The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-17 00:00:00

may be branded upon the minds of my countrymen,
that they may induce them to restrain their passions,
learn to avoid their enemies, to be peaceful, tranquil,
and obedient to the law, and that thus they will
Rive us an epportimity of seeing Ireland a nation
again, and of having a Parliament of our own.—
(Loud cheer's.) Mr. O'Connell concluded by mov-
ing for an address to the people, warning them
against all illegal societies and nocturnal meetings
whatsoever.
Mr. FINN, M.P., and Mr. STEELE rose together,
but Mr. Finn gave way to Mr. Steele, who, after
expressing his obligation for the courtesy, spoke to
the following effect :—Volunteers of Ireland, why
is it that I am anxious to be the seconder of the
resolution of O'Connell this evening 2 I will tell
you—first, hear me for a moment—you all know
that there are many places, for any of which I might
he at this moment in Parliament if I would accept
of representation—(Hear, hear, and great cheering)
—but I refuse, because I know that I am more use-
ful to Ireland in Ireland than I could be if I were
in the Imperial Parliament. Now, in what does my
utility in Ireland principally consist, and from what
is it derived ? Volunteers of Ireland, my paramount
utility consists in this, that I am the principal in-
strume in the hands of the Liberator for the paci-
fication of the country ; a minister of pacification
sent forth among the people by the pacificator.
Now, I am a man fitted by nature for Irish agitation
and for Irish pacification, for I have a spirit as high
and haughty and fierce and burning as any other
man who acts under the leadership of the father of
his country; but while I utterly disdain and disclaim
any recognition of superiority over me by any other
created being, I do distinctly acknowledge his, and
I therefore yield to him that voluntary moral fealty
and allegiance, which lie uses as one of his instru-
ments in achieving his bloodless revolution in Ire-
land.—(Long-continued cheering.) Peace, unin-
terrupted tranquillity, is now indispensable for the
regeneration of Ireland. Ido not offer my services
because my leader knows that he can always com-
mand them, but I declare my readiness to go to any
part of Ireland where it may he necessary to check
the progress of this most inauspicious and baleful
confederation of the infatuated peasantry.—(Cheers
from all parts of the room.) Volunteers of Ireland,
my words are things; and it May not be any harm
that through the press the peasantry of Ireland
should know what I said once in Clare. I said
that if such a crisis were to arrive in consequence of
any atrocious act of the Government, as that of
Camden and Castlereagh in 1798, as that O'Connell
should command us to have recourse to arms and
blood and convulsion, instead of our usual constitu•
tional warfare by which we had achieved such re-
splendent triumphs ; in that case, I would not
order the Clare men to go into Cratloe Wood to
cut down trees for pike handles, but that I
would first send them to cut down the trees
in my own domain of Lough O'Connell, and that
I would, of course, myself not be idle, nor a mere
looker on in the conflict. But, then, I told them
at the same time, and solemnly impressed on them
that so far was a course of this kind, or anything
like it, from being expedient now, that any man
who committed violence or outrage of any kind was
the deadly enemy of Ireland—for the father of his
country wanted to have Ireland, from one extremity
to the other, in a state of the most perfect and un-
broken repose, in order to enable him to do his work
in Parliament effectively for Ireland's regeneration
and independence. (Mr. Steele sat down amidst
enthusiastic cheering.)
Mr. O'CONNELL--I approve of every thing said
by Mr. Steele, except the pikes. We'll have no-
thing to do with pikes.—(Laughter.)
Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice of a motion for the
next day of meeting, that three Volunteers should
be appointed for each county, to ascertain how many
parishes in each—how many are disposed to join
the Volunteers—to hold parish meetings, and to
subscribe to the Volunteer fund.
The meeting then separated.