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savage, and cowardly attacks upon

the defenders of the life and prof

;y of the sub.

ough

not to

There is a point at which toleration is evidence
either of cowardice or madness,' and when it, there-
fore, becomes criminal. It is high time now that
the sane portion of the community of the three
kingdoms should be solemnly asked, through their
representatives in Parliament, whether the consti-
tutional privilege of the electoral franchise is to be
allowed to continue a dangerous delusion, a bitter
mockery, and an inevitable snare, to a very consi-
derable proportion of the population—whether such
scenes as those lately witnessed in the county Clare
and elsewhere, are to be sanctioned by the silence of

the legislature—whether the political and social
privileges of a considerable portion of the people are
to be forfeited to a band of the most ignorant, the
most superstitious, the most barbarous and reckless

all nations of the globe—one acknowledged by interna-
tional law ; and if for many years our successive Govern-
ments have neglected to protect their fellow-subjects as
France and the United States always protect theirs, both
in America and in the Channel, we can only be grateful
. .

to our present ministers for repairing their fat

both here and acros

the public have been most grossly mis

the Atlinti

A YANKEE'S OPINION OF THE IRISI

I Am Amer

Iwho E..

LECTIONS

,ndent of the /I

himself " John B

sketch of the state of society in Ire

He remark

It was one scene of fightin

from one end of the cou

riests everywhere—on the hustings

in the streets, in the houses of the vot
dragging the independent' electors 1:IN
vote for ' their God and Scu
Popish saint

'ning Herald

.nd fury is c

this ulampllC _
support of the Romania religion
Verily, it must be at a sad discount when it requires sucl
infamous means to prop it. The speeches, the threats
the denunciations of the priests against their opponents
were perfectly demoniac. Oh, religion, what crimes an
committed in thy name !"

ifter remarking that the members thus elected ar

in number, who are representatives of the Pope rather
than of the Irish people, he says to Englishmen,—" Yet

the Pope bath no supremacy or j

He may not de jure

but that I

has de facto no one can deny. Verily Lords CLANCART

Of the Al

nu) seem

truly Yankee earr

h the foil

I have been to see Maynoolh College, paid for by yo
glishmen. I wonder you should be such gee' e
sticks to whop your own hides. These your r

spring from a very low els
they go forth into the wo

gnorance and b

,e as t

same time possessing i
the Irish farmer's hoy
the Irish youth. Veri

)try of Maynooth

force the native fer(

And ti

re the rnstru
sow dragon's tee

want ' a new lining to your old hat

THE POTATO DISEASE,
e.

THE accounts received from Ireland within the last few
days leave no doubt upon the public mind that the rot
amongst the potato crop in that country is rapidly spread-
ing. It is admitted, however, that a larger quantity than

usual has been sown this year; and, considering that the
population who depend upon it has been sensibly de-
creased, it is to be hoped that a moderate price may still
be maintained. The Dublin Telegraph of Wednesday
gives the most hopeful account which we have yet seen :
" It is a mistake to suppose, as many alarmists have
already done, that the loss by the potato crop will be any-