Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-10-01
"sCENESINLONDON."


The snbioined letter from Ger. Hamilton, Of
South Carolina to the Edno, Of the Richmond .
enquirer. give, a fol and somcwha, interesting ac
count Of HE recent " affair." between Mr. Steven
SON. our Minister 10 Great Britain, aud Daniel o. /
Connc Esq. the "Great AgDtatot OF llcldnd,' aud
Slandcrcf- General ofthe human raoe:
FTop,tic Richmond Enquirer.
MR.. STEVENSON AND MR.. OCONNELL. .
"LoSG's IlortL, EovnoN, Aug. 18Th 1888.
DIAN SiR-knowne the deep interest winch You
feel IN every ding winch concerns the American Mi
nslcr hasten to enclose youby the packet Otto. mor-
row from Liverpool, ms correspondence with MI o
Connell.
You viii Of course have seen the yep5rted brutal
outrage which tin. lush Cahan made ON both our
country aud Nj. Stevenson The inst Of August At
Bfming ham. where fhr abolition o the begt0 appIcn-
ucrshp in the British Wcst Indies WAS celebrated
with very extraordinary manifestations Of blaehEald-
/ Ism and abuse.
"The moment Mr.. Stevens III repl Fir. OCon-
nes speech, he naSicued 10 IN" lodgings, and re-
qncstcd 10 convey such atIe.s,ac Ia Mn O. on
nell, should icuc no doe1l Of It's lmpoit.--As was
perfectly aware, II he Placed himself the hands OF
tins taioi twhe IS As iulse 10 his friends, he Is
mean anu trr5c delous 10 ht, cucmles,) some uutui
advanl"g' would be taken, aud thd IL Nh. :. and my
/ sell wrra not handed over to the police, q message
wnl only initiate a flesh cataract OF billings.
, uolu the must Goplous fountain OF low stun2tstlon
ANY where to be found III her maJess'3 .iontlnluus
iii tins stage OF the proceeding, WIS So fortunate
have the counsel, V ha' eailaut and Intelligent
officer Of our Navy, tlpt. hlauhtw {. Peuy, and oil
Dt. M'Caulcy OF Mary tord, gentleman who IS also
50 highly esteemed y 80 ldyau(lgcuu>ly known by US
al At hoanc, VINO both happened accidentally 10 be
III London These gentlemen suggested me,
nom much better knowledge of Mt O'Comcl's
character h1n possessed m>seI, thrt he ought To
be approached III the lolm al a. eaiHUg, the fist
instance. whether the report uI his speech
rcct-aud It lac aroNe II, thai theu should wait
upon hun with an open lcie To ask whether lac held
huts II esponsIblc according 10 tie III Which
such responsibility Is aehuuN lodged, tor an outrage
uuptoyoked and mousttous upon the feelings OF a
gentleman beating 1lish and llsun gulshed per
sun1 aud Official relation 70 hs own Government, as
Minister oil the /. ST. he did vow such rcspun-
sbIlty, at Cn.c to tender Inn Il percmptolN cha-
lenge, without any al" or but in the whole con.
text, slfct conformity 10 the instructions OF my
principal.
AS Mr.. O'Cunnoll however, had publicly ayow-
ed from the fact OF his once having accidentally Kill
ell his man, free doubtless of even the crime OF
homicide as | question from hs vaor, whether lie
ever took sight at ms opponent, that he Will not
LHsM whilst he claims a special amRHtH aud tBipa-
Hty TO abuse every maG, not alone ia the United
Kingdom, hui IN the whole world | was satisfied
that no satisfaction could have been obtained even by
tins course. | therefore readily consented To plan
winch enabled Mr. orc. to lie himself out Of the
difficulty which he has successfully accomplished at
an expense, which considering the small amount of
character which the knt Master Of Ireland has left
he could Ill afford
THAT Mt O'Conne not only used the language
reported and attributed II him m the LONDON sun
aud Spectator, but was more offensive, there eau be
no doubt.
IL shlllnol leave England. without going TO Biz
mngham, investigating the facts, aud f>lng the Lie
upon has hrdSS IN iudebblc characters,
"lndced ii Is sad that he made. likewise, in his
speech, an outrageous attack on the character OF the
great Parent OF our county, man, the purity OF
whose memory is outraged by the very approach OF
such ayulgar miscrcant as OConue unquestlona-
bly, is.
MANY very worthy persons in our own country,
who are ever very sensitive all subjects connec-
ted with delcate sense OF honor, may share with
the universal sentiment Of England that man. who
like O'Connell has been voted by large MAJORITY
OF the House OF Commons, a public calnmniator,
beneath the notice OF Il gentleman; aud assure YOU.
this o inlon is beginning 10 obtain such general au-
thofty here that no member of Pnli1ment would a
ny more ihnk of calling the Great l}cggai- tnan out
than the shabby mendlcant who stands AT the dooro
st. Stephens, and hegs "your honor for a penny"
But both MI Stevenson and myself know what
Virginia asks and clPfcisoi her At least that
they should at all times showa Willingness to rescn,
any ind snIty offered abroad then cuuairy IN lheir
own person."
ali the correspondence had taken turn which
would have rendered il necessary Tor ne IN person To
have borne amcSsage to Mr.. O'Conuel for Mr.. SIC
Venson. had determined to haze taken Capt.. Per
~ with me as witnessi iorO'Conucllis, am told,
always surrounded by goodly potion olhis tat, IA
the shape of rulians, only lulcuor in brutality TO
their great prototype. Without provoking the
silehie.t aggression on our feelings or persons, we
should nevertheless mare been prepared to have met
1t. We should have endcavored M this contingency
TO have made ourselves ugly customers as possible
to the immaculate pauiot aud ms disclplcs--to
which we would have had some claim. As both Cap
tam Penny aud myself have "a ayordnpois, about as
much Irish blood IN our veins as the august MIesan
himself
III, however IN an Irish Serimmdgc, | had acct
dentay stopped hls wind. | leel satisfied my escape
would have been connyed at by the EnglIsh people
tor should have entitled myself bv tins act their
everlasting gratitude, ior eXpeliiug, IN sey defence
one OF the greatest pests WHICH, IN HIS Inscruta-
Gle WISDOM the Almighty has been pleased to ntlict
IN the British Empne--a man. who, having eXtort-
ed mi money rom the poor deuded paupcIs OF ms
own couatry, IS selling for large sized lump OF
Wing patronage n Ireland the interests OF people
! he has dishonoreu and betrayed.
| II feel that owe you an apology Tor using such
abuse against this man. But Is not our country aud
eountrymen the theme Of his perpetual nneeasng
scandal, more foul aud audacous than the civilized
world has Yet witnessed II lshmaeI strikes,
shall not strike too! No; Christian charity IL |
self would pardon retaliation 50 provoked aud so