The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-10

cause have asitated 10 bring ABOUT the &reatea
possible blessings 10 my couutrymen. My defence
Is that the Repeal OF the Union would relieve all
the dlstrss and misery which We behold, and in
the performances Of my sacred duty TO the Irish
people viii place their case triumphantly before
you, have said that 1t was nv duty--I am bound
BY gratitude also. Once l have represented the
county OF Clare, with a population of 10000
the county of Waterford, with its $780, 900 inhabi-
tan,s Once again have been returned for my
native county Kerry, containing a population OF
t~o hundred and sixty Thousand inhabitants. once
tor Meath, whose people amount TO 30O,O 900; and
now stand the representative for the County OF
Cork, with a population Of 100000 lnha6ltants
Besides this, ! have twice had the honor OF being
the member of the city of Dublin, and once tor
Kilkenny IL is, therefore. my bounden duty-a
from motives OF gratitude TO those VINO nave SHOWN
me such III irks Of favor 10 do all can to promote
their comforts and prosperity. | am their hired
servant. admit it. am their paid servant. and
though il may take away from the chivalry Q, my
staton,I avow that receive their wages, and am
ready now to earn it. begin by showing you the
system of msg 'vernment pursued by England at
all times towards tins country aod shall quote Tor
you the views put forward by an eminent French
historian one OF the terati Of his day. Mr.. O'Con-
nell here read an extract from the work of Theirs,
in which it was stated that the English government
had for five centuries governed Ireland in
spirit OF jealousy OF It's prosperty--and describing
the fertility OF the so-the blessings poured on il
by nature, but the wrechedness of liz people. That
ms country Was governed for five hundred years,
and of the banetul influence of English govern
meat. Have the authority Of Theirs alone No.
have also the authority of Mr.. Pitt for the advan-
tages possessed by Ireland; and find him, in dis
cuss!ng the commercial propositions of l7S5, ad-
hitting that II was the uniform policy Of England
10 depres Irish interests IN order To advance their
own That is not my language, it Is the language
OF Mr.. Pit, avowlng openly the policy pursued by
England towards Ireland. ] now come TO another
authority which, in this Court, all events, will
carry great weight. ! mean. that Of the late
Chief Justice Basche: Listen ! beseech
You, to the words of that gifted man i
pendence and to whom you called upon 10 give II
upl To nation which for SIX hund ed years has
treated you with uniform oppression aud injustice.
The Ire isury Bench stariles at the asser ion''on
.ueus hic scrmo eat. Ii the Treasury Bench scod
M, Mr.. Pitt will scod them; 1t is his assertion in
so many words in his speech. Ireland, says he has
Ireland, says Junius, has been uniformly plundered
and oppressed This is not the SANDER of Junus,
nor the candor of Mr. Ptt-lt Is history. For CEN
tures nave the British Parliament and nation kept
you down, shacke your commerce, and paralyzed
your exerons-despised your character, and rld
culed your pretensions to any privileges, CONNER
CT or unconstitutional. She has never concededa
point to you which she could avoid granted favor
which wasnot reluctantly distilled. They have been
all wrung from her like drops of her blood Gentle
men, have ever used language half so strong, half
sopowe tI, or IA 80 eioqu.at, As the passage hav~
read There was this cardld admission made by
Mr.. Secretary Cooke, the author OF the pamphlet
namely, that the intention Of the British guveru-
ment was only 10 prevent Ireland from growing too
grsat aud powerful There was another passage 10
1t TO the effect that Eng and was exorng,l 10 the mo-
meat OF her strength, those rights which she would
likely cOncede in a moment OF her weakness-lhat
1t was the drn'a! OF the rshtsirom great nation
20 another, from an intolerance OF its prosperity
When in neginolng to address you Presumed Mr.
OConntl said that would he able TO IN NV you
that 1t was "a Intolerance OF Irish prosp .rv thai
had creered the Ualon and II the antnor OF this
sentiment were here in court, he chou have
avowed every word of what he had said, fo
he spoke j, in the siuc rity Of his heart
think need not 60 much further TO prove TO you
that i was tn in,cl'rance Of The British govern
ment for the Irish prosperity which had influenced
tie measure of the Union Gentlemen ofthe Jury,
mark the words, for you have this avowal from
an authority you cannot doubt These are topics
which cannot ever be torgotten; and feel much
obliged to the learned Attorney General for giving
me the opportunity OF revivng them. | must refer
you next, gentlemen of the Jury, TO a letter from
Prmste Bonlter, at the same period, referring 10
the subject, III which the learned prelate
ch lrgsd the British Government with pursuing
infamous policy towards Ireland, in making the
most odous distinctions between the different sects
and religious IN Ireland, and setting one In actual
hostility towards the other, for the purpose of com.
pletiny their own unjust intentions, and that such
policy must be deprecated as very great calaml,
~ Fl ave not proved what have sad, (contlnued
Mr.. &C from the evidence of such men as Pitt,
Br.he, Pomate Bouter, and Others. shall now,g
l-nen, invite You to consider with me transactions
Of l7S2, and Will detaln you but a very snort tune
this point, because every thing connected with
that period must be familiar to the Irish mind.
That solitary bright spot in the history OF
d
ty OF the world AN OASIS OF prosperity amid the
mass of misrule and tyranny which had surround
ed us. The transactions Of 1852 cannot be forgot
ten and the prosperity OF Ireland at the time, II
appeared, was OF the most consumnlate advantage
TO Englini, who assailed America and was defeat
ed She endeavored TO crush the forces OF Ame
rica, but America resisted, and America from re-
belllon obtained revolution. England then want
Ell the assistance Of Ireland. She had not then
sum 'len' troops to support her demands and to
lIntain II she were opposed, her connection with
rel, hen hink Of ing
herself from England? Oh no, that was always
thought which wastoreisn to the Irish mlnd They
sought not for separation, 6n they sought for the
asss.tioa Of Irish rights Tue IRISH obtained free
traie and they dem aaded legislative independence
Ii was not hen safe for England TO refuse her Just
demands 4 was not Prnient 10 treat Ireland with
dlsreg4r England willingly conceded those DE-
mands Ia a letter written about that time from
the leader Of the government were contained those
words ''Will nobody stop that madmtu Graf
tan T" Nobody did attempt 10 stop the dem inds OF
Grauan and the revolution of 1882 obtained for
Ireland those rights which sle laid claim TO.
Gentlemen OF the Jury, ii is part of history that The
irch oil that day, from the throne decla red this
TO be hal adjustment, and that there was no
question left open tor further discussion 1t fact
In history, that the English House Of Lords, and
abe English House Of Com mons, had respectively
declared that this was II final adjustment. The
Lord Lieutenant from the throne, IN the Irish
H 'use of Parliament, had declared the same.
Both houses declared 1t to be final. But how was
this got rid Of | will come to that presently.
will show you, gentlemen, what the opinions OF
certain statesmen were with respect TO this sub
lect Charles James Fox, in April, 1852, said .;
$50 far was he from thinking that Great Britain
had right to govern Ireland if she di not choose
TO be governed by US, that he maintained that no
coultry that ever had existed or did exist had
right to hold the sovereignty OF another against the
will and consent of that other" And in another
passage, in May, 1892, he says-"He desired gen.
tlem.n to look forward to that happy period when
Ireland should experience the blessings that attend
freedom Of trade and constitution; when by the
richness and fertility OF her soil, the industry
OF her manufacturer, and the increase of her
population, she should become a power
fu country; then might England look for
powerful assistance TO seamen to man her fleets
and soldiers to fight her battles. England renoun,
cling all right to legislate for Ireland the latter
dallu ihn