Daily Richmond Whig & public advertiser. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1833-1840, 1833-04-03

bending and prosecuting . vioiator Of The pub,ie
peace. TO punish him on the spot with death, was
10 gross and horrible outrage. Nothing could be
more dangerous than the army Of yeosnanry in
Ireland;-it tended 10 the increase of crime-
Now. though crime had increased in Ireland. IL
had not arrived at is acme. II had been restrain.
ed by the strenuous advice of the illuminated sri
tators. Tho armed yeomanry had. however been
increased from twenty two thousand to thirty. one
thous and. And Whist had since hapnenedf That
tho Catholic population in the north Of Ireland had
armed themselves. The country was in conse-
quence 4 volcano. tremendous force was pre-
pared to enter upon servile war. Tho Catholics
were adopting this measure in their own defence.
do was ready TO mention to his Msjcsiy's Minis.
tiers the name Of n Magistrate, who, in the course
Of last week. had seen secret meeting of a
thousand Catholic peasantry, well armed, in tho
north OF Ireland. This disposition was spreading,
and would spread widely. How did his Majesty's
Government meet this cvil1 BY going on with the
system which had created III b. demanding greater
r PowersI Did they think that any powers they
could obtain would meet such cvli Did thoy
thinh that any act Of Parliament would have the
elect OF dissolving the secret meetings to which
he had been adverting7 Did they think that the
Catholic pcasantry would DO induced, BY any mo-
nsy, by any temptation, to betray their cause1-
ihey demanded power 10 put end 10 these evils
and they prevented the agitators from putting an
END 10 them, and from restoring peace and happi-
ness 10 Ireland. He scorned 10 ask the House to
disoeIeve the calumnes hen ped upon the agitators
IN ireland; but this he would tell thcm-that they
gh gag those agitators with thor Algerine acts
,hey might send them 10 prison by suspc ndng the
habeas corpus-hey might shed their blood on the
scansd-under that scaffold the Catholic ne asa ntry
would assemble, AZ they were already assembling
IN .ns norm OF Ireland and would prepare tn
gage IN n scrvile way OF the most dreadful chnrac-
Ter. revolution would be effected; not a M II
revolution, not political revolution, but sw ord
revolution. In the mean time, what were his Ma
) lJesty's Government doing7 Endeav orinp To I'M,
down public in Irela HI
ing taken place in that country half SO num-rou.
as the meeting at Birmingham With one EXCEPT,
ion' there had not been single breach of the pub
, lie peace ut those meetings. Yet against those
Peaceable meetings his Majesty's Government had
= commenced a crusade.
He would ask tho honorable Member who ,c-
conded the address with a modesty of manner
which did him grea; credit, whsther he really
thought more power ought to be given to men who
"au SHOWN 80 moch anxiety TO suppress meetings
) NJ which thepq had been no violation of law-at
which no assault had been commitied-but which
mao qufety separated, on being required TO do sol
lie would venture to express his perfect conviction
Thai II the honorable gentleman whom he alluded
[ knew Ireland rs well as he, MIR. OConnell knew
II, that honorable Gentleman would be an infni,eIv
1 stronger agitstor than he, Mr.. O'C was Although
no knew II was IN many cases absurd TO saw most
noe, propfer hoe; yet it was an undoubted fact,
4 that whenever agitation ceased in Ireland, crime
mad extended itself-and that whenever agitation
was extended, crime had decreased. Some great and
crying grievances in Ireland remained to be cnumc
rated Was the Vestry Cess no grievance7 Wa. il no
grievance that scveniy.ive Protestants in parish
should have the power Of furnishing by taxation
: twelve thousand Caiholicsi Was il no grievance
that tho Catholic inhabitants of parish ten miles
L from Waterford, in which Lord Ducannon was the
only Protestant resident, should bo thus treated
In the Parish OF st. Andrews, in Dublin, the Pro.
testant Vestry had made an additional allows nee
r OF f3OO yuar TO two Protestant curates. This
was violation of the law; and the order TO that
u effect having been brought before the Court of
hing's Bench, was quashed. But what was the
resultf That Al the next Vestry a rate was levied
on the parish for the payment .f the cost of the
trial. and tie order for the allowance was repeated
v mus the matter remained; the Catholc parish.
