Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-05-20
Tbe Constitutional gc1btg.
IRELAND.

! ihblIAND.
The following are extracts from excellent article
on Ireland, which appeared in the last number Of the
Edinburg Review
The actual state of Ireland--the naeni,ude ,niserr
ierceness, and desperation of her populatop fhe VIC
ience OF their leaders, and the fury of the contendiuy
iactions TO which she is preyought any thing can
10 excite the earnest and anxious attention of the poo
pie oil Britain Centuries ofo2presson and rnsroye rn
rent have generated deepro rooted and cordial hatred
OF the English and nation the minds of the
majority of the Irish people, have depraved and y,td
their characters, and fitted them for the conmssio, I
every crime There are, at this moment from six IN
seven millions of peasants scattered over the surface nj
Ireland And while this mighty and rapidly increasing
mass Is sunk IN the most abJsct peverty-,ye il has no
property to protect, venerable institutions IN defend
ndnotlupg but injuries redress and wrono IN ,ya,no
IT ready to engage in any scheme of combination and
blood. ~
IS nor ths state OF things that calls loudly for in
qifN Is there any man sn blind and biroted so stu
Pdy attached 10 anquated preu.ices and errors as ia
commune 10 lend ms support TO system productive of
such oaneful results? Is not the experience of four
centuries sufficient To convince the people and Parlia
mentor that it by mere brute force by ne
nal laws and instruction acts tiat the peace of rc
ann IS 10 be secured, and the foundations of her
periy iad! The period has at last arrived when il is
ceFtain tat measures of decisive character mast he
ADOPTED Win respect 10 lreland and are hold 10 saw
tnat the integrity, and, for that reason the fate of the
Di7o elpre depends on the nature OF these measures
- W. ict on sound and liberal principles, il is vet
ZOO te 10 repair the faults and foiies of which we have
been guilty, and 10 make ireland our best buyor I'm,
we resolve 10 abide by present systen--ifwe are
eeefihed 10 continue 10 treat of the people
as an inferior and degraded caste and tn unhol and
cherish all the gross, agrant and soandalops buses.
WIN winch every part Of the internal administration of
The country is infected, must cxpect TO see every
species OF outrage redoubed and the flame of civil war
reknded with Increasing fury, and raging to an unpre-
cedented extent
Have people OF England yet 10 be told that reace
an, anu hlai5 affections do not spring from exclusion and
Tue s'Fords IT really DESTROYS of attacno. t!n
people OF ireland 10 the government of England we
must render that government advantageous 10 them
me pasantry must feel that they protected bythe
'aw-t'at they have stake IN hedge-and that eve
~ aSente 10 pewenan emolnmenl open TO tier am
bion IL you act thus, yon may still attach them to
your interests; you do not you will ALLEVIATE them still
pofe. The existing breach between the two coun1 rs
VIII be gradually wened, and cur ascenancy wiz de-
pend entirely on The nutnber of our bayoncts
Are not these things enough to make US pause, Are
t"ey MOI enough TO make even bgots abasbed and
ashamed:-and to stimulate the wise and geoI.of all
parties and denominations 10 lay asie their petty differ
cncas and 10 cooperate for tie adoption of measures
clfi JARED 10 guard against such Tremendous conse-
quehcss Let no one suppose That the questions res
pecng ireland, that must necessarily be discussed in
the ensuing session. affect that country only;-thouph
II they did no more than refer the means by which
seren niaitons of people might be raised from hnotjsm
TO treedom and from poverty and misery 10 wealth and
happiness, they would be of the highest interest But
II IS no exaggeratIon 10 affirm, that the desines of the
Whole empire hang on these discussions. Ireland can
NOT sink INTO the abyss OF poverty and degra daon with
out dragging Great Britain after her. Justice To Ire
land IS in fact justice ourselves and cannot be denied
without entaing equally ruiilous consequences on the
oppIessor as on-the victim.
There is at this moment no such thing as a rra, mi
ON between England and Ireland. The arrangement
s." designated purely nonina; it no solid or
SUBSTANTIAL basis; the two nations not bound toge
her by the strong and powerful ties of mutual interest
ana reciprocal obligation Ireland regards England as
heT oppressor and not as her protector and ally. But
u the miserable remnant of the penal code were abu
scd-t the Catholics placed on the same level
nlay and IN fact as the Protestants-new interests and
new feelings would arise The recollections of past
snHerngS and prosecutions would gradually be oblier
ated good will and confidence between tue different
parties IN Ireland, and between England and Ireland
would begin to grow uP and the ground would thus be
cleared for the adoption of those other measures that
are ihuispensaby necessary for raising the peasanry
from their present state OF poverty and restitution
No one trust, will do us the Injustice to suppose
that we mean to represent the of the Ca
tolics as being of itself sovereign panacca for all the
miseTlcs OF Ireland Nothing be more remote from
our OPINION But without emancipation, in the broad
est sense of the phrase-whout emancipation in INN
and IN fact-wout the abolition of every existing lc-
gal disability, and the adoption of system of the most
rigid lTnparuay on the part Of Government it would
be worse than absurd to suppose that the spirit discord
should depart from the land, and that the foundations Of
national wealth prosperity should be laid Enamel
patton IS indispensable preliminary measure cit is
moi charm that will allaY every discomfort or remove
every grievances but it sine qua non to this being
done: and without system of measures can be snc
essti1i"--[A Mr. Plunkeus speech, 28th April 1851
VENICE.
history of this celebrated State commonlv called
Republic, has been recently published in France by
tue author Mr.. Daru. The only account that we have
OF this work in the last number OF the uarferv