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body. I will be able tci point out in detail the infinite mis-
chief which the physical force advocates inflict on the body
of the repealers of Ireland.
"To leave this melancholy topic, I am glad to be able to
say that, without positively knowing the fact, the repeat
question will be left so far an open question as not to exclude
repealers from such promotion in the various professions ate
their intrinsic merits ought to command. How often have
we desired to have the repeal an open question, and every
honest and well-thinking man will feel grateful to those who
make it so.
naiore—if the rumour
" There is another fact, of a pleasing
respecting it be accurate—l myself believe ie to be accurate,
though, of course, I cannot state it positively'. It is this—
that the Lord Chancellor Brady has determined to reinstate
the repeal magistrates. That will be giving the peePle the
protection of from sixty to seventy gentlemen, wh°, as
magistrates, enjoy the public confidence. This ie another
title to gratitude.
" There are various measures in progress for L'eTia,Ud
among the rest, a Tenant Compensation Act, which,' have
reason to believe is calculated in a great degree to be 6. 1
`ll-
factory to the Irish tenantry ; but there are many obstac. es
and difficulties in the way of working out those useful raeit.-".
sures. Having, after all, fully strengthened the conviction
that it is an Irish Parliament alone that can work out the pros-
perity of the Irish people—it is an Irish Parliament alone
that can have sufficient knowledge and suflisient persevering
inclination to insure the prosperity and freeeiom of old Ire-
land. No country under Heaven requires so vitally the pro-
tection of a domestic Parliament as Ireland does ; and with-
out refusing gratitude for kindnesses intended, I reiterate my
decided conviction that we should not relax for One hour cur
exertions for the repeal.
" Hurrah, then, for the Repeal.
" Believe me to be very truly yollrElt
" DANIEL O'CON.N.ELL."
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, M.P., in moving the insertion of
Mr. O'Connell's letter on the minutes, observed, Wet al-
though lie did not fully coincide in all the sentiments con-
tained in the letter, he would, nevertheless, move that it be
placed on the records of the association ; and as it was his
intention to sail that evening for London, he would, if the
meeting permitted him, lay before them the reason why he
differed with Mr. O'Connell. It had been said that in the
speech he (Mr. O'Brien) had recently delivered at Silrusury
he had given great pain to Mr. O'Connell and the members Sol
his family, but without pledging himself to the report of.lifis'
speech as it appeared in the local journals, yet from the sell--
timents he expressed on that occasion he could not recede.
He could not say to what part of his speech Mr. O'Connell
referred, but this he would aver, that nothing would have
been further from his intention than to disparage Mr.
O'Connell or any member of his family.—(Hear, hear.) If
he recollected rightly, what he said on the occasion referrxd
to was, that he possessed the confidence of Mr. O'Connell.
of the Roman Catholic clergy, and of that party known 14.4
" Young Ireland." If there had been anything offem-
sive in that expression, he would willingly retract it ;,Tu
or, perhaps, he was guilty of arrogance in the bout
he had made ; if so, lie was perfectly ready to pay
the penalty which the man who is guilty' of boasting
must inevitably pay, that of retracting his boost. On the
InA day of meeting, a certain gentleman (Mr. Beill) bad-
also taken some exception to what he said at Kiln; • He
(Mr. O'Brien) was there to answer any question that might
be put to him touching that speech; but this he wou2d say,
that lie came to Conciliation Hall not for the purpose of
quarrelling with any man, but to endeavour, as far as m his
power lay, to promote the repeal of the union.—(Cheere..)
He was ready to , justify his opinions on any stage, but ho
denied that any man, or any body of men, had any right tos
call in question his conduct, except his constituents on the
hustings.—(Hear, and cheers.) After some further allusion
to his speech at Rilrush, he observed that he did not concur
in all the opinions put forward by the individual whom
they (the people) looked upon as their leader. And if those
opinions were to be the sine put non of the agitation, he
would merely say that in his opinion they were unjust and
impolitic, and, if persevered in, he wouki be under the neces-
sity of staying away till the course of proceedings was
altered. It had been asserted that he should, under no cir-
cumstances, resort to physical force, as a means of restoring.
the liberties of the country. He dissented e'itirely from
any such assumption. Ancient and modern histOrY showed
that the liberties of nations had been achieved by a re-
sort to arms. It was the adoption of physical Wee that
preserved the crown for Queen Victoria. It was th e force
of arms that placed it on the head of Louis Ph.;lippe.
