New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-17
The Cnase Of ireland.

something Of the obhquities Of human "si0' ~"
no,t;,., >, sccoynt for this Should they submit
the Irish would be not merely slaves a. o''
Southern Africans are, but iamishea saves
,.,bicb these are not All the grievances OF winch
o,,- e,reistbey. complained, all the wrongs which
,h,,. -esi.fed. sink into absolute inslsnihcance
ID these Inch ireland tor centuries has sui
core3 Inst let Us make the case our own Tor one
moment and look Al II as u is But no, I IS not
nos.ible 10 imagine our people submitting TO such
rule a. Ireland has endured since the time oi
Cromwell at least. But suppose the grievance
were not matter Of starv alton to millions but
ol come beggahy stamp act or some three-Penny
tax on tea. and we were disnclined 70 stand H.
not because We could not, but In view Of the
principle involved. Hereupon our British masters
were 70 openly pack jury and doom TO exile our
most fearless remonstrsut, put half dozen most
Ike him into prison. then suspend the privilege Oh
Habeas Corpus. and authorize her agent here to
imprison every one he should susPeef oi nostiiiy
stop all the opposition journals aud order our
people 10 disband all their organizations and sur
render their arms Just imagine such requsitlons
made upon our meekness, and say whether our
neonle e2uI4 bear them. Yet these are hardly
beginning Of the wrongs and humiations which
ireland has been called 20 endure-whlch she hos
endured without resisting for almost fifty years.
Her People have but the mockery Of a voice IN
the Legislature which governs them-the seven
millions Of Irishnien who are not virtually bnbed by
ENGLAND could not elect one twelfth Of the British
Parliament if they all pulled together 10 bear
to groyel, aud at times to starve-such are the
rights accorded them. Who blame them #
they bear no longer
The Patriot press Of Ireland is silenced-we
shall hear from it no more until British power ex-
lists no longer in the Inflated sister Isle To speak
the truth there is Felony It's penalty dungeons
and exile Meantime all manner OF calumnies
and misstatements will be set aeoat against her
and believed because uncontradicted. We have
resolved, therefore, to print the following article
f,om The Nation the last number that the Gov
eminent permitted to be issued. 1t was written
by Charles Gsvan Duffy in prison, where he re-
mains no longer permitted to ynte.-Hear him,
aud ask your neighbor also to read
The cAsUs BELL
The long .pending war with England has actually
commenced We have been formally summoned to
surrender at discretion The Metropolis ana the Nhiet
stronghods OF Nationality in the island are audaco usly
commanded to deliver up their arms to England Inc
power OF the Nation regimcntcd into hepeal CluDs -
warned disband itself without psrey or delay Near
Is forty prisoners OF all ranks and conditions now in the
hands OF the public enemy a. hostages oi the people
await summary conviction, and trenchant sentence
The national press Of the capital has been practically
suppressed-one section longer 10 utter the
language Of resistance the other Is only published by
open and advised defiance of the English authorities.
10 this pass the contest has come 1T last and ~ tins
pass contest pause the final issue IS not Tar on
That harvest which we iondly hoped would npen with
our ripenng hopes will them already crowned aud
consummaed or scattered 10 the four winds Ike chan
before the winnow May God deal with the cause OF
the people in this perOus extremity according 10 MS
Justice We have borne our wrongs Ia silence TIL II
ence sin and reproaoh and now when we are
prcked 10 the battle 10 stand up Tor our very Nts III
our own land beseech the Just God that our cause
may prosper as far rs pure and righteous ana no
farther. ,
believe the issue that is raised will decide the
contest for this generation. believe IL will decide II
though cartridge is not burned in the struggle II
England commit these eXcesses with the IMMUNITY
of dcspot Ireland il utterly and ignOby OvcrthrOwu
she will die Ike beggar and make no sign. In reyO
lutons retreat is fatal in Ireland where the memory
OF 43 haunts all iaiTest hopes like mocking hend
II would quench the very soul of the country. Two
months hence the musterrol OF ltepealefs may be as
long the hatred OF England may be AS intense but II
the Clubs, the arms, and the prestige are gone inc
| power to resist her will have fed away Ike dream
Not ia the and the organization alone, potent a.
they are, but in that OF which they were but the signs
| and symbols For power does not reside IN swollen
numbers in perfection of equipment, but in subtle
element which neither Adjutant nor ArmOrer can com
pule Il resides mainly IN the seli reliance OF people
which to-day may work miracles and tomorrow e'ap
crate though not man IL missing nom the ranks
Naked hands and an armed soul of old stronger
than hirong spirit braced in steel and Ireland IS for
inidable to-day exactly because she has that soul
More formidable than in i3 because that soul Is more
intense But if il escape. woe to her aud shame only
the dead hulk of nation will remain-only carcass
TO bo tamped upon by the iron heel OF her oppressor
II Us solemn and terrible responsibility to advise
nation 4, liz
not the responsibility To peril and blast them
rth0ut battlefield topermt them to ia To pieces by
the fatal dryr Of nacton TO see them lost without
honor sympathy, or the chance OF redempuoni lost
hy some fatal cowardce incapacity that is the he'll
in which there is consolation The question OF peace
or war is for Ireland to-day. she has already
in terms the most precise and deliberate proclaimed
war OF independence. From the popular uibunes, in
the popular press from the green hillside in the forum
OF the crowded city IN the very midst OF the foreign
senate itself 1t has been proclaimed in her name that
the limit OF endurance was at hand. And God is
our witness not rashly nor without weghty cause We
saw our people drop around us Ike men IN plague
We knew they were murdered BY foreign dominion no
less than each pale victim had been selected for the
knife OF assassin We appealed 20 the justice OF our
rulers and they were deaf OF impotcnt. We iurnedto
the of the soil Of Ireland and forgetting preJu
dices long cherished and well founded invoked their
cooperation We adjured them to draw our country
from under the yoke Of her unspeaksbe slavery ana
the democracy alone but class by class and IN
terest BY interest without peril to any We lsbored
with them day after day IN committees and councils,
pursuing this daz cling hope which day after day re
ceded from us like an lgRis fatuss. was among the
last who despaired of seeing united nation on the
Irish soil. But the time came when 10 hope would
have been madness. The time came when IL pal
pable desth that there stay tor the people
against tamines against Hood OF demoralizs
ton a thousand times worse than famine or death. The
aristocracy IN whom had trusted stood revealed as
selfish hardened and unscrupuous-whout chiysiry
aud without faith Then, and not til then, cast
them away and asked what ether cure was there for
our des peraic maady Alas what cure there left
but one The remedy must still be proporuonste TO
the disease and the depth OF human suffering and
degradation only be medicined by the hight OF hui
man daring and devotion We heard the potent spe
chic mu,iered in the musketry of Palermo we heard II
again sounding in the deeper echo struck by the hy
ing feet OF ministers and OF kings Il uumpcted TO
from every end OF Europe IN the lisny o. rising
tons no one OF whom against its oppressors in
vain And then at length, with clssr delberation and
u knowledge OF all the perils and all the responsible
IT, but with assured faith in God providence and the
Justice OF our cause, bade England choose speedily
between concession and the sword. We formally pro
claimed a war OF independence.
Aud now the time IS when that pledge must Re /
promptly fulfilled or formally GishonOred
We are assaled in every point where the honor OF a
nation is senstye-the liberty of speech. the right
OF arms the freedom OF the press and now plainly we