Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-08-09
WILLIAM CoBBETT.
Botley, May %, 1915.
IRON raE vLsTEn (nrl,Asr) nacoaDrn.
MR.. PHHLTPs's SPEECH
ar TaE LATE AGenyeArE fEyrIys.


HLVxa the last time addressed You taken
such view of your question as combined all the
leading arguments in its fayor--having shewn
.iat whether we regard your religlon--your 10y
tv---your conduc, as 10 the pope, or yoir con-
CT as u he rovernrnent--your services abroad
or your aliegs nee at home-.you were as fully as
Tly, and IS egally entitled 30 your share ia the
co st't1con, an bigot who abused, or any
despot who opposed you-perhaps any further
interference might be superhuous. But sir, the
scene Chat has been acting ~ home-the missi.
ons which have bsen de egated abroad-the acts
OF your protestant advocates and the air of some
or your; catholc Seceders, present altogether
drama OF such serious and ludicrous cOnbina-
tions-with so much whim in the plot, ard va.
rlety in the deyciopement, and novelty in the
charscters-such strange medley Oflay divines,
ecclesa stical politicians, parliamentary SOY
re gps, aud despotc slaves, that if the curtain
should drop without some previous explanation,
it would be difficult to imagine whether those
before or behiud It we're the most fantastical =
shall eaten for you the living topic as they
rises and if the spectacle strikes your mind
as it brands itself upon nine, it is one of when
trust our country viii never endure a repe-
titon.
Let me commence with the fairest subject in
the picture, and should this hand be fathiess, or
its coloring FAINT, the tnts viii gaina magic from
YOUR gratitude, and the outline perfection from
quite asiittle taste tor encomiums on the great,
should wrong my heart, my judgment, and my
conscience, 1t withheld their homage from the
earl of DonOughnore. Descended from genius
To be talented was his Inheritance allied to chi
valry, to be heroic was his nature-born in Ire
land, 70 behonest might not have been his inte-
rest, buthe has shewn it 70 be his pride--in a
family ennobled both by art and arms, distinction
was dfthcult--yet he stands distinguished--in a
country where persecution was the need of vir-
tue, purity was perilous, yet he stands unim-
peachabie--with no guide but honor, aud no po-
Icy but principle, the eloquence that lightened
on the corruptions ofthe court, disdaned 20 Rat
ter the prciudices Of the people peer, he
would not fawn upon the folhes of a monarch
/ a patriot he would not crouch 20 the caprces of
| n multitude. I arm almost glad there were occa-
| sons upon which we differed, for in the mpet1-
osity with VIII oh those differences originated, we
| saw that candid and compromising spirit which
| IN the heat If his Consistency gave the evidence
OF its cOnv ctiOn---if he would not surrender him
self to gam popularity from you, he Will not sell
you 20 gam power from others Ireland owes him
much--had 4 moi been for hnn, fettered as we are,
we should also be friendless and obliged to beg
our advocate even frcm amongst the authors Of
our captivity. Thank God, poor country, there
| - yot one son to own you, and Il is no bad omen
that the name which cheers your sorrow, gave its
heroes and rs patriots to the glories ofyour pros
Perity. (1his JHs1 snco1nUm ercifed much eHtIt-
siasm.
| turn from this contemplation 60 a less pleas
| ing topic, aud one which would most willingly
pass over in silence--fom my soul could have
! wished that the name Of Grattan had remained
forever SYNONYMOUS terms with eulogy-that the
i voice upon whose accents echo hung, and conyic.
/ ZION waited, and persuasion smiled had become
silent only in the grave--thgt the orb before
whose or ent dswning, the fields Of Ireland gilt
tered, and the heart ofIreland gloweG, had run
rs splendid course unclouded and uneclipsed till
I descended amid the tears and blessings Of the
coun,ry-but he genus Of or calamity had de.
creed it otherwise, and it is only fsrus TO combat
the misfortune which wisdom vanly sought TO
have averted. Ipass bysubi ectson which might
dwell with acrimony--I forget the odious snnun-
citation OF a French party in Ireland. pass by
toe advocacy Of that btdoous iBGWrection set---