It was physical power that made Belgium a nation, and
restored liberty to Greece. He would not refer to Ole
United States, Holland, and other nations, whose cases hod
the sanction of the international law of Europe. And waif
Ireland to be excluded from any such facility for righting
herself by such means? It was not for him to say when a.
resort to physical force would be justifiable. But, after
all, it was a mere speculative question, and he trusted that
circumstances should never arise which would justify them
in resorting to such an alternative. There was. he was
happy to say, no immediate prospect of any. What he
denied was, that the association had no right to put any
such test to the different members of the confederacy. The
administration of such a test was unwise, and, under pre-
sent circumstances, wholly unnecessary; and if persevered
in, would have the effect of detaching from the movement
some of the most attached and sincere) friends to a repeal of
the union.—(Cheers.) The Honourable Gentleman read
portions of the resolutions lately adoptd by the asssociation,
and then continued—Feeling that lee had been some cause
of these unhappy dissensions, in maintainii'S
a position
that the association did not sustain, he was the more bound to
say that he would not allow the people who had ;lone him
the honour of supporting him to be sacrificed, without record-
his protest against it.—(Cheers.) Ile was bound to say
frankly, that if any attempt were made to put down:the -Viaion.
or exclude certain gentlemen from the committees or the
association—until they were restored it would be impossible
for him to co-operate with them.—(Cheers.) But why
were they driven to that alternative ? It was with the
utmost pain that he felt himself bound to differ from a ram
who was justly recognised as their leader; but he was per-
suaded that the policy of the association—composed of one
million persons— admitted a reasonable difference on every
subject. That was the spirit which should influence them as
freemen. If any one denounced in that letter were excluded
it would have a most suicidal effect. With the Nation news-
paper were connected men of the highest cultivation of mind;
and he was not afraid to say that of Mr. aleagher—his
friend Mr. Meagher—( Loud cheers)—that it would have
been the greatest advantage to the country, after ef course
the members of Mr. O'Connell's family and his own parti-
cular friends, to have elected him as a representative 01 tee
Irish people. Those were his opinions, and he did not ft el
at liberty any longer to conceal them. Ile trusted the
breach was not irreparable, and that the past would he
forgotten in generous oblivion. Another question was
whether they should form an alliance with the Whigs.
When last he had addressed them he had advised them
that the Repeal party should not be identified with the
Whigs. It was their policy that there should be a distinct
national party in that country, who would not lend them-
selves to be tools to any British Parliament.—(Cheers.) If
the Whigs even were inclined to do justice to Ireland, yet
they were opposed to the repeal of the union, and, as such,
were not entitled to their support.—(Loud cheers.) Mr.
O'Brien then proceeded to advert to the promises held out
by the present Government relative to the restoration of the
repealto-
ninagisttrhateeisr andpro
promises
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Then they had promised something for the Irish church
establishment, and Lord Grey had expressed favourable opi-
nious on that question, but with which Lord John Russell
had stated he did not identify himself. There was no decla-
ration to give the tenant compensatioa. On the whole
he would repeat that the policy of the association was to
support every good measure from every party, but to
identify themselves with none.—(Cheers.) 110 was going
at great inconvenience to endeavour to obtain cheap sugar
for the Irish people. He now said, and probably At was tor
, the last time, that in order to carry out their policy it was
necessary for Repealers to abstain from all solicitaelon of
Government patronage. If repeal were an open question
the case would be different, but there was no indicatioA it
was so. If it were an open question, the natural course
would be to give Mr. O'Connell a seat in the Cabinet, with
the understanding that he was at liberty on the next day
to advocate the cause of repeal in that Hall. It was not
an
open question when they gave any place to any Repealer
in order to shut his mouth afterwards,—(Cheers.) In 1833
they had several able men amongst them who in 1835 took
office under the Whigs, and what was the result ?—(Cheers.)
