The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-03-05

Mar. Curran passed on to the circum-
Stances OK the Test proposed, the most mo.
lerate that he had ever \vitressed--it was
s,erely that he would not obst:nate,v persc-
we're In betraying the trust reposcd in him.
And what was has answer? Certainly it
was fair and candid and giving you all the
fullest notice ot what you had to expect
lie SAID, that he was not an Orator; that
his principles were those of a Soldier; and
that whatever qnestion came forward, no
would vote as he should think best; that is.
in other words. that if you returned him,
you would send him Il mute to Parliament,
with parchment in one hand, under the
name OF Return, containing the terms of
your capitusation, and bow-string i'm the
other. that is, that during the debate he
would ring the dumb bell but that, Oh the
division
Thrn H became a hassing 6cH,
Z then he'd ring it hassing sveN.
Indeed, Continued the Master of the
rolls) to touch but passingly apon the sub
sequent transactions of the Election, they
are fresh in your minds. You saw those
that voted for their country YOU saw those
that voted against their Country, & against
themselves. Every honorable, every res
pectable man, within your borough, except
the unfortunate Mr.. Cauliend, and his
two Associates, were in the former class ::
but why do l except them? They do not
belong to that class of public spirit or no
nur--you saw the class to which these I'm.
fortunate men properly belong. You saw
succession of poor creatures without
clothes upon their backs-naked. as if they
hadbeen stripped for execusion-naked as
it they had been handed from their mo-
theys, consigned to the Noble General at
the mo'eent OF their destiny. Such (said
hey has been the contest-such the adverse
forces-such too, thus far the result-but
(said he) l told you that the contest was of
more value, than the victory, that if it did
not give you triumph, it would give YOU
wisdom. And TO keep this promise, must
carry back your reflection to times that
have passed us. And l must do that. to
show YOU that all our miseres and degrade
ton have sprung from disunion, cruelty
and artfully fabricated by foreign coun-
try, Tor the base purpose of driving us to
suicide, and making us the instrument of
our own destruction" Mr.. Curran here gave
rapid sketch of the first dawn of dissen-
ton in lreland-the conqueror and the
conquered-a conquest too, obtained, like
all the victories over Ireland by the triumph
Of guilt over innocence. This dissention.
followed up by the natural hatred of the
spoiier and the despoilad--this disseation
followed up further by the absurd antipa-
thies of religious sects--this dissention still
followed further by the rivalries of trade.
The cruel tyrants of England dread ding.
that 1t Irish industry had not her hands
tied behind her back, she might become
impatient or servitude, and those hands
might work her deliverance. To this grow
ing accumulation of dissention, the misera
BILE lanes the second--his heart rotted in
the depravity of that France which had gi-
ven him an interested shelter from the lust
Indignation of his BETRAYED Subjects, put
the last hand and an additional dissention
calling itself Political, as we'll as religious,
was superaddeds Under this sad coalition
of Confederating dissentions nursed and
fomentcd by the policy of England, this
devoted country has continued to lanenish
with small fluctuations of national DESTINY.
from the invasion of the Second Henry, to
the present time. And here" said he
" let me be just, while am indignant let
me candidly own, to the noble example of
British virtue, to the splendid cXertions of
British courage, to their splendid sacrifices,
am probably indebted for my feelings as
an lrishman, ana my devotion to my coun-
try They thought it madness to trust
themselves to the influence of any foreign
country; they thought the circulation of
the Political Blood could be carried on only
" ~ "NbiOh vi tllS HStrt Wltlin the OOdy,
and could not be inflicted from without I;
events have shown you that what they tho't
was just--and that what they did was in.
diSpcnsab! e-they thought that at every
hazard they ought to make the effort
they thought it mere eligible to perish than
to falI--and to the God OF Heaven, | pray,
that the authority of SO splendid an exam.
pie may not be lost upon Ireland He
continued, in adverting 10 the state of
Ireland, from the Revolution of the wear
1881" a sad continuing spectacle of Ire
land, disgraGed and oppressed, and plun-
dered by two c2use9--hrsr, she was too
enfeebled by dis5ention to resst---and sc.
condiy, she continued the abect victim cf
the sordid, Unsuitable, and iinplaca5lc tv-
ranny OF foreign country--at length, in
1882, noble effort was made and death
less ought to be the name OF him that made
It, and deathless ought TO be the gratitude
ot the country for which it was made-the
independence of ireland was acknowlcdr-
ed. Under this system of asserted indie
pendence, our prosperity was more rapid
than could have been expected. When
&c reTeember the conduct Of a very leading
noble person upon that occasion, never was
& mere generous rNind, or Durer heart
bnt his mind he'd more purity than strength
he had III! that belonged TO taste * refine
msut; but the grand AND tho sublime OF
national reform wero composed Of colours
too strong for his eyc, ard comprised an
horizon too outstre;chcG for his vision
Tie Catholics OF ireland were in fact ex-
ciuded from the asserted Independents OF
their conutry. Thus lar the result comes
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