Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-11-25
Correspondence Of tie Ca.etss.

TWAS my intention to have crossed over to
Dublin, last week, hut an engagement 10 deliver
second lecture ut Rochdale prevented Had
gone, however, nine eyes would not have be-
held the mighty gathering at Ctontarf. dare
say you hare rot heard thai The last week il
Ireland was RE aud pregnant with momentous
events. Many thought the crisis had come
yes! il did come; hut there were no broken homes
or bloody streets to evidence the day. On Sat-
ur,lav, The 9TH inst. proclamation was issued
by Earl De Gray. Lord Lieutenant OF Ireland,
warning al her majcsty's royal subjects from
attending the meeting At Cloatarf. Clontarf, be
it known, has its ever memorable history, as the
battle ground OF the Danes, where fell Brian Ba-
rone-being some three or four miles below
Dublin.
This great gathering was to have taken place
on Sunday, the Sth, and was to surpass all pre-
and Tara Hill. Thus you may well suppose,
public expectation was on tip-toe to learn the
result Of the assemblage at Clontarf Even from
Manchester, 500 repeaiers left, last Friday morn
ing, and about the same number from Liverpool,
to attend the meeting. As an offset to this the
3ith and 35th Regiments passed my window soon
after for Dublin.
But how did the adroit ssRepcaler'' meet the
proclamation? You are doubtless anxious to
know. He who had bid defiance TO the Govern
ment, aye, he who would meet the Lord Lieu
tenant s.foot to foot" and in his lore for Erin
only aspircd Gas he used to tell them)
"To wreak her wrongs in battle line,
To raise his victor head and see
Her hills, her dales, her people Free"
Immediately on the appearance Of the procla-
Repeal Association at the Corn Exchange, which
resulted in proclamation from O'Coanell to this
effect: That, without yielding in any thing to
the unfoundcd allegations in said proclamation,
lie. the Lord Leu.enant's) we d, most earnestly
request AMI entreat all well disposed persons TO
repair to their own dwellings and not place them
selves in peril ofany collision OF i'll treatment
whatsoever, and we deem it prudent and wise to
declare that the said meeting is abasdoaed and
not to Be held, q. e. the meeting at C!ontarf.)
This is the spirit Of some half dozen resola-
tons emanating from the Repeal Association.
Mr. Thomas Steele, O'Connell's right hand man,
was despatched to notify the people from the adj
joining country to return 10 their homes-every
avenue and road leading to Clontarf being
thronged. A friend, who has just returned, in
forms me that on Saturday night hundreds and
thousands Of the men of Meath were encamped
on Tara Hill. At an early hour on Sunday
morning the grounds Of Clontarf were covered
with soldery, each man provided with GO rounds
of ammunition. On one side Of the green or
park, detachment Of artillery was stationed
with their six Founders, ready for instant sction.
At the Dublin Railway station, the Horse
Guards were stationed, ready to vault into their
saddles at the word of command. On Sunday
the excitement in Dublin was intense, but for
tunately no outbreak occurred.
There are now about 10000 troops in Ireland.
have no doubt that the course O'ConnelI adopt
ed in this critical emergency will be viewed BY
the rejecting part Of the world, as humane, wise
and prudent. The Repealers will revere him the
more, and the Government party can make
abundant capital BY taunting him with cow
ardice, duping the people, sc.
What turn things will take in Ireland for the
future, time, alone, win determine. Whether
the "Liberator'' is worthy successor Of the
Emmetts and Fitzgeralds Of other days, is not
for me to decide. If, indeed, he be 50, Ireland
will yet be free!-the manacles Of oppression
must soon be stricken from her long trodden
down people.
Yesterday, witnessed, in Manchester. a
Chartist celebration, with their great and ack-
nowledged leader. Furgus O'Conner, Esq. Their
members formed vast procession which paradej
through the principle streets Of Manchester with
several bands Of music. Their banners were nu-
merous, covered with striking devices, BREATH
ing the spirit Of liberty and reform. do not
know that | ever saw stronger language in the
highest party excitements in the United States,
than many Of the inscriptions and notices borne
on the Chartist banners. Fnrgus O'Conner was
seated in coach drawn by four horses, with
outriders, &C., and the procession passed thro'
the various streets and squares Of Manchester,
the molly assemblage Of men, women and chill
dren, cheered most enthusiastically. The cere-
monies Of the day ended with tea party in the
evening at Carpenters Hall, and speech from
Mr.. G'Conner
l don't know that I am philosopher enough to
speak critically upon the elements that compose
Chartism; but in all those political agitations
that have witnessed in England, there seems to
be an essential ingrediant lacking that we pos
sess in America-the lack Of that general intel
ligence which pervades the masses Of oar popu-
lation. England is horribly, lamentably def
cient, in this respect. Charles Dickens, Ma
dame Trol'ope, Harriet Martineau, &C., never
need have travelled 5000 miles across an ocean
to have exhibited deficiencies in character and
education; nay, nor the uncouth, the unpublished,
and the ludicrous; but thus are the humors Of
this strange world. Any outlandish or absurd
custom in Lancashire, the heart of Old England,
is all right, but from the backwoods Of America
it is, forsooth absolutely vulgar and uncivilized
Surely this is a gsllibs world! But am digres-
sing. ! was speaking of the deficiency Of gen.
eral intelligence among the masses. Hence, 1
say, that 10 political agtations, the people look
too much to their leaders for salvation. They
idolize too much, and reflect too little. In look
inc abroad ,,v,s,v this srreat fAcatre 0f hurcan -