Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1844-11-23
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.

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the I'd instant, at midnight.
| Not for months has intelligence from Eu-
rope been of SO importan, character.
O'Connell has hit upon federal project,
which is 10 answer for repeal.
There has been sligh, decline in Cotton,
in the face of increased sales.
The Grain markets were dull.
Business in the manufacturing districts was
good-brisk.
There was continued rage for railway
shares in England, for Investment.
The English Money Market was buoyant.
Louis Philippe has returned to France.
Mr.. Everett. the American Minister, who
has been absent for some lime on the Con,in.
ent, has returned to England.
Mr.. Clemson, the newly appointed Ameri-
can Charge d'Affairs in Belgium, has arrived
in Brussels.
Ne,o Free Church in England.-A " New
Free Church in England has just sprung up
in Exeter. 1t is announced that il is an epis-
copal establishment, which will! however. al.
low of no Bishop in its concerns. Two,
Church of England clergymen, named Shore
and Bulteel. are promoters of this scheme.
IRELAND.
The weekly meeting at the Repeal Associa.
ton was held, as usual. on the llih instant.
J. p. Somers, Esq NJ. p, who occupied the
chair, spoke rather warmly. declaring " his
firm conviction that neither the petSfogsing
persinacity Of a jury packing Attorney Gener.
al, supported by the more profound and imam.
Gus iniqui,y of the Government, can for one
momen reiard the accomplishment of repeal
! and N the hrpaf daNnuncinn tho said
Attorney General as sordid and degraded
placeman." very long letter from Mr.. o..
Connell, occupying nearly four columns of the
! following terms 81 | am extremely anxious 10
bring the emphatic attention of the association
to that which deem the most important Of all
the duties which they have TO perform at the
present most auspicious period. We have OBJ.
tanned the mos. valuable victory that ever was
achieved by purely moral means. The victo-
~ of Waterloo was The mere triumph of phys
ical force combined with military organization.
! /, was brutal and bloody scene, and much
of what are called its glories depended upon
chance and accident. Ours, on the contrary,
was The triumph of the frs, principles of civil
liberty, and Of the judicious merits of our glo-
rious cause. That which triuinphed was the
great constitutional principle which sanctions
the right of free discussion TO the inhabitants
of these realms. Ii was the principle which
battled WITH and triumphed over the well ar
ranged conspiracy TO extinguish popular senii-
ment, and to limit and restrain the efficacy OF
peaceful popular exer,ions."
After some further observations on the trial,
Mr.. O'Connell proceeds to inform the assoca-
ton that "upon the subject of repeal. near
| - g ~ - narfaotlx
agreed. They are convinced of its necessity.
They have no doubt Of its practicabil,y." He
holds this assertion TO have been already suf-
fcien.ly proved by the forty-one monster meet
ings, and therefore, he deems the repetition of
such meetings, a, least for the present. unne-
cessary. Having thus" says he, "in favor
of repeal, the overwhelming majority OF the
Catholic population. clergy and laity, and hav-
ing also been joined by many. very many.
Pro,es,anis, by large body Of Presbyterians,
and by some other enlightened Protestant dis.
seners, it only remains for US to conclliaie and
combine the residue of the Pedestrians OF ev-
cry class and description. This, | repeat, Is
our task-our duty-our pleasing duty"
lie assumes that what "prevents the re-
malnder of Proies,ants Of all descriptions from
joining for repeal" is. "not any disinclIna-
ton TO have Ireland legislated for by an Irish
Parliament" but "idle jeaousies and IN.
founded fears " of Catholic ascendency, civil
and ecclesiastical. On the part Of the Catho-
lies, he solemnly declares that they desire no
such ascendency, but only perfect equaiity'
such as can be secured by the repeal oil the
Union alone. He proceeds to cite ten or a
dozen proofs Of this declaration. and then ex-
plains a, great length the distinctions between
federalis,s and simple repealers," leaning
rather to the belief that the former ask more
| for Ireland than the latter. For my own
parl," says he, 81 will own that since have
come to contemplate the SPECIFIC differences.
such as they are, between simple repeal ana
federalism do not at present feel prefer
ence for the federaive plan, as tending more
10 the utility of Ireland and to the mamie
rance Of the connection with England, than
the mode Of simple repeal. But must either
| deliberately propose or deliberately adopt from
some other person plan of federa,ive union,
before | bind myself to the opinion which
! now entertain"
| He invites the federalisis TO come forward
and PROFOUND their plans. "The iederallsis,
SAYS he, cannot but perceive that there has
| been on nv part pause in the agitation for
| the repeal. sinre the period of our liberation
/ from unjust Imprisonment; they must perceive
! that, on the part of the repealers, every pas
sion has been hushed. and all the energy OF
complaint suppressed. in the expectation OF a
/ federal movement. This calm has been made
! in complainant 10 the friends OF Ireland, who
have noI as yet, Joined the repeal standard.
! He declares these two propositions TO be
perfectly undeniabls: +" First-That matters
cannot remain as they are in Ireland. but that
the repeal movement must accumulate in pow