New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-16


| DSAR SIR: A letter from q Dublin correspond.
in the lsst number Of your journs 10 calculated 70
impress your readers WITH belief that the failure Of
the late movement 10 ireland vas owing ise.
pae;ty misconduct on the part Of Mr.. q OBrien -
Although feel no desire 20 obtrude myseN upon the
notice OF any portion Of the American public cannot
suffer this essmny. upon the beet and brsvest man
| hsve ever known 10 pass without contradiction
simple narrative Of all Mr. ORriens scts dur,ns
the week which spent with him IN Tippersry would
se the mosi satisfactory answer &C. suoh nsinustons .
those contained in the letter referred But the pub
hcston Of such detailed account 1t this might
| Dc Considered 80 hardly compatible with q decent
gard 70 ,se position IN which he and o,hers
placed
Asking your readers then 10 take my word tor shst
u may be worth asssrt thai II Hannibal Napoleon
had been 10 the position OF Wm Hr,en neither ~
those great commanders with such materials he hsi
and such cooperation - he rresived. could have
achieved any more respectable r-sult
A, no tims, to my certain knowledge. had Mr.. o Breu
an armed force that could Be nationally expected 70
Withstand 9 single company. About thirty eaten
fovng pieces with average Of ons round Of smnu-
milton for each and some few auxiliary weapons Of the
most despicsoc description. constituted the mot i'm
posing Of srms exhibited throughout the whole
campaign" OF the many thousands OF armed club.
men come OF whom probably nov erucisins Mr.
. Briens conduct very freely thoss Who followed
him 70 the Geld" fell short Of dozen men He Wa
met repeatedly in the streets and opposed By Priests
scuns have doubt in strict accordance with the
dictates Of conscience. His orders and Instructions
were received by the people with respect nay.
times with cheers-but they wer. H>rer ebgcs wish.
sir that for the benefit Of others who her-sfter oe
placed IN NE circumstance your correspond Mt would
furnish us with some easy method u achieving reso
luton with handful OF unsrmed and disOoedicut
peasants opposed BY disciplined array Of soWe forty
thousand men
hwil naturally be ssked-why did Mr. OBnen snd
his friends ever conceive the preposterous ides OF
.stns with such contemptble the power Of
the English Government But OF his conduct IN this
respect submit no fair Judgment can be formed with
out knowledge OF the sn,ecedent fscts-ot the ~
presentations which HAD been made. and of the pro.
misses which never fulfilled Even with such
IL might De necessary to claim allow
for the position In which the British Minister had
placed them by HE tyrsnicsl proceedings The alter.
native before them this-ether 10 submit passive
" 20 imprisonment without trial TO resist And the
worst perhaps that BE- said OF them TO- thst they
chose ruin and exile and death rather than suffer that
right which lies the bottom Of al freedom 10 be VIC
lated In their persons
OF MIR. OBrisn. individually can cay with perfect
truth-thst OF oil that party which acknowledged him
for its head. he the reluctant a. commit
his country 10 the pers of q civil and that
fearless in maintaining the position he had assumed aud
the lsst To abandon H.
Your correspondent may possibly think thathe Is
iering good service 20 Ireland by sacrificing he char
individual order that the character OF the
country may be saved. But impartial men will hsrdly
tolerate this They will say that William Smith O Brcn
mas devoted twenty years of spotess life e. INCREASING
'or,s for the good OF bis county and that nnsy hc
has forfeited life itself for her sake. And they will
,luie that IL argues bat little generosity In those for
whom he has sacrificed much. 10 Geek 30 rob him ~
hat which he prizes shove all that he hss ost-the
putston Of brave and true
Sincerely wishing that this may be the lsst time my
may appear In connection with the referred
to in this letter, beg IL subscribe myself &C,
Joa~ r. DuLo~