The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-21 00:00:00

0 CONNELL'S VISIT to EDI

EDINBURGH, FRIDAY.
Mr. O'Connell, journeying by easy stage,
tae, arrived at Haddington on Wednesday .Ig, z-....___.-
he passed the night, and on the following morning set ()At
for this city. He was met at Newington, one of the south-4
ern suburbs, by the procession of trades, and by them was
escorted into the city. The warmth of the Honourable
and Learned Gentleman's reception must have far ex-
ceeded anything he could have expected—it was of a de-
scription that must be highly gratifying to any man's feel-
ings. We extiwt the description of his entrance into the
city from the Ed z:burgh Observer, which is in every re-
spect correct.
" Yesterday being tho day appointed for Mr. O'Connell's
making his public entry, the city, from an early hour, ex-
hibited an unusual stir and sensation, all classes being on
the move in their anxiety to catch a glimpse of this cele-

orated individual. The trades assembled at the head of
the Earthern Mound, at 10 o'clock, when the procession,
being marshalled, proceeded down the Mound, along
Prince's-street, at the-east end of which it wos joined by
the trades of Leith. The whole then marched, three deep,
up the North Bridge, and south to Newington, where it
was arranged-that Mr. O'Connell should join them. After
a short interval Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by Mr. Ay-.
toan, Mr. Tait, and Dr. Browne; drove up in a carriage
and four, Mr. Morgan O'Connell, M.P., following in Mr.
O'Connell's private carriage. The Learned Gentleman
was greeted with loud cheers from tht.-. multitude assem-
bled, which he gracefully and kindly acknowledged. He
was dressed in a green surtout, vest, and pantaloons, with
a green travelling cap, encircled by a gold band, and
seemed in excellent health and spirits. The people
crowded around his carriage in their eagerness to get a
near view of him, and he replied to their salutations with
the greatest affability and good humour. One part of
the procession having filed round Mr. O'Connell's car-
riage, the remaining portion took their place .in the rear.
In this order the Whole moved back to the :own, pro-
ceeding along the bridges to the Waterloo Hote:. Mr-
O'Connell here left his carriage, and entered the game
room, where the Committee and several ladies were As-
sembled to receive him. After having been introduced by
Mr. Aytoun to these gentlemen, and also to some of the
ladies, the committee formed three deep, placing Mr..
O'Connell in the centre, and walked to the hustings which
were erected on the north part of the Calton-hill, imme-
diately behind the National Monument. The early part of
the day being remarkably fine, the procession, as it moved
through the city, bad the most imposing effect, a long line
of gorgeous banners. being seen floating as far as the eye
could reach, while the windows on every side were filled
with anxious spectators, including a great proportion of
ladies, many of whom waved their handkerchiefs as Mr.
O'Connell passed. There were, to be sure, a few hisses
from some windows opposite the College, but they were
soon drowned by the accumulated cheers of the crowd.
The Lord Provost, with Prince Jameh-od-Deen, the son of
Tippoo Saib, was at a window on the South Bridge. His
Lordship waved his hand to Mr. O'Connell as be passed,
but he was so busy in acknowledging the greetings from
the opposite side of the street, that he did not observe his
Lordship's salutation. Sir James Gibson Craig viewed the
spectacle from a window of the Friendly Insurance Office.
But perhaps the most striking part of the scene was the
appearance of the Calton-hill, every part of which com-
manding a view of the procession was crowded with well-
dressed people. We cannot give an idea of the number
assembled in this quarter, especially on the space around
the host ings, but it must have amounted to many thousands
as, at the termination of the proceedings, a dense body con-
tinued for a long time to pour out at the two approaches
leading to the bill. Twenty-six of the trades joined in the
procession. The banners were mostly the same as those
used at the Jubilee, and the entry of Earl Grey—a few,
however, were prepared for the occasion, among the most
conspicuous of which was a green flag, bearing the device—
. 0 Connell, the Champion of the People,
Tried in temptation,
Strengthened in distress.'
" The united Irishmen, who formed a very numerous

