Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-11-28

Nothing tends more to the utter ruin Of a
country than absenteeisrr1. It Is knife
|plunging forever into the veins Of "a nation
and letting out their existence,
Before the union the sum annually re-
mitted to absentees was estimated at e.
223 ,222, since the union It is $4,000, 900.
The English themselves admit this. Oh!
blessed and glorious union! Loud cheers. J
Again: equal representation was given to
Ireland in the act of the union---and 10! we
find England in 1888 with representation
for every 81 900 males, while ireland had
one but for every 10000. "Oh! the bles-
sed and glorious union!" (Cheers.)
But we have no right tosuppose that the
union will confine its baneful operations to
the agricultural, manufacturing, CONNER
cial and monetary affairs Of Ireland. II
threatens to blight her intellectual and mo-
raj energies. That the Irish, as a body,
still venerate virtue, and display brilliant
manifestations of mind, is absolutely asto-
nishing, when we look at the army Of in
formers. the hundreds who attempt bribery
at elections, and the whole aspect Of British
policy, which always tends to the degrade
lion Of the heart and the debasement Of the
intellect. [Cheers.)
Yes! yes! you lrishmen know the dan
ger with which your country is threaten
Ell! How many seats Of learning have,
since the union, been rendered tenantess.
How much bloodshed has that union caused
and that too when il was to act upon the
troubled sea of politics like oil upon the
raging water Of the deep! loud APP
p!ause.)
Look al the baneful influence which tina,
union must exert on religion in general.
Aye, look at the established Church. The
English must convert even the holy cross
OF Christ into rule for the measurement,
of fields, and turn the blessed word Of God
into an account book! (Grea, cheering.
What must be the effect on thousands when
they daily behold men uttering the pure
precepts of Christianity, and at the same
time committing deeds which would sickeu
the soul of Paganism with horror? Ar
answer would insult you! 1t is, | believe,
not unusual to see brandy.swlling. fox
hunting parson-"a round, fat, oily mar
Of hcarca''-,prenching to the sexton ane
an old woman loud laughter) al cool sa
larry of fl00O per annum. (Great ap
plause.)
Yes! hypocrite like this profaning the
gospel, and at whose expense2 At tht
expense of the pious, down-trodden, ant
devoted masses, who choose 10 worship af
ter the manner Of their fathers, and Sc.
their
Priests, their warriors driven,
Before sensual bigot's nod,
| "A wretch, who takes his lusts to HEAVIER
| And makes pander Of his Godv
Tremendous cheerlng.)
Is this religion! Is this the spirit which
animated the soul Of the Redeemer1 Dix
the sun become dim; and the veil Of the
temple part in twain, and the sheeted deae
burs. the cerements of their sepulchres, anc
the pillars Of the universe tremble to their
foundations, for this! "No! nor' is an.
swered by the mighty WORD of God, as
plainly and as stern!y as though the ele.
ments Numbered it in our ears. (Tlemen-
dous applause
have thus attempted to point out the
effects of the damnable union. And now
ask must it continue? Shall the wing OF
the demon never be foldeda Every sign
Of the times answers in the negative
(Cheers.) Is England so obtuse as not to
see this! Or, is her opinion Of mankind
SO poor as to suppose that their eyes are
blind! Oh! she may muzzle the press at
home. bu, she cannot do it here; she may
tie the tongue at home, but the lips OF
Americans will move. She may hold an
iron sceptre over the patriots head, and
point him to the scaffold at home, but we
despise her sceptre, and laugh at her in
strumehts Of death. Thank God, there is
one spot in the world yet. where her hand
is powerless. and her shadow is unthrown.
Tremendous cheering.)
England must see, that policy dictates a
more humane course towards Ireland than
she has yet exhibited. She needs the good
DM Of Ireland. [Great applause.) have
said that policy dictates a different course
than she has pursued; as to jus,ice-oh,
IFS ridiculous to talk Of highlands Justice.
Laugbter.) 1t would take all the lexico-
graphers in Europe, with our own Noah
Webster to boot, to teach the meaning Of
the word. daughter. And | don't be
ieve she could learn it then. loud laugh
ter and cheers.] Yes, justice is word
not to be found in the English statu,e-book!
[Cheers.] Her whole history proves ;.:
See how poor Ireland has plead with her 1.
see how she has knelt a. the foot of the
throne, and pointed to the infraciion Of the
compact! can behold her genius first
pointing to the starving, houseIess, home-
less denizen of Ireland, and then turning to
those battle fields where Irish valor has
wreathed the British standard with gar
lands Imperishable as the stars, and DEATH
less as eternity. [great cheering.l can
hear that genius as she bends over the wi
thering shamrock; exciaim, "Was il for
this. oh Britain! that Irish valor beloved
Waterlooa Was il for this that Irish hearts
walled around your throne when the War
despot threw his awful shadow over your
trembling palaces, and shook the world
with its thunderl" tremendous applause. /
Such are her words, and wo be to one adj
dressed il they have not their proper effect