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

ho,I With the clotted gore oil his victims. 49, n
sa,,o, Let the Historian tell you how hes ~nP "
az ran have been deseerated-how, ian'"s y
Sarss observance Of English Worship INTO uno
,sn,bf Irish religion, they have maic'ousiy pro
-. "A those who preferred freedom oil consciepo'
10 establishments OF hypocrilcal professions, ~"
"A liz. half terrified by Their own acts, '''y
49, Lvntarily retired from the inhuman ana
"'' ions work TGreat cheerng.l II Is surely .
n,o.an enough Cor the Historian 10 have 10 'eh-"
!" ,i,han enough to be known felt, that war ra-
ninA saerilege and murder ana UNJUST Law no" | .
rored Ireland from the lofty and dien'hea Pos''
,io,ich she once maintained among the soteto,S"
at az the earth as an independent state, INTO inc
!on of wretehed yassal, whose ignobie master
cd lest the consciousness Of slavery might not pe
| :; In sufficiently tormentng, has burdened ne,
! linn ith chains, aud inflicted on her BODY ana so'N
| III and disgusting torments too enormous 10 NC
dsupon lgreat sensatloh'I -
! A il !. because am an American citizen, alMe
| ,,tbe blessings OF free government and douoy
seiye from this circumstance to outrage ana 70 'n-
:. IL Is because the spirit OF that ancient auy :,
opresent in my heart when our iatheis ipuen' o''a
sgled and bed, and finally won The Victory ~ ui''
j and memorable contest, which involved 'ne We
| Inclple as its Fundamental cause Tor whlch itO-
is now conending lgreat cheer'ngl II Is De
re This feeling of triumph in my breast Is ever
,yed with an abiding and concentrated ana fradi-
,e detestation Of those men, who win theW lot'u
land maleyolent hands, would have dared 10 crush
Y patriotism and eunobing virtues Of those rehowh-
lind insured men who gave us our Independence
ed cheerinel Ii is because have been educated
Lonp the plain aud pure, though gigantic ana SUD
sue institutions Of our free land, where the very sun
lSheb shines down upon our heads-ihe great rlFcts
Tho broad and green earth, ahiols "eiRNso oos'
and pansiye yallies the spirit OF freedom
Das space to breatheit is because have achieved
these very institutions and this happy and glori-
Gus land from people who would have made ser's
Or subjects of Patriots, aud province OF America
il is in the two-fold aspect OF hatred OF oppression
and for oppressors, and of sympathy Tor those VINO
are now suffering the very oppression which we so
and gloriously escaped that now stand
before YOU as friend Of Ireland and an advocate OF
Irish Liberty prolonged cheeringl. And will SUI
fer myself to be deferred from an expression oil sym
patty in the o.! human rights 10y the harlequin
Of any merccnary editor IN the cOun-
try-shal an abolition or tory organ here or
at Philadelphia, or AT Boston, wherever II
may breathe forth its pesienlial life, lecture
me about the duties of American citizenship,
while they are themselves III the purchased
pay of the British Government Shall these persons
in tie same moment send declaration u their cor
respondents and readers in England that my near
ness, in point of connection, to the person OF the
Chief Magistrate, gives me no unusual respectabiHy
or influence while they suffer Others, equally en-
gagged with myself IN this cause, 10 pass without re-
mark, and yet denounce me as son oil tue ffesl'
dent with all the proscrlptivc and contempiuous
these persons too cowardly to acknowledge their true
position too feeble to escape inconsistency IN ar.
gulnent, and in many instances, with SO little true
American feeling, as never to have taken out natli-
iazation papers cheers, think TO drive me from the
OF this noble cause my friends? 1t Is true
they do not work without present or an expected
profit but Loves abour's lost far as their ell
forts on sensblites are concerned. am free
citizen OF free country, aud act on my own respon-
sibhty ! claim the right, as an individual citizen,
re sponsble only TO God and my own conscience, 10
express my opinions openly aud fully to those who
are willing TO listen to me, upon any and every sub
ject which interests me as man, or as an American,
or as a republican, or as christian, and the great
subject ofhuman freedom affects in every thought,
in every condition and IN every capacity. Cheers J
But, fellow citizens, independently Of the past
history of this country III relation 10 England,
! think that even my comprehension and fee
bic sagscity perceive symptoms OF disposition
In her present policy towards US which ] must beg
leave TO repudiae and denouncc. Her constant in-
sidous efforts TO disrupt our Union or TO disgrace our
government in the estimation of the world, must
arouse the indignation Of every true hearted Ameri-
can. tCheers From the day which witnessed the
discontinue OF the British arms IN Amfrlca and the
signature of the eaty OF peace recognizing our In
hand of the EhgfsI-lrom the day that the nervous
dom was for the first time born INTO ut Wal Tree:
The earthquake shock Of that act made the accused
thrones aud sceptres Of Europe rattle from one eX.
II
people, determined, in the rage of their wounded
self suficiency, on the destruction OF Union, and
finding, from an agon2lng experience, that thcy
could not accomplish this obect by force they deter.
mined 10 dpoDaii.s the dissolution Of the American
Coniederacy Hence has sprung the viper abolition,
with its thousand baeful cye,wh lis secret agents
paid out Of the English secret service fund, scattered
from one extremity Of the Union to TIE other, and
whose maleyolcnt and unmarried vision has been sci
10 watch tie progress OF the Repubic, as II strides
along IFS path vi power and fame, with the hope
that at some unguaIded moment IL Cowardly Tough
yeDomous fangs struck 10 It's heels, may bring us
Achlean strength 10 the ground. DilbJhcal tins
English hope-though vain its contamination, srcai
cheering Hence has sprung the policy Of England
m The emancipation of the slaves ~ her West lndian
lsands-a most phi idnthroIic act, m the shape OF
blow, through The Southern States at the nttgrIty
Of our Union, destined, thanks be TO God, to react
with ieulod violence on herself Hence her attempts
TO disgrace us, m the war Of 1872 10y the impress
ment Of our scamen, tAcn believing the Amer
Ican marine 10 be poweriess at defence. ia
tins too, they were disappointed Hence her
late attempt 10 disgrace the credit Of our Govern
ment when a SIX per cent ten million loan from our
unindeblcd general government, was refused through
a combination OF the English capitalists, their hatred
Of our Institutions, tier disposition TO lcgisatc
little for the United States IN forcing bill for the
assumption al the State Debts on the Government,
prevailing over that cupidlty and ayarcc proyerbial
through the whole world great cheering Hence
her eager and avarcious eye for Cuba FOR Texas,
aud for Mexico and California. Aud the circuui-
stance which has just transpired in the session Of
WORLD Convention Ia London, whose sole yhiian-
hropic object seems 10 have been an Interference IN
the dom, site institutions Of the slaye-holdng states
Of our Union, must be a subject Of pleasing concm-
platoon TO an American. THIS body Of men, raked
and craped out Of the streets OF Londo1 for the most
part bot ostensby haIlng from all the differ, ut quar-.
ters Of the globe, was precisely similar to that assem-
arp of 10 kVh doll
the husband Of tie British Queen, about twelve or
eighteen months ago, presided The objects which
that convention had IN contemplation are well under-
stood by intelligent persons. This late assemblage
Of the quintcsscnt philanthropy Of all the civilized
reces, seems not 10 have been Of al behind hand in
lis denuuclaous OF our slave Institutions and In er.
forts 10 force fermentation IN tho public mind Of
AmcIica on This smhinci. Ihc.n rosuccinhLn Oh