The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-09-02

the friend OF Ireland fCbcers r' 81. w
Aud what fellow citizens, this question Of re-
peal, with which Ireland - DON much agtated,
and for whch the British Government have Kept so
angry and threatening an at itude towards her And
what has Teen the conduct Of the Irish people to
call forth the very harsh language whleh Yelling
ton and others have used Ia reference 10 this re-
peal" movement, and which has led 10 the degrade
ton OF the clergy AID the magistrates Of that OPP
pressed land II understand repeal" Alright, II is
an aiiemPt 10 obtain pesceaoe repeal of an odios
and oppressive act OF union, an act which was
passed without the formaites needfh 10 the occa-
sion which il Is represented intended eonfessediy
to accomplish, and passed by bribery and public and
private treachery, and yet was proclaimed In terms
Of the most absurd paradox, that union existed be-
ween the independent States Of England and Ire
land, by the Act Of UBion by virtue Of which for
sooth all power, executive, legislative, and Judi
cial, heretofore exercised by the constituted au-
lhorIties Of ireland, 10 be either annhiated
merged for all time lhenceforward, in the omnipotent
and omniscient courts Of England, the English Par
lament, aud the English Crown And England GER
| taiDy with not particle Of right, claims that the
act Of Union, called in sheer mockcry, is rrepeal
able, except at her own will and pleasure. Now,
lellowctzens, we, as Americans, are directly nte-
rested in this question: far this point in
ed, for II positively contrayened the position which
was taken by the American states in the Declaration
Of their Independence. (Applause.) This was pre-
c,ey the language used by the British government 10
the Colonies here before the Revolutionary war; and
that contest was conducted by England on precisely
the same principles ON which she would now carry
on the contest with Ireland and what was the
result Reason and justice, and the sympathy Of the
| enlightened world, and the voice and act Of God,
proclaimed aud proved their ialacy. Applause. >
In admitting that ireland lost her sovereignty by the
act Of union--admltng that the act OF union was
Just and fairs 10 admit that generation of
has the right 10 bind itself chains and oppression
and also succeeding generations; but not even the
6arbarc Indian or ihe seri Of Russian despot, who
feels an Instinct Of immortal hereafter, viii admit
Qf "A
distant posery. II is in vain 10 argue the question
You may produce the seals 10 your musty record of
such moral degradation To show that the terms bind
and apply 10 ail-you may attempt 10 enforce the
contract, but you will appeal both the man and 10
the law IN vain The soul Of man within him, con
scious Of his brtiisht Of freedom rises up and re-
pcs the insult. But contend fellow citizens, and
in this position am sustained by the ablest authorl-
ties, that sovereignty is indesuclible except by The
act Of God, and that il cannot be alienated Now
has the sovereignty of Ire and been destroyed by
act OF God' Has any cause which has produced the
prostI alton Of other nations led 10 her prosraton
No. for she is stronger than ever and her resources
though crippled by unjust laws, greater; indeed
ireland appears TO be like the camome plant, for
| the more she is trodden upon the greener she has
| grown. (Applause0 1t appears that the sovereign
ty OF Ireland has not been lost Nor has il been
aenated.
Here Mr.. Tyler gave way the heat Of the room
was SO oppressive that he could not proceed and he
observed that he feared he must close his remarks -
| But after short pause he continued as follows
Vattel, great writer on the laws of nalions-and
bis authority is admitted in all civilized countries
contends that sovereignty cannot be aenated. How
then, does happen that this question of contract
between ,he two independent states or kingdoms of
England and Ireland, they stood before this
| act OF union, that Ureand) should now be
compelled to occupy position towards the other of
ielon endeavorihg to escape from the hands of the
law, or OF slave escaping from the hand of cruel
MASTER How does II happen, fellow citizens, that
Erns proud banner which once flowed in the breeze
and Haunted to the skies, impressed with the broad
seal OF liish sovereignty, is now only to be recog
| nized as an empty pageant in British Islands How
does 1t happen' 1t strikes as both reasonable
and right that no less power than the power Of he
! peoPlt-a sovereign and supreme power--coud
naturally contract and enact that Of union for the
| power which made the act must necessarily be slIpe
ror to the act the creator must Of necessity be
superior to the created. II could not be- as the r-
tsh Government contend, for that would be an adj
mission that Ireland was sovereign at the time Of the
Union, and Nattel has ii as an express and solemn
rule, that sovereignty cannot be alienated and If
sovereign then, and il her sovereignty was unaienl
BILE, why IS she not sovereign now (Cheers)
According TO the general principles Of the law Of
nations--accordng TO the principles on which the
Declaration Of independence was based and the
union among the free States of this Confcderacy was
cemened, She has the right TO demand repeal Of ,H,
oppressive act of unlon or the right of a peaceabIe
secession from that union as sovereign power. H.
however, power which contracted this act Of union
was less than sovereign IT was clearly void NIB iuo
iof hothng ies> tan Irish sovereignty cou have an
initiated Tor AM instant, much less for generations
'he power oi the lush legislature; for sovereign
and sovereignty alone can make and unmake legs 4.
| 1--WE power (Applause.) will not touch on tie
justice OF repeal, nor regard it question OF cxp.-
dlenoy choose rather 10 regard il as a question VI
tisht ana oil principle. VIII not stop TO inquire
how much right the Irish people have TO conn ,a
as province nisruled, Of the system of Cal,Ir
prescription, her poor laws, her police system l,-
ooseh'eeism, and other causes Of conf plant too
| roious 10 mention, and disgracefu to the Brllsa
Government no. the advocate of Irisb Gh.
eriy, | Will not consent 10 assume the aittud, n
the slave, and supplicae for the leniency Of crfl
master. (Applause) No, in the name of a pcor.
VINO were once sovereign, and who Cannot be di,Io,.
,essed oil their sovereignty, except By an act Of God
demand as right the repeal OF the legislative
union. Applause
IN the name of nine millions Of people. who, even
u ihey do form an integral portion Of the British
so'eInment, because Of their immense number and
'her suiierngs, they not only entitled To IT, h.
10 redress Tor their wrongs and IN their name clam
legislative emancipation for Ireland Great ap.
pIase) demand IL IN the name oC the enlightened
sse ~ which We live. demand IL IN the name of
me spIrit OF education and improvement which pre-
sides over the nineteenth century demand II IN
Tue name Of the great political truths of the age from
whose power aud hight old dogmas shrink In tbp
name oil our republican Institutions I demand h,r
freedom demand u IN the name Of { G sympatl,
OF mankind | demand IL on the same rroyund N.
ressible grrund on which lreani demanded Cath.
hc emancipation (Cheers) That act which Inn.
posed Catholic disabilities and the act Of union were
dictated by aspirt comparatively barbaric and H..
spird OF enlightened freedom which demanded n, r
peat OF the one now calls for the repeal OF the otl
lhe equally odlous end barbaric act OF union. "
NE same reason which granted the reform bill "a.
England now demands legislative emancipa,ion Gr
ireland.
Mr. Tyler now retic ed to The window immediate,
oehlho him, and then tainted away; but the mcci..
ignorant oil Tins fact, cheerod him yocilcr.u,,
ihey then ca led loudly for Mr. Wallace and obc.
popular orators, but the heat Of the room which r
pressed Throughout his whole snnenh Ii euLL. -