The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-01-12 00:00:00

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Anthony Whine; Ea . 4as called to the chair. .
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Mr. Sheirtspeod diet a Committee should be spOtritithe
toprtition Parliament to take the state of 40614114 h
tonsiderittors. it mks admitted upon all bandithatainoLl,niiiiileti
imi been efeffected'for the amelioration of the- eonti
ange of men; but nit
thia 'country: There had been a eh _
of geessnres. This was all inversion of the osnlimatry
he 4 role.
il•he beneficent intentions of bis Majesty is t_ pi
realised in any practical exernpbfiention.
,-blit bad Mini
id, but nothing hs been done. there Blihrbot bee*
6,1. substantive alteration in thi system by whieb 'rebook
11.4 been. governed. It• cd'ald not indeed hd itfpected,l
%hen it was considered bow the Irish administration strnsi
ompoonded. Its divislooi were emblematic of the Mai
envois of the people. It wail a type of dinar& From
such a chaos bow mild liarmany result? la or, one
a
pri nei ple were they a reed together. Lard 1v ell *liry •
man of enlarged ele-x had been sent over; by the liberal
portion .th cabinet. ut care was taken liy the wren.
o' •
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dancy faction that Mr. Boulhorn should he annexed to
.him. It wee feared that in theimplaity of bis career the
sio..le Slarquess might take fire, and arcordingly Mr.
tiaulblrn was'attacliell to him as a kind of drag—
... Seelaininandne trot." This ponderous trail had been
applied with treat success-and so far from being ignited ‘
by too precipitous a 'progress. the Noble hlarqn.ela had
actually stood stork still. A vie ineriiae hail been Hopi;rt
rd to bim by Mr. floulburre. Passing from the credits
to the legal depaempent, we find an equally remark& i
egilihrinin. Mr. Pt'rnkett and 'Mr. Joy were placed 'kb
fast.. is juxta position. Of theiie gentlemen he whited to
speak with unaffected respect ; but one could not Olt els
elaitiliog, in the words of the old song, "sure sash ,a, praly
were never seen." All these gentlemen W wry press .
worthy in their individual capacity. but Mlteirslilmtether,
what a strange medley di I they province. • There motto
seemed to be, " Motley's the only wear." What bad hem
the result of such a singularly compenrided Ocivermetettl ?
It had been said that the Catholics werenngrateful. Mere
were the obligations? What were the grand pacifiestit•
measures of tins conciliating tilivernment? A Consfa
lady Bill, whicti established a system of Gen•larmerie•
through the country —a Tithe Counnutstion Bill, which
doubled the Revenues of the Church ; and the Insurrection.
Au t, before ;41 Bich Cie very shadows—the mere forms of
the Constitution venishea. Lord Wellesley, who had
repeatedly siehl; that of NH the evils" of Ireland, Catholic-
di,gii lithe. *re was the master ill! now diseovered no Other
vinare& but'the Insurrection Act. ' And what was the
avert of the, Insurrection Act ? It rasped the Irish
peisait to a wotse condition than the norm slave: The
negro was •protected by the sordid Interest tat she planter.
Ills animal wants were at least supplied, 114 bad drink,
t• oil, and rest; but the Irish peasant. withal* bed, food or.
tire—oppressed with rents, tithes and cessee.amso r *WWI-
as well as a slave. The negto is at least alleeeted p peftiei•
p.i
ti••o with his master in. the bemfice of qaanre,be is
allowed to breathe the evening air. and. afar his tastritt
flailed, to inhale the conkers of the tropic night. but the
Irish peasant is derived .of • these. natural enjoi•
men's— the wrelnbrd eau wk. more has fulfils
the original inalediction—...rlie,, who .witboot earn-
ing his tweed. covers his brow with sweat and sorrow.
returns fatigued and wore out to the miaerslile hovel that
i. misnamed his home, and immersed in his tenement of
mire, is denied the enjoyment of the common air of neaten,
And disfranchised of -his right to the general gift of God.