S toner's finding that it would be less expensive Il
consent to the illegal'y than TO dispute It, Such
@ were the acts which his Maiesy's Government re-
n CURED additional powers TO enforce Let them
hrst do justice. Why should the Catholics be
: compelled 70 pay Protestant eiergyr why should
n me catholics DO compelled to build Protestant
:, churchesl Before the ascendaney of tn, Protest
ants IN Ireland, there a super Abundance Of
churcnes IN that country; but the Protcstants had
/ sold them, or let them 70 TO ruin; and now tbev
call upon the Catholics TO repair the CONSEQUENCE
oil their neglect or misconduct Was there any
agitation equal to this1 Look at the temporaIi,ics
OF the Church, and say if any thing could be moro
lnons'fous-ii any effect of agitation could be so
Pernicious as this sys:emi The living of the bro
c ther inlaw of Earl Grey had been estimated IN
y BRING IN nearly ESQ, 600 annually; there were
9oDoo acres of ground belonging to II, Was thi,
I Pad ny members OF the Church Of England Ihsar,
oiI NO. me fresbyierian and the Catholic
worshippers in different form, were comp.led
oy TINS most monstrous system 10 nav this divine
hey were eight millions, and there were onr mil
lion oil Protestants; al least il was said so we'll
mere might be one Million but he did not believe
was u 10 be borne that they were TINS tn no ira,
2 ed' What he wanted to know was this-vns IN.
I cburch 10 be cut down loud cries Of hear,1 They
weso ngtatofs, II was said, but their agitation wa
OF clear character-it was Of different sort 10
Inat "hch was the real source of the distress and
the INSTRUMENTATION and the what not He did moi
know that il was distinguished by two cnnnl.,,.
near, hear,I or by troops to cut down the peopIe
, Force was the cry. THIS had ever been The C.
vernment conduct. For forty years. let il be re.
, momoefed' force had been increasingly talked of
TO scotland; but Scotch broadswords wero nm
shoathed-Scetchmen knew their rirhts-tbsv raj
, hed-they united-thcy strugglcd-and thew sue
ceeded tchcersl lie did not ask for supremaov.
ne wanted no supremacy then, and if talked Of
hereafter, he would resist il fhear,;l but bo did
strongly contend against the present unfair and
harTassIng system. and insisted on its abolition
. lhear!'J-Dis not the Ministers promise il fbear
near Then Let them do il. tie (Mr. O-ConncID
wanted TO know, were tithes to continue thoar.
hear'iI ne wanted TO know was there any thing in
agitation so vicious as that sy,tom7 The Turks
even' ctuel and harsh as they wore despisod sur n
oppression towards the Greeks they never insisted
on the support Of the Mahometan faith. The
s".s'eIS' however, OF England were worse tina n
INC turks l'e meant to dotain the House a little
longer on the subject Of abseptecism-When
speaking OF crime, he wished thry would look 10
sbseniovisrn--is the rents that we're constantly
going out OF The sountry. Would they litrato
mat lie would tell them they could not. Did
ministers wish TO push them On 10 A scrvilo war:
would they compel them, with the dsyot,sn Of
ranIkiand' to join criminals because greater eri.
tnlnals were arrayed sgainst theIn1 They call out
force" Why not begn1 WHY not postpons tho
.hfcat and do Justice to ireland; and then, IL nr
;e''on genllnued' " characterization shove ed itself
N midnight plumber and Outrage. cali o,, Cor
Ioree" Wait for this-try il, and then, If il fail.
co. take TIC excuse, and no would support tho rrv
: near, hear! lie wanted nothing but Justice for
~ ana justice this country had never render
ga 10 her. That speech which had been delivered
was prototype Of ono in the reign oS T.l;lsb,,b
when RsIeirh slanrhinrna A.. r ~ ~