Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-06-28
From the Morning Chronicle.
PROFESSOR WRlGHT'S LETTERS FROM
ENGLAND

LONDON, June 3, 1874.
Dear LeaviW:-The sad doings in Philadelphia
have tendency to keep stray American in Eng
land quite humble wish, as have said before
they would Danish O'Conne to America instead
Of shutting him between the four walls Of Dub
lin penientary for Il twelvemonh The latter is
what they have at last concluded to do The hero
Of Waterloo thinks that the best way to keep the
peace of Ireland. But he has now to deal with a
stronger man than Napoleon. The Duke Of Wei
Iington and the ministers who yield to his policy
are sad fools in this matter O'Connel is quite too
much for them. There was no way to check him
but by concession His going to prison is a tri-
umph. AS to the $4,000 fine, it will not come out
of O'Conne nor even the Irish; English sympa-
thy will probably pour it out spontaneously, and
grow stronger in the act. The sentence of the
court, delivered by poor old Judge Burton, is the
highest possible vindication Of O'Connell. 1t adj
mits that he kept the peace; that through his ad-
vice and influence, throughout all the monster
meetings, not the slightest infiaction of the law
took place. This it expressly admits, and yet il
condemns him for a conspiracy 10 intimidale gOv-
ernment! AS to the conspiracy, it is not pretend
ed that there was anything secret about it. 1t was
merely agreeing publicly and aloud to brighten the
government in peaceabe way, by moustrous
demonstrations of unusual force. And the gov.
eminent was frightened. Why? Because it knew
that such immense crowds could not be, and were
not called together without cause; it knew they
had strong reasons to fight that it could not be-
lieve in the power of OConne to prevent them
And yet he did prevent them, and prevent them sc
ettectually that the governments army was rattle
a subject of contempt for having nothing to do
1t did inspire these monster crowds, whose wrong
no language could adequately express, with
spirit SO thoroughly pacific, that tens of thousand
of spies, anXIously on the watch for iniractons o
the laws and breaches Of the peace, could find none
whatever SO the government, since it could no
deny this, cOnfesses it and puts Mr.. O'Connel il
prison If they should smother his mighty voic
there, they might soon want him again. Nor
stupendous madness has not been developed in GU
times For the people that met at Contarff are no
dead yet; their wrongs are not redressed; thei
legs and arms are not cut off; they can meet again
and then fO'Connell is not there to dispense then
there will be the game of the two Kilkenny cats
and how much will that benefit either party? O.
Cornell is not the distress Of Ireland. What til
government should punish aud imprson and ann
hiIate, is the distress of ireland; and it punsht
and nprlsons O'ConnelI and lets the distress G
{ at large and take care Of ITSELF Again, ask wa
any thing ever more foolish This is strang
world. No wonder the venerable Judge WI
affected to tears" for he doubtless clearly under
stood himself to be cats paw in the affair, me(
ding with hot Goals for the benefit of other people
he doubtless sensible that his sentence, win
it would rebound to his own infamy, conferred e'
, erasng honor on his victim Enough to max
I, almost any body cry!
What Il pity it is that the Irish in PhiladeIph
could not have profed by the pacific advice
O'Connell! 1t is the true way to gain polite
) rights. BY peaceful demonstration IN LreIan
the strongest government on earth has been intin
idated, and it will stay intimidated if ireland on
agitates peacefully, till it is disposed to do ustc