The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-10-23
SPEECH or ROBERT TYLER,
Delivered al me late Meeting Of the Nc York Unite
RenenL assncinfinn held nL HnShingi0n HnI.

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Mr. TYLER rose, ana in substance said =
This is the first time, Mr. President, have bad the
honor Of meeting with my Irish friends Of the city Of
New York, for the purpose Of addressing them, and
il gives me unusual pleasure, especially considering
the circumstances under which | am received now,
to present myself among them. ] appear before you
this evening fellow-ctzens, to denounce Govern
ment which hate, and whose many expressions no
person of any sensbiy fail 10 detest and to adj
yocate the cause Of people whom have reason TO
respect and love, and whose woes and wrongs appeal
to the sympathies Of mankind [great cheering Up
on this subject shall speak frankly, and candidly
confess TO YOU that abhor, intensely abhor, the s.
tory of the British Government tremendous cheer
ing Although there may be instances in the histor
cal record of the course Of that Government which
evince high courage the sternest determination and
the most unwavering hrmness in the accomplishment
of its splendid though selfish schemes OF conquest and
Of national az Erandizcment yet lis most partial end
delighted advocate cannot point TO a single instance
in winch it has ever dsco' cred magnanimity, or cx-
hiliied liberaty even, TO any autagonistc power
Tcheersl and how numerous are The examples OF IFS
petty insults and wholesale tyrannies towards other
nations Can any one fail 10 be indignant-can bis
flood Cow calmly through his We ms, when he reflects
on the many instances OF outrages and aggressions,
and contempates the many political and moral mi
ouites and crimes which in its foreign intercourse
has ever attended the policy Of the British Govern
menti hayeto refer you, m orderio establish con-
duct of England in former times towards France, in
the uniusthabe nyasions and desolation OF her terri
tories ia tha unchyalrc and cruel imprisonment Of
her legitimate soyeregns and at later period TO her
most beral, ungenerous, and unjust course towards
her trusting and fallen foe Napoleon Bonaparte.
have to refer TO The speeches Of Sheridan and
Burke to convince you the unspeakable cnornties
practscd towards her East Indian possessions.
have & refer YOU TO that gross act in violation of the
faith and laws Of nations, the bombardment OF Co
penhagen; TO her late war with China to the prin-
ciples on which she conducted the OF the Ameri-
can revolution to The grievances SET forth IN the De-
olaration ~ Independence, and 20 the barbarities
practsed towards American citizens durog that con
lest have TO refer you to her cowardly motives and
base object in forming the late quintuple treaty 70
the principles on which she originated The war with
the American States in l5l2-principles alike AFRO
giant and Understanding 10 the extreme 70 US
dangerous in their tendency TO all the proprietes OF
civilized warfare and utterly destructive OF interna-
tiona Justice and comty--and Il have not the me-
mory the inclination, or the time TO enumerate Other
cases of similar description, am sure in your hear
/ ing fellow-citizens, | have only 10 aude 10 the
/ course which has marked the policy Of the British
Government towards Ireland. Immense sensation
For several long centuries, Ireland has been suffering
state Of bondage more lntolerabe than the tortured
existence Of the Roman slave. For seven centuric.
her daughters have been exposed to rapnc, her son
TO murder, to false imprisonment and TO terrible tri
butte and her entire people TO the cold contumely
insult Of nation which, claiming right 10 admins
ter dominion and to give protection, has never suffer
ed one hour in ages Of anguish to pass by, withou
parading the disgracing Insignia Of conquest and
rule before the eyes Of people whose noble spri
has been thus douby nsuled, and whose generou
services to the British crown should have shielde,
them from a contumelious word or look. [Grea
cheering
Yes, ] assert that the services which Ireland ha
rendered England have been Of the most exalted cha
racter and challenge a successful contradiction o
the fact What are the facts Of the case He
courts of law have been filled up with Irish judge
and with Irish lawyers, whose talents have Away
been made available to England, and who have re
hected in their brilliant intellecis and inconupubl
integrity lasting glory on the British ermine Tn
most SD endid orators the world has ever seen hav
been lrishmen and their parliamentary and forensi
fame have illumined the British Constitution wit
almost all the glory that surrounds it, The best an
purest patriots who have ever irod the British so