Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-09


lips, his speeches have tended to excite the feeling that
as long Ireland subject foreign yoke there is no
nope Tor her happiness no chance for her peace pos
Shty oil her elevation nom her debased and dee
state, and hat In the repeal of the Union alone can she
nope Tor these advantages, and shake oil these evils and
that IN hccirg herself from Saxon dominion was TO be
ouhd her only hope Tor peace, tranquility and happine
say that alter all this, well he surprised TO he
such speech that which has fallen from the Learned
Gentleman Especially when come here ask him TO
meet MS before the assembled Parliament oil Great Bri
tain Nud ireland upon this question OF repeal and we
say, hat with all The powers OF the Government and
WIN all the energies OF the people, without which the
Government would he nothing-hs panacea is one we
VIII resist to the death cloud cheering and cries of Bravo
~ tlie House, Of the persons i'm the gaerv verc
ors'hng ic applaud, but were Instantly checked by the
"lnceis) tell him, that is one which, as the death
now OF the empire we will resiswe will do So as we
wish to strengthen that empire home and ahroad-as
We wish Tor united councils and ererpscsand as we
wish, that whenever called on 10 exercise our
strength we may bring into operation the united strength
ni great empire As wish for each and all of these
things, and vowing. do the Repeal as the death
hl0w 10 the peace the strength and the sccuriv oC Tho
uh,ed Empire, we should be traitors our country it,
with every means which the power resources of this
great country affords, did say we will have no
lon (CheerSO When we call on the Learned Moub.r
70 meet us on This subject no addresses his
nose WITHIN than to those without the house (ear)
lie makes the usual declarations that the statement nj
the evils OF Ireland listened to with mpaticnce though
nothing can be more convncingly negaved than s hat
statement 10y the patience with which the house has lis
tened cot he tells us OF a course of Injustice he char
geS us WIN Indifference in looking the state of Ireland
ton OF which the Government have announced Their in
,ehhon to meet and destroy. No Order. Feeling that
ne was without support knowing that he had not in his
favor any test Of public opinion the voices of the
Jory of the Members for ireland were not with him, h
question has been evaded from first last; and he who
was wlthin IL months to have Parliament i'm Colleoo
green does not venture, when the question proposed IN
him, TO grapple with it in the Legislative Assemble NJ
Great Britain Hear, and cheers) shall endcivor
now shortly to follow the Hon. and Learned Gentleman
IN the charges he has made hut must first be ,o,yoJ
10 say MAT there are some which have with no great
grace from him as an lrishman, Catholic or as
an ihdNhu! as to the neglect with which the Catholics
OF Ireland have been treated He will so far 90 viii
me as 10 admit The accuracy Of that portion of the speecb
which describes the increase OF crime and The inscrr
OF NE ana property There has been an increase of bur
gaIleS OF rohhereS and of murders will not real th
catalogue, Tor viii not ask you TO believe even thai
wh"h Is oW'i'I'y reported TO the constituted authorities
en"o'' however omit TO point out two counties
IN witch The system OF agitation first commenced in which
!, mas not Fc' put down by any extreme application o
NE law, ana IN witch agitation prevails 10 the l.
