New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-19

ton IL made by the snnornvH VI ~ p . -
ssssdoI-su &C. which Is sessraly the torerunner
az ,ctus bo.tbtes That the Emp- ror OF the french
,tould concur in such proceeding sseetiy surpS
ing because his dyr ssec ambition voala sely $500
him dec ron. 10 Institute Aursf for booro'n
on The ,h one OF Naples bu, no su"h motive can oper
ate in the Gaze Of England II England were ocoupy
sicily Q European war you'd iniaihoiy oe VIC 49,
ouepce and II this demonstration De soiey W euIe ~
an encoursgsme 10 the Conshtutionssis oil the Two
S;rii.. 10 revolt against their Government, more
fatal lure could scarcely be presented 10 tosh %t'
in the case of the demonstration inside IN lty oy o'9
Minto IL Ill ssurejy be found 100 ls'e tna
xIom her policy shall have melted 20 rebellion N9t
orv therefore ss lrsh taxpayers ont also as i,ienos
~ The constitutional Liberties OF ltay, we ouSn, 10
vihhold all encouragement from tins SOFT 81 tr'n'S
;h tho psssions of an excitable people. Ii may be
tb.uqbt pd. ed BY some patriotic lflshnen t1st thls
precedent will be useul al some future time ana Ina
IL ever Ireland be again nested ~ rhe Wa, ueasu va
1913 the Governments Of America ana OF france WI
find in the present conduct Of Englau5 IN regard
nj Napes an excellent precedent 70 Justify interVea-
tion in behalf of the suffering people OF Ireland 10
this argument l find rome difficulty In Offering an
answer.
81 us now turn 10 the East. How many OF you
know hat are the circumstances actuaor snte,edent
of a town called Hersti Can any OF you tell me- Whist
possible interest Ireland has IN determining wiener
hi. town shall belong TO Perss or 10 Afghsnist,n or
whether il shal be maintained by the rulers OF the
Eastern Empire of Great Britain as an independent
State in that sort of independence which vas recently
erioI ed by the Kingdom Of Dude fOr my Own psr',
nrof.ss that am unable q cisc0yer what moral right
The British Government possesses TO interfere IN regard
10 contentious respecting counry when a'us'ed AZ
distance of many huudted miles from ts frontier or
what legitimate interest Great Butaln can nsVe 10 CIV
ing armed effect 10 such interference profess myse
also inc, pable of understanding the Manifesto which
has b, en- issued by the lndi,n Government IN lstca'
tom of this proceeding. can indeed conceive th't
Bitsh RAJ aty may desire 20 pun6e the Tch cues OF
Persia as it hss already pundered bali The cities OF
Asia I can conceive that Whist is called " Anglo
Saxon enterprise" may covet the valley of the Eu
nfr,tes more especially when find that il has becu
seriously projected to open a commaalc.oon wrn
India in this direction; and | can conceive that
tie terms Of q vague and unlneltgole treaty
NAV he made the prete1t for opening hosthi-
ties with view to these eventual results
Thi. game has often been plsyef before ne" Ia
The East. II was playei in most Hnscrupulous man
ner and with the most complete success IN the case OF
the Ameers of Scipde Bat is this sort of policy JUST
fable whom Judged by that hgh-toned morality whoa
the British public is so fond OF srosHths 10 tselii
Moreover msy il not be hereafter scovered that 1t
viii have been as xpedlent in ~ c'nsequence' -
ia ndeepsbe in its design Pfetexts OF similar
character affecting this very City OF Herat lrmed the
ground of that invasion Ut Ahghanlstan when term
lated in the ispominous obstruction OF British army
and in the total expulsion Of the British forces from tue
Afghan territory. II it be true thai Russian Intrigue
has set in motion the alleged attack upon Heat by the
PerisIs is it not possible that Russia may support her
Persian ally by armed assistance, and If she bring
20 OtO auxiiaries into the field who can estimate the
that will De needed before tTumphs be
won in such struggle d
ported 10 the sntpodes the British Parliament sd
yapced On loan fs0G0O coo with ve" to the relief OF
the lrish nation when suffering from famine. wrl
rem amber The insulting language with which THIS al
was accompanied and 20 great the apparent mag
piiude of the Effort that it might have been supposed
that Fl land had exhausted all Der resources In per-
forming n act Of unparalleled generally; yet nod
that year addition of $50 900 OoO was mtde t.
