Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-03-25

acts and doings, when he took Drogneoa o.
storm, spared neither age nor sex, ana, IKE '"e
arch fiepd, gloomily exul,ing over -" the heaps
II sIain which cboaked the streets, and the tor
tents of blood which ran in the kennels, ex
claimed. I'll. God wills it I" We may IN
deed. saw, with the sublime poet, ga plague
mon all their Houses )" for, though differing
some wha, in the mode, all have been pretty
much alike in the substance OF the wrongs ana
miseries which they have heap@d upon unhaP-
Nv Ireland. In word, whenever some new
scheme of all arbitrary or oppressive character
was to be tested by experiment-whcnever the
maiden sword Of some minion wanted to be
fes shed. or aught to he done which would moi
Dear the light in other places-lreland became
the arena where intolei auce oppression might
stalk at Iarpe-where deeds Of darkness might
be KEEP, from the highland where The voice
cf complaint might be quickly hushed oy the
voice Of authority; and, in another word, dur
ing the long line of Kings, Queens, and Pro-
tectors, whether their rule was legitimate or
usurped-whe,her they reigned in The dark
ages of superstition, or the fiery ones OF fanaa-
cism-whether they belor ged 10 the rude, un-
lettered times Of the Norman conquest, or the
enlightened and philosophic ara in which we
live-whai have they done to better the condl
zion of unhappy Ireland Ola truth, Ills Eng
lish supremacy which bears the i'l-faed Isle 70
the loves, depths Of national degradation; and
the nee k-lrodden lrishmun is but little more
ad, anced in the grade OF national Importance
and individual character, than he was some
centuries ago, and, but for a wholesome and
radical change, is like TO be for some centuries
10 come.
How much deceived have Americans been,
who have derived their knowledge OF l'ish al
fairs from EHgiih chronicles alone dow have
t,ey dwelt, with light, upon the romantic
pages of the days of good Queen Brss, aud her
eaan tavoriies, Rae'gn and Essex, whom
they supposed TO h W bren preur chsvdf'ers,
sans peWr ei sans rep. oche ;" Let them bu' pc
ruse d Ii lie Of Irish authot iiC>-le! the strong
liz hit of Ttn,h be asst on me visions which
Fancy hath drawn-and the tales OF romance
will give place 10 tales OF horror lis SAID
that the virtues of The Rollers Of Nations are 10
be read in their peoples eyes lr' ne merits
of The spo less Quren and her sanguinary mi
Mons he rather had IN ireland's groans.
Again: We bestow all our svmpothies uo n
the am,able end ill-fatrd Slrafford, hell' via g
the scene IN the Tower Of London to have been
one at which "angts ut mercy might have
wepr" But if we would only cross the Cham
mel, and contemplate Ibis nnb'eman's govern
mem in Ir, and. we should find that /, afforded
scenes of which Mercy had no share, and at
which demons 81 Cruelty nigh have rejoioed.
That h. Government of Ireland is one in
which it seems determined the cardinal vl~tues
shall have no share, witness events which come
freshly DER our senses The administration oil
Anglesea has ,remcd with benefits, resulting
from the high and manly qualities OF his SOL
derry hear, aud which flow from a source
aboundirg in the "milk OF human Kindness.
H is recalled. Does no, this prove that d
Governor, possessing the high aud estimable
qualities which ado'n human nature, with a
heart to feel for, and hand - relieve, The mi.
series Of an INJURED people-but, above all, it that
heart possesses hut one drop of'v,he milk OF
human kindness, becomes, st once, united
for The meridian Of the Government, OF Ireland.
Then go, Anglesa, noble, generous English
man! Itis most rare and admirable specta-
Gle that one Of thy nation should feel for the
wrongs Of Ireland. Prosperous will be thy
voyage, for the prayers and signs OF grateful
millions will fill thy sails, and watt thee joyous
to thv destined port and rather, Englishman,
would have heard that shout with which Ire
land, poor in every thing but The virtues OF the
heart, babe thee farewell. thaO,o have been
tRet, on iTlSh Neh'hS'oHi anu Hedra VIC -"
claim which, On the field Of Waterloo, announc.
ed the fall Of Napoleon, and hailed thee, in lri-
umph, he frs, captain Of thy lime
The blessed influences of Christianity were
frs' introduced ino Ireland, by ST. PAlrick, in
the Ash century; and u was This disciple OF the
faith Of Christ who first established and eng
dowed religious houses, ard induced the natives
TO abandon heir idoaries, and cleaye 10 the
worship of the everything God. Old legends
tell US, that at this time, the Saint also haGish-
ed from the Green Isle reptiles and all manner
Of 'enemous things; and so very uncong"nal
has been The climate and soil Of Erln 10 the
growth Of viperous animals, that none have re-
appeared there since the days of the Saint, ex-
cep' such as tyranny and oppression have dis
gorged upon the shores, which hay. hourishcd
by force alone, and which continue to sting
and to gnaw the vilals of these hapless people
ave, even 10 this very day.
The Apos Ollie Roman Catholic reigion-so
called from being derived from the Apostles,
and acknowledging the Ponliff Of Rome as its
spiritual head-prevailed liz the British realms
up to the period of the Reformation. The i'm
petuous Henry the With, by his knowledge Of