The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-21

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his daughters, Mrs. Fitzsimmon and Mrs, French,
walked alone, soon alter his arrival. The priso-
ners, they must now be called, dined together
about half past six. They were all cheerful We
happy to Stale that there was not The slightest
breach OF the peace during The proceed dngs The
following address, which had been prepared IN an
tlcipaton OF the sentence, was issued on Thurs
day.
Address OF O'COnnen to the People Of Ireland.
PEACE AND QUIET.
PEOPLE OF -CouNTRYMEN- BE-
LOVED FELLOW CONFERENCE.-The sentence IS
passed But there is another appeal from that
tence. The appeal lies to the House OF Lords
solemny pledge myself 10 bring an appeal against
that sentence and assure you that there Is every
prospect it will be received Peace. then, and
quiet Let there not be one particle of riot, tumult
or violence. This is the crisis in which it will be
shown whether the people OF Ireland will o. ey me
or not Ary person who violates the law, or Is
guilty OF any violence insult, or injury 10 person or
property, violates my command, and shows him.
self an enemy 10 me, and bitter enemy to Ireland
The people of Ireland-the sober, steady, honest,
religious people ct lIeIand-ha hitherto obeyed
my commands and kept quiet. Let every man stay
AT home Let the women and children stay AT
home. Do net crowd the streets, and IN parllcu-
lar let no man approach the precincts OF the -Four
Cours.
Now. people of Dublin, and people OF ireland
generally, shall know. and the world will know,
whether you owe and respect me or not Show
your love and regard Tor me, by your obedience to
the law-your peaceable conduct, and the total
avoidance of any riot or violence.
PEACE, ORDER, QUIET, TRANQUILITY
Preserve the peace, and The Repeal cause will
necessarily be triumphant. Peace end quiet | ask
Tor In my name, and as you regard me. Peace and
quiet ask Tor III the name OF Ireland, and as you
owe your native land. i, ace-qulet-o call
for under the solemn sanction OF religion con-
ure you to observe quiet, and ask 1t in the ador-
able name of the ever living God. Crafty me and
your friendsby your being quiet and peaceable
The en-mirs of Ireland would be delighted al
your violating the peace or being guilty OF any dis
order
Disappont them-gratify and delight by peace,
order, and quiet.
Your faithful friend,
DANIEL O'CONNELL.
Corn Exchange rooms, 18th May, 1911.
O'Conncll's Last Speech ut the Corn
Exchange.
The Liberator then proceeded to address the as
semby amidst great applause. He SAID he rose now
for the purpose of moving that 5s referred TO the
general committee of the association 10 prepare
forthwith an address to the sole OF Ireland upon
The existing position Of the public cause he wish
ed to have that address prepared IN order that II
might be issued the moment the court passed SEN
fence upon him and the other uaversers lhear,
hear That might be postponed Ohough from
what he knew OF The court, he did not think II
would) [laushter] until the decision Of the House
of Lords thear, hear lie thought 1t ought 10 be
postponed till then, but what ought to be was moi
always let to be in this best OF AL possible worlds
laughter But It was fitting to prepare this address
let the sentence be what II might; whatever length
Of imprisonment they might get-whatever amount
oi fine might be imposed on them, the people
should be prepared not to sllow any irritation 10
| overcome thtir determination to be peaceable-
Cloud cries OF hear, hear, hear) What he hsc
been struggling for since the commencement o.
| the trial-that which made him anxious TO post
pone the actual termination as long as he could
was not shrinking from the peril, or ,e punishment
but the thorough conviction that all he wan.'
was time to have the people distinctly under
| stand that they would play the game OF thei
| enemies by any violence, any force, any not, o.
| any attempt to impede the progress OF the law by
violence OF any kind. [lIraI, hear All be wan,
ed was, that the people shsuld understand that the
enemies desired nothing go heartily as the opPoitun
| y that would be gwen 10 them, by any ontbreai
or violence on their part OF bringing out the mil
terry force now in the country against an unarmed
and undlscIplined people (hear, hear, and cheers
| Nothing they desired so much, but there was no
| thing in which they wauld be thoroughly dis
appointed (cheers) Day after day from that spo
week after week through the newspapers he pro
claimed these facts, and they had reached ever
part OF the country there was no man go lsnorai
| AS not to have heard OF his wish tor peace-ther
was no man so stupid Ms not to know that II was to
| his good and the success of the great cause G
ireland that that wish was expressed (hesr, hear.
| The Catholic clergy had taken It up manful!y--
Why that very day he had acknowledged subscrlr
tons from no less than $50 Catholic clerymen Qou
/ y
| officers that ever community had (hear, hear
| and laugheT,) They were not paid Tor that duty
Oh yes, they were, by their own feelings, by thel
own religious emotions, and by Their God, Tor ihel
conduct IN preserving the peace (cheefso IN
hing was understood, and 1t only required now f.
him 10 call the attention 1t the coubiry-ot Greh
Britain, and Of Europe, to the real position II
| winch they were placed. There was no man iha
could possibly deny the TACT, that Ireland was IN
tnitely in a worse situation now, than she was n
the time ii the Union. That was a fact admitted
by every man Even the foreign travellers VIII
mad come here to view the nakedness Of the land
had conirasied the misery and poverty which exist
ed in Ireland with the condition OF the iIhabitanr
IF other countries through which they had passed
had declared that they had found nowhere peopl
enduring much in country that nature calcu
lated'and NATURES God blessed with the utmost fei
tlliiy and the utmost means OF producing abuDdanc
(cheers) How was 1t in the county Of Wicklow
50,0OM annually was carried from that county, il
stead Of beug spent in Ireland, to Lord Filzw
| liam, in Eng land. 1t might as well not have bee
produced at all-nay, more, II was worse, for J
every growing crop there was exhaustion Of th
| soil, and the ground was less productive this yea
than the last (hear, hear) The ruiz was comm
on the one side and not the least beneh TIT on th
| other; and when he mentioned the name OF Loy
Fuzwlhiam, he spoke OF him as one Of the best
the absentees He took up the case Of Lord Head
ford, who drew from this country 36, OON a-yea
he and bis father, for fifty year., ana not sd'lIn
lett untold thousands to his Swiss servant, an
nothing to ireland (hesr, hear.) The Union hs
done more than lhis-it had caused the desructio
of trade-the total humiliation OF any productive
commerce. and the complete failure OF manufac
lures (hear, hear.) At the time of the Union
there were 10000 persons employed in Dublin
(cheers, and hear, hesr) What was The pcIur
| now! Why, there were not more tan thirteen o
fourteen thousand He had detailed these fact
| irequently-he announced them in various pieces
| he challenged inqulry-he d.tied contradiction
| and when those challenges were met The argument
against him were amply reued; and he might al
peal to a book of a relation Of his, who had tskei
.ome trouble in making up statistical returns, {,
prove the case of Ireland, and he would say iha
no man was ever more trIumphanty answered rhei
| Montgomery Martin was by John OConnell in hi
|" Argument for Ireland" (chcers) Many were q
opinion that the evils might be mltgated by lege
lation in an imperial parliament; many refuse,
to become Rcpealers because they had hopes o
| succeeding ia that parliament. When the wing
were in office these promise, and as II wer,
nroanecf of anrneIhnp halng dnne 10 mliiaafs III