The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-10-23

have been irshmen; and whenever England has had
perils lo encopnler they have always rsh-like for.
so'ssn ine'F owawfongs and oppressons and rallied
~ defence Oh t& power and integrity OF the Govern
menl ins saYles Of England have been manned
eAf} wl''' As many Irish Us English sailors aud they
nave eyerpoured forth their treasures and their blood
70 sustain we English marine The armies of Eng.
'A"" nAfe peen feeruited from the generous peasant
~ "a its'snu, and those %, her battles who have
fhshcq forward most brayely and eagerly to death or
70 victory, have been Irsfmen, And Ireland has
eyer neen ready 70 contribute her revenues without
amurmur 70 support the spendlhris xtra agance OF
'Ae Loglisn government, tremendous cheering -
ana whal mas been tba fssult' Let tlle historian
furnish You with an account on the rous detai
MY heart sickens al the thought Of IL Imagination,
with herese boder han the eagles, with her heart
o. gigantic and fiery energies with her courageous
manu- that ordinarily does not 4 fear to graphic
WIN NE seen or the unseen things Of this world,
shrinhs pale and trembling from the recital [ceers
No-Lef the iilstofian with his heart or Steel and
his icy and puiseless lip, speak 10 souof innocent
penp,e nutchered by forced process Of British
Criminal Law, or BY the fatal prescription Of Engs
fish marital power. lssnAatona1 EUt the Historian
sea youTof chastity betrayed, dearer TO the Irish
maiden than her life [cheers OF sons ignomniously
hung the gallows before the fearless eyes of their
aged parents. Let the Historian tell you how her
Halls OF Justice have been converted into places of
worse than Saturnialian Orgies, where Justice petri
ed INTO stone, has not even been enabled to witness
the Canniba-like rage with which the British judge
clothed with the blood-lhirsty acquisitions of arbi
trary power has bespriLked the very ermine on his
shoulders with the colted gore of his victims. Sen-
satIon. Let the Historian tell you how her temples
OF religion have been desecrated-how, failing 10
force the Observance of English Worship into the
temples Of Irish religion, they have malicousy pro-
scrlbed all those who preferred freedom Of conscience
10 the blandishmentso Of hypocrtical professions
tll finallys half terrified by their own acts, they
have. voluntarily retired from the inhuman and
sacregious work [Great cheeringl 1t is surely
more than enough for the Historian to have to teit
is more than enough TO be known or felt that war; ra
pine and sacrilege and murder and unjust Laws have
converted Ireland from the lofty and dignied posi-
lion which she maintained among the sovereign
nations OF the earth, independent state into the
condition OF a wretched vassal, whose gnobe master
fearful lest the consciousness Of slavery might not be
in Itself sufficiently tormenting, has burdened her
limbs with chains, and inflicted on her body and soul
stripes and disgusting torrents too enormous to be
dwet upon lgreat sensation.
And il is because am an American citizen alive
TO all the blessings Of free government and doubly
sensitive from this circumstance TO outrage and to in
suit IL is because the spirit of that ancient day is
ever present in my heart when fathers fought and
struggled and bed and finally the victory in that
great and memorable contest, which involved the We
ry principle its fundamental cause for which Ire
lanft is now contendng [great cheeringl 1t is be-
cause this feeling OF triumph in my breast is ever
mingled with an abiding and concentrated and irrad-
cable detestalion of those men, who with their ortu
Gus and maleyoent hands, would have dared to crush
the patriotism and ehnobing virtues of those renown-
ed and Inspired men who gave us our independence
great cheeringl 1t is because have been educated
among the plain and pure, though gigantic and SUBJ
lime institutions of our free land where the very
which shines down upon heads-the great rivers
which roll their resstless courses towards the ocean
he nd arfh r,tfhO ito
mountains and expansive yaIiesthe spirit Of freedom
has space to breaihe-It is because have achieved
these very institutions and this happy and glori
Gus land from people who would have made serfs
or subjects of Patriots and province Of America
il IS in the two-fOld aspect Of hatred Of oppression
and for oppressors, and of sympathy for those who
are now suffering the very oppression which we so
and gloriously escaped, that now stand
before you friend Of Ireland and advocate Of
Irish liberty prolonged cheeringl And will | SUI
fer myself 10 be deferred from expression Of sym
pathy in the Of human rights by the harlequin
denuncistions Of any.mercenary editor in the coun
try-shall abolition or tory organ here or
at Philadelphia, or at Boston, or wherever il
may breathe forth its pestilental life, lecture
me about the duties Of American citizenship,
while they are themselves in the purchased
pay of the British Government Shall these persons
in the same moment send declaration 10 their cor
respondents and readers in England that my near
ness, in point Of connexion, to the person Of the
hief Magistrate, gives me no unusual respectablly
or Influence, while they suffer Others, equally en-
gagged with myself in this cause, TO pass without
mark, and yet denounce me a son of the Presi-
dent, with all the proscriptiye and contempuous
terms their diffuse vocabulary will permt-shall
these persons cowardy to acknowledge their true
position, too feeble TO escape an inconsistency in ar
rutnent and in many instances, with 50 little true
American feeling, as 10 have taken out natu-
ralizaton papers cheers, think TO drive from the
advocacy Of this noble cause, my frcnds2 II is true
they do not work without present an expected |
profit but "Iovcs labours lost, 50 far their ef
forts on ny seusbilities ere concerned. am free
citizen Of free country, and act on my own respon-
sibiiity. claim the right, as an individual citizen,
only TO God md my own conscience TO |
express my opinions openly and fully TO those who |
are willing TO listen TO me, upon any and every sub
iect which interests me as man. or as an American,
or as a republican, or as christian, and the great
subject of human freedom affects IN every thought
in every coGdition and in every capacity. Cheers
But. follow citizens, independently Of the past
history Of this country in relation TO England,
think that even my comprehension and fee.
bic sagacity perceive symptoms Of a disposition
in her present policy towards US which j must beg
leave to repudate and denounce. Her constant in
sdious efforts to disrupt our Union or to disgrace our
in the estimation of the world, must
arouse the Indignation Of every true hearted Ameri
can ICheers From the day which witnessed the
discontinue Of the British arms in Am RIGA and The
signature of the tceaty Of peace recognizing our In
dependence in l7S3-from The day that The nervous
hand Of tho English King acknowledged that free
dom was for the FIRST time born into the world, and
the earthquake shock Of that act made the accused
thrones aud sceptres Of Europe rattle from one ex-
tremty OF the continent 10 the other, il seems this
people. DETERMINED in the rage Of their wounded
self suffciency, on the destruction Of our Union and
finding, from an agonizng experience, that they
could not accomplish this object by force they deter
mined TO diplomatic the dissolution Of the American
Confectionery. Hence has sprung the viper abolition,
with its thousand baelul eyeswiih its secret agents,
paid out Of the English secret service fund, scattered
from one extremity of the Union to the other, and
whose malevolent and unweared vision has been set
TO watch the progress Of the Republic as i strides
along its path Of power and fame, with the nope
that al some unguarded moment its cowardly though
yenomous fangs struck in lis heels, may bring ITS
Achllean strength to the ground Dabolicai TINS
Engiih hopc-though vain its consummation, lgreat
cheering Hence has sprung the policy Of England
in The emancipation Of the slaves IN her West Indian
islands-a most philanltropic act in the shape OF