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Whether they lose or win the b
True as the dial to the sun,
Although it be not shone upon.
The objects of the requisition then came under notice_
These divide themselves into two parts : the one a demonstra-
tion in favour of the legislative union; the other a declaration
in favour of Lord Stanley's Registration Bill.
It is as obviously impossible, through the limitation of our
space, as it would be unnecessary, in the presence of our vo-
luminous report, to advert to the many eloquent and decisive
arguments by which the speakers supported their constitu-
tional views on those subjects. The noble chairman happily
touched upon both when he said that " the powerful efforts
of that distinguished individual, Lord Stanley, both for having
brought forward his Registration Bill, and the manner in
which he supported it, justly entitled his lordship to the con-

fidence and gratitude of every man in that assembly_ _ _
onel Verner very naturally asked " Were the government
sincere in their desireto put down, repeal? They spoke indeed
of discouraging repeal, yet had they not sent their troops,to
protect the mountebank repealer?" Lord Hillsborough was
proud of this northern demonstration. "It will," said he,

" shew the sovereign the strength and loyalty of the protest-
ants of Ulster ; it will prove to her how unworthily she is
advised by her present ministers. If the truth, the whole

truth, and nothing but the truth
" were told to her majesty, it would not bi
to hold such a meeting, merely to protect ourselves

continued his lordship,
ary for us

happily that meeting Was under the circumstanc

necessary. Yet we have great trust in its results, and not
less in those of the repeal meeting, by which it was preceded :
" The result of that meeting (said the Right Hon. G. R.
Dawson), and the treatment which Mr. O'Connell had re-
ceived would go forth, and show to the world that Protestant
feeling was not to be tampered with. They had the wealth,
the intelligence, and the nerve, to meet their opponents.
(Loud cheers.) There was a disposition to point to the dif-
ference between Catholics and Protestants. If the Catholics
chose to do that, let them remember Aughrim, the Boyne,
Derry, and No Surrender.' (Great cheering.) Every
river in Ireland would be made another Boyne." (Enthu-
siastic cheering for some minutes.)

In approaching the north, it is evident Mr. O'Connell had
mistaken his ground, and, miscalculated on his men. For,as
was pointedly observed by Mr. George Macartney, " he
came there not only like a thief in the night, but he went away
like a criminal in the day."
To this portion of the picture Dr. Cooke put the finishing
touch, when, speaking of the demagogue's supporters, he
said they " stole him in, and swore him out."
But by far the most important business of the day, was
that which devolved upon Mr. Emerson Tennent to dis-
charge. The speech of the honourable gentleman himself

waslike those of his brethren in the good constitutior
cause—animated, eloquent, and convincing ; but beyond

this it carried a treasure, which, withc

disparagement tc

the rest of the proceedings, or

trinsic importance, was the crowning tr

We allude, of course, to the admirable letter of I

in which, with a force of argument irresistible, a temper ant
calmness that must command respect, and

ipicity

. .
lucidness of style which must reach the heart and under-
standing of the most obdurate opponents, he explains and
defends the measure for which ne has been so unworthily
vituperated ; and proves by the testimony of its bitterest
opponents, not only the greater efficiency of its provisions
for acknowledged defects and abuses, but its far exceeding
liberality over and above all that the loudest of the clamourers
for a corruptible franchise have ventured on proposing. His
Lordship proves to demonstration that his bill touches no
existing franchise, curtails no popular privilege or right ; that
whilst it purifies all, it destroys nothing; and that, so far
from closing the door against a legitimate extension of the
franchise, it facilitates the admission of new interests, should
the wisdom of Parliament deem such an addition necessary.
He demonstrates that Ireland, so far from having had a
niggardly portion dealt to her in comparison with England and
Scotland, has in many instances the decided advantage in
point of the elective franchise : and, he pledges himself and
his party that, whatever genuine improvements on the regis-
tration system can be brought forward by those who have

hitherto resisted his plan, they shall have his best consider-
ation and his heartiest support.
On reading this admirable letter—or rather the extracts
from it, which Mr Tennent brought forward and illustrated
in his speech—the question which will first and most naturally
suggest itself, is—ls this the Scorpion Stanley ? Is this the
enemy of Ireland ? Alas ! how many a man, how many an
ingenuous and honest man, deceived by the misrepresentations
of the interested disturber of his country's peace, will, upon
the perusal of this document, blush to think how he has
wronged this excellent and patriotic statesman, to think boy
unworthily he has condemned that which he did not under
stand, and how undeservedly he gave his support to the ifr
postor who was deceiving him ? if the Ulster meetin,
valuable for no other result than the production of this
admirable document, we would still say it has conferred a,
inestimable blessing on the country.

But the'limits of our space warn us to conclude