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O'Connel1 on Disraslf.

iui terms vi y Connr!l, using the words I'm
crndiarv,' traitor. a,Il o,htr still less com
) plinen'ary terms. 1t will prove interesting
to many who have not before seen it:
Yet, sir, the No Popery' cry is again
raised in Eng a,.d, and every enemy to Ire
land i'll that country does me the honor Of
directing the arrows Of his malcvolencc
against me. But havo risen to magni-
tulc never thought would attain by the
q"ar'ity Of slandcr poured out upon me
through the mc'lium Of the English press.
They make me bug bear Of the first inag-
";'ud", though any bug of my size would
he hnn''Hs; but, literally, nothing is
more iud'crous than the Importance they
attach TO my humble name. | am not ac
ru''omcd to feel much surprised at their
reSoriing to Inc for lack of argument but
must confess, there is one Of tl,. attacks
on me which cxcies in my mind a grea,
| Zeal OF i's'onl.lncn. 1t is this-lle a,tarl,
lately made at Taunton bv Mr.. Disra.l; In
The annals Of political torpitule there is not
anything deserving the appeIlation of black
Snard'sm' to equal that a,tacl, upon mo.
What IS my acquaintance with this man
Just ihs--in 1881, or the beginning of $50
the borough Of Wickham becam. vacant
then knew him, but not personally. |
Knew him only as the author of one or two
novels. lie got an Introduction tc me, and
wrote he letter, stating that, as | was u
! ltadlcal Rntormcr, and us he was also u
Radical, and was going to stand upon tn.
Rldical interest for the borough of Wick
, ham, where, he said there were many per-
son, Of that way Of thinking who would l,.
influenced by my opinion, he would feel
Obliged 10y receiving letter from me re-
com'ncnda,orv Of him as Radical. His
letter to me WAS SO distinct upon the sub
j:ct tha, | Immediately complied with the
request, and composed as good an epistle as
, could III his behalf. am in the habi, Of
| iclter-w'illng, sir, and Mr. Disraeli thought
| this letter SO valuable that he not only took
the autograph, but had it printed and pla.
: carled. 1t was, in fact, the ground upon
which he canvassrd the borough. H. was,
however, defeated but ,at was not nv
tanlt. did not demand gratitude from
him; but think if he hal any feeling of
his own, he would conceive that had done
him ut least civili,y, if not a service, which
ought not to be repaid by a.ro,:i,y of the
t"ul"st description. The next thing heard
Of him WAS that he had started upon the
Radical interest for Maryrbonc, but was
again dct:alc'l. Having been twice de-
tratrd on the Radical interest, he was ius,
! The fellow for the Conservatives, and, ac
ror'!ing'v, he joined Il conservative Club.
! and started for two or three places on the
! Conservative interest. How is he now en-
gagged Why, in abusing the Radicals,
eul"s'sing the king ar,l the church. like "a
true Conservative. At Taunton this mis-.
creant bad the au'laci'y to style me an in
crn''ary! Why, was Il greater inccndiarv
in 1881 than am at prcscnt-if ever was
one; and, if | am, he is douLy so, for hav-
ing employed me. Then he calls me
traitor. My answer to that is-he is liar.
lie Is liar in action AMI in words. His
very life is living lie. lie is a DISGRACE
, to b is species. What state of society must
that bc that could tolerate such creature
having the audacity to com. forward with
one set principles at one time, and obtain
political assistance by reason of those prip.
c'pIes-and, at another, to profess, diane
'rca'ly, the reverse? His life, say again.
is living lie. liz is the mos, degraded of
his species and kind; and England is de-
graded III tolerating, or having upon the
taco Of her society, miscreant oil his abom.
inablr, fo"i, and atrociouS nature. Nv lam
g"ase Is harsh, and | owe an apology forit;
but | will tell you why owe that apology.
1t Is Tor this reason: that, if there be harsh,
er terms in the British language, should
| use them, because it is the hardest of all
terms that would be descriptive of a wretch
OF his Species lie is just the fellow for the
conservative Club. suppose If Sir r. Peel
had been out of the way, when he was cal
led upon to take Office, this fellow would
have undertaken to supply his place. II.
has falsehood enough, depravity enough,
and scltishncss enough, to become the fit
ting leader of the Conservatives. lie is
Conservatism personifed. HIS namo shows
lie Is by descent a jew. His father became
convert. lie is the better for that in
THIS world; aud hope, of course, he will
be tho better for it in the pext
There is habit Of undertaking that
great and oppressed nation, the Jews. Thew
are cruelty prosecuted by persons calling
themselves Chrisians-but no person ever
yet was Christian who prosecuted. The
crue les. persecution thew suffer 10 uno, ,L;