Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-04-05

III philluuCnt, tnc cOnuuct oil the company,
aud called upon my countrymen TO wrcst
from chartered oligarchy the power which
had been abused. For this | received the
hatred and persecution of the Company, and
the thanks aud blessings of the injured chill
dren of India. Loud npplausc.)
Have you not been IN league with political
parties opposed to the rights of the people ?
You shall Judge. Until 1910, never identi-
fed myself with any political movement. At
that time, the government was instiuting
slate prosecutions against the chartists in all
paris Of the kingdom, and the jais were fill
ed with their victims. 1t was then resolved
no longer to be neutral in politics, so came
out, aud identified myself with those whom
the government were opposing, and declar-
ed my adhesion, for better or for worse, to the
principles of chartsm. Ever since, while
more than any mnn besides, have censured
the excesses of some of the chartists, have
stood by their doctrines on the suffrage, and
have voted and spoken for them in the House
Of Commons. loud applause.)
Are you not q British euissary, and the
paid spy of the Government Here answer,
Though, of right, eligible to attend every le-
wee of my sovereign, was never in her pres
ence-cliamher but once, when was charged
to present an address to her, signed by 1885,
600 of the women of Scotland, in behalf OF
the West Indies. have never had private
audience of any members of the Govern
ment in my life. To this hour, | do not
know where the Treasury is, where mem
hers 20 to ask iiNors of the Government; MOI
could member of the Government know ol
my intention TO visit Americn, until he read
fiji, with all the world besides, in the col
umns of the public papers. Renewed
chccrs.)
Have you not voted for measures to coerce
aud opprcss the people of Ireland? Hear
my answer to an Irishman in New York,
who labored under a mistake on that sub hject:
"LlrrLE FALLS, Feb. %, 1851.
SIN: have only just received your letter of
the 10 inst, for which thank you, because it
affords me the opportunity Of removing from
your mind an erroneous impression respecting
my course in Parliament on the subject of Ire
land Accept in a candid spirit the explanation
l am abont to give you.
was returned to serve in Parliament in lSI7.
In November of that year we were called to-
goiher to consider the condition of Ireland.
firmly resisted, both with voice and vote, every
measure of coercion proposed by the Govern
ment, and demanded the entire abolition OF the
Protestant tcstablishment-a bill securing to ten
ants their full rights, and the extinction oil tho
last remaining disabilities imposed upon my
I1i-h Catholic brethren on account OF their re-
shgion. Throughout three sessions OF Parlia'
mont, my conduct was the same, and towards
the close of the last session of 1850, when most
of the Irish members had left London, moved
an amendment, and spoke again and again, in
resistance to the proposal to continue the uncon-
stitutional powers of the Lord Lieutenant
This l did up to the twelfth hour, though with
out effect. / have never given vote against
Irish liberty in my life, and Ireland never had a
frmor friend, as Mr.. O'Conncl well knew and
acknowledged. Remember there are three
Thompsons in the House of Commons. will
forfeit five hundred dollars when my name can
be produced as voter IS or a speaker OUT of
Parliament in favor Of any measure for the CO.
ercion of your country or the abridgmcnt Of its
liberties.
You are in error. If you are true man, YOU
will hasten to do justice to one who can honest
ly assure you that there breathcs not man who
loves Ireland better than
GEORGE THOMPSON"
Have YOU not written verses, breathing
an unlriendly spirit towards this country
Never. ] once wrote short piece, which
am sorry | cannot remember. / scribbled il
us | sat under tree in Upper India, on the
4lh of July, 1913. 1t commenced:
q" And canst thou, America, say thou art FREE,
Whilst the slave bends, in icttcrs, his suppliant
knee"
cannot remember how it proceeded, but
know il ended with fervent prayer for the
redemption and glory of the country. More
recently, however, we had those sweet min.
strels, the Ilutchinsons, in England, and
while they were at my house, aided and a.
betled in the getting up ofa song for them to
sing in the Queens Concert room. IL was
the period ofthe dispute on the question ol
the Oregon boundary. j believe ! can re-
call the lines which were sung, the tirst verse
to the tune of our national anthem, oi "Goo
save the Queen" and the last TO your owl
lively air, of f"Yankee Doodle"
| Oh may the human race,
Heavens message soon embrace,
"Good will to man."
| flushed be tho battles sound,
Aud DER the earth around,
May love and peace abound,
| Through every land
| OH then shall come the glorious day
When swords and spears shall perish;
| And brothers John and Jonathan
The kindcst thoughts may cherish
| Then, Oregon no more shall fill
With angry darts our quiver,
But Englishmen with Yankees dwell
On the far Columbia river.
Then let us haste these bonds to knit,
And in the work be handy;
And we will blend " God save the Queen
With "Yankee doodle dandy"
have now told you the worst | think, fec
or wish, regarding this country. Oh beleyy
me, if my prayer might be heard, it shonl
be as full of freedom aud happiness as II
full of all that is grand and majestic in II
natural scenery; and we in England and yo
in America should be Notwithstanding
ing kind ofiices-reciprocati benefits
provoking only to love and good works %