New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-16

have changed ltlJ DhN Dl dtLiNt lt-ArtANt -tA t-
cause is pleaded not by barsters this that court
Of justice but By armed and angry people in the
deadly battle field or more deadly mountain pass
when the might that slumbers IN a peasant's arm
hss been tested-when Freedom has been propiuated
by the precious EDation che 50 jealousy requires
then make no doubt the English Ministry viii yield
and then am equally certain their yielding will avail
them naught Mr Lalor was right when he said the
people would never night FOR Repeal They never
would If blood flows the English connection i thrown
/ 10 the winds The FIRST sword that shimmers IN an
epemvs hand cuts the knot that binds US TO England
For the Patriots there can be retreatdesth or vic
tory They have vowed 10 struggle against every
rbase Of English domination in this country, and TO
destroy or be destroyed
"To bound Ger every bar,
Or ds.h themselves 70 psfes
Il should not be thought that this il rant and
claptrap species Of platform patriotism far from IL
Not for such things do resign al the pleasures Of
life their friends their sacred homes end brave trans
portaton and al ts attendant horrors The faith must
be deeply seated that can furnish forth roll Of martyrs
nd cannot ireland do this Her first martyr, Mitchell
has a noble following Yet in face Of all these things
the English press maintains coniemptuous incrcduli
~ 10 hoodwnk their readers and in the same breath
hounds on the Government to more wanton aggression
The ILLUSTRATED Neos says the arrests occasoned no
conmooD that the people getting disguised with
the Repeal agitation but that the Young lrelanders have
snned in their eyes past remedy by causing anoth
r postponement Of the Royal visit which has been held
out to US from time to tirse as panscea for
al our lie. You can put no trust In the papers
They systematically distOrt and misrepresent every
fact they cannot conceal relating to Ireland
According 10 them the prisoners excite sympathy
= mn faar no M
little Of the country they know little Of the burning
wish the intense desire, that upheaves from end 20
end like an underground volcano, and Of which the
men now in Ncwgate are but the feeble eXpositors
II they transport them, what do they gain They
never eradicate the longing for Independence but with
the total extirpation OF the Irish race II they are
moved. others viii step into their places ireland
has many sons worthy and while one remains lrsh
Nationality will not be without a witness. All
waiting for the fray, rather longing for II. They
reckon with patience the days that must intervene
before the trial, and as they slowly pass, ex
claim. Thank Heaven the day il done" Ia all
human probability August lSiS viii decide the
destiny Of ireland In that month the Comms-
sion opens and all depends upon the sentence
They will never be permitted to leave rcand-on that
point all agree they II viii ruin irretrevaby the
character OF the country As for legal escape think
there Is but Little chance the Government organs siren
nously recommend packing, and holder than the
Testay the time for trial by Jury ha passed. that holder
measures required to meet the exigency of the
case Parliament is evidently of the same mind. lis
not enough to have the metropolis proclaimed but
Martial Law must be brought in and the Habeas Corpus
act suspended. The means taken by the Ministry 10
suppress the present agitation proves their terror
While Cancellation Hail was IN tine ascendant and John
OConnol ruled the hour all was well with the Wings.
lie might petition and petition and impOre for food like
furnishing beggar by the roadside and the liberal
Ministry would give him leave TO continue doing
od infHDum. They would not repress liberty OF
speech-not they the friends Of Freedom, the
Liberty loving Wings and then the Repeal ques-
ton was an excellent thing TO occupy and amuse
flts MID mil uz / il in
mean what they say. and are determined 70 have what
they look for and they coercion. But
crcon Is unit for the present day What chance 1t
have weapon eaten with the rust Of ages against
hearts and newy srms-nOt 10 speak Of unerrng
rifles and brslliDg pixies And then the native gsrri
is falling from them day by day The Protestant
Repeal Associations of Belfast and Dublin rapidly
increasing and the Orsngemen flnging party behind
them, remember they have country. True the land
lords cling 10 the Government as drowning wretch
would grasp at sraws but what OF that they could
scarcely aid they certainly cannot impede the rapid
progress of the nation toward Independence. Yes
Independence for if pass through the fearful or.
