Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-05-17

Jolces that ~ Conneu was released because il
proves the supremacy Of law in the British
Empire. He thus discourscs to O'Connell:
But after all, have no desire my dear Dan
lei should come to any harm, for believe there
Is great deal of virtue and excellent mean
ing IN him. and now must beg few minutes
conversation with him. after all. NV dear
Daniel, what Is ii YOU want separation of
the two countries for what purpose, for your
own ACCOMPLISHMENT for the gratiiicatio ion of
youi personal vanity3 You don't know YOUR
sell; you are much too honorable and moral N
man. and too clear-sgh,ed person for such a
business as this: the empire will be twisted
out oil your hands by set of cut-tlroat vii.
lains, and you win die secretly bv a moi.
soned potato, or be pistollcd i'm the Streets
You have too much sense, and taste. and
openn IS TO endure for session the stupid and
audacious wickedness and nonsense of your
associates. If you want fame you must be in.
satiable. Who is so much known i'm all En-.
rope, OF so much admired by honest men TO,
/ IN, real good you have done 10 your country
before this insane cry of Repeal And dom,
imagine you can intimidat9 this Government
whatever be their faults or merits YOU NAV la
my word for it you will not iniimidate them.
Ihey VIII prosecute you again, and put down
your Cion,ari meetings, and they will be quite
right in doing so. They NAV make conces.
SONS and think they will but they would
TALL into utter contempt il they allowed them.
selves to be terrified into dissolution of the
Union. They know full well that the English
nation are unanimous and resolute upon this
point, and that they would prefer war TO re-
peal. And now, dear Daniel, sit down Quiet
" ut Derrynane, and tell me. when the bodily
frame Is refreshed with the wine of Bordeaux
whether all tlis isworth while. What il the
object of all government?
The object OF all government is roast NUT
ton, potatoes, claret, stout constable. an
honest justice, a clear highway, free chapel.
what trash to be bawling in the streets about
the Green Isle, the Isle of the Ocean. the bold
anthem of Erin go brogh! A far better an
them would be Erin go bread and cheese. Erin
go cabins that will keep out the rain. Erin 90
pantaoons without holes i'm them! What
Jolly to BE- mixing eternal declamations about
governing yourselves If laws are good and
well administered, is it worth while to rush
INTO war and rebellion in order that no better
laws may be made in another place9 Are YOU
an Eton boy, who has just come out of Plu-
tarch's Lives, and considering in every case
how Epaminondas or Philopemcn would
nave acted! or are you, our own dear Daniel.
drilled IN all the business and hustle of life?
l am with you heart and soul i'm nv
detestailon OF all injustice done to Ire
land. Your priests shall be fel and paid:
the liberties of your Church be scrnm,.
tously guarded; and in civil affairs the most
even Justice between Catholic and Protestant.
Thus lar am thorough rebel as well as
yourself; but when you come to the perilous
nonsense OF Repeal, in common with every
honest man who has five grains of common
sense, take my leave"
We have room only for one more extract:
For advancing these opinions, have no
doubt shall be assailed BY Sacerdos, Vindex
Latiiner, Yates, Glorious, Arustex, and be
caiiea atnclst, dcist, democrat, smuggler.
Poacher, hlghwaynan, Unitarian, and Edin-
p9rgh reviewer! Still, 1 am in the right. and
what say requires excuse for being trite and
obvious, not Tor being mischievous and nara
doxicaI. write for three reasons; first. be-
"a; , uSc l really wish 10 do good secondly
because IL dom write, know nobody else
VIII; and thirfly, Decuuse .i.>. --.....s s.f
the animal to write, and | cannot help it
Still, in looking bltk | see no reason TO repent.
What have said ought to be done, generally
has been done, but always twenty or thirty
years too late; done. not of course because /
have said it, but it was no longer possible to
avoid doingit. Human being cling to their
delicious tyrannies, and to their exquisite non
sense, like drunkard to his bottle and 90 on
till death stares them in face. The monstrous
state OF the Catholic Church i'm Ireland will
probably remain till some monstrous ruin
threatens the very existence of the empire,
and Lambeth and Fulton are accursed by the
ailrighted people.
It's remarkable, that the British Govern
ment has begun to act on the very system
which the divine had predicted that they must.
But his prediction was not published until
after his death.