall, No man was more anxious for a
reconciliation than he was, especially a reconciliation
with Mr. Smith O'Brien. He would do anything but
sacrifice principle to obtain that reconciliation. He
could not afford to sacrifice his principles because he would
be breaking through the basis of the Association. They
stood upon the basis of tho Association. If the Young
Ireland party choosed to come in and stand upon
that basis they were heartily welcome to do so. The
Hon. and Learned Gentleman entered fully into the
breach between the Young Irelanders and the Associa-
tion, and detailed his reasons for compelling the Young
Ireland party to state their opinions. On June 15 last,
Lord J. Russell, in his speech on the Coercion Bill, in
the House of Commons, spoke as follows:—" There is
a numerous body in Ireland, numerous even among the
representatives of Ireland, but far more numerous in Ire-
land, which says that no legislation of a united Parlia-
ment can devise fit remedies for Irish grievances, and
that it is in a domestic Parliament alone that 8t and wise
legislation is to be sought. Such is their opinion.
There is another, I hear, who if I read rightly their sen-
timents, as expressed in a newspaper—l will name it—
called the Nation, which has great circulation in Ireland,
who go beyond the question of legislative union, who
would wish not merely to restore such a Parliament as
that which it was the boast of Mr. Grattan to found, and
which legislated under the sceptre of the same Sovereign
as the Parliament of Great Britain, but a party which
excites to violence, which looks at disturbance as its
means, and separation from England as its end." What
interest had Lord John Russell? He had no party in-
terest—he is too high-minded a man to say and think the
contrary, when he gave this account of the Young Ireland
party. They had attempted to deny it. One of the
newspapers said that there was no tendency of separa-
tion. Why, he was looking over their articles in answer
to correspondents. The Learned Gentleman then read
another extract, and proceeded to observe:—The reform
was carried by moral force. The Anti-Corn-law League
was carried by moral force. Why, we succeeded before
them (Englishmen), and English success was only en-
couraged by our success.—(Hear, hear.) But it was
unfortunate for themselves, they were implicated in the
guilt of treason. They did not understand the law. He
said distinctly there are two kinds of high treason. On
the 18th of July the Nation deliberately published this.
The Learned Gentleman here read the following:
"France sent them offers ofhelp and guidance through
M. Ledru Rollin, and through many a surer source.
America talked openly of Baltimore clippers and raids
over Canadian border.