The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-09-11
COUN CRLLoR PHILLIPS.


We make the following interesting sxtrac,
from Speech of Counceiior Phillips, deliv-
cred st Dublin, some time since, in support
Of q "rcsolu,ion recommending tho imme.
dac discussion Of the Catholic Question:
"l have digrcsscd--I shall Conhac my
self exclusively to The resolution be fore US
i, is ,a.s Q. pain---it may be atask Of pc'il---
bu, neither pain Dor peril shall make me
shrink FOR o moment from the avowsl OF even
the melancholy candonr which owe you.
Il may be prosumptuous in ono so young-It
certoinly /, distressing 10 Que 50 Irish, 10 dis.
cent from Grat,an--I do il now however--I
do il with all nay soul, ind DO it with tho
less reluctance, because the errour he has
committed is not yet, irreparable. Let no
man attempt 10 reni me down with his de-
clams,o,y psncgyrick--i do not forge, his
serviees--l can never forget that II Il was
no. for dim we should no, have had Consti.
,u.iop, and that if all were like him we should
still have country. do no, forget how
associated with that man (pointing 10 Mr..
Currsn) When the screcchowi o! intolerance
was yelling, and the nigh, CT bigotry was
broodng on tho land, he came forth with the
heart OF hero and the tongue OF sn angel,
till q, his bidding the spectre sadish. d---the
coiour Of our fields revived, ard Ireland, even
poor Ireland, gliucred for moment in the
light Of his cioqucncc, and sloricd 10 the
prowess Of his victo'y.-l Loud .fhflause. =
Do not you remember, in 1892, how his
heart toilcd, and his eye aamed, and his
tongue Numbered, ill our whole horizon be.
came enriched with his spiendour, and every
peasant on our mountains shouted Liberty
Do not you remember in ina, dreadful DEATH
day of our hopes, when power welded the
thupdefbolt TO afright, and treason cmptied
| the treasury to corrupt how, with the ardour
Of youth and the wisdom of age, he rushed
like Chatham, from the couch OF sickness,
aweing, animating, exorling, till our very
Sorrows were mitiga,ed by tho sweetness OF
his advocacy, and even the extent Of our loss
was for season forgotten in the splendours
| OF the eopflagr alton APPLAUSE. No, Graf
tan, we never can forget these things were,
| most dear to us."--We love you much, but,
itis because yoa taught US to love Ireland
more. We give you our cstccm--we give
| you our love, our gratitude, our admiration.--
/ We viii give you aoy thing, except our coun-
| Try. You may be assured that 1t is with much
| timidi,y dissest from such man. What
are my rcasons--you shall have them most
| explicitly, but shall fiest state the reasons
which no has given for. the postpone n,ent Of
| your question. l shall do SO out OF respect
| IN him, il Indeed, il eaa be called respect 10
/ quote those sen,i,neots which on their very
mention must excite your rid!cule. Mr..
Grs,tan prsscoIed your petition, atl on mo-
wing tina, il should lie, whers 80 many precc-
| ding ones have lain, upon the table, he de-
clsred IL to be his Intention 10 move Cor no dis.
eussioa. Acre in the iirst piace, ,hinh MIR
Gra,,sn wong. He s;ot that petition, II moi
on the express. q, icas, on the pied condi
,ion Of hasins II discussed this session
There was not a man at the Aggregate Meet
inx at Which II was voted who did no, expo g
a ,dissussion, aud ,aati .muedia,ely.' Mr.
Gratiru, however was angry "Sagycs
,ioas." do not think atr. Gra,sn had an,
risnttc be angry ., receivIos that whic'
every Eoslish M-mbcr was ready 10 receive
lso'n any Englisb. CornEss,or.t Me- Gss,'a'
was also angry at our violence. Neither d.
\ I taink nc bad eny righ, 10 he ansry ., VIA
he calls cur yiolsnee --Taerc was a d.