The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-09-04

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narrative-but the moral of it is brief enough :;
Keep cool, and reio things they are-no as they are
portrayed by ripd Imagination"
Instead of Withdrawing the Circular, we adhere to
it-and again request "every Republican, who will
give so much time and attention to the affairs OF the
Republic to favor us with replies.
We copy the following report of Mr.. Robert
Tyer's Repeal speech from the New York
Herald.
SPEECH OF MIR. ROBERT TYLER,
AT The Great Repeal Meeting at Washington
Hall, August29, lS43.
Mr. Tyler came forward, and the cheering was re-
newed with great enthusiasm. When it had subsid-
ed, he said
Mr. President and Gentlemen-This is the first
time have had the honor of meeting with my Irish
friends of the city of New York and The pleasure of
nterchanging with them friendly greeting. 1t has
afforded me more than usual pleasure to ACCEPT your
Kind invitation to address you, under the circum-
stances under which now present myself amongst
you appear before you this evening, feow-citi-
Zens, 10 denounce government which hate (great
cheering )-whose many expressions detest, and to
advocate the cause OF a people whom have reason
to respect and love, and whose woes and whose
wrongs appeal TO the sympathies of mankind (Great
cheerng) Fellow-citizens, upon this subject. can
not consent to play the part Of hypocrite .bravo ~
and candidly confess to you that abhor the hiso.
ry OF the British government (Tremendo,ts cheer
ing) Although there may be instances in the his.
torical record OF that government which evince high
courage, stern determination and most unwavering
purpose in the prosecution and accomplishment of its
splendid though selfish schemes of conquest and ma
tonal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, yet its most partial and de-
lighted advocate cannot point to single instance
IN which 1T ever discovered magnanimity or berali-
ty to an antagonistic power. (Cheers) And how
numerous are the examples Of its petty insults and
wholesale aggressons and tyrannies towards other
nations have but to refer you, in order TO estab-
sh conclusively and to prove satisfactorily what |
here allege, to the conduct of England in former
times towards Franceto the invasion of her terrific
ries- the Imprisonment of her legitimate sovereign
and in later PERIOD to her most Liberal ungene-
rous, UNJUST conduct towards great, though fallen
Zoe, Napoleon Buonaparte. (Appause.)
have but to r,fer you to the speeches of Sheri-
dan and OF Burke to convince you Of the enormites
practised towards her East dian possessions. |
have but to refer you to her late war with China,
and to the principles on which she conducted the
war of the American Revouton-to the grievances
set forth in the Declaration Of American Indepen-
dence, and 10 the barbarites practsed towards
American citizens during that contest. | have but
10 refer you TO the princi les on which she made
war with the American States in 1872 and further
evidence be necessary, have but to aIlude in your
hearing, to the conduct of Eng and towards Ireland
(Great cheering) For seven long centuries Ireland
has been suffering in state Of bondage more intoe-
slave. For seven centuries her daughters have been
exposed to rapne, and her to murder and false
imprisonment and her entire people to the cold
tumely and insult OF nation which came in to give
them protection, but which, through long ag 5, has
degraded and oppressed them. And this has been
done to people whose noble spirit, thus doubly in
suited, and whose generous service to the British
crown, should have shielded the against con,ume-
lious word or look. applause Yes, sir | assert
that the services Of Ireland to England have been
of he mos nv lob, -
cessiul contradiction of the fact Her courts of law
have been filled up with Irish Judges and Irish law
yers, whose talents have always been made available
to England-who have reflected on the bar of Eng
land lustre by their intellect, and added glory /,
the British ermne. The most splendid orators
winch The world has ever seen have been IrishmeD-
(cbeers land their parliamentary and forensic fame
have iilumlDed The British constitution with almost
all the gorles that surround it, The best and purest
patriots mat nave ever trodden British soil have been
lrshmenj and IN her darkest hour and deepest dis
tress they have forgotten their own expressions and
have rallied in defence of the integrity of the Cow
eminent (Appause)
The navy OF England has been manned with Irish
men, and they have poured forth their treasures and
ihelr blood to sustain the English marine The ar
mies OF England, too, have been recruited from the
Peasantry OF Ireland, and those who i'm the hour of
battle have most eagerly rushed on to death or yico
ry, nave been lrisbmen. Tremendous applause
And Ireland, too, has contributed her revenue
WITHOUT murmur 10 support the spendthriit extraya-
gahce OF me BRUSH government and what has been
the result refer you to her history for an account
OF the monstrous details, for Imagination even with
her eye ooder thaD the eagles with her heart Of g-
gantc proportions, and her courage of fiery energy
VIII shrink, pale and trembling from the recital
(hPpause) NO, let the historian, with his heart of
s'eei ana nus 10y and puseess lip, speak to you Of
innocent people, butchered by the force of British
laws, or who have felt the fatal prescription Of the
bigilsh martial power Let him tell you the details
lei him tell you how daughter has been rayi,hed
IN The sight and within hearing Of a mother whose
chastly and lie were sacrificed with their freedom
lor an IRISH maiden prefers chastity 10 Theological
appiause)-lel him tell you OF sons ignorniplolsly
hung on The gfows before the fearless eyes Of AGED
psrenls-et the historian tell you, too how her halls
of justice have been converted into places worse
than The Saurnalisn Orgies, where Justice has been
peirhed to stone, and has not been able to witness
The cannibal-ke rage with which British Judges have
clothed the acquisitions of British law and have
sprlnkled the ermlne on their shoulders with the
clotted gore of their victims. applause Let the
historian tell you, too, how her temples of religion
have been desecrated-how, failing TO force British
obserVances OF worship on Irish religion they have
prescribed hose who have preferred freedom Of con-
science to the Establishments Of their tyrans till half
lerrlhed by their own acts they have voluntarily re-
tired iron the inhuman and sacrilegious work |
{ Great cheering)
IL is more than enough, fellow citizens for the |
historian to tell-it is more than enough for the
heart OF man TO feel, the mind of man to know |
that war; and rapine, and sacriege and murder and
unjust laws have converted Ireland from the lofty
and dgnlfed position which she once maintained
among the sovereign nations of the world to the /
state OF a wretcbed vassal, whose inhuman master
imposes torments and infcts wrongs too enormous
to be dwelt upon Cheers And, fellow-citizens il
IS ecause am an American citizen [great APP