The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-12 00:00:00

I any prospect of ultimate advantage to themselves
from such a compromise. Their argument for de-
livering the Irish Church into Mr: O'Connell's hatids;
! will, we doubt not, be repeated tin thb present occa-
,
sion ; a pretext which has invariably afforded the ex-
cuse for violent and unconstitutional changes.
The howl for repeal is, we are told, about to
subside into a canting whine for a federal Par-
liament, and the _Morning Chronicle attempts to
delude its readers into the belief that a federal
Parliament would not necessarily involve a step " so
desperate as the repeal of the legislative union." The
chief object of our Contemporary, indeed, in its article
of this morning, would seem to be prepare the way
for the open adhesion of its party to Mr. O'Connell
on this question. Nor are certain passages in his
speech on Monday last by any means less significant.
There is a coincidence between the sentiments of the
Whig journalist and the Repeal Agitator, which,
at any other time, might excite surprise. Mr.
O'Connell recommends his proposed Council of
Three Hundred as " a steady drag on the wheel
of the movement." The Morning Chronicle deplores
the position of Mr. O'Connell as the "creature of
circumstances," adding that, " like all popular
leaders, he must follow as well as lead ;" and ex-
presses its belief that Ireland " might be conciliated
by a Liberal Government." Mr. O'Connell de-
clares that, though " the Whigs deserved in some
instances to be assailed, the Irish owe a debt of
gratitude to them," (base, brutal, and bloody, as
he was wont to consider them), and he adds
that " it would be hard to get him to abuse them
again." Then follows a compliment to our Con-
temporary, which is reciprocated by another
compliment to Mr. O'Connell for the mode-
ration of the language of his late speech !
To this succeeds, in Mr. O'Connell's harangue,
an appeal to " the English people to join him in
hurling Peel from office." By the English people
Mr. O'Connell elsewhere informs us that he means
the English Whigs ; and (" there is nothing like
leather") the Morning Chronicle is of opinion that
Ireland can only be tranquillised by a Whig Go-
vernment ! It is to the Whigs that Mr. O'Connell
has been indebted for the late extraordinary re-
versal of his sentence; and it would be hard,
indeed, if he did not express some gratitude
for their services. Gratitude is often the pre-
cursor of even more tender feelings, and ac-
cordingly we should not be in the least
surprised to find that Mr. O'Connell and the ►l'higs
had become as loving and intimate as of yore ;
and had entered into the rumoured compact
viith him. The only safeguard of the country
against the consequences of so mischievous an ar
rangement, is the difficulty of rendering any contract
between two :parties so much better known than
trusted, binding ; and whilst the Whigs will
not commit themselves again without a direct pros-
pect of advantage, their evil genius will not en-
cumber himself with their support unless they
seem likely to attain a position very much more
commanding than the one they occupy et present.
Repeal agents are, we are told, about to be dispatched
to this country to feel the pulse of the public on the
subject, and if it should turn out that the Whigs are
as destitute of influence as they are of character, the '
visits of these missionaries of sedition, as well as the
subscription of Mr. O'Connell to the Duncombe fund, I
will have been hazarded in vain, and the contemplated
coalition will fall to the ground.