Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-01-16

one Of these occasions. Ii CathoiiC oiooo hau
NOT been spilt at Waterloo-if Catholic arms
had no, bee, exerted for England in the PENN.
sula this parasi,ical scribe OF the Courier would
probably now be employed in singing the prais..
es Of First Consul, lauding Republic, ana
sacrificing a, the statue of Liberty. Englands
weakness is our advantage. do not rejoice al
individual distress or misfortune, but cannot
help being grati6ed by the national mlsior'unes
of England Her revenue is on the decline,
while her expenditure is increasing. READ
with pleasure of the cheers with which the
speech of Mr.. Canning was received at the
Mansion house in London, when he told them
that there was not the least danger OF war-all
was hush! OH Inundated England! When
before did she fear battle, and was not the peace
Of the world at her disposal Was she not al
ways ready 10 enter the field at the call OF glo-
nv, interest or honor!
But Mr.. Canning told these goods boys, that
there was no danger of the peace OF the world
being disturbed. understood his meaning
well-England dare not so TO war while Ireland
remains Disconnected Cheers. )-While Can
ming was at Paris, begging that France would
no, send her armies to Portugal as she had to
Spain, the Moniteur, the Government Gazette,
said, in an article, I'VE have Inundated Eng
land The scribe of the Courier asked, when!
| answer, when the French armies entered Spain
in spite Of England. England dare not protect
liberty in Naples, and England is nov con-
strained 10 allow the glorious cause ef Greece
to be los, forever Canning may tell the turtle
| fed Aldermen that there Is no danger. Has not
| the Northern Avalanche been detached, threat
eninp war and devastation throughout Europe!
| Have not the hordes Of Russia invaded Persia,
| and may they not soon reach the confines oil
our own Indian dominions? May not all the
friends Of liberty in Europe soon have occasion
| 10 ralv to resist the invasions Of the military
despot of Russia? Shall Engl in this mo-
men, Of difficulty render her situation worse
! oy DENYING our claims? Ali claim'ls that
liberallty and those rights which are granted to
protes,ants by the Catholic Governments OF
France, Hungary, Maryland, the South Ameri-
can Republics, and many others. The Catho'
lies are seven millions. talk not OF our
strength III The way of taunt or intimidation
Nv views are confined 20 constitutional efforts
But we are twice as numerous as the people oil
Purlugal--we are as numerous as the people al
Spain-we are more numerous than the popu-
iation Of Ilaiy-,lian that % Bavaria, OF Prussia,
of sweden, Denmark, or Norway. Shall We, a
nation strong IN physical and in moral power,
continue ensiayed and degraded? never would
hope for bloody rsbcilion-l look not TO war
OF determination on either side, but look at the
subject in a CONSTITUTIONAL manner l tell the
people of Eng al.d, that they only delude them
selves and others, il they imagine it possible to
keep US much longer degraded. Cheering
| If loyalty meant not base traffic, but SIN
cere attachment to the Constitution and the
Lev al / md and
linual cheerine) All we demand is the resto-
| ration OF our righr,, in srdsr To combine with
the people Of England In n~t,vnaI phalan4.
(Cheers.) We wish 10 Join with the people Of
England in Holy Alliance, not like tae bias
phemous one OF Kings against the freedom OF
nations but an alliance in defence Of the Consti-
tuition, the Liberties, and the Laws Of the En-
pire. (Cheers) But if they refuse US our
rights, let them beware-"Comlng events cast
their shadows before" 1t is impossible that
England can continue for another generation
the degradation of ireland The rising youth
Of Ireland are endued with different spirit
from their ancestors. They have learned to
speak Of their task masters with the boldness of
men, and if England rejects their prayers, rutu.
rily is in store for her, and the day will come
when she shall repent her conduct. ButItrus
that our constitutional efforts will be crowned
with success. Let US persevere with the spirit
of Patriots and of Irishmen, and we may soon
see realised the fond aspirations of our great ma
tional Poet
The nations fallen, but still thou art young,
Thy star IS but rising, when others have set,
And though slaverys ON hath hung DER thee long,
The full noon Of freedom shall beam round thee yet!
Mr.. O'Connel sat down amid general and
long continued cheers.
l, being now past FIVE o'clock, Mr.. O'Gor-
man moved that the Meeting do adjourn, which
was carried, and the meeting accordingly ad.
journed. --Doubin Evening Post.)