The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-16


bail, they proceeded to the rooms Of the Irish
Confederation, aid uttered sentiments the like
Of which had never before been spoken in Ire
land Mr.. Mitchell said
say further that Instead Of government being able
by criminal proceedings to put down determined men Ia
and sustain US you and We overthrow that govern
ment vehement chseriDg for soms minutes)
Mr.. Meagher said
Informstons have been sworn against me for scdi-
tions speech -(grest ehesrns)-and have been bound
to appear In the Qusens Bench upon the 18th day
of April Now think it my duty tell you that from
this moment out IT will be my soul aim and study to ag
vote the few days that may be at liberty to tho utter
of nothing else but seditien vehement cheer
ingl. Do you think that am ashamed to b. charged
friends glory in hsvne done 60 and feel proudsr this
moment In bsing seout:d BY this sansuinary govern
and red cloth upon the bsnch and was
ths stoues limb or the brightest limb Of the law
shall speak to tho judge the jury and the pr. scouting
undsrlipgs OF this Tbugks government. (Hear, hear
and ,s sna tell ths~ to Their
CONTINUED chsering The language Of sedition 10 the
language Of freedom Entbusisstic oheerng) And this
set shall not to write, to speak, to seditou
One circumstance alone shall stop in this
With them boldly and desperately. cloud cheers) II
We do not throw them there ws shall throw them on
broader neld.
Mr.. O'Gorman saId:-
We have not pledged our honors in cause in which
we would fear to give our lives Renewed cheering
We claim ths support Of the peope cloud cheers and
cries Of You shall have 10y We ask 1t not for
selves, but for the people, II they shrink from
tho struggle let them consgn Ms to utter contempt
lCheers voice. There's NO fear of that.'') II they
fail US better be In a dungeon than live to tak.
ing Of what they dare not execute-(hesr hsar)-m
pro mising, and keeping no promises.
And al subsequent meeting, Mr.. Barry is re-
ported as follows.-
Your council Is aotuated by . desire to select
upon whom to bestow honera, without any regard to
GLASS and trust the confederation will have
to regret having placed in this chair to night
do not wish to conceal from myself you that to
cupy this chair from this night forth post danger
(ches) and feel highly srstined that should be ap.
pointed to fill it not from any silly love Of potorsty,
that II he Is disposed to 2. to law With tho Irish
po ne may ss we'll give orders for the ersoton Of one
thousand additional as at onos (cheers) for
Maagher aud Mitchell to be I'm prsoned for spesking
and writing tho truth, all prepared, ons by
repeat what they have already spoken, and great
III .na
foreg from the Of country and to
S
before they made to do daughter and cheers
They have but little time to think Of it Fer
not TO be trifed with Indeed don't II thsy get
three months notice to quit but let 1t date from yester
day. Tremendous chsering., In the meantme, bro
sweeps over the face Of Europe Isveng thrones and
tearing up from the roots time worn constitutions il
to :ssnS By ,s,sy ss.ng the astounding
| hear'D No! Irishmen, the whole world shall not be
free, and our own dear country slave. loud cheers
cries of No, no9 WE'LL then, know this that the in:
that i"ssls called law be- utterly di.regsrd.d loud
cheers Let those men who talk about respecting the
soess and families they have any, aud isavs sgts-
ton to US, who neither love- respect nor fear the
Law Tremendous choers) Is folly to talk Of the
safety Of millions 'Ts rank nonsense and if it were
not tits poor compliment to the people to tell them
ers There is q law eDgrsven the heart of man
which tells him to do unto others he would wish to
Cd but al that thing u absd together In London and
called "law IL to be needed when II stands in the
way of our liberties (Grsat cheering)
| 1t is supposed that the government can long bear
Nup against such sentiments as these; for their
moral force alone is greater than that of an army
of fifty thousand men.
From all that transpred, and is transpiring, in
Ireland, and from the tone of the English press,
we may reach the conclusion that a revo-
luton, attended with but little loss of blood will
take place in that country. The London
Times, the organ of the government, thinks that
repeal is debateable question; and the Ne,cs, a
paper of influence and very extensive cir
culation, comes out openly, and says that this is
not time to make ireland an exception to the
rest of Europe and the world-sentiments
| which, coming from England, are entitled TO
great weight. In fine, between the disatiected
state of England itself, the determination of
the Irish to achieve independence, the CONNER
cial disasters which must follow the revolutions
in Europe, and the progress of self government
over the continent, it is hard to believe but that
the Irish will achieve all they desire, without
blood-but we shall see. We would not
be surprised to see Sir Robert Peel
again coming into power, and proposing re-
peal of the union between England and Ireland,
as government measure, on the principle OF
choosing the lesser OF two evils. Indeed we
are prepared not to be surprised at any thing
OUR ARMY IN MExICo-It is not without some
valorous feeling of Indignation that we have
read in almost all the papers, account that our
army is going to make a retrograde move