Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-10-01

Premier. A scoundrcl who refused to sen
two vessels of war to bring food for the %starvin
people. (Groaning.) And what did the Amer
leans do-.glorious America %?-(loud cheering
the land OF the brave, where freedoms so
was never soiled ? Great cheers. What di
brave America do ? The President, the Gov
eminent, the people. sent their best war ships
manned with their noble Yankee sailors [chcers
, with food, not bomb shells, to our shore
Cheers. Compare this with the conduct o
pigmy Premier of England, the rotton Russell
[Groans.
Mr.. Collctt-Say something about your owl
candidate. [Groans.
The archdeacon--l am not done yet. Laugh
ter. One source of the great revenue of England
is derived from their %cast-off clothes, and the,
send us their cast off member, saying, Hell
do well enough for Paddy" Laughter. Yol
stood for Lincoln. Mr.. Collett-what's you
name ? John? Laughter. I'm sorry that the,
did not send us a handsoner specimen Of the
CASTOR clothes than yon. any way. Laughter.
You're not half as handsome rs nv man. Loud
laughter. | have here The Times of the Both
of July, that's the day you showed your nose in
Lincoln laughter ; and you made your debut
very smart. Loud laughter. Lincoln contains
1859 votcrs-Col. Sibthorp opposed you-he
headed the pol. Sure they must have the mis-
CHI IS opinion Of You, when they elected Sib-
t'orp in preference to You. Loud laughter.
Wei. how many voted for vou ? III tell--out of
l.s5y voters you got 472. Renewed laughter.
And. after that you come to Tipperary, to try
The Tippcrary boys. Laughter.
\ voice--Oh, what a chance he has Re-
newcd laughter.
The .Archdeacon.-IIc has, indeed Why. |
have here a list of voters for my own two par
ishnS, and there are in those two parishes alone
- Inptprify pf sp,-op ornr hi. u.I,l, ,,n,
trrs in the barony of Middlethird. loud
cheers. Put that in your pipe. Mr.. Collet, and
smoke it. Laughter. Electors of Tippcrary,
am going to propose as a candidate a young
man. and he is not a bit the worse for being a
Roman Catholic laughter "a man was never
the worse for knowing how to bless himself.
Cheers. He is a handsome fellow. too.
Laughter. ! beg leave TO propose Francis
SculIy as a fit and proper man to represent Tip
perary. cloud cheers. His father, the late
james Soul Y, was, at the worst of times. at the
head of the Catholics of this country Cheers.
In 1928. the year before Catholic Emancipation
of which measure. my Lord your Lordship's
ancestors were the most strenuous advocates.
DIR. Barke-A cheer for the old IIutchinsons.
- Loud cheers.
The Archdeacon.-I remcmbarin DR.. Burke's
present chapel the late lamentcd OConncll. NAV
'''' u W nun . SUBSTITUTE. tray
Tor him, Mr.. Collect. Laughter.
DR.. Burke.-lf he knows how. More Laugh
tcr.)
The Archdeacon.-The late Daniel O'Connell
was prcsent--James Scully was in the chair.
- | am delighted said the Libcra,or. g to see
you in the chair. James Scully, as the brother
OF the distinguished author of the Penal Laws"
Loud cheers. We must have fair play ;we'll
beat him into rags. so that his English friends
wont know him, %"ll,ar," and laughter.
They'll say, Can this lie the Col'ett that stood
for Lincoln p Loud laughter. Electors of
Tipperary. you'll do your duty ; we want Ireland
for the Irish. Loud cheers Our standard is
the green flag of Erin. Tremendous cheers.
On our side is virtue and Erin
The friends we have tried
Are by our side,
And Collect is before us loud cheers
am speaking at random laughter. but !
had IA very good speech prepared, and you Mr..
Collect, spoiled it Taught n by coming up at an
eleventh hour with your bamboo head. laugh
ter, really believe its not the first good thing
you spoiled Laughter. Sir Joseph Works,
in the House Of Commons at one time said, that
if Ireland was four-and-twenty hours under
water, it would be peaceable and not till then.
Little Johnny Russell has adopted a different
plan ; he adopted starving them in millions.
hp"u SroitIhH lou may 20 nome 10 Lam
coin, Mr.. Collect do you live near it Laugh
ter. Go home, and tell them from us we are
lrsi-the descendants Of the old Spaniards.
Cheers. You are not a S%paniard, you are
more like a Creole.-Loud laughter. Tel
them from us that we are not to be trampled
upon, (%checrs) that we repudiate both wings and
tories and if old Nick had both of them, Old
Ireland would be much better off. cloud cheers.)
We are moral force repealers. CIremendous
cheering.) We are the disciples of the great
OConnell-he of European fame. cloud
%checrs.) We are his followers, and though he
Is dead, we will hoist his banner for repeal. liber-
y and Old Ireland. Great cheering. | have
great pleasure, my lord and electors of Tipnc-
rary, in proposing Francis Scully as a fit and
proper rcpresentive for gallant Tipperary.-The
venerable Archdeacon resumed his seat amidst
the Ionlest demonstrations of applause"
Mr.. Collett afterwards gave up the contest
and withdrew his name.