The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-20 00:00:00

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Lament? Why, Sir James Graham said last year that con-
cession to Ireland had already gone a sufficient extent,
and that it could not proceed further. Concession to Ire-
-4uST-a-- TT -robber. took away your
money - troll% yoirforeiblY; and would not concede to give
yoti back 'oite takhing-of Now, if in the
last Parliament it was &elated liy a member of the Go-'
Vernirient that concession had gone its. fullsletigth; what
hopes can Ireland have of-justice? But there has been
broughtin this session a-Bilt; for the prirptaie of laying
the foundation of the robbery of our remaining rights,
ti-a- they are--a Bill for the purpose of extinguish .
ing the in Iteland. '• true theydo not call
it by that-natne":—they do not say that they have intro;
deced it for that purpose--they Call it'a Sill for the im-
prorement of the franchise_; and but, as I wish to
call a spade a spades--(A laugh)--.4 denounce that Bill to
the people.of England as a gross injeStice to the Irish
people.-(Hear.) I will shoW you that it is an injustice
to Ireland. It piopOsei that no Man shall have a vote in
Ireland who' is not rated for the'poor-rates at 101. a year.
Now,, the Irish tenant who. is . rated at la for the
poor-rate pays at least 201. a year; and when it is recol-
lected that in Ireland the lariollord pays half the poor-
rate, it will be :seenrthat the tenants-rased at 10Ltfor the
poorslaw would :include those, generally speaking, who
have an interest with4ol.'a year, thus depriving the im-
inense number of sniff :holders in Ireland of all chance
of the. fraisChise. 'Why, by this Bill no less thin two-
thirdi, of the inhabitants of Tipperary, that is, all the
small holders, will nOt have a single vote.—(Shame,
shanie.) Those who brOught in this Bill, and wish to
destroythefranchise in Ireland; were afraid, however,
that the high rating would not be sufficient to answer
that purpose, and accordingly they have introduced the
principle of what is, called -the Chanties clause, which
allows tenants-at-will to vote. Now, the effect of
that will be to hand over the representation •of the people
of Ireland to the Orauge: landlords. That is the pur-
pose, and, that will be, the effect of this Bill, and I an-
nounce, it as my reply
.to those who will tell me to
wait and see what an ,'English Zarliament will do for
Irelarid,s-s(Hear, heat.), . This is the first time in my
life that I have been enabled to announce to the people
of Ireland.that there is sympathy for them felt by the
people of England.s--icheers.) I have already informed
them.of :that sympathy.s--I have announced to them the
receptions which I met at Birininghata and in London,
and I will have the gratification' of announcing to them
that at Coventry also there was a similar display of sym!.
pathy with their sufferings and determination to Sup-
port them.-. (Cheers;) I will be able to announce to
them that' whatever feelings tending to. cause itritation
formerly' existed, they are now at an end, and that the
people of Coventy are amongst those who will not par-
ticipate in any iniquitous design against the liberties
of ths.laish ,people.---(Loud eheers„).: Am I not right
in looking for a repeal of the union; to.put an end to the
injustice' which Ireland has suffered?--'(Cheers). If, by
looking fora repeal of the union, I sought a separation
of the two conntries, then, indeed, I would be wrong in
seeking it---but a repeal of thauuienNould not produce a
separation—it would unite the .countries more closely.
