Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-04-16

resort To the lcomanry. the source Of much dis
scnslon and hoSnshcd. The unhappy Catholics OH !
many occasions, had led TO the protection OF the !
army from thu persc .,IOns OF the ycomanty. He |
also mriored the Noble Chancellor OF the EXche- |
puer by the high character he had maintained,
anu which, no doubt. lie VIII continue ualut ain.
not to be- led away by the misiniormatiou he might
OBTAIN from Ireland, which was given by those who
ONLY Visited her shores for hour, aud returned To
hngIand 10 vapour aganSt Keeping up religious dts
uhctiohs KS lie had sand before, he would vote for
any increase OF the Kings troops, II It would render
needless the re- 'Pmpmen, and organ 1a'IOn of the
Ncohanry Already JsSrn,iCns rcvvlng. in
cons qucncc OF the etcuiultiun of Government IN
tins respect aud h. solrnulv assured The House tina,
o'hng was more calculated keep up distinctions
between sect and party. rne announcement, that
the ycomanry tn be called out, was ot doletul
omen to Ireland, aud caculltcd 10 produce tile most
cilamltouS results.
/ Mr Sidnicy-l am sure that the house will not be
influenced IN its decision by any personal fociug it
may entertain OF the houourab.c member for Water
ford am certain also of this, that the speech he
has uttered. aud the sentiments 1t contains, would
justify ministers III proposing larger increase Of
force than they hope will be necessary to preserve
the tranquility oil Ireland. At all events have
the hen.ht. II benefit II be, of his opinion. that
augmentation Of the regular army Is desirable III
preference to the ycumanry. The honourablr
Der said thrt lie has spoken OF me elsewhere IN 9th
or terms than those he has venturcd to use here.
J Mr.. O'Conneii-! said that had so spoken pF
persons filing the Office held by the right honora-
bic gentleman ['no no!'l I Will tell the house ut
once, that III alluSlon to !udlcrous story, called
them Shave bcggars.
! Mr.. Staniey-lnt the Irish newspapers have
reports which gave me ceason TO think what indeed
did not doubt betore-that man better accom-
modatcs himself to the character OF his audience
than the learned member for Waterford [hear. hear
No Two persons could be more different than the
learned member for Waterford addressing the
House cf Commons, and the individual who bears
his namo in Ireland. for | hardly suppose it
tho same man hear, hear, hraIl aglta;mg and
cuurtIug the most sweet voices" Of the rabbc OF
Ireland [mucb cheering Whatever may be his
conduct IN other places, to me III this house he APP
pears III no other light than the member for
W2tcrfosG | sha view MS conduct 20 ma IN his
place with no political luminosity arising ont ct past
tranSac Ind without cCu1cSCrudng to no ,or
what may have occurred elsewhere, or the sbayc-
bcggar abuse which he addressed to the ,n,bs =,
Dublin loud cheering To hSrr 80 an cyn-cssion
from The Hon. member I'm eff fan cyorcssnr ON,
P'oyrd III th- house; and thereilc liable 10 no OK
c'pNnl VIC car tri;t to the returning good sense a.
, A. peoN'-,,' the wealth, espectabIlly, aud in
hnen''' OF The well disposed, N Oppost on to The
, s'!er,cs OF the learned member for Waterford and
N support Of the Constitution, and I will say, oil
e the liberties of his country Thear, hear heart
h NJ Beaumont thought It of no use for the
d honorable and gallant member to say that he wish
ed to sec .hc country i'll better condition, if hc
would not help TO place il there. The honorable anc
gallant member had liked what there was in the
,, state of the country which called for uddtCna
: troops but he need not look far tor answer. for
there an honorable and learned gentlemen sitting
near h M who he'd said that if he raised his rrnh
hand he could put the people state of rebellion
Il la murmur IN the House, during which Mr O'Cun
neil made some observations winch did reach the
D, gallery i he hadrIsed too strong exp esston
liz sorry for II; but the honorable and learned
member had been told before .hen that his .prechcs
which began with peace, ended with scdton. Thai
y Ia his (Mr Beaumonts) opinion also, and that wa,
n enc of the reasons why Tie army estimates ere
r what thOy 1t long since the Spe
cial Commissions had tcrnlinatpd; and tho stare ,
n "a pI fDr
attention, that lie CUuld not unders tand VII,
the honorable and gallant member should have beer
at Il ots for tho motives that h-d induced the Gov
crimcnt TO increase the uumbGV OF troops.
: Mr. OCOngcU would not have traso4ssni ou th,,
time Of the committee, had not been Tor the c,:
D tra"rdmary attack in the extraordinary speech
: which they had just heard. The honorable gcntle
man had commenced with an attack on the gallant
g officer VINO had preceded him. and had then pro
csttsd 10 show his perfect knowledge of the state
ofthc connlry, after which he had best wed his 1cct
Of dissppTobation OIL him tAIr OConnelO He
however, begged TO invite tho houoraL, rcn
tleman to continue that Interpretations for, aitsI
the specimen lie had gwen of his Indictment aud
intellect, he thought that that must be much pre-
ieraDIe TO his applause = Hear, hear The
honorable gentleman had SAID, ihat Tie state
OF Ireland required an augmentation of the
aTDy-that the state of England required an
nuaihen'aticn-that the state OF France required
al auamentatlon~-and that above all, the state OF
lSuss!a required an augmentation Of the army -
And after all this. the number raised was 1000.
; to fight Russia, France, England, and Ireland
Never had any mountain been so completely IN
.a0onr TO produce mouse, as this army of the
honorable GentIeman of 900 men who Inc suopos
ed were TO march To BfentfoGd and back opan-
but the honorable gentleman had uao bceu
pleased to attribute 10 hun What he called the
Rebellion IN Ireland. There was no lancua. re
consistent with the rules OF That Ilousc suiIi
c'niIy strong 10 rcpudIatc tie foul culumny.
winch was as airOciOus as had ever been utter
ed by any man. The hororaJIe gentleman
might talk Of peace. but he Mr. O.ConncIn nr,c.
hsedt laughter. and heari lie knew that tina; vOul,,
Beta ready cheer. lie belonged to the most wretch
ell aud miserable country in the VOL Id aud II had
said in another place, that famine mus; visit il period
icaly. But vas 1t the hand of Providence tia, lad
DRIED II UP; and made 1t baTcni-No, it was the mos
eFie OF lands, and only owed its present condition to
i.c misery that bad been imposed upon il. Had the
won Sehcmtn thought proper to show any approach
e. 10 rebellion, u would have been easy to thtow il
asiIci nut amid the idle tissue in which the charge
had hecn presented, he would only meet il with a
Posuve-hc would not say with q contemptuous--de