The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-24

70 rnE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
REPEAL OF THE UNION BETWEEN GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

In the Christian world there never was people
80 cruelty treatei as the IRISH % CoansHs Hta9"i'
Such is the conclusion arrived at by of Irelands
ablest advocates and truest PATRIOTS and SUCH We
| believe is that which will be drawn by any impsr'si
| reader Of Irish history. Nearly seven hundred
wears have rolled away since the shores OF ireland
were visited by English nyaders--io commence the
work Of plumber, devastation, and murder ana al
the end Of this long revolution oil ages We ma ire
land uneonquered, the races unassimiated OF uiih-
| eorporated History does not afford another exam
| pie. Extraordinary indeed must be The powers VI
epulsion be- two nations planted by the habd oil
nature s, contiguous each other, so long enjoying
| the same government and laws, and nearly The same
climate and soil, without complete idennhcauon'-
| Wonderful, moreover 10 reflect thn', al various
times during this period, the stronger u Tue TWO ann
ed at nothing less than the total extinction oil ue
weaker, not only without success, out WIN tn'nn
vantage to herself and with renovated powers
| in the injured. Yea, the weaker has almost invafi-
ably come forth from the conflict more vigorous,
more compact, less vulnerable and win greater pow
ers Of endurance. Such is the vitality oil the iris
branch Of the Celtic race although 80 long exposed
10 series Of the most ruthless persecution, The most
extensive system Of plumber and The most cold biopu
ed butcheres that stained the pages Of history
| From the first landing Of the English IN ll'2 70 inc
present day, the administration OF the affairs oil ire
aod has been, with few and forced exceptions WICK
ed in its enactment barbarous IN It's tendency, tor'u-
Gus in its policy, and cruel in ITS operation more
detestabe code Of legislation never was enacted iof
| the persecution of people. From beginning 10
end il is immense mass OF iurpiiude and crime
For the abrogation Of his enormous collection OF e-
| gisative wickedness the Union must be repealed
Every friend Of justice must desire this consumma-
| ton.
| The invasion of ireland was first prompted by the
graspng ambition of the INSCRIPTIONS Henry ii on
| pretexts weak they were wicked; the lnsHa-
| ton of the traitor McMorrogh, King OF -enster,
who had been banished for his crimes and the grant
| of Pope Adrian, who undertook, in accordance with
| tb.u Of itnse time IL Iap1
| his rrtioiB countrymen for her better government
| and greater Improvement Armed with Pontihcai
authority encouraged by traitorous submission, and
supported by English gold scattered among rival
chieitans Henry landed in Ireland, and at once pro-
ceeded to give the Irish specimen of Norman JUS
lice, by " cantonzing the whole island among ten OF
his needy followe,s leaving nothing for The natives
although the English power was not extended uni
versally oyer Ireland for 500 years afterwards lh
the Of his successor John Sansterre, Giraldus
Cambrei sis, who accompanied the English Court TO
Ireland as historian first laid down the axiom-that
the only way to cyilize the kingdom, was TO muir
der all the people and take their pr perry " Never
was an axiom more fully more fagitIously acted
upon. 1t was in fearful operation during The respec-
tive lines of the Pantagenets the Tudors the Suars
and the first three Of the Guelphs; conhscaton,
plumber, robbery, domestic treachery, violation OF
public treaties, deliberately planned famnes, whole.
sale slaughter concerted massacres, followed each
other with destructive certainty and fearful rapidy
according as the cruelty cupdity OF the conquer
ors suggested No page Of Irish history Is unstained
with English crime.
Such is the manner in which England has ruled
ireland for revolving centuries. Ii is t. put an end
forever TO an atrocious system OF misrule like this,
that the union should be repealed.
Ii cannot be too often brought before the Amerl-
can people that m the same proportion that England
is prosperous and powerful 80 does she most cruelty
Cypress and prosecute the Irish people aud so often
England is weak embarrassed, or humhled, so Of
ten does she relax her ruthless grasp to allow her
"A ii ~ al
success she resumes the office Of the executoner.
Although The successful resistance Of America in
l776, the terrific French Revolution in l793 and the
untrng exertons Of OConnel for the last 40 years,
have exorled concession after concession from Bri-
tsh tyranny still are the people of Ireland held 10
thradom, wretchedness, and misery oppressed and
ground to the earth by the support Of hated
Church Establishment, exorbitant rack rents, bur-
densome taxes, want Of trade employ meni, ruined
commerce. deeayed manufactures. harsh and une-
quai laws, widespread pauperism, unparalleled I'M
der any government calling itself Christian. One
fact may eiucidate the sad detail Of Out of a
popuiauo Of nine millions there two millions
and hall Of pauper or beggars subsisting
aims more than out Of every four of the whole
kngdom-a beggarN What comment on English
domination. IL TO remedy this horrible state OF
things the Irish people demand Repeal Of the exc.
Grated Union.
II nations, like individuals mus, expect day OF re.
ributon assureily the hour Of Engands accountable
ty will be- like that OF Baby Ion drunk with ths bl cd
Of nations, most fearful Look her robbie spoa-
lions, and murders for the last century in Hindostsn
at her recent maraudng expeditions and massacres Ia
Ahghanislan, IN China, 10 Scnde But beyond all and
above all look at her horrible acts Of treschery her
hideous MURDERS her wholesale robberes her shock
ing and deliberately created famnes prsctised and
perPetraed IN lreland-no, for 5, TO- 20, So or 100
years, but with slight inermissons, for nearly 700
year 1t Is scarcely possib for the i'm gnaiion to
conceive or words 10 describe the horrors of this
dark and droary period One item Of the dismal cat
alogue, and probably productive Of greater am unit
OF Irish misery than any other Is the wasting and
ruinous annual drain of revenue, absentee rents and
transit duties out Of Ireland. BY parliamentary and
other documents, II is ascertsincd, that England in
tins manner draws from Ireland every year, the i'm
mense sum Of fortyhve millions Of dollars or four
hundred and nifty millions every ten years Could
any country In the world endure 80 stupendous
robbery without irretrieysbe ruin degradation and
wrelchedness' II Is 10 remedy ~ this enormous
evil The plundered and oppressed Irish seek Repeal
Of the Union.