Why, Ireland had her own. ;Parliasnent for 600 years
without separating from England ; and although it be-
came more valuable-towards the-latter period of its con-
tinuation; yet-it never Caused-any separation. Ido not,
therefore; seek any:separation from England. in looking
fora repeal of the union—ldo not seek any other King
or Queen---I am satisfied with the dear little lady that
rules over us.—(Cheers and. laughter.) Ido not want
to establish any peculiar religion. I only wish that
Ireland should have a Parliathent to manage her own
affairs—l wish to put an end to that system of centralisa-
tion which 'injures every &Pantry where it. is applied; and
inorder to do so, I.wish to have in Ireland a local Par-
liament - for 'local purposes.—(Loud cheers.) Why
should we not be allowed .to manage our own affairs
by a local Parliament ? There is not a small dependent
province belonging to Britain that has not a local legis-
lature. Canada has 'a Parliament of her own, Nora
Scotia has a ParliaMent of her own, Newfoundland has
a Parliament of her .own, Jamaica has's Parliament of
her own, Barbadoes has a Parliament of her own—even
Botany Bay has her own Parliament—(A laugh)—and
why, then, r ask; should Ireland not have her own Le-
gisiature ?—(Cheets.) •I am 'seeking to restore it to here
that is what I am struggling for, and nothing else ; and
if I thought, a repeal of the anion would lead to a Bevis
ration,l here •soleninly assure you that I would take
no part in the stiuggle.--4Cheers.) Is it from a want
of a fruitful country, or from any other deficiency
of natural -resources, that the Irish people_ are in
this state .of misery which I have deststiW ? Oh,
no; thete is no-Country in the world which possesses a
more abundant soil, or produces more plentifully all the
means of human subsistence—there is no part of the
globe that furnishes in such abundance all the prime no-
cessarmes oflife—no country on the earth has greater ad-
vantages in a commercial point of view. Her geogra-
phical position, at the extreme west of the European
world,'and open to all the produce of America, ought to
make her the entrepot of commerce ; her noble harbours,
her magnificent estuaries, render her fitted beyond al-
most any other other nation fot commerce ; and her fk-
cilittes of-water communication are. so great that their is
note, portion of her whole extent thirty miles removed
from the advantages of maritime transit.—(Hear.) I
see her, then, posseasitig all those natural advantages.
and if, notwithstanding all this, I find her people suf..
feting- extreme misery and destitutioti, am I not
'bound to ridge my voice against it,- and Oall upon
yon to assist me in putting ari end to this siatessr things?
ON, it was 'not God that inflicted this misery
Providence has given her advantages with a bountiful -
hand. God blessed the land, but the wicked work of
man.has produced this affliction, and has trampled on
ihose.blessings. -It may be said, however, to me, that
the Irish are an idle people, and that-they do not suffi-
ciently cultivate the fbrtlie soil with which their-country
has been blessed; Oh, give them protection in the cul-
tivation. of their land, and you will find them no idlers.
—(Cheers;) Idle ! Why what town in England has
not her streets crowded with them in search of employ-
ment. Idlers I Why, do they not throng in vast
numbers to the manufacturing districts to obtain work,
and thus make the union the greatest curse which
can befal the English people, by 1.-educing their wages—
by enabling a griping disposition to reduce wages, or by
enabling the master manufacturers,
that arc
!n the natural and
fair pursuit of their profits, to lower the wags?!'
given.toEnglish workmen, by sending so large an aninun!
of labour into the market ? Bad government is the rests
of their just privileges; and franchiseS.--(Hear,
evil of Iseland.—(Hear, hear.) The people are deprived
hear.)
Even the people of England have not a fair .cShare of the
privileges to which they are entitled. The inn
slave who cannot vote for a representative. You have a:
slave, class in England; but yet you are, with all thdt
deprivation, as, free again compared with' the people of
Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) I saw a picture of Charles I.
somewhere in this hall to-day.—(Laughter and cheers.)
I'll tell you what you would do; you wouldnot commit any
act of disloyalty—you would not do anything by which
you would forfeit that allegiance and fidehty which you owe
to our beloved Queen—(Cheers)—but the old spirit which
was roused in the days of Charles I. would be roused
again in the breasts of the men of England—swords
would tremble at the sides of the civilians, and you would
put down thisinjustice—without bloodshed, it is true, but
with infallible success, for England would not bear it.
England ought not to bear it, and Ireland ought not to
bear it. I have protested against this injustice, and, in
answer, I have . been accused of conspiracy. Let them
send me.to prison ; but will they, by so doing, lessen
the, desire of the people of Ireland to have a Parliament
of their own ? Will they remove the sense• of injus-
? Will. they; by sending me to a dungeon, diminish
the influence which I have over the people of Ireland—
that influence over their affections which is astonishing
to myself? They may immure me in a dungeon, but
the affections of, the people will smooth my mattrass of
straw, and Isbell lay down my head on that mattrass with
happier feelings than the Ministers, who, by trickery and
injustice, and partiality, sent me there.—(Great cheering.)
