The banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, 1846-08-12
venture to compare the real amount of


the sacrifices made on either side with
the result that has been obtained"- nd
It chronicles with marked satisfaction
the enthusiasm with which the adjust
ment was received in the United States
but not without some sneer at Mr..
Polk, compelled" as that paper has it,
"to consume his own bluster"-and ali
other fifty-four forties"-for it had
caught the term.
The same paper, the Times Of the
18th July, publishes in full the message
OF the President to the Senate 10th June.
covering the estimates of the War and
Navy Department for the war.
The great lion of the day had at last
left England, Drohim Pacha. He took
his departure in II. M. steamer Aven-
ger, the 18th, from Portsmouth, the
Egyptian flag flying at the mast head,
and under salutes from all the batteries.
He proceeds direct to Lisbon and Alex
andria, having changed his original pur-
pose of calling of Cherburg. The
Egyptian seems to have left a very
strong impressions behind His courte-
Gus manner and inquiring mind rende-
red him very accessible.
IRELAND.
REPEAL AssoCIATIoN.-Mr. O'Con-
nell left London on the 5th inst, and ar
rived in Dublin on Monday morning.
He appeared at the meeting at Concili-
alton Hall in the afternoon, when there
was a crowded attendance. Mr. N
Maher, NJ. =. was called to the chair.
The Secretary was directed to write to
the Repeal Wardens in the north of Ire
land, deprecating any interference with
the Orange Anniversaries. MIR. O'Con-
nell, in the course of his address to the
meeting, after describing the fall of the
late ministry, and warmly euIogizing
Sir Robert Peel, asked what course the
people of Ireland ought to pursue under
present circumstances The wonder
full success which had attended the per-
severing and uhtiring exertions of the
Anti Corn-law League, ought to inspire
them with new hopes and expectations
that the object on which they were bent
might not unreasonably be expected.
The success of Golden was the tri-
umph of moral force, principal which,
he might say, was first acted upon by
the people of Ireland. The Chartists,
on the contrary, had adopted physical
force. and what had become of them
They were not in existence. The peo-
pie of England were, therefore, bound
in gratitude to assist the Irish people in
obtaining measures Of amelioration. i:
remained to be seen whether they would
or not. But what ought they tine Irish
pcople) to do under existing circumstan-
ces? He had a plan to propose, and it
would rest with the people whether they
would accept it or not They (the peo-
ple) might differ with him, but he would
not differ with them.
He came to Ireland for the purpose of
telling them, first, that he intended, at
the earliest possible moment in the next
session of Parliament, to bring under
the consideration of the Legislature the
question of the Repeal of the Union :;
secondly, he required the association to
declare what acts they considered to be
necessary for placing the people of the
two countries on an equal footing in
Po.'. vi Cisii lSutS lhlluly He Tequl-
red their sentiments on law to alter
the relations between landlord and
tenant; four,hIy, he wished means to
be taken for restoring the influence of
the association throughout the country !;
filthy, he insisted on an immediate at
tention to the registry, particularly in
such places as were likely soon to become
vacant; and, six,hly, that the commit
tee on the association should fix upon
such candidates to fill the vacancies as
they considered proper. After speaking
of the eleven measures which he has al
ready stated he wants from Government,
Mr.. OCennell proceeded to state that
ne would take every measure of good
that he could get for Ireland, but would
not give up Repeal. After warning
against violence and an appeal for that