Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1828-11-15

ems relieve the overburthened, aud selfinaic,on i,
retaliation, no beneficial effects will flow from the
exercise OF the power of State TAXATION 1'h;s COW
cnson is nclther unpleasant dishcarten,ne: n il
not desirable that the State should have or exercise
the power Ut retalating upon cithe. of the United
Sates ior the toics or the Offences of the General
'overhmeet; nor do conceive the want of that
power l. nny impeachment to the destruction of an
rdious law. Tint law must perish where il WINS
born, under the force of public opinion Does any
one believe that 1t endure: that rcmonstranccs
anu protests ot Statcs, combinations and mporiuni-
res ana dCnuncations Of individuals, who arc sufinr-
ing by 1t, will fall UNDECIDED on the ears of the at pre-
sent dciutcd inhabitants of those po,.crtl States
whose Representative have ioncd To faston il upon
us: 10 meet the present Gil and afford some relief
until the change of public opinion now silently work
n"- is complete, tlc State taxes might be diminish
ed: Your advice should he given to the people to ex-
eIcisc The srictcst economy, to few of the mr.
tices manufactured by these who are TO l.. bpnetite
ny the law of 1928. as their necessities will permit,
10 substitute for the manufacturers of Europe and nj
The Northern and Eastern States manufactures nj
ther own households, To vary and TO mul'irly thci,
agricultural pursuite. Your advice Gi,isJ I'm ,oyy
ef""te, VIII have the forccof law be infinitely hot.
ter observed. and produce the happiest c,lc,s So
eInniy protest III the Senate of tho IT, Sntcs az the
Brnnch OF the General Government in which tho
St"tcS are directly represented. against the act. md
deinund ITS repeal rcmonsiratr in the stroprcs,
langrag" with those Ststcs who have heretofore
I
as mere machine, whose labour is to be d.
rcctcd into the most profitable and convenient
channels, 10y tho superior iscigcncc of Governments
II is by these Means. and these alone that the pco-
PIC can DC ehec'haiiy received and the oppressive
system radically destroyed"
Jrcfnnd-Wc are at loss for the causes which
within few weeks, hare thrown the state of Ireland
'to stutc of terrible cxcitaton for we had imarin-
ed that .Wr. OConnes triumph in his contest for a
scat Ill Parliament, would allay Catholic excitement
until at least the question of right retain his seat
mad brcn decided against him. This expectation has
proved taliaciouS, and from .lr. Shells most cnerret
&c and glowing speech before the Catholic association
from the proclamation of the Lord Licutcnan. of
Ireland the .Tarquis Of Anglesca) prohibiting I'M
lawful meetings, and from ali other sources, it is plain
that the population of the south of ireland arc in
extreme agitation, and that great convulsion is
much to be apprehendcd. The general expectation
INDUCED, from the expressions dropped by some of
the ministry, that Catholic Emancipation was nj bnnd
and would be conceded by Government, renders this
intelligence of the ferment among the Catholics more
unexpected. We could hail this spirit in ireland as
the harblnger of liberty that oppressed peope did
we not feel TOO well assured of the hopcessness of
contest between British money and discipline. and
the hardy, but impoverished and unarmed Pcasantrv
of Ireland. We subjoin ar. Shells speech, as a
specimen of patriotic eloquence which will warm the
heart of the American reader.
Mr. Shal said-I rise in obedience to stronn sense
of political duty cal upon the Association to adopt
mme,ute measures if not for the control at least for
the regulation of the extraordinary excitement which
has recently manifested itself in the south of Ireland
1t is of the rules of this body that no resolution
shall be proposed without giving a weeks notice -
Fc.m must, however. yield to substantial necessity
and III the present peculiar and let me add not LITTLE
alarming condition of the country, this Association
should not allow day to Clapse without the eycr-
else Of It's greut and sautary power. | have there:
fore risen without giving the usual preliminary notice.
ard thus in the very outset Of our PROCEEDINGS and
before The ordinary business has been gone through
10 direct your attention, and that of the public to re-
cent events, which not indeed attended with a,ly
present evil, but appear to pregnant with conse
qucnccs of peculiar peril | am well aware that I
nave been considered as 8larmist, because upon q
late occaslon, raised my voice in order to adnlons
the community to which belong and ms far as was
able, in order to the government Of the proba-
bic results of the state of things to which The refusal
of emancipation was bringing the country. ] have
been represented ~ terrorist. and il said that
being myself Rtrjghcd, was anxious to convert my
fears into paic That sort of valor which consists
in setting small value uTon the lives of others is
easy of attainment and own that am not ambitious
OF that kind OF political clvalry ] do not, hone
OFTEN spcdh Oh IJscII DUl an lustIHed IN the
ti-in of Il moment whom I say, thut where INV own
liberty, and let ne add almost my life was at stake
when was brought TO the threshold Of a long capti-
witty, and saw dungeon before me- did not exhibit
very pu Unanimous disposition cloud cheers.) Nv
fcurs not derived from any danger Of INV
Own, but J confess, that if courage consists in
sc"ng my country covered with the blood ofis rco-
pic with indifference, do not possess that kind Of
lntrepldity. 1t does not appear to ne that we are
sufficiently aware of the results that NAV arise from
the unparalleled cycltation for is without cxompIc)
70 which the passions Of both Catholics end Protcs-
,ans have boon raised. 1t is recorded that i'm proat
combat. great the fury of the contending ar
mics that they not conscious of an earthquake
by which the field ofbattr was shaken. In this tor
rifle contest--in this shock Of factio;i-wc do not
pcrceYe that the country is rocking beneath OUR feet
bs;cm 70 the mutterngs Of tho earthquakes g. LET not
ne srbtcrrancous thunder roll unl"ard. J do here
repeat what before declared that the rovcrurncn.)
for With ihcw oil tho blame n.uct ultimately rcstt
by allowing The Catholic question 10 ronvt,lsc the
country and not nt once iihcrposing for its adjust
mcnt-by their strange prncras,lnation and almost
Bn5ecile indecsion-hy their fanutical irresolnior