Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-04-30
rue o'coNSsLL ANNUITY.
From PorrGl,i 81 o'CS-a,iL in reIIy q hs 10
Of !Slress1srE

From a Pa@Fhlsi ~ ocS-asiL ia reIly q hs Lar
Of ShTs~ss-ry.
"Bul will not eonscn; that my claiIn TO the rsRi
should he misunderstood. That ci,im may be &c
eeted; but ., - understood IN Ireland aud II shal
not be mis- stated any where without refutSton
My clam II this. Foo more than twenty years lie
lore emancipation, the buIihen Of tho cause wal
hro~n upon me. had To- arrange the meetings
| p'epate the Tcsolutions-to furnish supplies 1,
VIC 'o'tespondcnce-to eNhmtnc the cause ct each
p complaining OF practical grievanceS-tC
'"use the totpid--to ANIMATE the luke warn-t,
eon'to the violen: and infhmnatory-,o avoid IA,
Shoals ant breakers OF the law-to guard against
multiplied tteachery-and at all times to oppose
AZ every peril, the powerful aud mutitud,nous enc.
mites oil the cause
l. "ro descend To particulars. At, n.,ol ~,
my minutes counted 10y the guinea: when INV emo
iuments were limited only by the extent of nv
physch and waking powers; when my meals were
shortened to the narrowest space. and my sleep re.
sttictod To the earliest hours before dawn; Mt TIA,
period and Tor more than twenty years there was
no day thatl did not devote from one To two hours
often mach motc 10 the working out OF the Catho
TIC cause; and that without receiving. or allowing
the ouer of any remuneration, for the person
NJ eNpend,uro Incurred IN the agitation Of the cause
lseli. For four years bore the entire expenses of
Catholic agitation, without receiving the coniribu.
ions OF oihets 10 greater amount than ca in the
whole. Who shall repay me for the years of my
onoyant youth and cheerful manhood who shall
professional celebrity, or for the wealth which such
distinctions would ensurc2
"Othsr honors could not then erioy
Emancipation came. You admit that il was
VINO brought 1t about. The year before emancipa
ton, though wearing stuff gown and belonsino
to the outer bar, my professional emolumcn,s es.
ceetcd sOOW.-an amount never before realized IN
Ireland IN the same space Of time by an outer bar
rister. Had adhered to my profession, | mus,
soon have been called within the bar, and obtained
RaNafN.sN Hala IL
labours would have been ut once miiigated, willis,
the emoluments would have been considerably in
creased. would have done much greater VARIETY
oil business with less toll, and my professional in
come must have necessarily been augmented by
probably one.halC.
II had abandoned politics, even the bonors of
my profession and its highest stations Law fairly he
tore me. But dreamed n dny-dregm--wns IL q,
dream'-that Ireland still wanted rue; thai although
the Catholic arlsocra' " and gentry of Ireland hal
obtained most valuable advantages from emaucip,
ton, vet the benefits Of good government had moi
reached the great mass Of the Irish people and
could not reach them, unless the Union should DC
ether made reality, or unless the hideous measure
should be abrosaied
II DID not hesitate as To my course. NV former
success gave me personal advantages which no other
man could easily procure. | flung away the pro
iesson-l gave its cmoluments TO the winds-I
closed the vista OF ITS honors and dignties-I en-,
oraced the cause Of my countryi and-comc veal
or come woe-l have made choice at " hich have
never replned, nor never shnl. repent
AN event occurred which | could not have fore.
seen once more, high professional promotion
Was paced within my reach. The Office Of Lord
Ihiei Baron of the Exchequer was vacant, | was
Offered It. ~, had preferred the oice oc N,s,sr
oil the Rolls, the alternative was proposcd to ma
IL was tempting offer. Its value was enhanced
by the manner IN which II was made; and pre-
eminety So by the person through whom ii was
made-the best Enslishman that Ireland ever saw
the Marquis of Normandy.
'bul dreamed again a dnv drenm-t1as il n
dream' and | refused the offer. And here am I
now nunted-even toy you W ith mean and sordJ
motives | do not think am su ty OF the leas,
AMY "hen assert that no man ever made
greater sacrihces IN what he deemed the cause of
his country thar | have done. | care not how I
may be ridleued or maligncd. feel the proud
consciousness th,t no public man hiss made NOR.
or greater, or more ready sacrifices. Still there
fingers behind one source of vexation md sorro,y.
one ev perhaps greater than all the rest one claim
! believe higher than any other upon the gratituJ,
OF my countfymen. IL consists IN the bitter the
Nlrulent, the mercenary and therefore the more en-
venomed hostility iowerds me, which my love for
'fehnd ana Tor liberty Inns provoked. What taunts
what repronohes, what cHlumnies have no, sus
tanned what modes OF abuse, what vtupera,ion
what SANDER, have been exhausted against me =
what walls OF bitterness have been poured on my
he'u what co1rseness OF language mas not been
usec, abused, and wcrn out IN assailing me WIN,
A.
snres Of mleyolenco have been expended 2 ,vb,t
ioil'es have not been imputed IN faet.-whnt|
crimes have not been charged with | do moi
believe that ever had IN private hfe an enemy.
kho" mat rad and have many, very many, warm,
cofdal, hiiectionate, ttLChed friends Yet here I
stand, beyond controversy, the most and best abus
Cd mon IN the universal world, And 20 can IN.
climax OF ca'umny, you come with lath A, yoir
sue instead OF the sword OF Talbot, and YOU
,nt'w reS's se"H.''y along with your own into
my cup OF bitterness. An this have done ma
suffered for Ireland. And let her I've grateful, or
unsr'tciui-solvc or insolvcnt-he Who insults
me ior taking her pay, wants the vulgar elements
"l morality, which teach that the aborer is worthy
"i ms hire; he wants the highest sensation OF the
SOUL which enables one to perceive that there are
services which bear no comparison with money
and can never he reeompensed Ivy peeuniary re
wards Yes; | ami say it proudly-I am the
h'red servant OF Ireland and glory in my servi.
tude,"