The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-19


such thing. Let the clubs consist OF Repeal ward
ems, and they would be able to control them. For
his part he would speak little as he could to any
man who was not Repeater (cheers.) Amy man
who came into the prison to speak to him that was
not a Repeater would 60 away without an answer
to his message lcheers and laughter) Let every
man rally round him in pc ace and tranquilllty-let
very man be Repeal w arden, and take care to
get his neghbOr 10 enrol his name If it were but
tor one penny on the books OF the association Let
as many as choose wear marks such as this Ipont;,
or afraid of wearing It,. Remember they were
contending for right and justice. Ireland Tor the
Irish and the Irish Tor Ireland; They were strug-
Cling for the first, the loveliest land on
the face of the earth; they were struggling
for a country the best situated for external
commerce on the globe (cheers.) There wasn
country like this-nO country had halt the advan-
tage for commerce that Ireland had. No country
was so indented with noble harbors, open at every
tide, and safe from every wind her noble streams,
which reflected on their far bosSm the heaven over
non, the SUR, the More, and the Barrow that were
capable Of adording rich commercial advantages;
her water power, which could surn .ie m h
filthy smoke that emitted from the manufactures
impregnated the air with mephitic matter. Oh! in
Irelan it was not so (hear) for there the pure and
the healthy water power was to be found, though,
alas, in the absence of trade 1t was running to
waste. The living stream accumulated on their
plains, sweled into rivers. poured down the side OF
the mountains and the majestic cliffs, whose ada
mantine front repealed the wave, the eternal wave,
as it rushed from It's ocean bed (cheers.) With
these advantages. with these bounaeous gifts. of
Providence was combined the inhabHents OF that
SOIL the brave, the generous, the honest, the peace.
able men of Ireland. Rally with him then for the
Repeal Enthusiastic applause;)
Mr.. O'Connell then said he had the honor to
move that it be referred to the general committee
to prepare an address to the people of Ireland, to be
issued at the instant that sente nee Of Imprisonment
was passed on him.
Mr.. s. O'Brien, M p, rose to second the resolu.
ton, and was greeted with loud applause. He said
he in hopes that In meeting them that day, and
a more dense meeting he had not witnessed In that
room, nor one collected on more important and
interesting OCCASION he was in hopes he said OF
being able to congratulate them on the triumph, II
such it might be consi dered, on an equal decision
amongst the judges of the Queens Bench The
motion that had been made on the part of the ira
versers for new trial (cheers) but he was disap-
pointed, and the country was disappointed on that
point, and it seemed at last that Mr.. O'Connell,
Mr.. Tierney, and the other patriots, were to be
brought within the act of law, 1t was by the deci
sion of the majority Of the Judges, now in the power
of the ministry, If they had the indlscretlon to do
so, to imprison those gentlemen (cheers), and he
solemnly believed in his conscience that such a
step would do much to disturb and weaken, ii not
ultimately to break the link that at present bound
Ireland to England (hear, and cheers) 1t was i'm
possible for anyone that had read the papers lately,
not to have observed the publication of the Prince
de Joinville's pamphlet. France, there could be-
little doubt, had its eye upon this country, and if
danger from that quarter was apprehended by Eng
land, what ought wise and prudent govern
ment do, or to- whom in this country
could they look for assistance (hear)! To
OConnell, most .assuredly, (hear, and cheers.)
And yet this the very man that that government
The government would not listen TO THE, but he
would not believe the fact OF Mr.. O'COnnell's In
generation until he accompanied him to the phi
son. But little indeed did the government know
enough to imagine that the cry for the Repeal of
the Uoion would be stifed or put down by the
means of inlprisoning the father and Liberator of
eouS %o,
nell had truly said that the moment he was sent to
gao all Ireland to man ought to Join the associa-
ton. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr; OBJ thought SO
too, and moreover, the man who held back was
bad man, and he, although Protestant, declared
if he was Roman Catholic he would be ashamed
to enter the same church with man of that faith
prison door closed on the Llberator. He would
not anticipate what might be their next duty in the
event of the incarceration OF Mr.. O'Conne; but
matter what 1t might be, peace, order, and ODE
dience to the law would be most strictly observed.
{ heers.) The government might foolishy ina
CINE that by imprisoning the great leader of the
people that it would stop the question of Repeal.
the proceeding on the last day OF meeting, when
Mr.. O'Connell was absent, and it was proved that
the moral power was not distracted from his alb
and advice even from prison would guide them still
in the peaceful but path to national ndepen-
dence (hear, hear, and continued cheers) The
association possessed men capable of doing their
duty and directing the country, and this was amply
proved by the proceedings on the last day OF meet
Ing (cheers) He (Mr. O'Brlen) was absent on that
day. but it gave him more pleasure to read the pro-
ceedings than if he had been present (hear, heaD,
for it proved 10 the counryhat men of ability
amongst them fit to become the leaders of great
nation (cheers). The proceedings of that day were
indicative Of the great moral power the association
would have in directing the people of this country
(hear, hear). The association might lose Mr. John
O'Connell for while, but the talent and power he
had already exhibited in defence of Ireland by his
able would still be used from the prison cheersl.
They had Mr.. Doheny, who represented the feel
ings of the people Of Tpperary, and in that gentle
man the country had found an able exposer Of
the spy system, and he lMr OBrien] was proud
to say that the country had also found an organ
to denounce and lay open this odious system,
which had done much havoc IN the coun-
thy [hear, hearl. If that odious system had not
been brought properly to light, it would
crimes, [hear, hear,l and in such cases the people
would look on the laws which were made to pro-
tect them, not as such, but the greatest oppres-
sion and injustice. [Cheers.l When the office of
Lord Lieutenant was about to be abolished in this
country, whereby the executive weuld have been
taken away, who might be thanked for preventing
that but the association [Hsar) The Wings in
this case would have wrung from the Tories what
they would have done themselves, had they but
the courage to propose 1t; [hear, but the assoca
ton would not tamely submit TO the surrender of
cAcCutlNC III llCldhu, PCIiis VI
cation had already been carried TO too great an
extent in this country, and this spirit was fraught
with very evil consequences to the interest of Ire
land To such extent had il been carried that
he had resolved never to attend the levee of an
English vceroy in Ireland but he hoped to attend
the Castle at the levee of an Irish vceroy, and that
as member of the Irish parliament alone. Loud
cheers. He would contrast the conduct Of the Irish
parliament, even in its wors state, with that OF the
English parliament on Lord Ashleys bill. Hear.
How the majority of seven in favour of the poor
man not only reduced by ministerial influence,
[Hear.l Last year he, (Mr. OBJ ispelled by his
constituents called on the English parliament To
grant committee of inquiry the question
of poor laws in Ireland but that Parliament
declared that inquiry was not necessary, and
if they did grant committee, they would
not be Influenced by it, He wopld ask the Pro-
testant guardians Of Fermanagh was this fair