the ordinary war estimates Of the United Kingdom Sit1
scarcely muTmur oisseDslon, AID Ireland has been
subjected to an pcresse of taxation which would have
be en- much ore thsn sufficient TO provide snnterest
upop loans that would bave been adequate not only %
pieserve the lives of the myIiads who de1 oi a. dal
starvation bu. also 10 render the concurrence OF the
fsnne of unprecedented improvement, Does
il not occur to the Irh Taxpayers that would be be-
ter 20 expepd tie of Ireland IN promotog
substantial Of utility than To squandet them
in wsrs relative to the concerns OF countries WITH which
the interest Of Ireland has scarcely al imaginable con-
necuOn .
II this letter had not already extended beyond the
limits within which l DESTROYS 20 coHtne II, |
would have assed you to consider also Whist motive
can induce " ~ encourage the continued occuptu'n
Of Greece by the msint nance there VI Blush force
10 the upport Of which your income tax lends It's COZ
trtutionf The occupation OF the Preus was lntelliH
BILE and possibly excusshe, during the war WIN kus,
Ella but since the conclusion Of the peace have MT
besrd even the prext OF an argument which can ju,-
tfy its coutinuance; and can myself testify that IA
CALLING to the high spirited naves OF that inter
estipg country.
Had SPACE perntted ] would have endeavored 10
convince You that instead of upbolding the cruel domi
patton Of a Turkish minority, European states pen
ought rather TO develop those noble clements of nation
alfy icb exit among the Christian population of
Turkey in Europe. and that they would find Ia this
% puson com titutDg, as IT does large majority OF
The inhabitants of that lend much more eff Give bar
Ier against Russian aggression than Is TO be ound IN
III .fie,e decrepitlde OF tle Turkish Empire.
would AFRO have d~,t at some length upon the
Irish view of there financial questions. About ID years
ago studied with much attention the writing, OF varl-
Gus patriotic Irkhmen who endeavored oy many elab
crate statement to prove that, inasmucb Eoga1d
was subjected before the Union to mucn larger
amount debt than had been contracted by ths Irish
PaiaOen' it vas only reasonable ina tn7 interest OF
the sne Union debt of England should be borne excld'
sivey by the Etglish people. This separate obligation
was calculated 10 amount 10 above tlo ,OO OO ster
lirQ per annum, and it was argued that gnevOus in
iustice bad been done to Gland by the gradual equa
zaton of Irish with English taxation. AT preseut, la-
stead of q separate TAXATION amounting To tloO OOOOO,
the exemption enjoyed by ireland from conmon to the
United Kingdom aDouuts 10 a mere fraction. may
be excused however for negecting TO all these
sideratons ,ince they appear 10 have been forgotten
alike b. The writers by whose arguments | was con.
WINGED and by the lrsh people T. wnom they were al
dressed.
But truth and Justice do net change with the varying
egpediency Of the honr AID these argunents are a.
valid they we're In the pamiest days OF the Re
peal AssOciaiiOn.
For the present | can dispense with the cumulative
force OF this reasoning % / uust that have said
enough to cOny ince not only the Irish, but the British
reader that common effort ought TO be made 10 CHECK
the tender cies which ursged by That depor-
able facility with which nations open their purses at
the suggestion or for the behOOf Of those who excite
the passions of ambition, rev eDge or cupldity.
II the observations contained in this address be
deemed by you well founded you will instruct your
representatives. resist longer continuance OF the
var income-'a1 paid by you at e st TO demand tia,
il shs be appl ID TO objects beneficial 70 Ireland.
This il your ouy-I have fulfilled niue.
have tie honor 70 be your very faithful servant,