New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-09

r.,,.d Irish Repeal Association OF New'
TIC ~ and the O'CenneIl Club.


- On 10 dis day prevented me from paying more
,o,,p, attention to your Address indicative Is Of
vour ardent zeal members Of the Council Club and
of ftrvid patriotism as cons Of the Emerald se Your
eloquent Resolutions and outspoken Rernons'rance'
have read with feeling Of pleasure no, unnxed win
pain with pain tina, you who had known me 90 long
and 90 intimately taking sweetests together ccuid
even ,ransieny harbor the ungeneroas )usn, Of md
inz your President forgeiul Of whs, he owed 10 him
self 70 Ireland. 70 oconnel and 10 you-sppareny al
variance with every act Of his whole life Of pleasure,
a, recognizing in your spirited proceedings much OF
hs, un,ramneed freedom Of speech singeness Of pur
pose and ma gnanimy Of action on all matters pertain
10 ffherland that had 40 often constituted the theme
Of vour Presidents exhortaions Like sprlngs Peren
Mai in our own dear Erin Of the streams" the poetry
If your patriotism ses bright and sparkling from the
Celtic fount--sn itar ad asrd.
Although in some degree objurgatory Of the teacher
he mus, nevertheless feel pride in pupils 90 promising
With such able auxsries the future organ Of our Club
csnno, fail 70 exercise influence at once powerful ana
salutsry on all classes Of the community
pesore entering on the multifarous subjects Of your
Address il may no, be altogether supererogsory 10 d.
rec, your sitent,n 20 few items which although tn
vial In Themselves are not unworthy Of regard partcu
larry 20 literary gentlemen coming before the public in
the character Of censors The frs, s want Of cour-
,esy. OF this mus, complain for without presurning
70 claim am extraordinary Difference Of de-
corun Of language towards myself Individually would
put il % your OF what j. due 70 Presiding
officer II !; had not been more in accordance with the
PRINCIPLES OF Po.teness" 20 have submitted 10 bin
copy Of your proceedings anterior publication the
more especially whereas find by your Sd resolution
committee had been appointed TO renonsrste with our
hitherto revered President and learn from himself the
L.. In Hrf1 Ia IN. Toad M
or you rush forward with no Lite sno"
Of Celtic impetaosiy and slap dash into PRINT 90 he-o
lutions and Remonstrance arraignng your fiesiden'
81 the bar OF public opinion for hgh crimes ana msu
Yncapors against The majesty Of OConne more Rt1d-
oraaD<o-y0u punish frs and call 70 tina aer"He =
Verify gentlemen. you have wonderfully ImPIo,eu oi
the code Lynchean for thc iawiess a, 49,
that ssnguinsry system never refor 70 he cruei MOCK
ery Of rypg the wretched culprii after hanging MN -
PRAY YOU gentlemen. were only tor the sake OF auto
lang syne" do exhibit some few premontory symptoms
wien vour President Is 10 be next Lynched unani
nously"
on your assertion. that the Oconnel Club il essen
tally sn Irish Society," Relatively 10 the OBJECT ~ IL ;
reerring 10 the members 1t Is not The objects are
purely phisnihropic-o aid In the regeneration OF Ire
land and the ameloretion OF lnshmen-the former al
tsnable by repeal OF the legislative Union between
Great Britain and lrelandthe latter atainabe by tne
education culture, and improvement OF our country
men things pertaining TO their elevation in society
whether social. moral, or intellectual Jcal poucs and
IN men of good character whether Proesants, Caho
lies IRISH English, American &c. &c; IN fact the Club
does contain of various countries and OF difereni
creeds some Of the mos, efficient members being ma
tive born American citizens. Misrepresencd and ma
lgned as are by hostile press, II is necessary to
prevent any improper imputatons by timely cxpla'
nation.
Thirdly feel anxious 10 correct a strange misconcep
lion under which YOU appear 20 have aborcd when ms
serng ha, at the last Repeal meeting at Tanmany Hall
"our countrymcn dragged into the degrading po
ston OF willing to discredit their own oaths. No
ground whatever exists for this monsrous charge
Even the becose resolution rfeevanily thrust on
the meeting and tackled 10 those prepared by the worthy
Secretary was guilioss Of this stupid magnity. Did
not know you 70 be men Of abstcmous habits, might
be inclined 10 think that pocen, not precision had IN
spred The pen of the eccuscr.
