Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-10-11
FOREIGN.
,From the Richmond Inquirer.
SCENES IN LONDON !
Mr.. Sierenson --und Mr.. O'Connel.

which You tfei I'LL every ul'nS Wncn coll
Germs the American Minister, ] hustcned tn
enclose you by ,hc packet OF Tomorrow
from Liverpool, his correspondence with
Mr.. O'Conuell.
"Iuu will Of course have been seen the
reported brutal outage, which this Irish
CaliDan made on buth III, Onn ~ al NJ.
Stevenson on the first al Angus, ut BIru-
insham, where the abolition Of negro APP
premiership in the British West imiics was
celrhratrd with very extraordinary mani
festations Of blackgunrtsni anl abuse.
'''rhe moment Mr. Stephenson read Mr.
OCuunrll's speech, he hastrne.i To nv
lodgings aud requested me to convey such
IL n,c>s.ge IN Mr.. O'Conmri, as should hare
no doubt uf it, import.-A | was perfectly
aware, il he placed himself in the hands Oi
this patriot, (whO is Us false IL his friends, as
he is mean aud trearI,ernu, 10 his cnc,nic,.)
souc unfair advantage would be TAX cu, and
that # Mr.. ). and myself were no, handed
over to the pulicc; mcssdgc would only
irriiate fresh cataract of Billings gate
from the most copious fountain "f low vitu-
peratlon any where to hr found m her Ma
jcstv's tiorliuionS--in this state of the pro-
cerd,ng, l was so fortunate ~ to have The
coun>es oi the Saliaut aud intelligent otf-
Ger uiout navy, Capt. Matthew C. Perry,
and ofDr. M'Caulcy,ni Mnrvlamd. a gen
llcmau who is also SD highly esire,ueh aud
SO advan:aGrou>ly known by us ali 1T home,
who both happened accidentally to br in
Lond"m. rhrse gentlemen suggested to
me, iiUui Il much better knowledge Of Mr..
O'CunnciS character than possessed my
sell, tlla, he ought 10 he approached in the
form OF an enquiry. in the frs, instance,
whcher the report nfhiS spcrrI, was cnrrrr,
and il he avowvd IT. thai then | should
wait upon him with an open letter. 10 ask
whether Inc held himself rcsImnsihir. ;,ccnr
ding To the stn>c IN which such respnnSibiIi-
". is acknow l,.dgrti iIr IN ont rage unpro-
vokcd ami inon>,rous upon the feelings Of
Il uenic.nan hearing SD high and ali, tin
gnisi,cd ii personal ana official relation TO
his own Government, as The Minister of The
United StaIcs.-lf he did avow such a re-
SpunSbllity, al once To tender hun n per
cmrt"ry challenge, without an '.ir' nr'.hut"
in the " hole c0ntcXi,i j. strict conformity To
The instructions "i my principal.
..A~ Mr.. O'ConnrlI, however, had puh-
liclv avowe,l, from the fact of his once hav-
lug accidental, killed his man. free doubt
less OF even the crime of homicide. as |
question from his val0r, whether he ever
took Sigil at his opwpncnt.) that he will
n0I .Gght whilst he claims Il special immuni-
ty in'l impunity to abuse every man, ,,ri only
in the United Kingdom, bur in the whole
world: was satisfied that no satisfaction
could have heen obtained even bv this
course. therefor. consented to a plan
WHICH enabled Mr., OsCnnnell 10 lie him.
self fnut, of tlie difficult lty--which he has sues
,cessfdity accofiipfshedS df an Texp pe,ise.
which considering the small amUnnt of
character Which the Rint Master of ireland
has left. he could i'll afford.
That Mr.. O'Conncl not only used the
langl,age reported and attributed to him in
The L6n,ion Sun and Spectator. hut was
more offensive, there can he no doubt.
IL shall nnr leave England, without 60
ing 10 Birmingham. invrstioa,iu. the fac,s,
and ii<lnS the Lie upon has brass in indeIi-
bic characters.
'.lmlcrd II is said that he made likewise
i'll lis speech, an outrageous attack on the
character OF the great Parent of our coun-
try-;I man, the purity of whose memory
is outraged by the very apprnch Of such Il
vulgar miscreani as . Conucl unques,uu-
ahlv Is.
MANY very worthy persons in our own
c0untry. who are ever very sensitive on nil
subjects connected with II delicate sense nl
hnno:, may share with the universal scni,-
mcnt Of England, that 81 man, who, like
O'Conn"ll. ha, been voted by large ma
iority of The House of Commons, n pub
lie cnIunnialUr, i hrnraIh the notice uf II
genilenan; and | assure you, This opinion is
beginning TO obtain such general authority
here. rha, no member Of Parliament wnuli
any more think nicaIling the Great Beg
glr-Inan out. ilnn the shabby mcnlic;ut
who stand, al the door + ST Stephens. aud
hess "your honor Of n p""ny.,, Bn,. both
MIR. Stephenson md myself. know wnat
Virginia asks and crpcctS of her SONS. At
least, that they should N all times show
willingness i" resent any intligni,y offered
abroad 10 Their country in their own person.
"if The correspondence had taken Il ii,r
which would have rendered it necessary for
me- in person To have horne II message To
MIR. O'Cunnell for Mr.. Stevenson, ! had
determined to'havc taken Capt. Perry with
M as ii witness; f,r O'ConnclI is, am told
AWAY, surrounded by ngoodly portion of
his tail, in tn" shape ofru!fians. only infrri-
or in brutality to their great proloiypr-
Without provoking the slightest aggression
OIL our feelings or persons. we SHOULD new
cr,hclcss haze brrn prepared TO nave met it.
We should have cm!eavorrd in this con-
iinGcncy 10 have made ourselves as ueiy
Customers as p,ssibic to The immaculatc pa
Ir" aud his disc,plcs--ro which we w"mld
hnvc hal Snme claim, as hoIh Capt. Perry
and ',ysrlf have in avoir';upois, about as
much Irish blood in our VEINS us The .rcat
nj lcsinu himself.
':lf however. in an Irish scrimn,0re, |
had accidentally stopped his wind; iet SAT
isIrd my escape would have been connivcd
nj by til" EngIi,h, people, for should have
entitled mvs"lf, by this act, 10 their ever
lasting gratitul". for cxpcIIing. in Seif Gc.