Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-10-09
Tipperary Election.

Mr.. Collett, an Englishman, had been
brought forward as the administration cam
didate for the famed county of Tipperary.
Archdeacon Laffan proposed Mr.. Sculy as
an opposing candidate, and in doing so made
the following speech, Gas reported for the
London Sun:)
Archdeacon Laffan rose, and was greeted
with a tremendous burst of reclamation.
He took the Times newspaper out of his
pocket, and throwing it with force on the
table, said to Mr.. Collect, sThere's your
speech at Lincoln for YOU" TGreat cheer
ing. "My Lord Suirdale,' continued the
Archdeacon, g never in the whole course
of my life, and it is a long political life, stood
up in this courthouse with feelings of more
regret. Who are you bringing forward
this day, Tory gentlemen of Tipperary?-
Cheers Pm ashamed of you [great
cheering II always like to catch the bull
by the horns. Laughter. Who, repeat,
are you bringing forward, respectable indie
pendent landlords of Tipperary? The man
who stood by in the House of Commons
when Roebuck called you murderers, and
did not stand up to defend YOU"
Mr.. Collett 81 did," TGroans.
Archdeacon Laffan Oh, gentlemen of
ITipperary! Oh, respectable descendants of
the Tipperary aristocracy! Though you
are Tories, love you better than John Bull,
laughter, ! who win laugh az you when your
estates are confiscated and your children
beggars' [Loud cheers. Those English
fellows have not one drop of the milk of
human kindness in their bosom. Did that
Unlocking fellow-(pointingt to MIR. Collet)
and he is very Unlocking fellow-llaugh-
ter l.
Here Mr.. Collect commenced writing in
his tablet.l
Archdeacon Laffan. Put that down in
your tablet: carry that in your snuff-box, as
we say in Tipperary. Loud laughter.l |
do regret, my Lord Suirdale, to see any man
of the old stock of the aristocracy coming
to the back of man whom they do not
know. Hear, hear | care not for the
Wings or Tories: they are all alike to me,
from snappsh Roebuck to Lord John Rus
sell and Sir Robert Peel. Cheers.] They
call you landlords of Ireland, wholesale
murderers; and did that fellow laughter
stand up foryou? Loud laughter.] Don't
be looking so angry at me, sir; don't think
you'll intimidate me, Mr.. John Bull
[Cheers.]
lit was really laughablc to see the aston
ished, confused, angry looks of Mr.. Collect,
WIN ilol tADttt SUCH luttIQttuh HUH
the very reverend gentleman.
The Archdeaeon, [smiling. | am glad
Roebuck is out of Parliament When he
charged the landlords with driving out their
unfortunate tenants, and starving them, did
you stand up then, Mr.. Collett, and call him
liar? Loud cheers. Do you know, my
Lord Suirdale, what Frenchman said to
John Bull He said she used you very
well, for he Gated de oyster and gave you dc
she'll" Loud laughter.l But, Tory land
lords of Tipperary, your candidate was
turned out of Lincoln, and you thought him
good enough for Tipperary-out of the fry
ing-par into the fire. Laughter. Oh,
gentlemen, are you--are you not ashamed
of yourselves? Loud laughtcr.l ! see
the crimson mantling in your cheeks; you
can't conceal it; your hearts are not with
your tongues; you are partly Irish, after all.
Loud cheers. If you return Collect, he
will laugh with contempt at you; and, when
your estates are squeezed like lemon, he
will damn you as a set of beggarly rascals.
Loud langhter.1 Collect, did you ever hear
that lrishmen had tails? loud laughter.
Did you ever hear that the brutal Times
called us the bloody priests' [Groans.]
Mr.. Colett, [good humoredly.] Do you
say your prayers?
The Archdeacon. Wedo say our prayers,
and I'll make you say yours before am done
with you. Laughter. 1t is a sad day
when we see men, with their ears and eyes
open, select such a man as their candidate
for Tipperery. Hear ! would take my
political enemy by the hand, | would shake
hands with you, Mr.. Collect, if you'd let me,
laughter, but to friend or foe who would
abuse me, | would say, eco along, you
scoundrel." could not support Lord John
Russell, my Lord Suirdale; and will tell
you why. Because he starved two millions
of my fellow-countrymen TGroans for the
Premier. scoundreI who refused to send
two vessels Of war toiuing food to the starv-
ing people. [Groaring.l And what did the
Americans do ?-glorious America-[loud
cheering the land of the brave, where
freedoms sod was never soiled' [Great
cheers. What did brave America do
The President, the Government, the People,
sent their best ships, manned with their no.
BILE Yankee sailors, [cheers, with food, not
bomb-shells, to our shores. Cheers. =
Compare this with the conduct of the pig
my Premier of England, the rotten Russell.
[Groans.
Mr.. Collect Say something about your
own candidate. Groans.
The Archdeacon. am not done vet
Laughter. One source of the great rev.
enue Of England is derived from their cast
off clothes, and they sendsus their cast-off
member, saying, " He II do well enough for
Paddy" [Laughter.J You stood for Lin
coin, Mr.. Collet-what's your name? John
Laughter. Pm sorry that they did not
send US a handsomer specimen of the cast
of clothes than you, any way. Laughter.
You're not half "a handsome as my man.
Loud laughter. ] have here the Times Of
the SOth of July, that's the day you showed
your nose in Lincoln laughter and you
made your debut very smart. Loud laugh /