Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-09-17

Stvs the gold 70 pay with, what inconvenience cah
q Tiae from demanding payment Doghcriy SAYS, tha
the Demand accustomed by your letter caused prices
To fail thirty forty per cent aud he further says,
that general demand would plunge Ireland INTO
''panic, confusion, and anarchy Why: because
the issuers have not the gold to pay wh tor there
can be no other reason. TO be sure they have not;
for ifthey had your letter they would laugh at wen,
then if this be the is 1t not necessary that the
people of ireland should know II? Is 1t not right that
they should be told II By man to which they nave
entrusted their interests And, seeing no hope that
the parliament would remove this danger from Ire
land, 1t not your duty, your bounden duty, TO
warn the people through the only channel open 10
you?
You tell the people. and very truly, that sove
reign may be worth thirty sbiDgs IN paper. 1T may
be worth bushel basket full OF paper; and II an at
TEMPT be made to put out the paper money asain
here, sovereign will be worth hundred pounds
paper. is it tho interest of every man to get
some gold if he can? Canning, IN the rag DEBATE OF
326, said that every ought to have piece OF
gold in his pocket and u fowl in his pot AS to the
fowls and even the eggs, of poor oppressed Ireland,
they to be eaten III England; but, surely, yo"
might be permitted to advise your ccuntrytnen, to
get each "a piece OF gold in his pocket you might
surely be allowed to do this without being accused
of ivan. mischief" and that, too, by Lord Ho-
wick!
When an act is so good as this Of yours, not
to be too astdous with regard 10 the motive. and
especially when there is, as In your case, no attempt
made disguise that motive. In your two speeches,
you plainly enough say that you have been unfairly
treated by the house; hat they cheer all who tack
you and hear with silent dlsdain all that is urged IN
your defence; that both parties dislike you. and that
every resor,ed to for the purpose of destroying
your public character. All this is and you do
not disguise that your gold proclamation arose, ia
part at least, from the reseufu feelings created by
this accumulation of sCorn and contempt Ah.
O'Connell, if you bad followed my advice, and had
observed my example, you would have made them
tremble instead of scott. have lived and been ha D.
py and become famous for ages under treir dead div
iafro h,,fp
My first words to you, under my roof, were these:
"Mr O'Connel, hope you aware that you are
come into hell and that you have Of course, devils
deal with" then oceeded to observe sthat art,
every Establishment you'd be made use of to seducc
you, and that if these faded then every effort would
be made to crush YOU So that the only safe
to keep aloof from them; to set them at defiance;
make up your mind to be hated by them flor hate
you they always wouldl and TO keep the people firm
ly at your back.
! Alas! they succeeded not in corupng bn, in deludng
there Dukes for you dine with; Broughan
for you with; and there Burde the great reoc
OF ALL 10 bait you day after day. sacrafce the 40 shilling
eeholders! Hence all wanerngs from the right path
ansnted ,hem but hcy did surprise Now the object
the people This you last and eore you mh,c
ting shment the false and nsoen naughty crew.
manner that shows YOU TO have done il onS AGO Evr
the Catholic oisarchs who tir solely TO YOU
join with the rest, adding the basest ngratue the
cowardly mai'sny and the most disgusting insolence,
| Do blame you for thus acting your resentment?
| BY no means we ali act In such cases from mixed
motives; self love Is necessary to selfpreservaon
and this necessary to the very eXistaEce of man
kind. Were there resentment there would be ne
justice; the good would be confounded with the bad
fools and knaves would rule the wise and virtuous
and the earth must soon be depuoulated The resent
ment of men of talent has been provided as correct
i've of hautiness, ignorance and Isolence II has fire.
quently corrected tue English mstocracy and in o
remarkable manner, by the American Revolution
which was occasoned by the resentment of two men
OF great talent, Franklin and Pine. Drankn who
| had been printer, was, when The dispute beoan a
postmaster PhIIadeiDhia He1
humby to demonstrate on the part of the colonies;
but icing treated with great insoence and disdan
| by Wedderburn, then Attorney. General. believe
and by the House of Lords he from that day. sonrht
the separation which finally took place At time
| when The dispute had not attained any very great
height Paine induced the colonies to declare them
selves independent Hehad been an EXcseman in En-
gland; he had complained Of his treatment in his dis
tric' he had got redress; he had humbly sought
hearing from the Board of Excise they instruct
ed their clerk to insult him; and away he went to
Philadelphia So clearly was he the great immedi-
ate cause Of the declaration of Independence ,hat
when he published the &nons paper callnp upon
the country to declareit, there special meeting
of their Congress, held to consider of the manner
IN which they should dsavow all intention to do what
lie bad recommended But before the meeting took
place. so loud The general voice for the measure
that instead OF aisarowing, they, when met deter
mined to adopt IT.
Thus was that insoent aristocracy punished. IN
that memorable instance: and now it is that they are
beginning to receive the due reward of their nso-
ence. Paine and Franklin we're animated to the
great deed by motive partly composed of their lust
resentment; they inflicted on haugh;ness and ieno-
rance and nsolencc, the punishment due from talent
and spirit. And did any ever hear me pretend
to be FREQ from this mixture of motive? On the con-
trary, have been constantly avowing it. know
my talent, knoW what is due to me, know the
place allotted me by nature, by industry by knovl
edge by character; and being Kept out of it, resent
tho wrong 1t signifies not whether can or can not
put my finger upon any particular individuals nor do
want to do IL the whole body do me wrong, and
against the whole ] have a right TO direct my re-
sentu,ent in any lawful way, provided nv efforts
tend, besides, to The good Off my country. 1t would
be upjusifiable to pull dows minister, for instance
IT, by pulling him down, yon injured the country. but
ii, IN pulling him down you did good to the country
you will have a right to value your triumph more
highly, If the minister n man who had treated
yon with haughtiness The whole of the olirarobv
have thus treated you; and therefore you are fully
Justified IN making your resentment apart Of the
motive 10 this act. which is clenrl, rood .a1c