The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-01 00:00:00

In England such stuff as this would be injurious
only to the orator; in Ireland, among the "hereditary
bondsmen," the case is different. Pat can swallow his
potatoes raw ; he makes the enormous mistake of look-
ing upon the sordid agitator as a patriot, and will at
any time do his bidding, if not held back by the holy
fathers who profess to keep the keys of both heaven
and hell.

Further on in his Sunday speech O'Connell forgets
hat he has said of the niggard disposition of the
3ritish Parliament, and brags—" Yes ! I have more
power than I ever before had."' This is in allusion to
the Irish municipal act ; and he exults in the idea that
there are in the Dublin corporation forty thousand
pounds to handle. Strange, indeed, if such a sum do
not afford some pickings to one so expert. " Two
thousand pounds--say two thousand pounds." This
" diamond" which the expert juggler extracted
for nothing" from the " Jew" whom he selected for
his master-trick. It will go hard with him if he does
not make a still better thing by the year, out of dupes
ever ready to play into his hands.

Pretending to he liberal, O'Connell holds out an in

vitation to Protestants to come into the reformed cor-
poration, and baits his hook with the forty thousand
pounds. We are sorry to say that there are not want-
ing men, calling themselves Protestants, and pretend-
ing to be representatives of the people, who are likely
to snap at such a bait; but we trust to public opinion
for keeping them in order—at all events, for keeping
them from making a public exhibition of their readiness
to assist in the agitator's object in applying the corpo-
ration funds to corrupt personal and political purposes.
These men ought to know. too, that they would not
long be permitted to enjoy ill-gotten pelf; the plan of
the deceiver is to tempt them that he may destroy
them, and thus shelve them for ever.

But, it seems, the Romanist, or Pro-Romanist can-
didates for seats in Parliament are to be exempted from
joining the revolutionary repeal band at present. At a
meeting, held in Dublin on Monday last, O'Connell
moved anti affirmed the following resolution :

"That it is not the intention of this association to require
the repeal. pledge at present from any individual seeking a

seat in in Ireland ; nor shall we require it as ang
is the present administration remain in office."

This lets the cat out of the bag- It is, as the Stan-
dard observes, " a handsome testimony to the cabi-
net; they do the work of repeal so well that Mr.
O'Connell thinks may be permitted to make its way
without the aid of plcdvs under their auspices, for on
repeal he is resolved on whoever shall be minister. We
may congratulate the country upon the possession of a
government which openly-avowed traitors are so at-mi-
me that they postpone their dearest objects
Yes, yes ; these men have

to their convenienet

given O'Connell " more power than ever he had ;" he
will tolerate them till the time arrives to throw them
overboard with effect; at present they do his work as
well as he can wish them. We repeat that ministers
end the Irish traitor are in all respects worthy of each