FouTlhly you say the Preamble and Resolutions Of
your meeting NJ the Club room were passed unani.
mously." NOW If | have been rightly Informed ,hcr,
very formidable opposition displayed towards the
entire proceedings and thai motion 10 lay on the table
partly the OF courtesy 10 the President IN his
absence and partly the Of irrelevancy was re
fused to be put by the Chairman and that on this ac
count many members Withdrew without voting at al {;
and yet gentlemen you write. The Preamble and Re
solutions passed unanimously Truly this iber
MAN mode Of doing things unanimously would not
appear unworthy Of place in the next edition OF Edge
worth g Essay on Irish Bulls"
Having thus cleared away much of the extraneous
mixed up with the transaction, come we now Il
the objects OF your Resolutions and Remonsirance-
These mHv for brcviiys sake be arranged under inc
1--WE following hcads Nzlst that the President OF the
OConncl Club. whose bond Of union was the Lberaor
OF Ireland should have presided AZ any meeting in
which NJ The speakers used language dcrogaory Of
that great man /" 2dly THAT demoraizng dcmacogues
have been e habit of counteraciing the liberal ana
equsliz ng sprt Of our Republican Institutions, when
ever lrshnen put forward their ndecasble claims 10
participation OF the benefits left open To all citizens "
3dly thai in of the United States. lrishmen and
Catholics although nauralized excluded from hold
Eng Office and that in others the laws which guaranteed
bah The protection OF life and properly and the rights
conscience are only decetul commentary on thu
fact :" ably that M. Cornell enfcrains suspicion
that American freedom and civil aud religious liberty
MOI ANONYMOUS terms" and 5rhy. thai If the position
assumed by the last Repeal meeting At 1ammsny Hal
meet the Of the President OF the OConnel
Club ihenhe bond Of this Association the Club IS bu
rope OF sand" The foregoing WILL believe. eNhibi
prcuy fair synopsis of your proceedings and although
much Of the matter introduced therein is both rreevan
20 aud inconsistent with the objects either of the Cut
or the meeting at Tammany, yet candidy admit Their,
Is Attle unbiased ON ruth unfounded in fact.
In taxing up the LIST hcad-whch indeed forms the
eravamen Of your char gesl would beg you % cast re
Prospective glance the Repeal movement not IN this
CITY alone but through the Union for several months
prior TO the last meeting al Tammany Hall You Will
bear IN mind, that the language imputed 10 Mr.. OCon
nell relative 70 the American Eagle and Oregon. had
spread most dishcarcning gloom all the Associa
tons in This Country; unnecessarily in my opinion. be
cause euy one accustomed 10 OConnes style OF elO
quence, when bsmboozng John Bull for the sake OF
forns a boon for poor Pat 1t evident the whole
was mean, for efcci AT 81 Stephens. However that
may be- j, is that at the time mentioned the
element rising even exacerbaton in the public mind
had assumed shape bodng nothing good 10 the cause
OF lreand The enemies OF the movement at ali times
active numerous and unscrupuous. became active
than ever minaeous. more eiamorous FOR public
denuDcation OF OConncll and the dissolution OF the
roGs Associations the false friends, al all times objects
stl more 10 be dreaded and deicsted either openly
,oncd the standard Of lrcland enemies secretly pot
ted 10 destroy the by procuring the dssolu
ton demanded by our svowed enemies; dishonorahy
wishing 70 divert the funds collected for the regenera
tion Of relsni other less useful purposes while the
sincere friends at all times. few and far between.
alarmed ~ the furious assaults OF ayowed foes dishear
ened NJ the cowsrdy deserton of aithess allies bu,
above sl and beyond ALL stricken down parayzed and
powcrlcss by untoward and unexpected language Of
the great leader of the ms. people himself were hike
skial pilots, prudenty awaiting the subsistence OF the
storm 70 rccommencc the good work The hopes OF
Ireland in America this moment poised the
edge OF razor Never in these States did the cause
encounter crisis fearful In various sections OF the
country Association after Association crumb.ed away
Before the dcnunciations OF Liberal aud in'oerani
press or the descrtion of hollow friends who coaked
Their base derelcuon of duty towards oppressed PEG
pie under the miserable pretcN, of Furnishing the
guarded expression OF their osiensiblc leader visiting
ike some Eastern dcspot the delinquency OF father
on his whole race In this nclorous Abandonment Of
generous principle il cheering 10 md the three
leading associations Of the United Stseshose OF Bos-
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