The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-10-20

leoca this Worlds" eonsenton--and henoe ' /,
sgerness TO get possession o. some 'er,o' at, ere
ns 10 The Southern States Icheersl Her enors arc
oweared in the prosecution oi this aooiiuoo Po, :
md the wagon-lo loads Of obscene and Proiane pr.
Illustrative Of imaginary condi,ion % ',;on 4
layery, scattered by the I" WORLDS eon''"1 ,
hrougb the United States, is by no means inc o'y
,pen expression which We have on ths suoJe'' 4
cheersl. $3.50 ,,,o,.,- citizens
that if | chose, on this Irish question, 10 oecupy
the ground Of the eT taltonis" Il would De en'el
,sa.ele feheersl But occupy much higher ground
han this admitting the English aboliuonst ior te
sake Of argument, 10 be philapthroPis as an adVo
cate of The cause Of Repeal, am the no1er phhan
thropist OF the two ii IL DC iisnt 'v' 'ns' ff &c
lant6ropists over whose proceedings The consoft o'
The Oueen sits as chairman TO interfere WIN the pc.
culiar institutions Of the Southern SApts o'n
be wrong 10 an American philanhropist 10 suNoea'V
the cause of the Irish people lIehehuous -. r.
But the American phanthropst IS necessary u'o
higher moral agent Of the two lcheers' ouPPoso
The abolition Of slavery at the SCUM 10 nave 'ah
place what is the result one oil three results
sary follow - UauerSa carnage IN a prouH
war between the races nature beIsel haa h'u' "
agonistc i'm their physical organization; un,r"s"'
1,nie in the non-cultivalion Of the Southern ahus'
with general feyers and pestilenees or, as nhai -
suit attained through much private ana puuiS ~
ION and misery The practical amagamaiion oil tiie we
AMI black races lsensationl contemplation more
horrid and unearthly than the widest vision OIL NV
man Suppose Ireland on the contrary, 10 suooeeu
in obtaining Repeal. what result does 'he AneiIan
nhilanthrupst behold; Legislative emancipation i"'
a distinct race Of white men, fortunately Piaceu "
nature IN the possession of beautiful and ierte 'et
bafseg ~ All, S555s fns &n 'Ns rS nnd Of
Emmett, and Curran, and Grattan, redeemed from
disgusting thraldom [cheers Human rights adj
vanced aud the general dignity ci humanity asserted
| Immense Cheering
And what, my fellow citizens is this question OF
! Repeal with which Ireland is SO much asitated, and
for which England has assumed tyrannical aud an
cry an attitude towards herr What has been The
conduct Of the Irish people 10 induce The harsh and
offensive language that wellington and others nave
used in reference to this Repeal movement, aud the
late outrageous insults TO their maglstracy and clergy
If understand the object Of this people Alright IL Is
10 obtain peaceably the repeal OF an odous aud OPP
press We parliamentary act-ihe act oil Cnion--an
act which, without the formaies necessary to The
occasion which it represents coniessedy accomplish
ed by political chc3nery, fraud and treacheiy, has
proclaimed, in the terms OF a most absurd paradox,
that Union exists between the independent States
Of England aud Ireland; by virtue Of which aci
of Uulon forsooth, all the powers, executive,
legislative aud judicial, heretofore eXeried by
the constituted authorities of Ireland, were either
annlhilaled, merged for all time thenceiorward,
in the omnscient and omnipotent powers OF the In
glish courts the English Parliament and the English
crown Ggreat cheering. And England claims that
this act Of UHionwhose very terms discover mat no
sane people could have voluntarily entered into IT.