It is truly strange that the Biblical sentimentalists, whose
sensibilities are wafted across the Atlantic. in queat of
matter for the indulgence of their pious sensibilitpsdionld
overlook the misery that lies in such disgraceful proximity
beside them. It is at a distance that England seeks for
objects of coinufseration. While the saints are weeping
over neer° degradation. the inaguaninions mansfaetnees
of Cirininghstn and Manchester. are steaming litli spy•
pithy for the profitable independence of SotitOmeriii
It was matter of jay to every friend of freedoms:: that the
folonies had built up these new and noble asylums for
freedom. but it was astonishing that theim who coin•
plained of the conduct of Spaio,.tikardslier colonies.
••verlooked the condition ot 'lreland, which has
ken governed upon peedsely the same prin-
ciples. The resemblance was indeed se singOlar, that lie
raid
,not refrain from extracting a passage from Hum.
built. Tkat traveller says, its the first volume of his New
%pain, page 204—" The whites are divided into whites
hum in Europe, and the deectoilants of Europeans. The
latter are called Creoles. The Spanish law allows the same
rights to all whites; but those who have .sfse e , ; tiro of
the laws endeavour to destroy the egg; z.. .t : mern*
tarns paspicious of the Creoles, bosh! .. . ,;'' . . es
eti.las on the Spaniards.,. Agia
ivalesijrnd pespetual liatreirbiiiii :. • . .• • sod
the Creoles. The most. inlserahle ; ';'''' n. without
education, and without intellectual culti,
,;t: " . thinks him-
'ill %or nor to the Creoles. He knit that protected
Inv his toentrymen, he may one day reach to places which..
all access is interdicted to the native", swell thous dli
tingnished for their talents. knowleir a hnd I quali.
ties." These are the words o H sad' immu rilo. e
lit
oitimo
Catholic for Creole, and Pr. 'tent l for • ard. and
4and is at once described. ' ~,s the ease ere is worse,
Mlllft. law in New Spian was theoretically equal : but In
Ireland the law Is unequal, and the Government pursue
that ineqnality beyond the law, by never appointing
;Homan Catholics to the offices which they are en:
titled to hold. But the resemblance does not stop here.
dismbolilt describes the condition of the Indians, in such
:lineage as applies immediately to the peasantry, and is
order to verify his statement he extracted a passage from
as address presented to the King of Spain in 1799, by the
Bishop and t bolster of Meclioacan. That address states,
that the Indian., are tie mere slaves of the proprietors of
the suit. That the Spanish magistrates, (the Subdelega-
dory) uniformly lean against the Indians, and are guilty
of the most corrupt partiality, and then conchaes with this
just and applicable interrogatory :—'• What attachment ran
sue Indian have to the Government, despised and degrade!
As he it, almost without a hope of ameliorating his condi-
ion? Let not your Majesty believe. that the dread of pit.
donent alone is soffit-tent to preserve the tranquillity of
is country. There tnust be other motives. If the Mew
sngielature %Lists the Colonies expect with itnpa,..l
Ice do not occupy itself with the situation oil
the Indians, nothing will contain ' them in the
!'itlli,sion and reppeft due to their Sovereign.—
het the infamy which unjust lawn bare stamped upon
tbe people of colour, be at an end—let them be declared
capable of filling every civil employment"—(loud cries of
hir, hear.) What an illoatration of the condition of !real
and! But the analogy is more perfect still, and Doe would •
*lust support that Humboldt was describing the liniment'
itecircutustanees and events which are passing before stir
", lie saYe. "It might have Leen hoped that the Vi-
leinistratioo of three enlightened Viceroys, animated by the
twat noble zeal for the public good, would hi" Primilited
"11.4. happy changes in the political conditiotoftbe Indians
Is!t these hopes have been frustrated. The power of
1.0 Viceroys bas been singularly diminished of late. They
or fettered ix all their treasons, not only by time Canna .of
tither, but by the therm:tent of the mother torstryl••••
r: wages who detest innovation (was Humboldt think-
ril( I certain lserymatery lord) and the Spanish pro,
rtueie find it their interest to keep the natives
dation cod misery." He 4)0041 rend no
mate... bait Seed enough to show that irektati.eihi
risme upon the staspeArkariptv .ss. Una) America ;had
4"—ltelition was °Ay need as a pretence; the truth
'4', that Earided 6410 looked upon this cessatry wa,
hilhaill deparodesey wkidli ibreld be prerdei b? dimmed:

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