The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-14 00:00:00

March 14, I 8

CLEANINGS FROM T HE IRISH REM°

PAPERS,

sadrithieoutswborseagngdadidoactieos, ftohrespnpurbelminacivyatinisnthalattterhearotsj-
Irishman, continue to run a neck and neck raeekirei
anxious, apparently, to be the first to reach the u"',4,
goal, which is shrewdly suspected to be a governnien
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secution, with the honours of martyrdom, ratherLg
what they ostensibly seek,—an opportunity of efiatif
weapons with the loyal Pratestants of their own 'lB,,
or with a British force. lip to the present wee,'"oo.,
the United Irishman has had the best of it. thsv
table suggestions for gaining possession of the City
Dublin, slaughtering the military sent against the
lace, broken-bottling their horses,—a mode of °co
with that useful quadruped somewhat different pep
the " bottling " practised amongst our oral xi..
men,—and annoying their riders by salutes 0'
ney pieces, crockeryr chairs, fenders, &c., fiting
he Pii
fair hands from chamber windows, threw all t-
vious ravings of his opponent into the abs
of the Nation, however,. is sufficiently of an i°lllo
character to enable him to profit by the ela°3Pook
sublime phrenzy set him by his opponent,and+acsll
ingly, this week treads closely upon his heels.
rorive-1
not ourselves venture to award the palm of supe
either; but shall confine ourselves to furnishing tag.
specimens, and leave the reader to form his owe
ment. As to the elder journaliSt,—lest offence be /f,
at the expression, we had better state. in the langgni
Cassias' "we said an elder, not a better sordier.
turn to Mr. Duffy's paper, the Nal'iOn first. 4
tinder the head of " the first step'"—which'ssi:goi
step-is evidently one towards the complete sepae6.,_ll-ilii
Ireland from the British empire—the Nation saystP,3whig
people." will meet on St. Patrick's Dag to consider, ~21
steps should be adopted for the protection of the liDm'hic)
and the soil of this country in any emergency tclo4/
the present state of European politics may-give rise;
after a volley of imprecation against Great Britain, 1111....
cause of all the sufferings of Ireland, proceeds to sts6
" We 'believe that a NATIONAL MILITIA and -a Na,olog
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CouriciLhave become essential to our very exiatence.'
For what are a NATIONAL MILITIA and sr'N'ATi°
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COUNCIL wanted ? We quote again :
Meg
" War is imminent. If it come, England cannot hold off
from it, whatever be her interest or her will. And heMdtl,
this Irish soil,- her enemies may choose to fix their
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ground. It is their clear policy; her statesmen of 31d bit
scribed this island as the back door into England; and _r,o
mies know it is the weakest point in her cordon. cosiii
"If they come, England cannot defend us. Her own opi
are unguarded; her- colonies are held by military p*ASesssiotr
and not a regiment-dare she draw from them ; Chartist
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tion, inflamed by the discontent of the Irish in England, 70
her domestic peril nearly as formidable as the dangers ill,
without. She can ill help herself; us she cannot helYsito
And if she comb', we dare not trust the lives of our 000
her care. After the tragedy we have been witnessing Pc I
last two years it would be murder in the sight of Ilealle
million of the Irish people lie buried beneath the Irish 0;0
cause we trust d theirdefence to England. They died 01;04
and famine. Another million may die defenceless as '-pif
under the swords of a foreign- soldiery, if we do not talge.to
cautions in time. The natural and onlyadequate precaUti
a NATIVE MILITIA, or NATIONAL GUARD.
We are told how the native militia ought to be arlosiste.
"Some sound military authorities hold that the bulk Of ow,
tional militia ought to be-armed simply with the pike. ti#
arms are over valued. In 'pitched battles, it is calculatedok
not more than one man falls in every six hundred muskeg fvepf
in skirmishes a still smaller proportion. But in a chat
pikes, whatever front rank holds- its ground against it,Certainly our militia ought net. to rely exclusively on e'
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weapon. The national genius, so vehement and impetuolls,
hibits itself with greatest effeCtin. a-charge; and for that
vice your pike is the tool." tr
Bravo 1 " Your pike is the tool." Of course, o'o
for the enemies of Great Britain, " who may choose t(libf,
the battle ground on Trish soil ;" of eowse not invite'.
Irish patriots for their own purposes. bf
We have also suggestions-as to the dress to be worn
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a national militia, which is to be " very plain." 'Con
frippery" —" a frieze body coat, of a dark ex",,,,"10
breeches of ticken or corduroy, a plain wool hat, brora
or buskins of any strong leather, in• one piece and 114
down the centre.' The arms required are describedLf
the organisation of the various corps. The incene'
continues :