body, had many of their national emblems ; and we were
particularly pleased with the respectable appearance which
they presented, the whole of them wearing white panta-
loons, besides being decorated with handsome green uni-
form sashes. The appearance of the
,other trades w
also highly creditable to them, the members being habitsllir
in their holiday suits."
Mr. O'Connell, on taking his place on the hustings, was
loudly and enthusiastically cheered by the, assembled
thousands. The Hill at this moment presented the most
imposing spectacle ever witnessed. When silence was
obtained, Mr. Biggar, the President of the delegates, was
called to the chair, and •
Mr. Dow, the Secretary, then read, and afterwards pre-
sented the address, which had been agreed to by the va-
various trades.
When this form had been gone through.
Mr. O'CONNELL came forward, and was received with
deafening cheers. He said—Men of Scotland, I have
news for you ; I come hero to tell you the news. The
'Tories in England say they will come into power again.—
(Cries of " Never.") They repent that they permitted the
Reform Bill to be carried ; and I have no doubt that their
repentance is sincere.—(Laughter.) There is no mockery
at all about it ; and I tell you that though they have put
forth much" hypocrisy ,and delusion, they are equally sin-
cere in their determining to defeat the object of the Re-
form Bill, and to bring back the tyranny of Toryism. But
they never shall succeed.—(Tremendous cheering.) I have
seen one hundred thousand proofs to-day that they never
shall succeed. I have traversed the broad lands of Eng-
land ; I have attended her great commercial towns ; I saw
swarms of her-intelligent operatives pouring forth by hun-
dreds of thousands determined that " Britons never shall
be slaves."—(Loud cheers.) 1 have come to your lovely
land. I never had the honour to set my foot on Scottish
ground till yesterday, and from the first moment I entered
your cultivated soil till this instant, when I see such a
multitude assembled to meet me, my heart has throbbed
with pleasure, and glowed with a fresh love for human
freedom.—(Cheers.) And when I look around me, not
only on the vast quantity of goodly beings who have sur-
rounded me this day, and the congregated myriads I now
see before me—but when I look upon the splendid pano-
ramic views which now meet my eyes on every side—
oh ! when I see that beautiful scenery, lover of nature as
I have always been, my entranced soul exclaims, Where is
the coward who would not fight for such a land ?—(Loud
cheers.) Yes ! we arc safe from the inroads of Toryism !
Long has Scotland felt the galling chain of the Dundasses
—that gang of peculators who fell off from the public, only
when like leeches they could gorge and swallow no more.
—(Laughter.) But they had a fresh gang of Dundasses in
store for'you.—(Great cheering and laughter.) I remember
the time when a man in Edinburgh, who would have dared
to address a public meeting as I am now addressing you,
would the next week have been sent on board a transport to
visit the far distant, shores of the Pacific, if he was lucky
enough to escape a morning walk to the Grassmarket.—
(Laughter, and cries of " True.") During the Dundas
reign thought itself was not free ; for a man on whose brow
might be read a frown of indignation, Ifii.3 held to have com-
mitted a crime against the majesty of Toryism. Bnt,
worse than that, thy employed spies, they ziePt among the
Liberals of the day their minions of blood, who promoted
the spirit of freedom that they might the more cash' sell
it for lucre and for 'gain, and enrich themselves with the
blood of men.—(Great cheering.) Scotchmen, is such a
state of things again to exist in Scotland ?—(No, no.) No,
you will help to keep the Tories out. You have sworn -
it,
and Scotchmen never broke their vow. When Eng-
land attempted to., coerce the consciences of your ances-
tors, they registered a vow in Heaven—they drew their
broadswords, and they never sheathed them till they oh.
tamed perfect freedom of religious belief. But not only
when you have succeeded, but even your defeats have shown
that you are an unconquerable 'people, and Peel and Wel-
lington might as' well attempt to shake this rock to its base
as to drive back the Scotch when determined to obtain re-
form.—(Cheers.) And can there be a stronger proof of
this than the manner in which you have this day received
me, a humble, and personally an insignificant individual—
(No)—with an Irish accent which must grate upon your
ears—(Laughter)—and a Popish 'creed, which you have
been taught to hate. With all these prejudices, national
and religious, yet I have been received among you with an
enthusiasm which 1 have never seen exceeded even in the
green vales of my own lovely land.—(Loud cheers.) Is it
with pride that such a reception should inspire -me ? Shall
I indulge my own vanity.by attributing to any thing con-
nected with myself, the breathless attention with which this
multitude listens to me ? No ; though the gratitude I feel
is such as no language can describe, though I am delighted
above all the dreams of youthful poets, or the visions of
anchorites, when they fancy that Heaven has opened upon
them : yet I wrong not you, and I wrong not myself-1
know that is not the man but the cause—it is not the indi-
vidual but the principle—it is not the advocate but the plea
—it is not the representative of a portion' of the people, but
a friend of liberty to all mankind.—(Cheers.) Yes, and you
have met to prove that you coincide in these principles.
In the eloquent address which has been read, in which you
have pronounced an elaborate panegyric upon my services,
you have given literal expression to my principles. lam
of the people—my order is the order of the people. You
, have had high and haughty aristocrats among you as advo-
; cates of freedom, but you telt that their feelngs were diffe-
b rent from yours. lam of the people—l contend that there
shall be no restraints upon them but for crime or offence—
, I insist upon good and upon cheap government.—(Great
cheering.) I have long struggled in the cause of religious
. freedom. When I was born, dark clouds hovered over my
native land. Those who sought to worship God in the