Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-11-20


trsdcieJ, that party OF the poce--a party of the
iSd regiment, party of another regiment, distln-
guisbed by Somc other cplicrs of vWl,ar arhnoti-
cian--enhro mob ui magistrates, including one
General (t'uncrol BIrry,) and TO make tho thing
7 complete, one Admiral called Evans, the surveyors
or valuotors, and the Rev. MIR. Gavin, on We'd
"csday, the 9th this month, entered the field Of
person named James Black, parshoner of Wall
town, in the assertion u! thiS illegal clam
"Thcrc was some Tcsstaucc. Nov that rcsis, :.
ancs upon the facts, stated. WAS, in INV delibc.
rate opinion, prricciv legal aud lustih.hle. The
police parsons, army, and magistrates were ac-
cording to the stated ficts, treSpuSsors. Resist
anco wds, therefore, not crime, but . ripht-,he
inherent right of every British subject to maintain
the exclusive possession at hs own frechold-
such right that by which great lords hold thor
estates, and the HING himself holds his crown
~ pom this rcsStancc IT appears, the ma rates
ordered the party of the 43d fire on the unarm
ell people. Tho officer commanding that marry
gaVo no order To fire. Sumo OF tho party Eros
aud ii said ihrt some 10 ~ of tic propi, were
wounded. What is ce'tan is, that four were killed
on the spot. Let us preserve their names; .hey
will IT mistake not exceedingly, be heard of gain
and again.
"Fhe four persons murdered were
al. William Doyle, aged so years, a farmer i'm
good circumstances. He has left :, widow and
five orphans.
"2. Michael Horroga'., a iaborcr, aged %.
"3. James Roche II laborcr, also aged % He
was TO have bCcn married that afternoon
~. Daniel Raglan, hoy, aged Ii.
Yves, there is blood OH the face OF the car,h:-
tho blood of the father, who has left widow To
weep and children to mourn. tbs blood of mas
hood--sirong, bold, and rcso'utc maul,u,i, looking
with confidence To many years Of oN;Stem a. tho
blood o ti,c bctcotod, who bad in his home waiting
tor hin the object of has choice aud his solicitudc:
IN that home to which lie never to return, the
blood Of boyhood, e it's carly drcami, of The pro-
missed yoyS OF dawn ing life; ti,c flower cropped in
/ it's oariy Nav.
"Thcy have been buried, they arc sweltcring in
Their graves! Their funerals were nuaorousy al,
tended, but funeral cry was heard. They we're
buried In sorrow hat IN silence. No mans lament
alton, no wnman's wailing, heard, unless.
when nature yielding to the force Of Sglocarion
mado the mothers heart. as tt wcrc. explode in
wild stream, or tl,c widows single shrek, or the
orphans conclusive s"lbing, broke upon the ear.
They have been buried in silence aud in sorrow.
Men gricVcd over their graves and shed
There was determination, dark, tuc.turn, profound
There we're thoughts of vengeance, and Wild
schemos Of retribution> But no, they shall not
tho survivors shall not be left to wha, has been
called the wild iustics Of revenge: no. if there bc
any real justice to be found upon earth, viii seek
1t for them, nor shall 4, do confidently hope
seek it in
"Rciornlors of Great Britain, place much reli
ancc on you. Will you sutf tho crime 10 pass
with mpunity? VIII you aiow this blood Ia cry
in vain for Justice their slayors uad the authors
OF tks saugh'crt The evidence shall be preserved
for the proper tribunals but it requires the strong
voice OF British indignation and ablorrence OF crime
To enable TO clear The stage Ter sober impartial
and igld Investigation of this blood stained trans
action.
Il insist that the ina gistrate* mi,iiarv and Der
Sous, were trespassers on the lands of DANES Blake
II they were, then the shooting of those engaged
In lawful resistance was murdcr-foul, unnatural
murder. But how is this crime 10 he investigated
without the interpostiou of Parliament, without
the removal OF Lord Augesey and Stanley? I'm
possible. The authority, it seems, came from the
Castle, from the Irish Government. RcCnrners of
t.Tp Hl iSr1rn
bic Us To procure from Parliament Justice
"Why sin uld the British army be employed in
the exaction of tithes2 Why should tithcs be exact
ed to load slnccurist clcrgymnn with wealth? WHY
should tho poorest people the world be compelled
by British bayonots to pay the richest church In the
world Tor the celebration of religious rights in
winch they do not participate, and for spiritual
functions from %hch they darvc one be
eft?
"But, above all, is there 10 be a rigour bevs nd
tho law Tbay ill not sntfcr thor little fields
to DO invaded, the icacc& 10 be broken down.
and their growing grass ard crops To be trampIcd
lcemen!
''Let the landed gcntry IF England, and r.:
the farmers of England, contemplate this new
claim OF clerical domination IL is not less than !
a claim TO enter every mans field in every month !
ia tie year, at least any every day during full
nine mouths in The year-a claim to come and value
every acre of wheat, oats, barley peas, beans, and
grass, az these articles grow. This is claim now |
farmers,
you prepared to alo" this precedent to he establish
ed i'll Ireland? 1t you do SO, believe me that your
own helds VIII soon experience the misccfs with
which it is pregnant.
But |, too, have d;ehurdenod nay heart of SOM, !
OF It's greet 1 ',s slain will not 10 unavengcd if
can procure justice against the perpetrators of |
slaughter from any OF our constituted tribunals
I'm the mean time, Brother Reformors recoIlect
DeSccch you, the fcrociiy with which this Whir
administration treat the people of Ireland. For I
Inc frescht 1 pass over III silence the monstrous
perVcrSon OF the law, Published i'll speech atiri-
Dutcd to Lord Brongham. 1t he made that speech
ne merits impeachment; and whether he shall he
or not lie has shcwn himself TO be dis
honest as statesman, and ignorant, grossly irno-
rant, az a lawyer do not assert that he made
such speech, speak only OF the newspaper pub
licatlon- That publication eynccs all / attribute
TO it,
'Brothcr Reformcrs, it will be my duty TO adj
dress you again The subject OF this letter en-
crosses my present attention, yet cannot avoid
bringing to your notice some of The traits in the
character OF the AnGlesey Stanley Government in
Ireland VIII ch think deserve your deep consider
alton,
"FWst--Tho Anglcscy Government in Ireland
has instituted more prosecutions than any other |
Government THIS unfortunate country 5yer endu /
red.
"Second.--Thc Wings in Ireland have carried
on, and orc carrying on, moro prosecutions against
the press than any Tory Administration whatsoc-
yer; q my to mind, hctc cannot he greater proof
"f tho folly and oppression of any Administration
than the multiplication of prosecutions of the press
"Thrd- Morc human blood has bccn sired in
Ireland III the year and bali of LordsAnnlcsrv's
GoveTo5Rent plan during the last 20 years of tue
Tory Adm'Histrat'0n. Tie distinguishing feature
Of tho Angicsoy 6o"orumcnt is the lrightfil quan-
tiiy Of human blood that has bsen shed during
That Administration. IL may, indeed, be desipnu-
ted as the history Of bleoa.