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what would be the result They would destroy
property, murder unpopular individuals, burn Pro-
testant churches, and commit other acts Of pre-
datory, or OF even a saDgulnary nature. But what
then The government troops would advance
steadily, and would put down unarmed forces and
mere Instructions by armed forces and by disci-
plined troops. This would doubtless take time,
and much evil and misery would, in the space OF
few weeks or months, occur Yet there would be
an en-! even to that, and then. the repeal of the
union would be rendered impossible; and all who
spoke of or proposed it would legally be declared
traitors. = think, then that although the conviction
| and Imprisonment of O'Connell, may lead to tenn
Porary trouble and 70 some disorders, that the Eng
| sh government will not yield but the sentence OF
the court, whatever 1t may be, will be earned INTO
full effect, and that the repeal question will be
crushed before the end of March.
| ! know there are many who will reply to this,
| that although O'Connell may be imprisoned, he
will be able to write from his Jail and that no
cam by his letters keep Ireland in state OF agia-
| tlon. But the answer is thisi that the government
is now resolved on preventing the continuance OF
repeal agitation, that it would not hesitate an in
slant to apply to Parliament for new laws to put
| down all new attempts 10 keep up the present ex-
citement on that subject. Printers, newspaper pro-
prietors, and editors publishing or printing any IN
flamnatoy letters of O'Connell, would be prose-
| cuted by the Attorney General, and at length no
one would be found sufficiently courageous to UNI
dertake the printing and circulation of his cores
pondence. am aware that in France, or IN Bel
gum, they could be printed, and afterwards DIS;
| trlbuted TO the Elite of society In Ireland
by post; but the poor, the peasant, the
mass the millions, could not thus be reached;
| and " monster meetings are prohibited, the
people on whom OConnell alone relies, VIII be kept
in the dark, and at any rate wi not be brought to-
gether to excite each other to deeds OF darkness, or
TO acts of INSTRUMENTATION and rebellion. ! am
| aware that the repeal wardens ON the one hand,
and the Roman Catholic clergy on the other hand,
may effect vast deal, If they resolve on SO doing,
towards raising spirit OF rebellion. But their e.
forts will no longer be public should orc onnell be
convicted and should he be acquitted, the Houses
| of Parliament would for the time, become the
arena Tor debate, strife, and uproar II is said That
O'Connell has the intention, in the event OF his ac-
quittal and Of ministers applying for special acts to
proceed to London, to rally every Irish member,
and to divide the House on every word OF the bill,
| as well as every sentence and every clause, so
that even year should not be sufficient to carry it
| through Parliament. But the announcement OF
such an intention would defeat his purpose, since
should such an attempt be made to overawe the
| House of Commons, that House would most proba-
bly, suspend Its standing orders with regard to that
particular measure and would pass the bill In hand
gallon. Some of Mr.. OConnelPs friends have de;
clared that he has determined to prolong the trial
a bar of himself and his coadutors to an immense
length Of time by means of calling thousands OF
witnesses, composed of those who attended the re-
he, O'Connell, never made Of any sedtious Ian
guage; that he was, on the contrary, always the
friend of order and the proclamer OF peace, sub
mission to the laws, and obedience, and tha5 mere
nouncement of such intentions on the part OF mr..
O'Conne and his friends prepares the Court tor the
course which it would pursue, and Mr. OConnen
ought to know that the Court and the Jury, when
they have heard as many witnesses to one point as
they think sufficient, and as shall have satisfied
them relative thereto, have the power o. refusing
at bar, legal objections Will be decided upon as the
cause proceeds, and Mr.. O'Connell can have no well
grounded hope OF disturbing the decision come to,
| by after objections and by legal bubbles.
feel, then, and that strongly, that II Sir Robert
Peel's government shall continue in ofhce--whe-
Their Mr. OConnell be convicted on this indict-
l nj ho
| ed, and that the English people and the English
press are prepared GENERALLY speaklng) to back
the government in all measures proposed or carried
| INTO effect for that purpose.
You will observe that do not argue the ques-
ton of right wrong of repeal, or of no repeaI
| of O'Connel or his opponents. But as you and
your readers live great way of, and may receive
from our English journals, or from your own cor
respondents some erroneous ideas and impressions,
| am anxious to correct these and to place before
you the real state of the case. That real state is
| this-that either the existing laws, or new and
special laws will suppress the repeal agitation, and
| that the people of Ireland will not make success
ful rebellion against England do not think they
will ever attempt it. | do not believe that they
will venture on such risk !; and ! am con.
WINGED that O'Connell is satisfied that his unarmed
peasantry would be crushed by the armed forces OF
| England. Therefore, although much agitation
may take place, and scenes of thrilling interest oc,
cur and transpre, that the end is certain, and
that end is, that the repeal question is lost
| And | must here add that OConncll never anti
clpaed any other result. He never really believed
| that he should carry repeal, but we also never be-
evcd that such hundreds of thousands OF his fellow
counrymen would really and truly think and teel
fully persuaded that repeal would be carried. He
has been astonished by their creduty; he has tound
more apt believers than he expected. His secret
plan was so to agtae for repeal to drive the Go
vernment to propose measures In favor OF Ireland,
such as hxity OF tenure-the introduction OF Eng
lsh capital into that Countrywide extension OF the
elective franchise-the great dmnution OF the re-
venue of the Protestant church, established by law
| and variety OF other measures OF greater and
lesser character. Mr.. O'Connell believed that the
only way to obtain these measures was by frlghen-
| ing the CONVENIENTLY alarming II on the ques-
| ton of Repeal. This was his idea. The Govern
ment has not been alarmed; it has taken him pri-
| soner in his own net ands snare; and ne will now
| probably become the sufferer. But what will the
hundreds of thousands of deluded Irish say when
they eventually discover that they have been the
dupes, and that the money they have raised in such
vast sums has been refunded in pure and slllydupe-
ry." If OConnell, instead of agitatlng for IRE
peal had agltated for certain cardinal points, such
as those have referred to, he would have had the
good sense and right feeling, not only OF Ireland,
| but of England, Scotland and Wales in his favour;
and feel assured he might likewise have raised as
| much money. ! am aware that on this point there
are differences OF opinion, and that many maintain
| he would not have raised except for repeal, the
| enormous sums which have been sent to the Repeal
Association, But so great is the Influence OF the
koman Catholic Clergy over the minds OF the mass
OF the peoPe IN Ireland, that If they had supported
OConnell IN distinct and obvious plans and mea-
| sures, instead of deluding others with the absurd
notion mat the repeal oil me union would De car
rled, they might have raised funds fully equal TO
those which have been placed nj the disposal OF the
Repeal Association. That "moncy'" in Ireland is
indeed 'thc sinews of war;" readily admit; and
that O Connell knows how to obtain il, one can
denybut he could procure it for fixed, positive,
clear, intelglble plans, much better than tor the
vague and uncertain proposal of obtaining legally
the repeal of the Union, without the consent Of
Lords or Commons.
The signal fires in the north Of ireland continue,
but O'Connell progresses great Indignation towards
all who concerned in such proceedings. He
says that shall be reckoned repeater who is
known to be engaged in them. But what do they
really meant They are intended to nmdate the
Irish Government They are designed TO show that
there is a regular and formidable combination be-
tween the various peasantries Of the north, and they