Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-01-29

al the bar OF cur once parent country! Inc
more humbly we prayed. the more certainly
were our prayers rejected with insult and even
derision. The lower we bent IL supple alton,
the still lower we might bend, till hee'oring
braggart declared in the House OF Commons
that the very sigh, Of grenadier's cap was e.
enough 10 subdue and tranquilize America
But mark the tale Scarcely had two short
years rolled around, and these supposed COW,
ardly Americans were perfectly familiarized
with the sight of the grehadier's cap. And why!
Because forsoo,h, the grenadiers themselves, SOY
whole regiments, were prisoners OF war. APP
plause) The American Colonies were thinly
peopled, and that population ditfasec over
vast extent Of country: in Ireland, the Catho-
lies form dense mass What though they are
uparmed; a phalanx Of such physical weight
aad force, If urged to desperation, Will be found
terrific, even against her superiority OF army
and discipline. The momentum would be ir-
resis,able. With apparently feeble means, great
events have come to pass in the world. no"
slight was the martial array OF the Americans
who crowned the heights OF Charlestown, on the
ever memorable Nth of June, when compared
with the appointments, vslor and discipline Of
their assailan,s. On came tn Hover OF Brit
ain, in all the 2omp and pride OF veteran war,
deeming i, impossible that host so rude as
tina, which was before them could, tor mo-
menf. say their certain triumph. Blu, Liber-
tvs yolc ano burs, forth in all It's grandeur; AND
the American husbandmen, dealing death and
dismay in the shastered ranks Of their foe, gave
an invaluable lesson to oppressors, and toio
mighty truth 10 mankind, 9Th at Tor nation
to be free, it is enough that she Wills II.
(Cheers.)
fEngIand shall persist in denying to the
PRAYERS and remons'rances OF her Sa'hoiic
subieo's rights so Just and rational, let her BE-
ware. lest some Que Of Erin's many green hills
may become an height Of Charlestown; or some
petty village Yorktown for Irish emancipa'
lion. (Cheers.) And does not England, MIR.
&. continued, act against her own viisl int
rests, in rstranging from her the brave, and, u
she would permit them 10 be so, loyal People
Of IreIand-the Done and muscle OF all her wars
now that she so much needs their aid! Tor II
is no, to be denied, that the old Lion. having
pa .sed his grand c!imacteric, exhibits evident
symp ,oms OF age and decay. Little animals,
that once fed from his glance, now advance
fearlessIy within reach of his paws; and that
roar. which once could shake both hemispheres,
and "awe the world" has now become deep
and hollow growl Let England BE- wise, from
the history Of her own times, and grant, while
vet she may, to her prac full aud forLearlre
subjects, that bare act OF common Justice-to
place them OH the footing OF civil and reii-
pious liberty with those whom the Channel
only divides from them Let her remove the
load of oppression under which Ireland has
rroaned for seven hundred years, which has so
prievously crushed the moral, intellectual. aud
patriotic feelings Of fine and generous PEG
p,e. Let her stretch forth the hand of recon
cialition; and, declaring oblivion OF the past,
treat, with the kindness Of friends, those whom
she has heretofore waite he'd and dis,rusted as
enemies. Let her but Try this grand expert
ment, and, my life on it, better, Drawer, more
intelligent. faithful and loyal subjects, than her
Erins, she will not have, in all her widely ex
tended realms. Let but the Irshman rise To
the dignity Of civil and religious freedom, and
he viii snow TO the world his "generous ma
ture." Let england, then, granite her sister isle
those rights which he has bestowed upon oth'
er subjects, surely not more deserving OF them,
and she may Withdraw her armies, for victory
is wou-a victory greater than her Waterloo
she wins the hearts Of Irishmen. (Ch"ers)
Mr. Gusts concluded his address by observ>
ing, that he hoped, at future meetings, to see
this Hall crowded by Americans. It was not
remarkable thai Irishmen and their descend
ants should be there. They came from motives
Of flial duty and a'lachment-f,om feeling, for
thr wrongs of their native and father ia"G and
a laudable desire to aid in her emancipation.
A lofty mo'i.e should bring Americans 20 our
halls Of mee,ing-a grateful sense Of The ser
vices. sufferngs, and blood OF Irishmen, in the
war Of our Independence, and an earnest and
m anly desire to show TO The world, that, duly
apprecia ing the Blessings OF civil and religious
liberty which, under God, We SO happily ENJOY,
we would wish 10 see them extended TO the
whole family Of man.
Mr.. E! begged leave to conclude BY urging
again his Appeal to Americans, in behalf OF Ire
land. He prayed Of his eountrynen to
Remember poor Ireland; and can you deny her
Shall your old friend, your best friend, your suppliant
suel
She asks not your blood-'tis your gold now will
buy her
Those invaluable rights her Mood once bought for you
And remember. times pressing; for while we're add
visng,
See the bright Sun of Freedom beginning to smile
On Erin's green hills-Oh! let's hail the glad ris-
ing.