The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-02

and the mournful anthems wnich recited the |
faith, and the virtue, and the endurance Of Ire
land. were his becoming requiem.
1t is a holy sight to see the obsequies Of
soldier. not only Of Civil Liberty, but Of the
Liberty of onscience-of soldier, not only OF
Freedom, but of the Cross Of Christ-of a bene-
factor, not merely ola race or people, but Of man
kind The vault lighted by suspended worlds
Is the temple within which the great solenni-
ties are celebrated. The nations of the earth
are mounrners, and the spirits Of the just made
perfect, descending from their golden thrones
on high, break forth into songs like this:
..Tears are not thy due. From the world. toll.
Come to assume in Heaven the brighter birth:
winged angel. from thy mortal coil
Escaped Thy glory iingers yet round earth.
Chris,'s champion ddst thou die. And now, tiesi
The crown and palm Of righteous and worth
Thou wearst. with joys unspeakaLe repaid
The orator gave a clear and succinct history
of Ireland. Her wrongs, her sufferings, the
great epochs in which she made most progress.
Yet, it was in her gloomiest hour, that liberty
dawned upon her. 1t was after the rebellion
Of '9s, when Irishmen felt, as one of her poets
sung,
Alas for our country. Her pride has gone by,
And the spirit was broken that never would
bend.
Der the ruin her children in secret must sigh,
For It's treason to love her, and death to de-
fend.
That and brighter era opened upon her,
and the darkness Of the despotism which ruled
began to give way.
But how was this effected, Who did III Ii
was done not by the sword, not through turbu-
k,t hx,, hx-n hx-
the soldier, not by physical force, but by the
STATESMAN. What was required to relieve Ire
land! The hero who alone could her,
needed every combination which mortal could
possess-character, position. the authority TO
speak to and for lrelsnd-to speak to Great Bril-
tain in all her pride and strength-to Europe
to Rome herself. Said the orator:
SO bold Reformer needed rare powers and
qualities, and needed them in extraordinary
combination. He must have transcendent pe-
MUS to conceive so great an action-courage to
dare the atiempt-courage to pursue it-moder-
alton TO conciliate-pacihc temper to avoid irri-
tatons te correspondence and sagacity to cir
cumvent the strategy Of the adversarv-sympa-
thy with Catholic ireland to be its orgsn-rev-
erence for the Clergy TO gain their influence
loyalty TO the British Constitution TO disarm
those who converted il into engine of OPP
pression-ardent and impulsive eloquence TO
rouse illiterate and unreflecting masses-logical
acumen and rhetorical power TO confute sophis-
try and convince the learned-tact and address
to gain coadutors and hold them in their proper
spheres-patience in bearing the insolence Of Of
Tended power and the timidity, waywardness
and caprice of popular masses: and with all
these he must combine devotion which would
make the great enterprise the sole business Of a
whole life Providence guards against the col
iisions of mighty minds by allowing TO exist only
one at any one time, capable of conducting a
nation in great emergency.
There was only one w AsHISGrox in America,
and there could be only one O'CoNNELL in Ire
land.
Time and experience ripened the Liberator.--
The Bar Of Dublin opposed the young Reform
er. lie exposed their mercenary spirit and cast
the herd behind him The Corporation Of Dub
lin sent champion who called him to the field
of combat. He slew the supercilious adversary
and pensioned his widow: and, mourning over
his almost involuntary crime, trampled thence
forth under his feet the false code Of Honor
He claimed nothing for himself and even less
than an equal share of political power for his
Catholic countrymen.
mon ego. nee Teueris Italos psrere iuheho
Nee mill regina peto; paribus se egbus amta
Juncta gentes eterna In fPdera militant
Opposition, oppression, even imprisonment,
could not extort from him breath of disloyalty
to the throne, nor even to the Protestant success
sion. He maintained inflexibly that the Deliy-
erance Of ireland would he hazarded by single
crime and lost by the sacrifice of a single life
lie detected with piercing sight the defects of
laws designed to counteract the Revolution, and
organized all Ireland on basis as narrow as the
technicality of a special plea. Fervid and vehe-
ma MT han ad unit RI.
People, as a cloud that covered his person when
ever he discoursed TO them of his great theme;
perspicacious and deliberate, ne won the admira-
ton Of mankind by the profoundness Of his tes- |
timony before a British Parliament concerning
the evils Of Oppression. He waited impertur-
baby TO mature his preparations and watched
INCREASINGLY for the hour when his opponen ts |
should be enfeebled by faction. A lineal de-
scendant Of oppressed generations, and living |
and majestic mark Of perpetual persec ution for
conscience sake, every physical and moral ele- |
ment OF his constitution confessed the Celtic |
stock. ''Strong from the cradle and of STURDY |
brood" his stature, complexion, gait, gestures,
voice and attitude betrayed him for an lrishman
Of unmingled blood. Cheerful even to constant
hilarity, and generous to self restitution, he was
the depository Of al! the public and the private |
griefs Of his own countrymen. He relieved
their wants If possible, and il impossible, taught
uictu INV W chuuIc pIiNutlOu. w Oeu tlev Tell |
inadvertently under the power of tho lew, ..d !
even when they wilfully rushed into its grasp
against his advice, he flung himself between
them and the prosecution, and bore them off in
triumph. His industry and assiduity never re- |
Taxed, although the cares not only Of Revolu-
tionary state, but Of every suffering member of
it, fell upon his shoulders. He scorned allure
ments to wealth which might divide him from
the People, subssted in such rewards of his own |
labors as could be obtained without neglecting
Ireland, and when the country required his ex-
elusive devotion, he rejected pension and place |
offered by the Government, and with distin-
guished magnanimity relied for his daily sup |
port on the unsolicited and voluntary contribu- |
tons of his countrymen.
The old King OF England died. An odious
ministry followed under an odious King. Dis
content brooded over England, and the men
there were preparing for change. The hour
had arrived. O'Connell spoke for Ireland. By
combination and civil concentration he had raj
lied and reused her. He had his legislature at
Cancellation Hall. Its edicts annihilated fac |
ton, and united Ireland. Ignorance was there. |
multitudes staggered under the mad
dening influence of drink. Old. fsu,ls, kept
alive by burning hate, still existed But the |
spoke-and all was hushed. The |
Liberator stood supreme over Ireland, and iguo- |
rance obeyed, as intemperance quailcd, and riot
ceased, at his command. II was then, when
Emancipation had made progress in England,
That O'CosSELL slept forth, and, at one blow, |
boldly broke down the tyranny Of the past, and