This is the last crime they have committed against
Ireland. In former times, 'when these crimes were
committed against Ireland; the people of England, either
unhappily were active agents in the injustice, or they
stood by and looked on its perpetration with indiffe-
rence. Thank God, the case is altered now—(Cheers)
-7—and a day has -come' when -all good Englishmen of
every -class' and persuasion are coming forward' to evince
their- strong sympathy for the people of Ireland, and
their determination to have justice done to her. Oh,
it is delightful to see such a sight as that which I now
witness ; it' is delightful to see such men as your res-
pected Mayor 'timing forward to express his sympathy
for Ireland. I was gratified beyond measure when he was
forced to speak of himself, to hear all the qualities that
characterise the Christian and the gentleman conceded to
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hims by yout universal acclamation ;-anti I could not re-
frain froth saying,,Thank God, such men are the sup-
porters and friends ofOld Iteland.-(Cheers.) I have long
struggled for the rights of the people, and I am delighted
now to friuritich sympathy and support. I struggled for
and obtained-emancipation, not on any sectarian prin-
tiple; but on the bread pkinciple that every man ought
to be allowed to worship God according to his con-
science. It Was on that principle we carried emancipa-
tion; and here let me boast of the support which I gave
the Protestant Dissenters., of England. They were not

'active enough' In seeking their own emancipation; but
we showed•the example, and they followed it; and there
is the hand which drew up and presented a petition,
signed liy-18,600 Catholics, praying for emancipation for
the 'Protestant Dissenters, and that petition reached
Parlinnienf ••ery slfortly before the gates were thrown
open •to the prrOtestant DisSenters.—(Cheers.) I pre-
sented that -petition on the 'same principles as those
On whiCh • I sought for emancipation for, the Roman
Catholics of Irelandr-the principles of civil and re-
ligious liberty for all—(Cheers)—of a perfect equality
o? rights. It wits with a view to obtain that equality
of
flrriigeit
hiptsi'iothn gl+eia
soughtt:l.uian
for emancipation ; but has
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No Such If we had&laurtideitqyua°lrity rightso of
rights,
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wouldnd?
the Catholics have been struck off the jury, as they had
been at the late . trials ? After piffling out the unfair-
pais of the late Irislitrials, he thus concluded :—I have
detained you too lOng, perhaps—(No, no)-7--but I have
left • the _monster grievance of Ireland untouched. I
mean. the: Church Establishment in Ireland. In Eng-
land the ;Established- Church is the Church of the ma-
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jority • -in Sesitrantrt7-is, alsti the- case ; but in Ireland,
the sChtircVinf".p69,l26o or tOO ,00p persons -if; the Esta-
blished ClorOi; .li.,hteiv .6, Opp, 00(1,of Catholics are bound
to m a intn. ifg:t4l3ol P: of to .pii!! YiAtc.;
,q,400,000 of-Ca-
tholics; kvo,ja!, be --forced to ;pay kg, the Church of
500,09.9,,,%;but :the Asiablislietl,,Churech in Ireland pro-
ducesynther,ierils :,in -tint eouniry—it -is the Shib-
boletitnf it party which stimulates the gentry who are
looloiggibrfuttire promotion for their sons and sons-in-.
lave oright 64111:the 'means or'ilAt - Chureh ; therefore,
I-ell'l4l4l:tfleiii6Htergrievatieetof Ireland is the Esta-
Kr 4tridfrOrltntV when 1 say so, do I want to gain
iMitiitilgVfelf,lbi. tb injiire any particidar religion? Do
I..yotaut3-fipitßAllyßiterests of any of my Protestant
9 fie-N17:0: 1 tri,P,07,;,-,01!. God. forbid. No, if any one
fir9P°.ll9 C;f9'9.14.400n0f a law_ that would have. or
1311400 latightetit restriction of the-Protestant roll-
foliAooditltbat, leaWinterference Itith their' ghtaLof , FE
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