Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-11-12
RUMORED UNION OF IRISH AND
ENGLISH LIBERALS.

ENGLISH LIBERALS.
NJ O'Connell has retired 10 Derryn,ne
Abbey for month"; but active measures are
said to be on foot for union of The Who's
and Repealers upon some in,ermedial has s.
which will have for its object sundry con-
cessions to Ireland, and, above all, the ex-
pulsIon of the Tories from power What
truth there may be in the report we know
not, but so long as the allies refrain from
shipwrecking themselves on the rock of fed
or any other modification of dis
all Liberals must wish it to be
true. The exstenbe of the Peel Ministry
is the great obstacle to the pacifcaion Of
Ireland. If the Tories were TO remain in
office for a century they would never get
over their grand difficulty. We therefore
keep them in office for the interests of the
landowners, at perpetual risk of dismem-
berment. Admissions of various influential
Protestant gentlemen are spoken of bv ru-
NOR. The corporation speech of the Pro-
testant DR.. Maunsell, has been followed by
various indications in unlooked-for quarters
of a desire to make peace, ifnot to coalesce
with The national party. The names of Lord
Monteagle and Lord Charlemont are now
mentioned as among the last recruits Of fed
eralsm. 1t does not appear to us that the
movement shows any sign of decline by
these notifications of its object. On the
contrary, 1t pursues natural course in
reaching, by degrees, the middle and upper
classes, after fully pervading the mass Of
the people. Men of property begin to feel
that, if changes are inevitable, they had best
make their peace with the strongest party,
before it is too late. To live as besieged
garrison in England's outport is not so indif
terent matter to the said garrison as 10 the
Tory captains who command it from dis
lance. Even the Protestants of the North
may come to be of opinion, if matters con-
tlnue long as they are, that it is better to
compromise matters, for the sake of peace
and quietness, than live like the Spanish and
French divisions of the island of st Domn-
go. Among the gentry it is by no means
unlikely that. as Mr.. Grattan says, feeling
OF distrust may spring up, and that in the
course of six months there may he diff
Guilty in getting in their rents which has not
existed before. The time may come sooner
than is expected when all parties will agree
that it is better to dispense with Sir Robert
Peel and his Ministry than to lose Ireland.
In fact, for any warlike purposes, defensive
or aggressive, she is practically separated
from England at the present moment, so far
as affection goes, or any bond of common
interest.
For our own part we are glad to ssc the
Reporters making such determined efforts
to place themselves in the majority on the
election registration. We would far soon
er trust 10 the patriotism al public spirit
of the Irish members, under the guidance
of OConne!l, than to the Tories. We re-
member with gratitude their inestimable
services at the period of the Reform Bill,
and the steady bulwark which, for ten long
years, they opposed to the assaults of the
common enemy, generously conhdng in
the nero full intentions Of the Liberal Gov
eminent, and in the lenity Of its Irish ad
mnlstration. The Irish members are Sc
lected from among men who have stake
in the country, and who will not wanionly
rush upon an enterprise which does no
hold out some feasible ground Of success
and we have little doub, that, If the Wings
were installed in Office, and a course of ra
pid and efficient reform at once commenced
year would witness the Ginning Of the
Repeal tempest. The etIo is which Ireland
has made to attain her imnraciicable object
would not be- altogether thrown away
The giant Of Toryism is still strong in Eng
land. and the lessons Of selfreliance, of
sobrie,v, of steady perseverance-the most
essential elements Of national greatness
which the Repeal agitation has called into
existence, will frequently have to be
called into requisi,iou to keep the place
they have conquered. 10 making conces
sions to Ireland we must remember that
O'Connel is the representative. the advo.
cate. the avenger Of an oppressed race.
prescribed religion. and conquered coun-
try. We must throw down the barriers
between the races, and equality of rights
will soon produce uniformity Of patriotism
and the fusion Of all interests into one
common interest. In short, we must make
the union wha, i, ought to be.-one Of mu-
tual advantages and privileges to the inha-
biants OF both countries, instead Of wha,
it has hitherto been, badge Of inferiorlly
and vassalage 10 one Of them. This osce
done freely, fully, and honestly, and the
repeal cry will be suashed effsctually, and
for ever.-Lirerpool Mercury.
The officers Of tho Army and Navy a,
Halifax have formed Bible Society for