The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-08-26
Ireland.

BLOOD mas been shed IN ireland. ne eNpect
ed revolt against the authority Of the British
government, so long threatened and for which
active preparations have been in progress for
months past, has taken place. tits altogether
probable that before this day some very decisive
results have been achieved. The intelligence
which We have received awakens intense ankle
ty in the bosoms Of our people for the fate Of
those who have perilled their fortunes on the
sword.
The people Of this country deeply sympathise
with every movement which contemPlstes the
establishment Of free Institutions. They view
the cause Of the Irish as worthy of their warm
est sympathy, and very generally hope for their
delyerance from the power Of the British gov
eminent. Ii cannot be denied, however, that
many persons view the movement with decided
regret az they believe that the struggle, so far as
the Irish are concerned, is hopeless, or that all
the real grievances under which they labor, are
much more likely to be removed by petition
and remonstrance, by an appeal to reason, rath-
eT than an appeal to force.
So long as Daniel O'ConnelI lived he was able
TO repress all manifestations of violence. He
was in favor Of peaceful agitation, and declared
that no revolution was worth the sacrifice of
a human life. When he died, the elements Of
discord soon exhibited themselves among his
followers. An appeal to force was openly
advocated as the only appeal likely to succeed.
The success Of the people in France and the
Germanic States, acting on the inflammable
people Of ireland, caused them to hope that
they TOO might succeed in breaking up the Bri.
fish authority in that Island by resort to arms.
For months the notes Of preparation have been
sounded. The Irish have declared that they in
tended effecting their objects at the point of the
sword, while the language of the British minis
ters in Parliament was stern and betokened a
resolution TO put down all revolutionary at
tsmpts at all hazards
Early in the present month the strife began.
What scenes Of carnage may blscken the future
il Is impossible TO fereteli. At the latest dates
there were fifty thousand British TROOPS in Ire
land, well disciplined, amply provided with ar
tillsry and all the means of warfare, and re ady
for the expected conflict If the insurgents
are able to sustain themselves against the gov
eminent, battle will follow battle, and the sad
cslamities of war fill the hearts Of thousands
with bitier woe.
The people Of ireland until lately, avowed NO
other purpose than the repeal Of the Union
They have now declared other objects. They
are striving for the entire separation Of their
country from the British crown. They now
assert that they mean to drive British authority
from their shores. to establish a government OF
their own, and 10 sieze on all those estates Of
which their forefathers were arbitrarily deprived
generations ago. They declare that, as they
have drawn the sword, IT shall not be returned
TO its scabbard until their country is free. II
the stern resolution thus openly proclaimed BY
their leaders, is generally participated in by the
people, fearful struggle indeed is before them
We cannot but deeply regret that rebellion
has again broken out In that distracted country
We view war with abhorrence, and feel conf.
deaf that, II the advice Of O'Connell had been
pursued, the British Government would havs
granted Ireland all reasonable and necessary rs-
forms. This opinion Ii predicated on the course
Of the British Government during the last TWEEN
ty years, in which period many substantial
boons have been conferred on Ireland. There
is a growing feeling in England in favor Of re.
Iisving the Irish Of the grievances of which rhey
Justly complain. This sentiment was rapidly
expanding, and had already gathered so much
force, that the day did not seem distant W hen the
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