Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-24

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years trying 70 put doWn.the New Zelan-
ders; and you remember your delay in the
Crimea. If we have been toolong, blame
yourselves; your Ministry have done the
mischief, and ina very short time will bury
itself in the grave it dug for the Americans
a Government ithat moves a,vore of comb
dences e. itself cannot be in strong posi-
tion-Lord PaimerstOnrnles England so
did CARDINAL IpoLsey! The Cardinal fell,
and never regained his foothold.
DEFENSE or IRELAND AND THE IRISH:
q The two features of to.nighps debate are
Misrepresentation of America aud abuse
of Ireland. America has many champions,
ireland none. I9haye spoken foEiAmeri-
cans; I,intend to say word for the Irish
II chills my senses to hear you ieer, and
sneer, aud throw contempt upOnat that gall
liant race. TWosmillipns of Irishmen are
countrymeu of miuer- cheers -GndI will
mot sit quietly and hear, imam English au-
dience Ireland trod down md abused, 1
like theIrish race. Irelandihas done much
| for England; but what has England done
for Iralhnd2 What a record of crime, des-
potism and tyranny What a page of VIC.
Hence, Injustice and blOodshedaf Ais
saysino ilishOw me, then, an oasis in the
desert of her history, show me ray of
4 Sunshine In the darkness OF her horfzou.-
Poor Irelandl rich in nature, in. mountains
and in rivers, with fruit in her gardens and
fish in her streams; the unhappy mother
of a brave people made humble by despotic
and corrupt government. Poor Ireland!
! the land of Currani and GrattAn, aud Shiel;
where Power acted, and Moore sung his
sweet melodies, and Sheridan Knowles
wrote some of the finest dramas in our lan-
| guage-who last week, in his seventy
fIHn1o H.,
4 of affection and tears for his native noun.
tains. 3s!-a a8l;s Glaftg 4f5
wHATIRELAND MAS DONE FOR ENGLAND.
/ Poor Irelandl what has she done that
England should have treated her SO The
land that furnishes England so many brave
armies whose sons to-day are leaders ia
the world-Pre of two, nations, and
Generals in them ALL You produced but
one great name in your Napoleonic wars /;
his pictures are in your galleries, his mon
uments in your squares. That mau was
Arthur Wellesley, the Irish Duke of Well
4 ington. Who rules to-day in Spain2 An
Irishman-AIarshal O'Donnel. Who won
the great Italian battIe2 Stand forth
McMahon, the Irish Duke of Magenta.-
Who won the battle of Winchester, but the
twice Senator, the shot-proof Irishm0n,
General james Shields? Aud who rules
supreme in England, beloved by his peo-
pie 2 Have you forgotten that Lord Pal
merston is a son OF Ireland2 Poor Ire
land! How sad is the story of thy wrongs;
every page of thy history is a record of
robbery, pillage and conquestI rob,
f bosh The gentleman. has twice inter
rupted me; let me say that when he ap-
plies that word to my remarks, it signifies
talent, Drain. and intellectual power, ;nei-
Their of which will any one accuse him of
possessing. I'd 5sfs..ss ,.,...-
SECESSION APPLIED To IRELAND.
All the speakers here tonight have been
arguing that the Southern COnfederacy
ought to be acknowledged. Observing
this, am disposed, for arguments sake,
to agree with you, and apply the rule to
: Ireland. Ireland would be better by her
selt-more independent, more free, moro
: happy, less slavery, and would open her
ports TO all the world. You have no right
to interfere with her customs, her laws, OF
her religion. When the Romans.made war
they adopted the habits of the conquered
people. England, on the contrary, tries to
make them English. She is not happy,
not contented; vegetation grows in her
streets and misery brOods in the faces OF
, her people. Let Ireland gs; let America
: acknowledge the Irish Confederacy.
nIsToRY oF1RELAND.
AS Woods was! historian Of tho Prince Of
Wales, so Giraldis Cambrcnsis recorded the
incidents Of Prince John in his Irish tour;
calling the peasants goats aud sheep, which
, would become capital game for English
sportsmen. Cambrensis EVersus was more
caustic, yet equally ungenerous. One was
TrOllope the First, villifying the Irish peo-
pie. The other was Tr0lIope the Second,
piling on the agony.
, Centuries have gone since the armies OF
that old coquette, Elizabeth, cut through
4 yonr peasantry. Long is the time since the
/. old idiot, King james, oyerrun the uuhap-
/ py. land with his perambulating scatf0lds
and ready made executioners. Poor Ire.
Hand what life of conquest.
Then Charles came, with his packed iu-
/ rles and confiscation, followed by Crom-
: we'll exPatriating eighty thousand Of thy
i sons, aud knocking down all thy churches.
followed by tho Second James and his ex-
cesses and the treaty of Limerick; aud then
comes the destruction OF thy individuality,
Thy Parliament Houses turned into bar
racks; thy Custom Houses Into stables for
the King; thy squares flled with mouu.
! ments to illustrate the overthrowo of thy re-
ligiop,, and thy eyes blinded by giving You
eight millions a hundred Representatives to
parliament, while England's eighteen mil.
lions have over a thousand. And this il
the land where Robert Emmett told Lord
NorbpFy his country wrongs, and Daniel
4 O'COnnell stood boldly up, and Smith
IO'Brien banished, and the O'Donoghue
threatened II he dare to speak of the
wrongs of his native land.
4 AMERICA THE FRIEND oF.1RRLAED.
YOu,ssy, let the South go. say, let
IFelandIgot Cheers; tand a voice: HIre-
land is now prosperous."l Yes, said Mr..
Fratni but what has made her sol Amer
lea ~ Who have added wealth to our land7
! 1.-The Irish. Who build our factories. fnr
! canals and railways.P the Irish. Aud in
their well.paid labor, because Well.earned.
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