New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-23

ia w, Tor the offence OF eAct'is"s "''
RI ght as subject to petition the Rulers OF 'ne III
pire for a Repeal of an act Of Parliament
wbsn will the crimes Of the Aristocrscy Oh the
p,o,;.h pale have an end When shall me
void cease 10 hear with horror the mention OF
Inrv Of Dublin Itwssa Jury Of Dublin that sent
Fvxyr1 and FIrzsERALD TO the scafiold
Had such conviction happened in Pans, me
p,;.on would have been razed 70 the ground ana
the Jurors torn limb from limb. But this new act
Of Tyranny wrought no other change on OCos'
,ytr or on the People Of Ireland, than TO increase
their mutual devotion. They obeyed all hls peace
fol mandates issued from bis Prison and "nen ''e
illegal Judgment was reversed, received nin WI"
ineremed affection at its doors and cosdoe'eo hl'n
abroad ass Conqueror Nothing had been lost oy
Ireland and the Government had only suppressed
one of the thousand agencies OF freeoonl hns
land had added to her causes for hating lresno 'ue
remembrance Of another crime perpetated IN VAIN
The Revolution was lust recovs ring from tn's
b,;sf recoil when blight fell en the only food tns'
,a .r;,,ocrscv Of England bad left for the suosis'
a,oa ~ the Iri.L People. Agitation ceased sno
the lar Of POI cal elements was husned oe''e VIC
fearful presence Of Famine. Perhaps tnis last oe-
ISOLATION was necessary TO convince the ooverhmen.
and the People Of Great Britain Of the solemn ana
mighty import of OCessELLs words
The cause Of all the siicsons Of ireland Is ,nsi We
have not Teen allowed 10 govern our own 'ouh"'
Perhaps his Death was necessary 70 conci''A'e
her oppressors Certainly such visitat'on' anu
such death were fitting end for the woes Of 'ne
Irish People. .,.,.
The Independence Of the Irish Nation althoogh
future is not distant It's righteousness ana ts
necessity have been demonstrated. The spirit oi
the peoole is changed They cannot again relapse
I England. too, with Reformed Parliament ana
falling aristocracy is no longer the England o. u'e
Twelfth. the Sixteenth, and Of the Eighteenth Zen
tur;es. Political Economy will unite with Politica
Philosophy in enabling Ireland 70 retrieve her pros
oerity. and that can be effected only py a'o"'"s
her a Distinct Legislature.
We NAV not doubt that the appalling distress OF
the Irish people, bowed down the otherwise u''-
bendine mind Of O CoNsELL Sorrow for sfh'ct'ons
that be ID hoped in vain TO avert ana p'A' n'
could not alleviate or sooihe' brought on quioA'
coming because long procras;inated age. y Oo"'
xrrr dies like Anchses IN foreign land winning
the favor of men and propitiating Heaven WIN
,rsvers and sacrifices for the restoration oil his
people.
What shall be his rank among the benoiactors
Of mankind We pause not moment 70 oispcise
the caiumnies that followed him to The grave
They were but tributes to his greatness yieldeu oy
ungenerous minds--ior it is thus that Providence
compels the unjust 10 honor Virtue.
/ O'CovsrLL left his mighty enterprise unfinished
So did the Founder OF the Hebrew State 90 did
4. 4 nd q 2
GERALD Win their epitaphs be less sublime oy
reason Of the long delay which intervenes before
thew can be written The heroic man conceives
great enterprises and labers TO complete them
q Success he hopes and Fate be cannot fear. II
is Con that sets the limits to human life and the
hounds % human achievement
But has not O'CoNSELL done more than enough
Tor fame On the lofty brow OF Monticello under
a green old oak is block of granite. and under
meath are the ashes Of JEFFERSON. Read the cpl
taph-it is the sage's claim to Immortality
Author of the Declaration of Independence and oil
the Statute for Religious Liberty
Stop now and write an eptaph for DANIEL
O'CossKLL:
He gave Liberty of Conscience 10 Europe ana re-
newed the Revolution of the Kingdoms toward Univer'
sal Freedom which bad begun In America ana hao oeen
I
Let the Statesmen Of the age read that epltaph
and be humble Let the Kings and Aristocrscies
/ of the Earth read it and tremble
Who has ever accomplished so much for Human
Freedom with means so feeblel Who but he has
ever given Liberty to People, by the mere utter
/ ance of his voice. without an army, navy or reve
/ nues-without a sword, spear, or even shield
Who but he ever subverted Tyranny, saved the
lives of the oppressed and yet spared the op
pressor
Who but he ever detached from avenerable con
stitution column Of Aristocracy, dashed " 10 th'
earth and yet left the ancient fabric stronger an'
more beautiful than betorei
Who but he has ever lifted up Seven Millions o
People from the debasement of ages to the dignit,
of Freedom. without exacting an ounce OF gold
wasting the blood of one human heart
Whose voice yet fingers like CossFLL's in tn
ear Of tyrants, making them sink with lear
change, and in the ear of the most degraded slave
| ON earth awaking hopes OF freedom
: Who before him has brought the schismatics
B two centuries together. concihstiug them at IN
I altar of Universal Liberty Who but he eve
brought Papal Rome and Protestant America
A burn incense together
Il was OCosSELLs mission to teach mankin
!, that Liberty was not estranged from Chrstianit,
n as was proclaimed by Revolutionary France-th'
+ she was not divorced from aw and Public Order
q that she was not demon like Moloch, requiring
, be propitiated with the blood of human sacrifice
"a that Democracy is the daughter OF Peace and, hh
m true Religion worketh by Love
" see in Catholic Emancipation, and in the X
D. peal oithe Act of Union between Great Britain al
Ireland only incidents OF an allpervading phenoi
10 enon-a phenomenon OF mighty interest, but u
,e portentous Of evil Ii is the universal dissoni
OF OF Monarchical and Ars,ocratioal Governments, al
he the establishment of pure Democrseies m thu
Mt place.
at know this change must come. for even the me
e. aced Governments feel and confess IT, know n
on 1t will be resisted, for it is not in the nature
on Power to relax. # is fearful inquiry. How sh
be that change be passed. Shall there never be
Al end 10 Devastation and Carnagel Is every 81
be of Human Progress in the future as IN the past,
at be marked by bloodl Must the nations OF ,
~ earth after groaning for ages under vicious Insti