The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-11-28
TH e PILOT
The O'Connell Statue.


sentiments identified with his life and Ia.
bors-accomDany those subscriptions -
Meetings are organized for the purpose O
urging their collection, and speeches ar.
made with the same intention. each in thei,
turn successful enough, for behind than
all lies deep n the heart of the people the
remembrance of the lessons he loft .nf
upon which their devotion IT, his mama !.
founded. Such recollection keeps hi,
memory green In the midst of the land he
loved; s""ch devotion to his mernor,
amongst them draws many a homage te
il from those WHO otherwise would will,
ingly allow it to pass into utter and gloomy
oblivion.
Blu. a few days since. Conference, held
for the purpose # further advancing this
national object, listened to words but toe
rarely heard at the meetings or penned in
the letters which advocate testimonial to
O'Connell. Mr.. j. b. Dillon. in a few OBJ.
servations made by him then, avowed his
attachment to the principles which O'Con-
nell ever proclaimed, in declaring that Ire
land had the right TO Legislative independ
ence. He went further, and stated that
he believed in their ultimate triumph. snd
thus owned that he preserved O'Uonnell's s
doctrines above O'ConnelI's grave--that
their failure in the life time of the great
lrishman did not daunt him, nor make
him believe the less in their potency,
truth, or success. How few are they
amid the names foremost in the public
view. as the guarantees of a statue for o.
Connell. who would stamp those sentiments
with their adherence How few are they
who would have the genuine patriotism,
the true 1Iish feeling to say" We revere
OConnell because he WAS patriot-we
give him statue because he deserved it of
his country; but-as he was a patriot be
cause of bis princi ples-as he deserved a
statue because of his principles--as the
greatest testimony Of our earnestness in
devotion and reverence to the man whom
his nation honors-we cherish his lessons
we preserve his sentiments-we trust in
the validity of his effort, and we guard his
hope with a sacred faith, confident in its
eventual falfilmeut." Alas, amid these
hawkers Of O'ConneI's name, such asser
tions would be Stunned as plague is
stunned, and are regarded, after the man
ner of Dogberry, as fat bias plIemv, and
something akin to burglary and house
breaking.
Yet, beyond all stone ever chiseled by
the hand of cunninoest arti,t-bevond pill
Jared trophy or storied a-ch-bevond all
the effec; Of poetry, sculpture, or architec
thre-such testimony would be what tie
voice oe O'Connell would claim, could it
break the chain of silence in which death
has wrapped it forever. To see his coun>
try nation-to know that his native land
was rescued from the degradation and mis-
erv Of prOvlnclallsm-to strive and yearn
after the liberation Of that Ireland he loved
so well was the great labor of his life and
the task which, above all, that he ever un
dertook, won all his energies, and gathered
all his hopes When at last lie recog nized
his failure, and his loss-when his trust in
Irish legislative independence set Iurid an 4
ghasty Y in that sea Of sorrow amid whose
depths of agony the nation was all but
wreCkcd-ihe pang that sweiled upon his
heart, was the sharpest and most bitter OF
all that broke it. TO the realization of
that glorious vision of n prosperous Ire
land he would have sacrificed nll the v;cto
ries be ever won. g. will accept the pen
= laws he cried, " but restore our Parli-
aman.n |h'a was tie KEY to O'ConneIl's
soul. Native councils COR native rule
Ireland for the Irisn F.. WI" can forget
that these sentiments meant bis life, were
his teaching, and constituted his pride
From the dock where lie stood a con-
demned feion, according to British law,
tie young, the generous. the patriotic Rob
ert Emmet appealed to lie spirit of 3 dead
father, whom he adjured as amongst the
blessed, 10 declare whether he had ever
departed from the precepts which he had
inculcated as the guiding rules Of his brief
existence. II was a glosious homage the
heart Of the living man rendered to the
teaching Of the dead it was trustful tes
;imony Of reverence, fiial affection, and
answering faith, surviving AL that would
make less potent inspirations die. TO The
living soul OF the dead O'ConneII the great
JUN VI liit IilNn udtltII UihE ilHhb us an
peal for judgment, according to this stand
ard From the sltars Of Nationality. oth>
er.-the vensl and corrnpt-may have
passed away. They may have yearned to
break tho shrines where they once kueIt
they may have shaken the aus, eff their
feet against them-but the people are true
still to the old faith in Irish independence
Of which it was O'ConneIl's pride to be he
prophet. A more honorable testimonial
/ than this cannot be offered, even to O'Con
nell. 1t keeps his presence and his geniu:
/ still living amongst us. 1t links his mem
ory with our daily lives, joins his hopes
with ours. and testifies our respect and at
/ fection for the dead chief,ain in our rever
ent preservation Of the principles and les
sons which he inculcated and left. even il
his death, as the most precious inheritanc'
he bequealhed 10 suffering, broken, bu
unconquered nation.-Dubiia Nation, Oct
/ 18th
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