The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-09-02


ing the Republicans of the State The Petersburg
Editor need not lecture upon appeal TO meetings
OF the people. We thought Of another State COnsen-
ton aud advised With friend about it. His re-
ply, In black aud white before us, u.s. cannot
see the wisdom OF preliminary Convention. You
will fan the flame IN the hope TO blow il out" Was
there not fear also, that by a call OF county
meetings, We might at this time throw hrebrand
among them Certainly If these meetings were to
be disturbed by the hasty spirit which seems TO
have actuaed friend of the Republican, in n e
matter now before US, could not expect any very
harmonious and suspicious results.
We must apologize TO our readers, for this long
narratiye-but the moral Of 1t is brief enough
Keep COOL and riew things they afe-nof as they are
portrayed by ripid imagination.
Instead Of Withdrawing the Circular, we adhere TO
lt-and again request "every Republican, who VIII
give much time aud attention 10 the affairs OF The
Republic" TO favor With replies.
We copy the following report of Mr. Robert
Tyler's Repeal speech from the New Yok
Herald
SPEECH OF MIR, ROBERT TYLER,
Az The great repeat Meeting at Washington
HaH, august 20, 1913.
Mr.. Tyler came forward, and the cheering was re-
newed with great enthusiasm. When il had subsid-
ed he said
Mr.. President and Gentlemen-Tbis is the first
time i have had the honor of meeting with my Irish
friends Of the city Of New York, and the pleasure Of
lnterchanging with them friendly greeting. il has
afforded me more than usual pleasure To accept your
KIND invitation to address you, under the circum-
stances under which now present my self amongst
you appear before you this evening, fellow-ciii-
zens to denouDce government which ! hate great
cheering, Whose many expressions detest, and TO
advocate the cause of people whom have reason
to respect and love, and whose woes and whose
wrongs appeal TO the sympatbies of mankind. Great
cheering) Felowcitizens, upon this subject, cam
not consent TO play the part of hypocre, ("brayoO
and caDdidy confess TO you that abhor the hsto.
ry Of the British government tremendous cheer
ing Although there may be instances in the his
torical record of that government which evince high
courage, stern determination and most unwavering
purpose IN the prosecution and accomplishment OF it,
splendid though selfish schemes of conquest and
tional ACKNOWLEDGMENT, yet its most partial and de-
lighted advocate cannot point to single instance
in which il ever discovered magnanimity or libera-
ty to an antagonistic power (Cheers) And how
numerous are the examples Of its petty insults and
wholesale aggressions and tyrannes towards other
nations have but TO refer YOU in order to estab-
lish conclusivey and u prove satisfactorily what
here allege, 10 The conduct OF England in former
times towards Franceto the invasion Of her terrific
ries = the Imprisonment Of her legitimate sovereign,
and IN a later period, to her most Liberal, ungene-
rous unjust conduct towards great, though fallen
foe, Napoleon Buonaparte. (Applause)
have but TO r.. fer you TO the speeches of Sheri-
dan and OF Burke TO convince you Of the enormties
practised towards her East l. dian possessions. /
have but to refer you TO her late war with China,
and TO the principles on which she conducted the
war Of the American Revolution-to the grievances
set forth in the Declaration Of American lndcpen-
dence, and 10 the barbarities practised towards
American citizens during that contest. | have but
TO refer you to the principles on which she made
war with the American States in 1872, and if further
evidence be necessary, have but to ailude in your
hearing, TO the conduct Of Eng and towards Ireland.
(Great cheering) For seven long centuries ireland
has been suffering In state Of bondage ntole-
raD!e than the tortured existence Of the Roman
slave For seven centuries her daughters have been
exposed TO rapne, and her to murder and false
imprisonment and her entire people TO the cold con-
tumely and insult Of nation which came in to give
them protection but which, through long ag, S, has
degraded and oppressed them. And this has been
done 10 people whose noble spirit thus doubly IN
suited, aud whose generous service to the British
crown should have shielded them against contume-
cus word or look. (Applause Yes, SIR / assert
that the services Of ireland to England have been
oil The most exalted character, and challenge
cessu contradiction oil the fact Her courts of law
have been filled up with Irish judges and Irish law
yers whose talents have always been made available
TO England-who have reflected on the bar Of Eng
land lustre by their intellect, and added glory /,
the British ermne. The most splendid orators
which The world has ever seen have been lrishmen-
(cheers) land their parliamentary aud forensic fame
have illumned the British constitution with almost
all the gores that surround II. The best and purest
patriots that bave ever rodden British soil have been
lrshmeD; and IN her darkest hour and deepest dis
tress they have forgotten their own expressions and
have rallied IN defence OF the integrity of the Gov.
ernment (Applause)
The navy OF England has been manned with Irish
men, and they have poured forth their treasures and
ther blood To sustaIn-t the English marine. The ar
mies of England, too, have been recruited from the
peasaniry OF Ireland, and those who in the hour of
battle have most eagerly rushed on to death or ycto
ry, have been lrishmen. tremendous applause !
And Ireland, too, has ever contributed her revenue
"''nou' murmur TO support The speDdthrft extraya-
gahce OF the British government and what has been
the RESULT refer you to her history for an account
oil The monstrous details, for Imagination even with
her eye holder than the eagles with her heart Of pi
san'ic proportions, and her courage Of fiery energy
WIZ shrink, pale and trembling, from the recital.
(Applause) No, let the historian, with his heart of
steel and his icy and pulseless p speak 10 YOU of
innocent people, butchered by the force of british
laws, or who have felt the fatal prescription of the
Engl'sh martial power Let him tell YOU the details
LEI MN tell you how daughter has been rayi,hed
~ The sight and within hearing of a mother whose
chastity and life were sacrificed with tbe,, credon
lor an IRISH maiden prefers chastity 10 Iife-(vrest
applause Jet him tell you OF sons ignouinio,sl,
huhg on me gslows before the fearless ewes of aged
psrens-iet The historian tell you, too how he halls
~ Ju ,t ns'o oeen converted into places worse
than me Saturnahan Orgies where Justice has been
pclrihed TO stone, and has not been athletic witness
he eannoal-hke rage with which British Judges have
clo'ned ,he acquisitions of British law, and have
sPr,nkied INC ermine on their shoulders with the
clotted gore Of their victims (Applausel let the
historian yell you, too, how her temples Of religion
nave been desecrated--bow, failing TO force British
observance OF worship on Irish religion, tbey have
prescribed those who have preferred freedom Of con-
science 10 The Establishments Of their yrsnts till half
Terrified by their own acts they have voluntarily re-
tred from he Inhuman and sacrilegious work
Great cheering)
IL IS more Than enough, fellow citizens for the
historian 10 teH-t IS more than enough for the
.. ol man 10 iee or the mind Of man TO know
that war; and rapine, and sacrilege and murder and
unjust laws, lave converted Ireland from the lofty