The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-10-08
From the Cincinnati Citizen.
SMITH O'BRIEN. lfif 2,

" p f 10
The rumor of SMITH O'BRIEN's dying
condition ID his prison at Van Dieman's
Land, under The cruel persecution of the
minions Of English power, has awakened
a thrill Of sympathy in MS country men al
home. The Dublin Nation says:-s5a
"We have endcavored to draw aside the
heavy curtain Of apathy and neglect which
hangs beiween Ireiard and that fatal spot in
the Southern Seas. There the Irish Captain
sits mpurnfully 10 tthe valley Of the shadow
OF death!' Shall they ymurdor SMITH O'BRiEN!
Answer the question, men Of Ireland! is
the first and the most vital which GoD and
your conscience demand Of you. Answer it!
Shall men with great purpose, and earnest
faith, and stern resolve-shalI they indeed
fail before the face of Heaven and earth to
save tpreciousllfea Is there no renewed
effort to be madss Are there no virtues
patent to-day in Ireland but those Of meek
ness and longanihitye Are the voices OF
empty bravado and vacillating pursuits, to
be the only trumpeters of her name through
out the worldl What cause should claim
your fealty and devotion, If this do not? OF
all national duties tits the highest the hoiest,
the most Imperative. NJ R aF
Though yon should win victory after vic.
tory, every iota you desire Of religious and
politica. freedom, yet you would be dishono-
red were the fate Of O'Brien placed for one
moment in abeyance. There is no sifne now
for GOODNESS aud deliberalion; for every word
we speak there Is a lhrob the less o. life in
the heart Of the great exile,
Is he 10 die far off in that dismal prison.
house under the minlstering hands of Dem
nson and Of Hampden? Shall he pass away
with that terrible longing Of tho soul un-
fulfilled for some loved presence? For one
breath Of the air Of freedom and of home! p
Isit written that Smith O'Brien shall die
this bitter death, and no strong voice be lif-
tod up in remonstrance and dehunciation?-
There may be sympathy in theIhearts of the
people, bat so long as il be weak and voice.
less, it is entitled only to Indignation and
contempt. @ 7ha W iag
There are efforts which cannst be resisted
There is a magnetic power of united action,
winch in its invisible force, peryades the in
tellectual space, and bears down every OH
stacle in lis path. We havo seen as yet no
evidence of This divine aflaus The people
have spoken but not with the majesty and
SUeHglH VI lnsVfIhlluH. llVlduu uihf ue
weak ened and degraded. but if she be not
dead and cold, she has notyet lost tho power
whereby she can command the repatriation
of O'Biien., Rs I.g -e sT
It's indeed hol:lble 10 contemplate
this miserable end e one of the noblest
men that ever linked himself with the
cause. of The people. Is There no voice
in This county 'os protest againsl the out
rage? Have tile sympaihies Of his
counirymen here, been so deadened by
prosperity, that they can hear these ii.
dings unmoved? Oh! England, if TO the
black catalogue Of your sins against
Ireland. you add the last and damnable
one, the murder Of a brave, cliivalrous
man, who lies at your mercy in distant
solitude, far from the land and the efriends
he loved, with a passion that only such
souls as his are capable of,-no peni-
tence can atone, or no satisfaction pro
cure pardon for the crime.
Yei every mail from tie Southern Co
'onies brings stronger confirmation Of the
intelligence that his great heart is break
ing, under the petty tyranny to which he
is subject.