The Ottawa free trader., 1851-07-19
From the New Orleans Delta.
Richard Lalor She'll.

In our evening edition Of Friday we briefly
announced the demise Of Richard Lalor She'll
He died at Florence On the 25th ult, To an at
tack Of gout in the stomach is bis death attrIbu-
ted The deceased was no ordinary man. lie
was unqucstionably the most brilliant orator of
his day and his generation; the very wizard Of
eoquencc, who could arouse an audience to fury,
or melt them into tears The wrongs of his
| country he could portray as with tongue OF fire,
and none with more effect than he could hur at
her oppresSors the thuuders Of national indigna
ton Honesty Of purpose, intensity Of passion, a
refined and educated mind and natural powers,
with the like Of which but few men are endowed,
were the arms which Shell welded when battling
with the enemies OF his faith, and the oppressor :
of his country, and these he used with power
and dexteri,y irresistible Before the force Of
! lis matchless eloqGence, bigotry stood abashed
corruption shrunk from public gaze and intoler
ance and oppression louscned the grasp which
they had held on their victim. The throne could
not awe him into silence nor a brazen bandit
| make him cover with fear
Witness his celebrated philippe against The
| Duke Of York, brother Of the then rcigning mon.
| arch of England and his denunciation of the vul-
gar Orange herd, and Of the equally vulgar but
more influential bigots whose Instruments they
We're on the trial oi Sam Grey, Of Ball ylay, noto
riety: His opponents admired him for the homes
! " ol Its purpose, his friends for the zeal which
! he brought to the advocacy Of their cause, the
| learned Tor the powers Of his mind and tie classi
cal purity OF lis Imagination, the illierate for
the patrotIc hre which he could eukindie in their
breast, though not spark of it seemed there
! previously to llnger and all-dH esteemed him
for that eloquence which they who heard him.
thought unsurpassed, and which many thought
unsurpassabe.
So far we have spoken Of Mr Shell as he ap-
! peared on the stage Of public hfc previous to the
| passage Of the Catholic Relief, OF Catholic Eman.
cipatlon bill, as 1t was called, in 1929. There
were two epochs IN hi, career THIS was the
! first, the second includes the period from that
| date To the time of his death. And having -ad
50 much by way of preface or general outline.
| we will now briefly refer to particular events IL
! his biography.
Mr. Shell was born in l793. and was, there
fore, at the time Of his death, in the ttly.eighth
year ut his age The London Times say. he was
born in Dublin, but this i. an error He was a
native oi the county Of Waer!url, as is his cousin
in the first degree Mr.. Wise, who married into
the Bonapartc family aud who is now the Brit
/ ,h minister to Greece. lie was educated in
! Trinity college and at an carly age was admitted
| to the lrish bar At the time lie thus entered on
! the stage Of life while vet on the threshold oil
manhood beng of the prescribed faith, and Of a
mind too sensitive not to feel the degradation OF
hi7 position as a man and a citizen he flew to the
I ranks Of the army of agitation winch OConnell
/ with such con.ummatc Judgment WAS then form
| INC, and threw his eloqucuCe and enthusiasm, the
yISor oi his intellect and the intensity Of his i'm
| petuous mind INTO The 'an'c. He aroused the
| oppressed, ana ierrlied the oppreS-ols. lhe
! one he dtrici Tor their tame ~ubmisslori the
others he denounced Ter Their dr-potlc deeds
ana 'htr arrogant a,,umpun ct superiority. HIS
spc'cheN penetrated INTO the remote lri'h cabins,
( ana were read ana pondcred on by Iusoirnt OH
o"-' lie ,"n-ht the occupants ol the iurmct
TO ,eHe'a mat 'hey were no less 'h1n men ana.
Language not {" h' misunderstood, reminded
tie latter that they were not more. Otonneli
narsha',ed The u"op',-gare the chart OF bow
the battle was to he conducted, and retained SUI
preme command; butli there were bold charge
to be made, II an important point was to be car.
red 1t the enemy Was to he taken hv coup de
| man smell undertook the dniy, and seldom iaied
m earring Il through Ills course ON ftnend' n
!'"th was rare Instance Of h- moral courage
Al time "hrn NE worst passions OF the -ngiisli
| P''P'e' 'h' educated a, Wen as the rneducatcd
were PPe"'eu 10, |" Suiie thc cry raised Tor Ca
,''' Ena"' l,a'''iL an" lU', u uo"o' II II needs
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