The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-01 00:00:00

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Bqt mark you, as man himself, as a livit,,,g ;rtastart. is the
highest being in creation—the image orallui--ifir*th his ":..
sotil capable of soaring beyond the star* fortgit H g iiin,
workieg, acting within him—that menial* 1401 type of :2z
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God, the highest thing in creation. An k ichipi thelow- ':',
est? Do you know ? Can you guessl.4 , ter', . It 'jk7
is an ape or a monkey. (Laughter and, '"
ape or a monkey seems to be created for ' ksele
making man ashamed to be like a thing so hi s. ug '
humanity is the highest thing hi creation, the caricature
of it is the lowest. Even to, as the just judge administer-
ing
justice is the highest earthly type of divinity, so the
unjust..judge, as the caricature of that high ideal, becomes
the loWest and most monstrous, thing in all treation. (Loud
cheers,)_,.. • • - . -
Din, men of Ireland,- we are here for something more. It
is not for nothing, at this hour of the day, that the county
of Tipperary should assemble together. There is a practice
in many religious orders that at the end of every seven years
the members of them meet together in the church, and go
through the ceremony, which they call the renewing of
their baptismal vows. (Laughter.) Some of you may have
seen that practised; it is a pious practice that conduces
to recreate the primitive fervour of Christians. Well, it is
15 years now since we renewed the baptismal vows of our
p v rio tism —(cheers)—not, I believe, since 1843; and it
is time for us to come and refresh them. Since last we
met in this neighbourhood delusion has come upon •
ns; we have lost our trust in God and in our-
selves, and we have allowed ourselves to be drifted •
whithersoever the winds lud the waves might drive us;
and yet, my countrymtt., what was true for as then
is true for us now. Truth never fades; we may grow tired,
and grow cold, and despond of our country; but what was
true fifteen years ago is true to-day—that we have no hope
but in ourselves. (Cheers.) We come here, then, in spite of all
the falsehoods that are being propagated daily—in spite of all
the Lords-Lieutenant that have come here since to delude us
—in spite of all the flunkies in all the towns of Ireland, that
pretend that Ireland is prosperous—we come here to tell
them all, and to tell the world, that there is an undying
principle in our heart that assures us that all this is false—
that we are not prosperous—that we would not be prosperous
if we could-; for what is prosperity if we cannot be free.
(Loud cheering.) Therefore, let it be known to England and
to her Parliament, to the flunkies of Derry, to the flunkies
of Dublin, to the flunkies of Limerick, to the flunkies
of Cork, that the men of Tipperary know that they are
not well off while theydan't belong to themselves—while
they belong to others—while others own you. What is a
man if he feels that he is owned by another ? (Several
voices—" He is a slave.") A man by, baptism is born into
the Church ; we by our birth are born to be patriots ; we
inherit this as an inheritance of seven centuries from our
plundered sires., and we never can consent to dwindle down
Into the type of a negro slave that feels not his degradation.
We feel that, and while we do so no one can dispose of us, .
for—
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"Jr you do but waist thelour.
There never yet was human power
That could defeat, if unforgtven.
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The patient watch and vigils long
Of him who treasures up a wrong."

(Loud cheers). Let us treasure up our wrongs; let its
keep them until God inspires us at some happy moment
and opens a way for us. -(Cheers.) We have come here,
then, to renew our duty to our country ; we all pledge our-
selves that we shall unite to free our trampled country.
They are not to delude us; we will understand our position
in spite of all fiunkydom. Well, men of Tipperary, are these
our means? Am I going to tell you the means of perform-
ing this duty and crowning it ? Alas ! no. We are as
sheep without a shepherd. The 211ases that is to deliver
us has not yet appeared. We cast straining eyes around,
and we see him not. But during the last 15 years a voice has
grown up among us—it is intolerance. Religious intole-
rance advanced from that time when it was o'Councll's boast
that he wished to conciliate all sects. lam net bete to say
how this happened or what was the cause of it, or who was
to blame or blameless in the matter; all I can say is
the truth, that the brand of religious discord has been
flung -amongst us, amid, unhappily, we have yielded
to the temptation. Men of Tipperary, we are assembled
here to state that we are not bigots, that we open our bands
to all our countrymen of all denominations—we interfere
not between any man and his God. If we have returned
The O'Donoghoe as our member it was net because he was
a Catholic, but because he was The O'Donoghoe. (Cheers.)
Let us go back to that time. Remember how we felt then,
and put away from ourselves this great danger and tempta-
tion—wailing with patience, praying with fervour to God,
arming our own hearts with patience and fortitude, and
proclaiming to the world that we are prepared for it, and
there will be a greater object gained than ever can be gained
by this petition. However, we will all condescend to peti-
tion for this time, and God send it may be the last. (Loud
cheers.) The county Tipperary condescends once more to
petition the British Parliament to take into consideration
the case of those unfortunate brothers the Cormacks; but
even if they grant us that, it is but an infinitesimally small
instalment of justice.
.The speaker concluded amid general
applause by seconding the resolution, which was put and
carried.

The Rev. Michael Scanlan proposed the next resolution as
follows :—" That the assize petit jury panel of this county
has been always regarded by the vast majority of its inhabi-
tants as a glaring outrage on our administrative criminal,
justice—that at this moment the first 50 or 60 names on that
panel contain the names of some five or six Catholics only,
and these usually non-attending jurors; that the foremost
and available jurors therefore empannelled to try the unfor-
tunate Catholic accused must be almost to a man taken
from the ranks of a party who have ever manifested the
most open and avowed hostility to his class, his religion,
and his rights—thereby couverzing the right of challenge of
the accused into a mockery, and his trial by a jury of his
fellow-countrymen into a mere delusion and a snare."—
Passed.

The Rev. Mr. Lanigan moved the adoption of the follow-
ing resolution :—" That the evils we complain of have had
their unhappy consummation in the case of the late ill-fated
brothers Cormack; that the jury in that case was not fairly
chosen ; that the witnesses were not of reliable veracity,
the one being an accomplice, the other an acknowledged
perjurer aad an accomplice likewise, and the third a gaoler,
whose more than doubtful testimony as to what he said he
overheard in the prison was improperly and unconstitu-
tionally admitted in evidence; that the acknowledgment
made by the principal witness in this case-7naraely, that
he had been threatened to be left to rot in gaol it be re-
fused to give evidence—and from his subsequent confession,
attested by the. affidavits of three respectable witnesses, are
facts lomii.yocaning for the strictest investigation, and that
we cannot let this opportunity pass without recording thus
publicly our iv ter disappointment at the 'nisei able evaAion
whereby the Government have sought to justify their refasal
of such investigation."
Mr. George Burke, is seconding the resolution, entered'
into an analysis of the evidence of Burke, the approver.
The following resolution was then passed, and the meet-
ing separated :—" That a petition be prepared and presented
to the House of Commons, playing for an investigation
WO all the circumstances connected with the trial and exe-
cution of the brothers Cormack."

This agitation will do incalcu►able mischief in Tipperary.
It wi►l be observed that Priest Kenyon was not content wit h
asserting the innocence of the Cormacks : he endeavoured
to revive the seditionary feelings of '4B in the breasts of his
bearers. .