He would not say that the office converted them, but it
silenced them.—(Cheers.) They knew the individuals he
alluded to, and he need not name them.--(Cries
of " Name.") He would begin with Mr. Shiel.—
(Groans and hisses.) If then the acceptance of place
entailed an abandonment of the principle of repeal, he for
one did not wish to co-operate with them. How had that
principle been carried out at the Dungarvan electiour
Mr. O'Brien then wont on to state that he totally dissentVd
from the other-
borough of not contesting that and every °th-
borough in order to return a repealer, and said that he had,
never, even during the state trials, felt such a despondency'
in the cause of Repeal as since the last month. llnving
tlins repeated what he had said as to his co-operatiofi in the
cause, he thanked the meeting for their attention, and_rn-
eluded by " expressing a hope that the gallant vessel of I
freedom would be wafted
fsraefedelyon,
th
into the haven of national om • Teherehhoixn. oGfenthueematztides
resumed his seat amidst tremendous cheering.
Mr. Joint O'Coisirtrcra„ M.P., regretted deeply to be
obliged to differ with the speech just delivered by Mr.
O'Brien. He denied that there were any grounds for im -
puting selfish motives to Mr. O'Connell for supporting
the Whigs.—(Mr. O'Brien dissented.) The expressions pof
Mr. O'Brien were not, perhaps, quite so explicit, but they
certainly might be so construed. Was Mr. O'Connell to be
censured tor returning his son for Dundalk? He conceived
he was not. It was not for the purpose of forwarding the
election of his brother that he came from London, but to
assist in furthering the cause, and he was perfectly ready to
withdraw Mr. D. O'Connell from Bundalk if a more sin-
cere Repealer could be found. He might say the same
with regard to Tralee and Kilkenny city. It was wrong to
say that Mr. O'Connell ss as determined to support the Whigs
on every question. Why the fact was that Mr. O'Connell
and the Ministry were at variance on the sugar question.
He believed that the admission of slave-grown sugar would
necessarily lend a stimulus to the slave trade, and believing
that such a consequence would ensue, he was opposed to
the policy of the Government on that question, which
was really a vital question. And yet Mr. O'Brien was
going over to London to support the Ministry on the sugar
question. It was unfair to charge Mr. O'Connell with
supporting the Whigs. From them the country had every
reason to expect a series of beneficial measures, which, when
passed, should enable them to assume a higher position
than they (the people) at present occupied. They should
not condemn the Whigs unheard. The Hon. Gentleman
then proceedsd to justify the general policy of the Go-
vernment and the appointments which they have made,
and argued that the most beneficial results to Ire-
land would arise from their administration. He justified
the policy of Mr. O'Connell with regard to the Dungarvon
and Dundalk elections, and showed that with regard to the
former it would have been highly perilous to have contested
it, and that his brother (Mr. D. O'Connell) was selected
by the electors of Dundalk, and was not, as had been as-
serted, forced upon them. He defended the resolutions
adopted on this day fortnight, and showed that any gentle-
man who joined the association, believing that the adoption
of physical force was not inconsistent with its principles, de-
ceived himself most egregiously. The honourable gentleman
had not concluded his address at post hour.
Amount of rent up to three o'clock (post hour) is said
-I to be 801.
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THE MARYLERONE CLUB AND GROUND V. THE .
COUNTY or NORFOLK.—This match was renewed on Tuesday
at Lord's, and was continued to its ending, which terminated •
in favour of the club by a majority of 88 runs.
Viscountess Newport was sufficiently reoovered, on
Tuesday, to take a carriage airing.
OXFORD, JULY 27.—The proprietor of the Star Hotel, .
in this city, has received instructions from the Lord Mayor
of the City of London to provide dinner, on Wednesday,
August 5, for from sixty to eighty persons, on the occasion
of his Lordship's visit to Oxford, as conservator of the River
Thames. His Lordship and party, it is said, will come to • '
Oxford by railway, and return to London by the river. This
event will cause quite a jubilee in Oxford.
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