"This is the first step; the second.follows,close upon it;.104
National Assembly has been the sure resource of alt strugpii
nations. Philadelphia, Paris, Dungannon are the catch-0
ofits history."
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Again, of course, REVOLUTION. is the sermon preach-- „itit
Onr journalist has been kindienough,tn furnish "06
a. key to the real meaning of hit various diatribes, 1a uld
shape of an imaginary description of things as be
wish them to be, contained under'the head `` second (roils
ojekhe Irish Revolution." We give a few extracts '
this choice production :
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"Tranquillity is entirely restored; The barricades4e Or.
moved. Business begins to be resumed universally. •'„gat,7
bernian Bank has put up a notice on.Thange that its,(ll""reo°
recommence to-morrow. Mr. William Murphy has-fenceWol3:'
public loan of .elOO,OOO to the Provisional Government; i;cost'
men are everywhere employed repairing the streets owl ',Se"
which suffered in the insurrection. The large mansions-1,, 0,
phen's-green last occupied by the English chancellor 0'40,,
lish archbishop have been opened.as-hospitalsfor the wol'ever)
and patriotic ladies attend them in little bands relieved Ker'
second hour. The orange and green cockade is worn leer
sally, and no words can express.the-joy that prevails iu A
pital of our Free Nation." nor'
Who the Mr. Wm. Murphy ma.rbewhois-thua b°.
in• prospective. as ready to lend upon such sectirlty oot•
"Me second week of the Iria Revolutiou,," welm °, la
He must be a boiled specimen of the potabo• kind,
name (Hibernice) implies_ it,
We have several pleasing' traits furnished 116? the
respect to the generosity with which Lord- Clarendoll',
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English judges, the archbishops, and other officials B.,cre4
be sent home ; some talk as to the honours to be coal"
upon those soldiers of the line and police,
"fraternized with the people;"" a hint or two a 9 t 0 ads
capacity of Messrs. O'Gorman and Meagher, to be:l3lotd
into commander. in-chief and general, and some tai,!` is 0,
the fortification of the country... The tenant right And
be established, and various-other things tnbe done* bodf
now for a piece of Blarney for.-the loyal, protests,"
of Ireland : te4
stru.c.4

" Hogan, who has just returned to I reload, has been intlio,o'
by the commissioners of the fine arts, to• commence, wd,
delay, an equestrian statue of Sarsfield ;_ it is to be Olio t. 110(
by side, with William the Third in College Green (I)
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government have ordered to, stand in honour of MC

protestant: in .( 0.
such
William will flreland
eel, we suspect, rather queer in
pany. A lot of other trash. follows, which, if iP2,.„„;itlief
to be a history of what Irish nationality will do).
conclusive as to the fact- that, by that same nations
Ireland will have gained little of common sense. 460
But, it may be asked, how is this new and indePen
nation to carry on its government ? Listen :--
" It is decreed, that aa.the bult of -this nation lime vide
cultural labour, it is essential to the public safety to prof colt,
an immediate settlement of the tenure, of land; and a land'
triet ,„,
mission, consisting of six tenant farmers, and six. ou._ _eaten'
lords, with Mr. Sharman Crawford as-president, sballihey;;;/
basis of tenant-right. and, valuation. for Ireland. ,
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further directed to report upon th* property ofaUes`e
the intproveable wastelands, with &view to divule thels "
the unprovided people."
A tre id -

