The North-Carolina standard., 1843-10-11
THE CRISIS IN IRELANn

1t is evident that things are approacb;n
is in Ireland. The Queen declares that sba 'f.s
never consent to a repeal of the Union 1' will
OConnell on the other hand, avows h, SulIf
mination to efecta repeal-peaccabIv if io 0'e'
forcibly, if he must. Ireland has at hi. =: ''p>
less than million and half of 6gbtna ' n OCT
indeed, her entire population, in the eVon' '',>
contest, would be up in arms against the inr%
In addition to this, there are perhaps as ,n.'
thirty thousand Irishmen in the EnoIsb ya
and who believes they would bear arms + 1
could avoid it. against their suffering and bI..17 %7
country2 And who can make them2 w,g
power can prevent lukewarmness and de..',. %
and defeat2 Not desertiOm. That is not the NV,
Who can prevent them from leaving the Co... ~
Of despotie government, where the price ofh':
bread is nfamy, and joining the ranks of tbei, T %
countrymen For more than ten-perbar. w., "u
ty years Mr.. O'ConneIl has been stirrinn d.
question of repeal. He has himself travcrsod % @
whole of Ireland been to every villaoe 81,
hamlet; organized numberless Repeal clnI'
and such has been his activity, and such bis u,
queuence, that the great question he row Io,d,:
has become a portion of the existence Of o~r. ~
Irishman. "Three millions of Wings with !
in their hands," said Mr.. Pitt to ParIianoa. a'"'
speaking of the American colonies are not f. Is
despised; and a million and half or two ~
lions of etotallers-Irishmen, warm in .n..
and in blood, may raise storm which will sb.ls L
the throne of England from its base.
We speak occasionally of this question ofp,
peal; and as we make it point to conceal pobnr
we desire that we may be correctly understoJ
We believe that Ireland has been wronged. orisr
ously wroRged by England, for succession of
years; and whether we look to first principles Or
to the actual connection now existing between tbo
different members of the British Empire we,.
gard the right of the people of Ireland to gor,r,
themselUes an their Ooc~ a0aN as beyond dispute
We go further than this mere question of Repeal
Let Ireland, if she can, shake and rend ENGLAND
as the people of France did their privileged orders
in their memorable and glorious revolution
There must be baptism of fire and blood. before
Ireland, and indeed Europe, can take possession Of
he promised land Of freedom. We know that
Mr.. OConnell, the leader of the Irish people, has
'laDdered the people of the South, and declared
hat he can have no sympathics in common with
shareholders. The South with one voice hus
pack his ISLANDERS; she tells him that he has spok.
IN falsely; that he is either ignorant of her true
condition. or corrupt in rnisrepresenting her; and
hat, until he learns to respect her as she once de-
'ired to respect him, she will persist in disavow
ng all regard for him as an individual. Buths
;annot extinguish in the breasts even of Southern
feemen, a sense OF deep wrong inflicted for ages
Ipon mighty and a gallant people. In spiteOt
JConnelFs ignorance or basencsS-we know not
which to call 1.-THE South will still regard Ire
and and the cause of Ireland with deep and u
assembled sympathy. This is our position, and
We stand upon the principles of an enlarged and
bcral freedom.