Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-08-17
From Late London paper.
MIR. OCONNELI..
NATIONAL UNION OF THE WORKING

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o'clock. He announced to tho meeting that MIR.
iOConnell was expected in few minutes.
MIR. O'CONNELL who was rather behind his
t'mc, begged to delay a little longer tho regular
march of the days proceedings, until no had apol-
ogized for his want of cxactness. The fact was,
that his coachman had the misfortune Of being an
| irishman, and WAS consequently liable to strange
bulls; the present OF his coach"'an was rather
strange ono--it seemed done through malice pre-
pense-for VIXEN he Mr.. O'Conuelll expected To
find himsclfn Red Ion-square, or thsreabouts, he
found himself in Smitlfeld. His coachman being
accustomed to drive him to the great cattle market
OF ST. Stephens, very naturally supposed that his
business to day lay in the cattle of tho East,
and drove him th,ther accordingly, tlaughtcr.]
| The CHAIRMAN expressed his sence Of the hon.
or that had been conferred upon him by choosing
him their President, IL for the present sit
ting. He had the pleasure OF meeting friend
| O'Cunncll before now; ho had met him in Ireland
| when he was aCitatlug Catholic Emancpa md
from what he saw of him there !c sure that he
was now come among them To agitate on as Just
grounds as he did thcn. Success would attend his
present agitation he was appealing from tribu.
nal to anothcr-!ie was appealing from the Repre-
sentatves of the people to tho people themselves
! lilo seeking assistance from tho fountain head
of all--from the people. 1t would, however, be
better TO allow the great advocate of his country's
liberties toplcad for himself; tho world know how
ably he could do
Mr.. CARPENTER: 1t would DO highly prc
| sumptuous and indccorous in him to dctain the
meeting for single instant. However, he was
sure that there was not q heart present that did
not painfully palpitate for tho insulted and lace
rated people of Ireland; there not heart pre-
sent that did not burn with indignation at tho n
trocious wrong done to Ireland in that measure
which is mscalled the Irish Reform Bill. Though,
he II 'd much to say this most interesting sub
Ject, Inc would Tor tho present refrain, and code
the place to the Great Representative of the Irish
people [chccrs.l Mr. G.. then moved the first re-
solution, which was, that gross injustice had boon
! done to Ireland, and that in consideration of the
| of Inc itv fIpr,
measure an iota short of that which was given to
England, should be given 10 Ireland.
| MIR. ROGERS said that it matter of duty
with him to second this Resolution, and for this
| reason, that at n time when hopes and fears
were nearly balanced on the subject OF Reform the
Political Unions were aware of what consequence
the Irish Members were. He moved then that
they would waive their claims until the English
Bill had passed, and they had the patriotism to put
IN practice tho suggestions of his Resolution On
seeing such disipteresteJ conduct then on the
part OF the Irish Members he had come to a mem
tai determination not TO neglect any opportunity of
aiding Ireland to place herself on the same footing
with England.
Mr. O'CONNELL then presented himself, and
was received with great cheering. lie said his
friend the Alderman (who by tho bye, was the
peoples Aldcrman aud not Il hole. and corner one)
was mistaken when he stated that Inc Mr. O'Con-
nelD was seeking Catholic eman cipation, when the
Alderman was at w Waterford. Ii was not Catholic
Emancipation, but II was universal religious free
dom and liberty of conscience that he was seeking
lcheers;l and as proof that that really was the
| motive of the Catholics, he thanked G. ID that be-
fore they succeeded for themselves they for
tunate enough to be able to establish the Protestant
Disorders in their long withheld rights Iappiauscl
lie would now tell them what he had come among
them tor:-fle had come among them in the first
place, to rejoice with them: the English Reform
Bill was law liz Swiss had been turned out of the
House OF Commons a laugh;l and they would now
DO able 10 follow honest livelihood, if their ha-
h,S woaa allow them TO do so; though he was
atrnd nat they had long boon dipping their
bands IN t'e pockets of the people. ia. that was
almost impossible [cheers aud iSUg u.cr. Fcr,perly
'Sattpu and Old Sarum had sent many members
30 farIrament az London; Bctching'v and Midhurst
had sent az many Wcstmins ler .titd Southwark
too long had these things been borne; and he would
tell the English people tliatbut that they have of
late most gloriousy redeemed their characterize |
would cry shame OH them for having been patient |
50 long. He begged, however, to do full Justice to
the English nation, which, through every page of
It's history, had shown its magnanimity. He had |
not forgotten tn SSiceds of Englisllmcn at Cressy
folctIers, and Agncourt, when they had no foreign
allies, no assistant Butchers to aid them in their
Victories no had not forgotten how they had freed
themselves from the despotism of insolent Kings,
and the tyranny of Iron Barons he had not forgot
ten that oae of those Kings had dared to lift his
hand against the people, and that the people, in
ply, had rolled tho head above those hands all reek
ing IN the dust; lie had not forgotten that another
OF those Kings had been dismissed from the coun-
try for attempting to NEEDLE with the consciences
lie on the continent lc!,ecrs But though he re-
mcmbcrcd all these things to the praise of the Eng
lish nation, IL could not he denied that ohm Bull
had occasionally allowed himself to be swindled
laughter and applause. The Wings had been |
one OF those roguish cabals from which the peo-
pie lad suffered hear, hear! they had been so
good as to bestow National Debt and Scptennial
flrllnents on England, and all the horrors of a
renal Code on Ireland, (hear, hear. The tories
had done their share; they had carried an extern
sive war, and system of bribery, TO the extent of
carrying 1t homo almost to every mans pocket
until at length the nation positively had no more
to give. But, thank God, Reform had at length
arrived and only let it be carried into effect in the
spirit III which 1T was generated, a cheap Govern
Thcnt and tree institutions must be the inevitable
consequence continued cheers.l And by gyhom
had this reform been resisted? BY trading Lords
whose articles OF commerce was rotten borourhs
ana sanc'iicd hypocritos Uheir nominecs,) who,
Whlie their eyes were turned beavcnward, were
syly diving their fingers deeper and deeper into the
pockets OF the nation laughter and cheersl His
own principle was that every 1T the State
ought 10 have Il vote unless tainted with crime. mr.
bieinshcd with insanity tcheers; but still he was
quite ready to accept the English Reform Bill be-
cause he could perceive that tie Constitution was
IKE the oak of the forest-tho growth of ccntu-
IlcSi ana THAT there was nothing that required ii
hurried traverse from ono extremity to the other
Mr. Barring, however, dTeadtully afraid
Though he was not OF This Bill; and Inc had nctu
ally introduced Il measure to prevent the people
swudlCrs 10 Parliament. AS long as
the Lords returned the Members, there was no
danger of their being swinde.s.' quo.h Mr. Barring;
Ia laugh but in his Mr. O'Connoljs) opinion there
was much greater probability Of n Lord
returning a swiuder than tho people; for who
so Sit a swinder to do the dirty work of
lIordl while the object Of the nation would he tn
choose an honest man; cheorsl This part of the
question reminded him of Scotch Member, who
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