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

The London correspondent Of the Commercial
Adrcrfiser, though far from being Radical and
avowedy hostile to Irish independence, yet talks
like man with eyes and heart. Witness this
extract from his last letter of the 2sth alt. He
has spoken OF the unanimity with which the act
crushing every ves;ige OF Liberty in Ireland was
passed by the British Parliament and Of the exul-
talon with which IL was hailed throughout Eng
land, and continues
one unanimous tendency 10 exasperete the Irish by
reprosches and taunts and 10 put them down and keep
them down by force Is everywhere 10 De observed In
Parliament IN the press and among the people il i all
the same Grant that while the present system Is recog
nized Of depending upon physical force for the main
enance of the laws the Government could not avoid
It's in the existing emergency the reproach applies
them. that they have relied upon this, but that in
relying upon il they have neglected everything else.
During the past SIX months they have wen the Irish
nothing but proud iutmaiioRs OF power, coupled with
reprOaches OF ingrattude for what We did for them
last year" and with regard 10 which inculcsed
strongly the time how thankful they ought 20 be 10
Us that sny one with 4 common know ledge OF human
nature might have known We hsd e-ectually Cancelled
all chance Of spontaneous acknowledgements Tor the
future.
No promise OF a thorough redress Of al wrongs
no admission IN fact Of any wrongs accompanied these
denuncations nor indeed single frank kind appeal
OF any description, unless the ordinary parliamentary
platiiudes about the consideration which any real
be regarded such the plattudes in question being
usually accompanied by some against the ags-
tor in whom alone the people seemed disposed 20 place
reliance. No man IN the House Of Commons has ever
ventured 10 ask bis fellow member what they would do
France were at this moment In possession Of Great
Britain and If she were 70 insist upon maintaining IN
their country Catholic hierarchy. and refusing Pro
tesisnt cergymen gal gniton any shape while
AZ the same time she declined permit enjoy
local legislature on the plea that II we in
any way independent our close neigborhoOd would
be dangerous Again, no one has ventured 10 the
Minister upon what ground he volunteered eager
ly 10 recognize the independence OF SicLy-an act
which mas been viewed with the complacent sat
isisction-wheu that country had scarcely single plea
for separating from Naples other than that she dis
inclined have any farther connection with her Be
tween the SiciliAns and Nesposns there no differ
ence OF religion difference OF race, less ge0graphi-
cal separation than between England and lrela a and
less equality regards the amount Of pOpuls o. Sci
ly being ia every way naturally dependant upOa
Naples than Ireland upon Us while the act Of separa
ton which we have now ioyfuly recognized was alb
souselv resolved upon after Naples had conceded al
most every claim which had originally been urged upon
her All these things have been overlooked and A.
tempt in short TO srsppe with the moral part Of the
question has been ventured upon by any one.
Seeing therefore that we do not 90 into the con
with clean hands il must De painful 20 al who are
unable 10 ste the plain limitations OF conscience by
the force OF blind and selfish nationality % stand and
behold the frightful gsne that IS PLAYING and 10
such persons triumph must be out Of the question,
whichever way Il may terminate.