1 abeam

truly pleasant idea for some of your libera- -
-your Fitzwillianks, Davonshires,. &e. We don't, i,felie
ever, envy the parties to whom. the apportionment oid.;0(
estates in question may be entrusted. The. thousull jr'
representatives of the " ould kings" anti nobles 0. tiolf
land who would have to be passed over have marvet°
queer notions as to the morality,of shooting an arbal, beir
who may, unluckily for himself, have undervalue'

claims. _
But we must turn to the, United Irishman andec
Mitchell, its editor, This gentleman, the rece4P,4114.7.
trations of whose pen, it wilt, be remembered, were et" lir
before the notice of parliament by Lord Stanley' ¢4p;
thought proper to address a letter to the Lord Lieu7ireci
the leading features of which are his giving the lie 6,6tgr
to Lord Lansdowne, and: addressing an humble reclu
be favoured with a government prosecution. Tbeaotl:
rility of this Mr. Mitchel' is' scarcely worth VeiLeld,
The would-be felon tells-us directly that he is " a
lican ;" and, by implication, that he is a .hero• 110
burthen, of. his raving, is an attempt to ei
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fellow-countrymen that,the insane promise of the
Republican provisiona government, to ensure vi°r:eru"
good wages for everyindividnal, is within the P°'/Aort
important m
thelishredvoocluutioennits—ta.a
cllopeyagortdhse
lying
us besides,
addres;Te r
from Ireland to the French government. \'° 51-, 4
extract or two from the latter most loyal doeuroczt'g
"It is now known throughout the world that we o'o
millions of our population last year by famine, fever,-se into.
gration; but it is not known that this famine, far wPr,vaet,
effects than the ravages of any war, was purposely sgsle Aer.
rage and destroy us by the English government, in 140
of extirpating our ancient name and race." PP. ur
Prime encouragement this—an excellent retur 1.01 f-
thousandsby pidistributed
rvatecharbityytfhoer Bthrietirsehligeofvoef urnmsietintStstreil
Wished
Now for a sample of Irish loyally : rat'
teat
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Citizens of:Paris—Men of France, accept our ;4ll'
tions—accept our friendship. Let no man, so matrb4.-(14
is, or what his pretensions are, lead you to believe ": 006,
men are ready, for even the bribe of repeal, to fight
battles again, or shed their blood to prop up-,Aer heilisgi`eg
No ; inenof France, no. We will let the British lion s'e,lo_lo,
tootAkss jaws, erect his mane, and roar in impotent
.
the blood-stained monster expires—cursed by the w°'olliiclS
crated by mankind—ere we stain ourselves by agalr', 1004
under the murderous Union Jack against any natioaoo,y
less against you, who have generously led the van in 1-1%)%170'
tyranny, and restoring man to his original elevation, all' 04
1 fishing the glorious principles of Liberty., equality' 0.1
ternity,' and shewing an example te all nations, that Ave
can resist a determined people. es, ter
" Men of France—ln us you shall find 'friends. Inet,.f°lo,-3.ltter
we hail your republic as the saviour of Europe, -7-11:1„..0w
the morning star a liberty, the hope of the oppresse' 01C
•id v ror of tyrants—the avenger of wank ind. g, iltll6
" Citizens, in conclusion, weagain offer you our c et
tions on your noble victory ; yet so deeply do we foist tijeligq
Batton of our present position, our country a beggar•n 411 °
of every nation in Christendom, her people submittLip
to be decimated annually by starvation, at the '',„oab","
foreigners !—the men vyho profess to be leaders 817Deir tiso4
systematically sacrificing the welfare of the people t° ,061°,
petty, private interests ;so keenly do we feel thin d,ettlesfite'
that we would not presume, to congratulate the ,
tors of Paris, could we not sincerely avow a firm deter4PY
fr. 06
lo profit by their nOble example. d
" Frencna: en, when such a determination shall flee A
animate Ireland, and give dignity to her emote"- ~00
despair of the sympathy of France ?" ttPlse‘
A pleasant invitation ! We fancy, however, tiroal‘
will have something more important to do than
safety to, aid such rebellious madmen.

OPENING Or THE Naw WELSH EDUCATIO'I 01°1e141
TUTION.—On Saint David's Day the town of LI he 'OO
exhibited a scene of excitement that will doubtles- Ai
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in grateful remembrance for ages yet to cow,cl;eir
early hour the inhabitants were roused from 1-0$"1 isj
bers by merry peals of bells, and, as the morning!' 00,1'00
the excitement increased, the shops were 51111,1tivit;tel
business was suspended ; the streets. were fil:ea coex t
inhabitants of the town and visitors from t'' joll4
who were anxious to participate in the pleaseri,stitliig'
day appointed for the opening of the above Icoo boo/
under the presidence of the Venerable Arebdes
of
llama, late Rector of the Eiiinburgh Academy, tote'
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