Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-08-17

Ireland, hc did not ask more for that country than
no d,d Tor England; but surely he had RICH, to
ask Tor as much Icheersl. One of tho great nryu
ment used against admitting the Catholics i'm Par
lament was that the PuPists were addicted to dos.
potism In laugh:l lie was proud to saw th,,
there were now ten Catholic Members for ireland
IN tho House; and he would ask that Meetiny
had any one Of those ten ever given 4, ,l;,h,nns,
vote! lchcers. But the fact was, that those WHO
opposed tho Catholics knew that unless they hood
winkcd John Bull they had change of CARVING
their point; and the Meeting might rcly unoy ~
that u was not the despotisn of the Pon;st. th,,
tncsa conservatives were SO much afraid of az
."at the catholics might teach the Protcstants to
talk a h','c about the necessity of paying Church.
men Tor DONG nothing tcheers These over rclir;
GUS gentlemen had IN eye behind them, with which
they were looking at the 100000 green ncrcs
which they say belonged to the Church. but which
hc SAID belonged to tho people [cheersl This ne
w1uio ooid'y say that no Administration had ever
behaved SO i'll to Ireland as this Whiy Admin;s,r,
ton hear, hear!]. Lord Anglesoa was the Lord
Lieutenant. Now, in the first place he hated all
m'i'tnry commanders-cven the virtues of Napo
icon nad been utterly absorbed and swampcd by
nus military power. Blu: Lord Anglesca in nrc
sentng petition from Dublin, in November lS3O
against proclamation issued by the Duke of Nor
cumberland, wrote word to the Secretary OF tho
society from which it came, that no proclamations
against public meetings should ever be issucd NV
him, it he were Lord Lieutenant Two month.
after hc became Lord Lieutenant, one of his
hrst acts was to issue similar proclamation
lhear, hear Another of the acts of the
present Government was to propose n R;il for
putting down all professions i'm Ireland: hut this
should not be done with impunty while he held
scat IN Parliament. Another of their acts was on
the appointment of twenty one stipendary Magis.
tratcs, TO take especial care to omit all Catholics
whatever. He repeated, no had right 10 claim
Tor Ireland similar Bill of Reform. 1t was a So
Tenn duty cvcn he was, as it were, an Irish High
lander; he was born tho brink of n roaring
mountain torrent, in the sight of the mighty At
That tb,t,
waited to him tho fragrance of American liberty
mat breeze refreshed him during his Juvenile sports
or early studies. In his early youth, among the
rocks OF his native Kerry, he vowed eternal de- |
votion, incorrurtible fidelity to Ireland No one
could tell how deeply he loved that gay but opprcss-
ed people, upon whose hospitabo threshold the |
run OF charity was forever shining! Coull lie them
with all these recollcctions, with all this love for
ireland, demand less for her than that which nc |
had assisted in obtaining for England The hon. |
and learned gentleman then went into a history of
the prosecution instituted against him for dsobey-
ing the proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant; and
expressed his determination to disobcy every such |
proclamation that the Government shoul, venture |
10 1888 lie must repeat over and over again that
he was tho best abused man alive. The Wings had |
IN their pay in Ireland, five newspapers that !
made their fortune by eliminating and libelnp |
HIM. lie had but one protection from their caluml-
nios--that was his consistency and character. From |
every new attack he more innocent tlan ever |
The more he was libelied tho better. He relied up
ing forward The Protestant Vaudos, and the de-
graded negro, will be witnesses of his zeal for man.
Kind But short time back there was n special
commission of marlborough, for the purpose of try
ing some poor Catholics. On every former occa-
sion the jury composed of half of Catholics
and the remainder Observation-Disclosures OIL this
three Catholics only wore placed on the panel; one
was SICK another absent and the third they struck
OIL lshame!J Throughout the whole administration
oil tho affairs OF lrclanda most unjust Preference
was given to the enemies of the people. There
were few in this meeting that had not heard of Tom
Steele that excellent, that ETHEREAL fellow whose
time was now spent in visiting and aiding those who
were laboring under attacks of cholera. Well this
honest fellow, Steele, was so indignant al Wing shut
fling, that he wrote up publicly in Dublin, "Anelc-
Sey' INC mar mus ne must confess, not pO-
te and he should be sorry TO be guilty of such rude
ness towards that pride of modern chvalrVS I..-lc
sey llaughter) The Wings are now initiating Ton,
Steele, for they are III all places posing. Wei
h"gton, the liar" But look TO the men the e >,
are putting IN otlce-look TO the Chief Barot of |
the exchequer--iook to-bul the fact u.s. thai. To-
rIes fill yet all the places in Ireland If there was
any thing that distinguishes the Wings, it was
heir continual system of packing juries
Nothing was more horrible. Who did not feel
disgust at the idea of aloaded die? Was not the
packing of juries Thousand times worse than
The loaded die! The conduct of tho Wings to-
wards the Orangomen was consistent with every
other part OF their behavor they found the Orange.
men IL thousand strong, but they soon increased
them to $4,000, furnishing them besides with arms!
and yet Stanley came forward the night before last
to make an attempt at putting down the Orangemen
ana all professions with banners Gentlemen do you
yet understand the Wings? l think you are bepin |
ming to do He should support the Orangemen, if
prosecuted by the Wings, and should take good care
to put an end to playing off against one another
Why did lie mention this but to show that if the |
irish Members consulted only their wrongs, if thew
consulted their sense of Indignation, if thew con-
suited their outraged and nsultcd feelings whv
they would have refused to aid the Reformers of |
England till they had made terms for their own |
rountrymen [hear!l But they did not act thus
cheers They claimed no merit for the course |
hey took. The liberty, the happiness, the free |
iom of England was in their hands, and they
1suld have been the basest of slaves had thew not
aired their voices for hor emancipation Applause
When the first Bill brought in, there was a |
majority of English, Welsh, and Scotch Members !
gainst the Bill, yet the second reading car |
iceland why? There "a majority of Irish |
Members IN Its favor, which counterbalanccd the |
opposing majorltes of the other countries. When
Inc Ministry compelled to resort to new
SECTION, how did the Irish people act7 There
yero eighteen close Boroughs in ireland; seven
more were under the influence of pounds, shngs,
mi pence; so that the Irish people had the choice |
If seventy-fvc Members only; and out of those
twenty-five they returned sixty eight thorough
fifty or sixty of them attended night
lcr night, month after month, at an equal c. pense
If time and health; they listened patiently to the
arcastic ingenuity of Croker, the legal chicanery
II Sugdcn, the botheratqn of Wetherell;-night
liter night did they hear IL all; they voted for The
coPlc of England, and their votes ensured their
riumph [grcnt chcering.l lie wanted to restore
lie forty-shilling freeholders, who were deprived
If their rights i'll 1929. There was u class of for
y-shng ireGholders in Ireland unknown to Eng.
and-men who rented farms at rack. rents Of hf
y or sixty pounds per annun, but who, by swear
ng TO profit of forty shilliDgs, became voters
such frcchOldors would necessarily be supposed to
&c under the influence of their landlords. Yet,