irrepeaable except at her own VIII and pleasure
Far as this point concerned, because IT hsolenty
conlravenes the position assumed by the American
States in their declaration Of independence. ms
was precisely the same language which was used py
the British Government TO the Colonies here before
the Revolutionary War, [great cheering,l That
contest was conducted by England on exactly the
same principles which she would now carry on ms
contest with Ireland Aud what was the result Reason
and justice and the sympathies OF the "oIld, and 'he
voice and the act of God, proclaimed and proved ihei
fsllacy [chcersl. Even admitting that Ireland was
never sovereign; admitting any thing, however pre-
posterous admitting that sovereignty may be des
royed by other act than an act OF DIVINITY, ana
that ii NAV be aiienated admitting that TINS acl OF
Union perfectly Just and far, at tie time oil It's
adoption; and that any one generation OF men can
bind themselves in CHAINS OF servltude and opPres-
sion. Still the barbarc Indian, the seri CT The kus-
sian Despot, knows and ieels-iees as lac does Inc
existence of an immortal herealter-ecls sensbly
as he does the cords which chaie his fostering limbs,
that no generation OF men can sell the liberties of
distant postcity great cheering IL Is "a vain thal
you attempt to argue tins question. Gu may pro-
duco your very seals TO the act of moral degl adaon
you may "a vHu nv appea 10 S a., e a' us
OF iaH for power with which 10 enforce the terms
of your contract Bu' YOU appeal both to the man
sud 10 the law an VAIN ichecys). The soul OF the
man within hm conscious Of its birth right Of free
dom, rises w "a IT, ndomitahe and immortal ener.
: ges, aud Indignantly r,pcls the insult which thus
Iuergcs the reason O God 10 the selfish and unsuh-
stautia rlckery OF aud before lhe dignity and
strength OF reason and Iusticc-un,ustancd, except
by consciousness Of he presence Of truth the It ais
N of attempted tyranny crumblc INTO dust and the strong
4. and nearuus OF the law sinks palsed and pow
crless ~ their sacred presence Tremendous cheers
j You might as ell attempt to convince a man that
there Is no God IN Heaven, when, tie midst Of
, 1argumcnt ingenious be may be enabled TO an
yswer it terms he feels the spirit of the Eternal
Truth descend upon him ina 'oicee>s yet irresistible
4 answer to his doubts and tie powerful logic o..
the fiiat as TO endcayor TO convince INN that an
Ig. A. Il -
y lie appeals Nature 10 the Creator Of the Universe
1 and although such subject they may speak ~ no
written language 10 his soul yet he then feels a sim-
i lar spir descend his heart and mind and in the
Il stern energies of his cleaning eye Uran read their
tate aud temble lgreat cheers
But contend fellow-citizens, that sovereignty i.
indcstruciibc except by act Of Divinity aud thst
II cannot be slenated Has the soyereient, Of Ire.
I land been Affected by the power Of God; II seems
not None OF the decay log causes Of moral charaoer
which have led 10 the pro-tral0n ofother nations have
at, cted her She is stronger morally ard physical
ly, than ever, lchccls Her resources ihoush crip
, pied by unjust laws, are groaicr-and her people
though miserable under heavy burdens, are more nu
mtrOus and powerful Than al any precedent period
Indeed Ireland appears 10 he Ike The camomie plant
the more she has been trodden on, the greener she
has grown tgrcat cheering Has her sovereignty
been ever ahcuaied! Natel, the gfcat writer on the
laws OF nations declares II % express rule that
sovereignty may not be aenated How, then. doe.
happen that on this quest Of a contract between
two independent states the Kingdoms of England and
Ireland, they stood before tins act OF Union that
one Of them (lreland) should now he made to occu-
py position towards the other (England) of a felon
cndcavorng 10 break away from the power Of justice
or Of slave attempting 10 escape from the hands of
a MASTER How does II happen that Erin's proud
banner, which once "Gouted the very skies i'm.
pressed with the broad seal Of lri.h sovereignty,
cbeers, should now be recognised n an emrty pa
geant M tie progress Of British Empire How does
h'rp'n mat ihe ntc"s'ral tones Of Faras swelling
I harp lsrclt cheering should now be changed into
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