lest extent; and call the attention of the Hons. IN u
enumeration ann about 10 make. The two counties are
Kilkenny and the Queens county I'm KiIkenn, I
"Hhh 'hc last IL months, there have hecn 81 murders
ana attempts to MURDER 81 hurnnCs, SIG bury,r 36
VSo houE"S oil cattle, aud the number of illegal noti-
ces anu violent and serious assaults (bv which mean
attended WIN danger 10 lie and nb has been 10
Ia the other county One Queens County, The nup,bcr
mas D'ch eve" more. There have been 90 murders or
"VmPs TO murder; hurglares GIG; malicious Injuries IN
property ll5 and serious assaults upon nviInsI ooo
have made ont this catalogue, which behave too breC
~ oeaIs ont the position i'll his Maesys Speech which
mas not been denied by the learned gcneman hmself or
the fearful increase OF crime in Ireland; and viii now
o"y "n one clrcnnstancehat this list formidable as
- toh'1S Out small portion OF those acts OF violence
" nv" nave actually been committed. These are only
Nose which have been represented TO the Police. o
Unred rewards, amounting to 1000, have been offer
edO y The Governments and of these two only have heen
claimed So complete is the system of disorganiz,,on
SO fearful rs the discipline of these marauders-so exep
ave tne connection OF these disurbers OF the public
peace mat the victims dare complain; thew are com
"@ad '"ey'intve uetrr aravrtu s,1Uni ,imtntIv u
"'thout nurmur TO the commands OF those whom they
know TO have the of death their Ia nds and whom
can qualify with no lighter term than that of insurgents
his Is the state Of things in Ireland il state i'm which
we can say mat The law is respected? feared almos,
thd we should be tainted by those who in h, House
last year. accused OF supneness and that thev shou
now charge the Government with not having used with
severity the powers they POSSESSED II that is
duit we must acknowledge ourselves guilty we were
wiling to trust to the law--lo hope tha it was ade
qua'e TO It's purposes and knowing the evils-the per-
Ps.u' uiS'oidS occ"sioned by a Government going
"ey""u ue law, we wished not, till the last cxtre
hiy, TO call Tor extraordinary powers Bu pIaced
a. "e are, even taking tie description of the Learned
Member himself the OF The Catholic
"a description he has sudiousy put FORTH and in which
he represents that population armed, and ready to en-
Ter INTO ser'ile war-(liear, from MIR. OConneID-aI
description which lac allirms by his cheer; but
Notwithstanding which, he tells us that we ought not to
come down 10 ak Parliament Tor powers 10 suppress
lheSe disorders all Parliament has reneded oi course
70 MS sd'iSIhchOn-(A lausb)-all those grievances
OF which he complains Why, Sir, these grievances
are too deeply seated 10 he remcded by one act of anv
Legislature, however willingly disposed TO do so HEAR
nut on are called on TO remedy these grievances are
you TO hc called on 10 do under the terror of civil
Wheh lie threatened property insecure and anarchy
prevails, qualified only by the desposm OF some gesty
ed liberal cloud Cheers) To call on the British Paris,
mcnt to remedy grievances this state of things is not
cahng on them 10 egislae, but crouch in submission
(hear, hear) The Learned Member has said that he
hd DC satisfied with promise Of redress OF grie :ances
ana mat II that promise is -c he shall not refuse *
traord'haiy powers In the customary OF speech
II T. not possible for his Majesty to point out more clear
~ The grievances under which Ireland suffers But has
she suffered IRON these under the Union only? Are thcv
eVs OF yesterday: Have they been inflicted by the En-.
ghsh Par lament alone? Were there no COMPLAINS M
dl,tuib1nces when domestic legislature swayed the
power OF government IN ireland? (IIear, bear) Were
none oil these evils originated by legislature corrupted
perhaps by England, and ruled by her powers and com
PeHeI 10 yield obedience TO her authority but existing in
all the VIgor OF nnCicd independence Let the task oC
a remedy he Undertaken by British Legislature not
governed, however, by those party feelings which the
ply with which he addresses this House Lei the care
oil this Parliament be 10 examine substantive grievances
10 remedy real complaints bot let them do this with now
or III 'heF hands and let them amend the laws only while
my OSs'ss ue power oil controlling those who live IN
der Hi~n, and while the laws are obeyed so Iono 40
lhcy are IN existence. (Hear, hear) The Honorable
"ehtcnan who spoke last, told us an anecdote which
eNc''en mucn laughter among honorable members
but Whch u looked az seriously, is calculated to excite
ccIBSol he deepest compassion, and TO produce clear
England must be put forth for the protection of lie su
Jects (Hcdr, hedr) Can Parliament hear with iudiCer
ehce thft clergyman, amabe man. has had his pro-
perry attacked his peace disturbed the happiness and Sc
curry OF his family destroyed, and all this not on the
charge OF endeayonng force beyond the law the rbs
10 which by law he was endled-not even or nressino
Tor 'ha which the law would afford him-but on the con-
udy, "cr having eHered the utmost bene Violence and
aeI having devoted one halt Of his income in relieving
ov Poo adrn' the evils Of The system Of dhes no,y