deal of Revolution from North TO South the country
viii ring with the cry for an Irish Republic. The Go
vemment should look 10 II Every drop OF blood that
isllswil raise between US and England barrier
impossible than mountains
John OConnel has written a letter 70 the Plot.
condemnng In the strongest terms the League and the
Clubs. tie warns the people against these " rash
young men" and their physica-iorce doctrines. He
Gays the secession begun in miserable jesOusies
aud beTnesscs, has been marked throughout by mis-
cradle Inconsistencies, imprudences, reckless caum
MES criminal iolles and pitiabe failures and cannot
hut end in the most deplorable disaster This IL
speaking OUT with a vengeance. The time demands
H. aud he can be silent no longer Just think Of the
time chosen. Four prisoners in Newcate, score in
Cork and others different parts of the county II
he had drop OF Irish blood in his veins would II not
boil the misery inflicted on his country the indigni.
ties heaped upon his cOuntrymen But no, his pulse is
even and his sentences are measured and with him
loyalty and patience persOniy perfection There Is
hgoicd attachment TO class OF virtues that warps
the religious perception Just round of study
tracts the intellect and blinds 10 this fact that virtues
and vices ike everything else, modified by circum-
stances and that the OF any virtue into
the opposite vein. No one will deny that II is
crime ding oneself into the and risk the precious
gft OF God but If is done 20 save sinking fellow
creature what is It then This is lrelands She
is gasping in her agonysinking lower and lower and
the who stands with folded calculating her
changes in place OF aiding her may justify himself 10
hs own conscience As he can, but has no more night 10
aogate merit TO himself for thus acting than the
who watches his neighbours deaihtrUggle has to gO-
riiy himself having resisted the temptation to sui
eide thus presented. This IS what John OConnell is
doing. Not content with backing out OF the Irish
League when danger threatened he endeavors TO throw
discTedt on IT, aud after njurDg to the extent OF his
power, the National cause. he assumes TO himself
credit for his conduct He will lead the people into
danger He will betray them into crlmc II they
take his advice and shun the League they would the
plague he encourages them 10 hope that early IN August
after the trials, supposed the Repeal Association will
cOuntry-furnisb the usual amount OF verbiage to the
Press and occupation to the Reporters don't know
why the Coniederaies lost much time seeking his Co
operation. lie is not worth gaining. he would be-
dragon every onward movement one of OConnells
family, though not of his name has thrown himself
heart AMI soul into the foremost ranks Mr.. r. Leyne
whose adhesion announced in my last has stepped at
once into prominent and OF course, dangerous posi-
ton. Few, very few, cling 10 John OCounel and
these, for the most part men who would rather figure
in a newspaper and their names ~ full len 9Th with
Esq. or p l. q. tackled 10 them, than their country
free Such his edherents. They dread the League
instinctvely, for they ambitious OF being known
and there they would be consigned 10 obscuriy.
You know all about the arrests BY this time but
have you observed that the propctors Of papers
accused Of ielouy-consequently admitted bail
and al the others. Meegher charged with sedition
only. There can be mistake about the reason They
intend 10 crush the journals and danger by en-
trance quite shut ou;" They fancy when they have
sienced the Nation, the FtoR and the Tribsne they
may work their viii in Ireland forgetting that these
papers n their bodest tones but echo the national viii
Nj. Martin and Mr. Daay continue writing as sedtously
- ceI they advocate open resistance as the duty OF
@ sss ana eShort them 10 risk everything before the
Ns"os ese suppressed. The people wait but tor the
s4as II tnr prisoners convicted they can wall
no longer II acquitted they can gather in the harvest
Hs- mus the Commission NAV DELAY or precipitate
toe liberation OF Ireland by few yyceks M, -
writing rom the feiOR OF SATURDAY, the 9aI .svs
Let US hight M September II Wa