New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-13
IRELAND.
Ireland's Defiance.
Prom ne paslIn Nation.


.hal tske OF force aod, II necessary, will
ions havs sny breath life ia me- % pose The
Bo. L0rd John RUSSELL IN the House Of Commons on I@e'-
day lat
Thank COP we are to be troubled no more with
phaatoms of smelioration' and equality The
unproo uctive desert Of the last two years, where
promise rose On promise like waves Of barrensand'
IS past. and We have reached the skirts OF firm
land. fit for fighting on. Our imperial rulers have
made the true cause Of quarrel conspicuous as a
tower; they have struck down every right or pre-
tence Of right which they might derive by Crown
or compact aud have revived, as their banner, the
ancient claim OF conquest.
We eoice at this openness OF our enemy, ex-
cecaiog.y. He has done In night, by one rash
speech which we had long sought 10 accomplish
aud had not yet completed. Men long dwelling la
dungeon viii only be reused 70 the sborof liberia
tion by some new insult or threat. The supineness
OF n generation Of SUCH stands against all argument
like reef Of submarine rocks against the action Of
waves; they are callOus 70 shame and reason as
the bufelOes OF Oregon to blunt darts. But we
have ruers thank GoD, who whet their tongue
liko sword and bend their bows TO shoot their ar
rows. even bitter words" and their shafts have
struck and reused ranks OF the men Of Ireland
whom entreaty could never reach.
We speak not now OF the statesmenshlp Of the
Prue minister Of England in famarizing us with
threats OF this hind he is Englauds statesman
not ours His wisdom or his folly concerns us not
except 10 as far his folly puts him at our advsn-
tsge
We speak not of the style Of the declaration, OF
winch we are glad. because 1t makes plain the ca
SIS Tell between the Kingdoms sets aside the
golden ink and tears into shreds the parchment
Of The Union.
England is no more the elder sister kingdom,
but the mistress kiBgdom there Is no united
kingdom" any longer, but conquered and con
| IA Ireland
is submission TO her foreign will, or civil war.
The claim 70 rule this island as conquered land
has been through five centuries denied aHd resist
ed n the death. Ii was resisted by those whose
names are now sacred in chronicles, and who
have glory In proportion 10 their antagOnsn %
this usurpation. Tradition knows the passes IL
! which the herald and thechief who maintained the
affirmative In that argument were slain as ao offer
ing u appesse the angry genius OF the isle. Inc
mao of our history is dark with mastering squad
rons aud trodden with the footsteps oil marching
c ans rouGed by such insoent assumptions as thls
Of RUssELL's. When this people were less then
two millions they had lives enough 10 spare foi
= seven wears war with CROMWELL, aud two
wears contest with MARLBOROUGH and WILLIAM
of Orange This claim was resisted whOn the
Court of Castle Chamber sat IN all the penltude
conhscsting majesty IN Dubln-when every dun
geon of the pale held the body OF an lrish Leader.
| ana many a gated town was corniced with co'uH
fathers meet threats like this in the old times. w
are their children their spirit has lived even II
| the land of death a. at least, escaped the pesti
! lence Animated by that spirit warned by It's ex
| oer,ence and stimulated by It's heroic instances
We swear before God, before the whole IRISH race
aud the congregation of the free states OF Europe
never 10 rest or relax in our labors until these con
ouerors of ours shall sue for peace and forgiveness
ike sinners before a shrine, at the feet OF emancl
pated Ireland This is not threat Tor threat tnl'
| loud trumpeting does not mis- become deep resoiu
| ton Good men ia the Tribune hsve been gOoo
men in the field, as Sslamls, Pharsalia ana Amy
| prove In the Tribune banners are blest, lauren
| adiudged the living aud honors decreed the dead
Man fight best under the Tribune, and We VIII sho
| them that the hand which imprecates can sriAe
! We will prove that we can use other weapon
| than words. This time there shall be no recrean
rstreating from the battle. Neither the hopeless
ness of peace nor the necessity OF choosing oa
course can be any longer doubtful The time Of u
sword is come the cant of the constitution IS 90
| solete as Ogham stones. 10 is come ana we VII
show that the religious spirit OF tins people IKE I'M
cloak of the Crusader. carries beneath lIs cross
| soldiers heart and warlike equipage. we love no
the prospect of civil war but our dread OF It Is dea
it died with the Famine. Ii IS time for lrelan
10 strike she has negotiated IN vain Tor haf cen
tury In her name we cbOose-and We oeseeC
| Heaven to sustain and bless our cholce-ciVll wa
rather than submission to English tyranny w
choose this course with elaboration, and after 10
| reflection on all the duties which attach 10 u.s. 1
our generation, and we call on the people TO pre-
| psre for the battle, England has thrown down DE
| gage Thus Ireland takes It up