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HOUSE OF COMMONS—SATURDAYS
Lord J. RUSSELL assured the house of the deep con-
cern which he felt in having to propose to it the suspen-
.

posing it, ne undertook to prove three
w.the present state of Ireland was frsught
It we were upon the eve of a formidable
suppressed in time ; secondly,
vided by the leaders of the con-

with evil,

)reak, if it were not

tlon to pro,

uce great injur

and dan-

ger, unless some measure were adopted to counteract
them ; and, thirdly, that the measure which he was about
to propose was that particular remedy which appeared to
be the best to be adopted in the present calamitous con-
dition of Ireland. He then traced the history of the agi-
tation for the repeal of the union from its com-
mencement under Mr. O'Connell, who declared that no
political change was worth the shedding of one single

drop of blood, down to the present period, when a new
faction had started into existence, who held out at first co.
vertly and Ambiguously, but at last openly and explicitly,
that their object
_was the total separation of Ireland from

the dominions of the United Kingdom. The means whida
they proposed for effecting that object were distinguished
by the appellation of physical force, which evidently
meant rebellion against the crown of this kingdom.
Whilst England and Scotland had been contributing their
. .

mitigation of the famine
Lod, all that the confede-

ha-
ssions, and

rates and their leaders bad contr
rangues, inflammatory

bated was seditious
appeals to the p.

misrepresentations of the contributions and motives of
the British people. Ireland was slowly recovering from
that great calamity, when the events of February last oc-
curred in Paris, giving encouragement to all who believed
that the force and authority of this empire might be
overthrown by open insurrection. A deputation, com-
prising amongst its members Mr. S. O'Brien

was sent

from Ireland to Paris for the purpose of asking assistance
from France to the contemplated Irish insurrection. Al-
though the attempt failed, the project went on, and there
was little or no disguise any further attempted as to the
intentions of the Irish confederation. His lordship
then adverted to the seditious articles published
in the United Irishman, for which Mr. Mitchel was now
suffering transportation, and to the more recent articles
in the Irish Felon, to show that this Confederation in-

next to take away from the Queen all authority

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. at one
)lish these objects it

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was proposed th.at the people should arm themselves, and
should thus be ready to encounter any force which the
government might have at its disposal. It was felt, how-
ever, in Ireland, and by none more than the Roman
Catholic clergy, that if the Confederation should succeed
in its objects, there would be an end of all respect for
religion, and that the rule of brute force would be es-
tablished. In order to neutralize the alarm thus felt by
the clergy, the leaders of the intended Irish republic,
after disclaiming all intentions of pillage and massacre,
and of overthrowing religion, issued a resolution in which
they frankly avowed that their object was not merely to
repeal the legislative union, but to overthrow the power
and authority of this country altogether, and the sway of
that government which they were bound and had sworn
He then came to his second proposition, which

was that there were formidable means Preparing for a
rebellion against the constitutional authorities of the
country. All the accounts which he had recently received
from Ireland combined to this conclusion, that the orga-
nization proposed by this Confederation was of a for-
midable character, was rapidly extending, and that in
parts of the country the clubs and associations established

chiefly within the la'st month that their proceedings had
become more formidable and dangerous. He then read
)m the despatches of Lord Clarendon, stating
h the clubs might not contemplate an outbreak
mmediately, government must determine befor

extract
that th

,nt was up whether it would seek for fresh powers or
would permit the organization for an immediate civil war
to proceed unmolested. The accounts received through
the constabulary reports corresponded with the views of
Lord Clarendon. He then referred to the establishment
of numerous clubs during the last two months at Carrick-
on-Suir, Meath, Cork, Waterford, and other places, and
showed that the titles of several of them had been taken
from parties who had rendered themselves conspicuous in
the rebellion of 1798, with the express intention of encou-

re clubs of Cork which

been reviewed