The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-30 00:00:00

MR. ROEBUCK IN THE WEST.

The Dublin papers of yesterday morning are
filled with the speeches delivered in Galway on
Monday night, at the banquet given to Mr. John
Orell Lever and Mr. John Arthur Roebuck. The

latter hon. gentleman—to the disappointment of
his audience—cut short his oratory, hie address
scarcely occupying half a column out of the six
devoted to the festive proceedings. After a few
preliminary remarks Mr:. Roebuck proceeded tg
say,—

" I began my political life as the friend of your
great friend, Mr. O'Connell. (Cheers.) It was
my fate to enter Parliament a very young man, nu
enthusiastic Englishman, and I found myself side
by side with the great friend of the people a Ire.
land. (Cheers.) I was a radical then ; lam still
so, and I found O'Connell was the friend of the

Radicals, almi therefore we sat side hy ;icle. But
there was in O'Connell which we selaom find in

any member of Parliament ; and I must say not in
any Irish member of Parliament. He was enables
to command the attention of the British House of

Commons. (Hear, bear, and cheers.) He had that
weight of eloquence that commands respect—that
brilliant imagination that won everybody's appro-
val, and when he opened his lips the listening se-
nate heard his words with admiration, if not appro.

bation. (Cheers.) I, as an enthusiastic fo-ung
Englishman, a Radical, was at once attracted to
O'Connell, and I asked myself what he desired to
have for Ireland. It was this—tnat Englishmen

and Irishmen should before the law be -entirely
equal—(cheers)—that there should be no preferenee
to a man on account of his country or his creed—
(cheers)—that a man being a subject of King Wil•
Liam, who then reigned—he should not be asked
whether he was an Englishman, an Irishman, or a
Scotchman, but that justice should he done to him
as a subject of Great Britain. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) The first matter on which I voted, the first
matter that occupied the attention of the sa•ealled
Reformed Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland,
was the Irish Coercion Bill, and on that matter I
voted side by side an humble militant with O'Connell.
I voted on every occasion against thatbi.l and English
statesmen have learnt that we ou that question hav-
ing a small minority were in the right.' We have
learnt that to treat men honestly is to treat them pru-
dently, and that the statesman who wishes to goVern
Ireland will not only be thoroughly honest towards
' the Irishpeople, and whether he nets through the
English House of Commons or an Irish Parliament
he will Win their respect and regard. (Hear, and
cheers.) It has not been my fate usually to address
an Irish audience. Once or twice in my life I have
done so, end I have begun by stating that I am a
thorough-going John Bull. (Laughter and cheers.)
I don't wish to impose upon you in any way; I am
an Englishman, and I believe that England, united
with Ireland, will be to the world as a shining light
and a great guide; that if with her right arm, Ire-
land, she be strong, with her right arm, Ireland,
separated from her she will be weak ; and my ob-
ject has been through life not only to foster, but to
render complete the union of the two peoples.
(Cheers.) I wish you all to believe that the people
of England deserve well of, because they wish well
to, the people of Ireland. (Hear.) No man more
than myself is ready to admit that the Government

of England for centuries has done injustice to Ire-
land—(hear, and cheers)—but England now go-
verns herself, and I believe from my heart what I
am now about to tell you,—that if there be an) thing
disagreeable in Ireland, you have only to state it in
the English House of Commons to be attended to.
Send there men who can really interpret your
wishes, and you can command the attention of a
fair and liberal aisembly, and you will get all you
deserve or desire. You don't want more than
that, I hope. (Cries of No.') One of your fathers
here has been kind enough to express his opinion
respecting myself, for which I beg to express my
most hearty thanks, and in return he will permit
me to take the very presumptuous part of giving him
a small word of advice. It is this. He and his clergy
have great power over the people of Ireland—deser-
vedly so—and it would be best for him to employ
that power for the union of the two countries, to
make Irishmen men of the United Kingdom. Now,
don't misunderstand me, I don't want you to be
men of the United Kingdom if perfect justice is
not done you. (Hear, hear, and cheers). But I
must say to him and his brethren, and to him I
speak as representing his brethren .on this occasion,
that there can be no hope for good to England or
to Ireland but through entire justice to both coun-
tries. (Cheers.) And if we hope for justice send
us your representatives who can tell what you de-
sire—send such men as we can listen to, who can
command respect and attention, and every word
they utter in your name will find a response in the
English House of Commons. (Cheers.) Gentle-
men, I am but an humble member of that house,
but I am a thorough Englishman; and I believe,
from my knowledge of that house—and it has been
acquired, I am sorry to say, by nearly 30 years' ex-
perience—that I can tell you that the people of
Ireland have no greater friends than the English
House of Commons; that anybody who tells you
that England is opposed to Ireland tells you what
is false, and that if there should step upon the
shores of Ireland some foreign despot with his
legions at his back for the purpose of maintaining
his dominion, you could gain no good by subjecting
yourselves to his domination. You can send to the
English Parliament your representatives—to the
English House or Lords your representatives, and
these, speaking in your name, will always command
attention from the 'English Parliament. I have
little more to say here—a passing traveller in the
house of my respected& friend Father Daly—
(cheers)—and I would rather oall his character into
court in my behalf, than say anything on this occa-
sion of one who is only known to you as a wander-
ing Englishman—(cries of No, no !')—but one who
believes in his country—who believes that our
hopes, our wishes, our desires are that we should
be a united people, and that united England and
Ireland may face and conquer the world. (Loud
cheering.)"

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