New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-20
THE TRIBUNE.
ddress of Gansevort Melville.

address of Gansevort Melville.
AT special meeting of the United Irish Re
peal Association last week at Washington hall,
in view of the arrest Of O'Connell, several reso-
lutions were presented, which were seconded by
Mr.. Melville, and supported IN the following spIr-
tied address:
Irishmen and friends Of Lreland-Let US ap,
proach the molnentous question winch mas caiieo
us together in all caImness, ali candor, and all re-
solution. The eyes of our enemies are upon US,
and let no ndlscretion on our part give them cause
to rejoice. We all know that Mr.. O'Connell has
beer arrested and held to bail-but In what sum {
IN the paltry sum of f1000. Years ago, In other
irving times, when he was before arrested, ne was
held TO bail without anyPrevous Palaver IN 1oo'
600. The circumstances Of the case douoticsS
require the Government to INSIST on ah .,i'iIH'0o II
rather than diminished amount OF oa'i' DoeS
not then this striking disparity IN the amount ol
bail demanded, and alteration IN the manner u
conducting the present proceeding, LOOK ihe
shan.fght on the part of the British Ministry
Doesit not seem as if afraid OF the recol OF their
own blunderbuss, they had taken care to put IN
light load And for what is he arrested FOR
a conspiracy and mlsdemeanors. conspiracy
DO what conspiracy TO meorae the condition oil 'e
people of reland-to elevate them Socially Potcal ana
Mora-to make them feel more directly their resPonsb
ties human beings These honest efforts IN the vie" oi
the British government misdemeauors They constitute
a conspiracy If this be conspiracy, hope that the wofn
Will b. fall Of such conspraces ii combination oi
the powers good against those Of evof powers o heaV
en- against those Of hell be conspracythis IS one-no
The hero NAV become the pa,riotmaryr-boi
he is ANIE1 OCoSSELL still. He is the impefsonaiion
popular feeling of his countryhe Is the foremost man o
hi. tmethe Of the moral movement oil the age
am abou, TO make call upon you, and those who are
unfrendly need respond IT, Let man JOIN N what
will now propose unless his heart goes with his voice. and
his whole soul is call for three times three io ''e
champion of the p.ople-DANiEL OCoSNELL
fThe three times three threatened to rend the
roof asunder, and Mr.. Melville said ::
And mark Of the Pitifu conduct Of
the government call for groau for the prosecuting
Tory brood THE nine sepulchra groans were equal 10
the cheers and Mr. Melville proceeded:J Aye, my men
that ia tive talk, Ii will be the other side oil the wa
ter II will inpirit our friends and discourage foes
They may deprive Daniel OConne of his personal liberty
They may inmure him III dungeon But he VIII hav-
power hs prisonceli Than II he was nstaied IN
Dublin Castle as ordLieu,enan Of the realm. His power
power, and physical cannot impair It, The
rabbe rout of Torysm led by the hedgehog Grah The
viper Stanley and the erocious and bloodlrsty Times,
cry aloud did the unbelevng Jews of old, cruelty HIN
cruelty him." But then, they know not what
they do they know whom they would cruelty There
is power enough in the British government TO sacnce
that man.
Harry Flood said long ago that England had sowed
dragons teeth Ireland" Let her but feze the soil
ing 1t will gather self-it will be such crop as the
world never before. harvest Of million fighting
And what sort of meni Men hardy, PATRIOTIC tenn.
perate and brave IL may be that they have no arms, but
have somewhere read that willing hand never lacked wea
pom Remember what Sir Ralph Abercrombie said and h.
spoke from little experience that he would rather face le
on the headlong charge OF the Irish pkenen
But NAV no, come this The contest may be peaceu
-and--la pausel-it may not! If not-we know and W.
do not seek TO conceal the fact that armies ana Soo
aud munitions of with the adversary AND o these
we have little or none. We know all thisand yet with
caluness abide the We fear her not she ten
times powerful. WetaI her no, so long as there such
thing Justiceso long as ruth has ritay-or dod an
existence.
The history Of the British government be written un
der three heads-Fraud Crime and the Stronghand Her
horizon is overcast The world large begins to under
stand her hollow professions aud her mock philanthropy M
telligence diusng itself among her enslayed millions
She has sowed the wind and she will reap the whwind.
Her government is the cunnngly devised machinery
that forged keep the IN sbectio and
perpetua,e Of hewers of wood and drawers OF water
And yet supendous it's fabric Of force and fraud it
will be upheayed from its foundations of thousand years
and shelned beneath tide that knowS ebbhe tide OF
human progress-of equal rights and equal laws
Turn we now TO the field Of Clonarf. We are all familiar
with the facts Ii needless TO recaptuate them And we
charge the British Government, then and there, with PEE
concerted aud tendke attempt eXasperate and surprise
the Irish people into Sudden rebellion We charge upon he'
calculating and coldblooded atrocty that might call
10 the heat Of fallen Archangelbt thank God under Pro-
yidence and OConntll-not De Grayhni failed Although
it evenuated failure action for which Great Br
will be called by the Great Ruler OF
the world In byegone dayssome eight hundred years
the field of Clouta the invading Dane was stricken 10
the ground by the Irish Now, the ausicocs
sod-n the seisame of countthe of lrelaad
have been spared the necessity of striking FOR the swollen
and proud Eugsh-r has dug the grave Of his
political power with his teion hand The OF Ire
lands freedom once more rose from the held OF oontai
bloody red lit struggles up virgin white; but II is the
same sun Of victory In future days. when you, aud ad
all Of u.s. will be the dust of the valley and have TO
long account will look upon Clontarf as holy aud
consecreed spothe moral Marathon Q! lreahu-ue ot'
place OF nation.
il left alone, take OF herself However that
NAV be, not be wanting. lhe gooa cause
must not suffer hands. We must do our duty our
whole duty conscientios and earlessy and let the con
sequences of themselves The who hereto
fore has been with US and orsakes the standard Of
Rspea is traitor and bastard Are there any such hsrt
Is there man this Association who wishes 10 turn back
"A d,al.nng shout of no no y, FROM seemed every
mart or the ha) II there be base recrean let HIM
but let him 90 with the mark of Cain upon has brow Then
there are none such here. We all united mai:
And now ask ye--will you OGonne and Repeal
Will YOU staud by the cause of Freedom and Of Ireland =
Will you be true 10 yourselves your kasmen Your country
aud YOUR God2 Crhs received with overwheim
Ing OF stern, almos, fierce discriminatory CAS- It sub
sided deep manly voice cried ou,-"To the death aye
10 the dea,h Now in III, sight OF both God and
have pledged ourselves sustain this cause aud We WI
redeem our pledge. I'VE will not permit TO be mixed w"h
any other BY every lawful and houorable means living
and dying we will uphold it. Whether its green banner
stream triumph dragge doeat by that banner viii
be found. We hold hands that sword Of r,uth
before which Error shrinks and tyans remble The
snies OF Ireland and of Liberty shall 5e aught that
Freedoms battle begun.
Belueathed from bleeding son,
Though batted oft, issve won.
Here Mr.. Melville resumed his seat amid the
most enthusiastic and protractcd applause.
The speech throughout was interrupted by
cheers and bursts of enthusiasm.