The native American., 1839-05-18

THE NATIVE AMERICAN.


The following is specimen Of Irish oratory,
delivered al public meeting held a few DAYS
since at Limerick, for the purpose Of founding a
college in that city. The college was to be es-
tablished on the ultra-radica principle, but the
conservatives met in force and defeated the scheme
The orator, Mr. Raleigh, replies to MR. Mann
SELL the late conservative candidate for Limerick
II is taken from tie Limerick Standard:
Mr.. Raleigh My time for srahiae is come
(cries of " sit DOWN. No, faith, won't I'll
so on, and no mistake aughter,) ! was sorry
10 hear most respectable Young gentlemen
y" waste his sweetness on the desert air." II he
had the mind Of a man, he'd have lei it alone,
and not made fool Of HIMSELF as he Gid at the
election Kisses, shouts, and cries OF question:
The Chairman: Adhere 10 HE question, sir,
and do not speak OF extraneous matters. CLEAR,
hear.) '
Mr.. Raleigh: What does tie chairman say?
Doesn't he know that I'm gate pertinent 10 Tire
subject? daughter and cries @. Oh, oh ~ There's
one paper in town ,choW say IhreiW report me
and won't and there's another ,n42H DO nothing
without payment. BY gor Of ta2 two, HE one
that does the hing. for tic money is the best
daughter Oar excellent county representative
told you-(some person in The gallery here let of
some denoating balls, whic! made a loud report
Turn that rascal oat---ha's annoying my head.
Well-Mr. 0'Brleu told YOU there 7rus three
universities in Scotland There's two in England
one in Oxford, ana the other in Calmbrlge.--
The Oxford professor came to Limerick some
time since, and he gave me his cpvd-G laughter
Faith believe | have it here. Yes, here il is.
His name was Cox, and, as he waited 10 know
how education was going on in this part Of the
country, l gave him one Of my horses. (Roars
of laughtcr,) You may we'll laugh TO see poor
apothecary at the head OF William street keeping
pair oil horses. (Cries Of how did YOU pay
for 'em = Well he wcnt to the Monks School.
and ne was so piaisea after cXami1jngA elooted
boy there in Botany, that he became asuhscriber,
and paid down his guinea on the spat. lie was
minister of the church established by law, and
he was man-Igreat laughter) who wasn't like
the bigoted fellows around me. (Oh, Oh So
muchfor England and Scotland. Iaughtcr.) | row
come to Ireland the land Of my nativity. (Con-
tinued laughter Mr.. O'Brien told ven, while
ago, that when other counties were in darkness,
Ireland sent the light 10 'en. I.arn-eH men came
over to Mungret (oeals Of aughter.) What
makes you laugh Iou heard Of The women of
Mungret-they were the most larn-fd women any
where and when those OF the far WAYS came.
they asked woman on tie road whore was the
College of Mungre, and she answered EN- in
Italian. They went farther, and asked another
woman the same question, and she answered EN-
in Greek. Another woman answered 'em in He
DT0O Hebrew On. beTod. says they, when the
women SO larn Cd, what must the men be -
and the fellows thought it better to cut and run
(Great laughter.) /, that college was established
at Mungret again, wouldn't have lorllings
there who don't know grammer! Or magistrates
there who don't know how 10 read al act Of Par
lament. ! met one Of those lorliiGgs once, and
SIS to him. DO you Greek sin /. No, Sts he.
0, yea, sis |. Ierrah do YOU know Latin sis
l. No, saS he. Yerrah. you bosthoon Of a lord,
SIS !, do you know HeLr0o? Wisle, begad,
don't, sis he. Why, there isn't Il language from
Ginisis TO Revelations sis I, that can't speak,
and there you are. yon bosthoon von, sis |, that
don't know nothing. Eerrah, did you ever hear
of Lord BroughaIn si2 !, or Lord Lyndhurst,
the greatest men Of the day? hear talk Of one
Of 'em, SIS he. Which SIS !. Or I.yndlurst,
SIS he-of The alien This fellow wos ma
gistrate and If he was learned, he wouldn't he
aiding perjury as he did in a case az m:ac Elc
doesn't live many miles ircm Monse. EHr am
done, with him, and .cpc lie owes me nothing.
during the time that t!iis anecdoie was being
told, the whole court were In cne continued roar
Of laughter. Understand Gentlemen came here
70 oppose the resolutions, and that there's a man
by the name Of Zines amongst EN- never
seen him. Is he here, wonder - aughter)
Mr.. Potter: Order, alr. EaicigIr. order.
Mr. Raleigh: ycrrai1, Potter great Iauehter)
-if you have head, have head too