The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-07-15
Death Of William Smith O'Brien.

II says: The name oil another lllustTl.
Gus Irishman has been added TO the list OF
those who have passed away from earth
from the scenes of their labor and their
love their eyes ungladdened by the sight
of tina. for which they had toiled and
thought and striven, the regeneration OF
their native land and the elevation oftheir
people from the social degradation into
which the misrule of an alien government
has plunged them WILLIAM SMITH
O'BR1Es is no more. The great heart
whose every fibre vibrated with the lof;i-
est and most ennobling emotions Of patrl-
otism, is s!illed in death 2; The spirit which
adversely could not break, nor the pros
pect of an ignomlnious death shake, has
passed away; and of the true patriot, the
wise and prudent statesman, the unflinch-
ing friend and earnest advocate, all that
now remains 10 Ireland OF him who, in
happier hours, might have been one Of
her most useful sons, as he was one of her
! brightest ornaments, is the inanimate clay
which she must reclaim from an alien
shore, and the memory Of the good deeds
which, in private as in his public life,
marked bis whole career.
"Mr O'BRrEx had been for some time
past suffering from what, to medical men,
is known as fatty degeneration of the heart,
together with an attack Of jaundice. For
a considerable period his health had been
failing visbly. His color was getting bad,
his breathing short and asthmatic, and his
motions were growing very feeble. In
addition to this his spirits were very low
and desponding be felt unhappy, and he
said so. Our Dublin correspondent was
in bis company immediately before the ii.
lustrious patriot set out from Ireland on
that journey, which has proved bis last in
this world, and on that occasion, as on
several previous ones, the tone of Mir.
OBRIEN S conversation was full Of melan-
choly. This had some relation to his own
personal affairs past and present, as cons
nected with political matters; but its
main cause was the PROSTATE and, appa-
ren,ly, hopeless condition Of his country.
The utter riot Of misrule which he saw
desclating the land, the dismemberment
of the national party, the anarchy Of ma
fiona! politics, all these things affected him
intensely, and weighed heavily on his
heart. TO use his own words, however he
might have striven to do his duty by bis
country, he felt that the labor of his life
had been profitless, and the years he had
given from bis family and domestic circle
bad been lost in vain. But it is needless
to say that his principles remained unsha-
ken his patriotism was firm as a rock,
bis beart thrilled to every circumstance
that affected the fortunes of the old land
and could he have gone through the years
81 MS life again, IN the same cause, he
"o"d nave f'Shcd all mat he rlsked be-
fore, and dared tie worst his foes could do
Ii he only saw the chance OF thereby con
tTbntng TO the freedom and happiness Of
his dearly loved country.
" Mr.. 0'BE1eN expired at Bangor, in
" aies, at Q clock on the morning Of the
lSth ut. y report Of his death on the
ION, ha1 previously reached Dublin and
N"hG'h, and mad been seized by several OF
me English journals The Post among 9TH
ers), as tie occasion Of structures on his
public career as false aud i1-erounded as
they were ungenerous and vulgar. How
ever men might differ in political views
from WILLIAM SMITH OBfIES, 1t cannot
be denied that during his time in Parla
meh' he mad lew equals and no superior
as statesman ana legislator, While N In
fegFly, uu'hfuinesS and perfect conslsten-
cy, he stood SHINING example 10 all his
contemporaries. But he was an Irishmar
be loved his poor afflicted country to the
last; ana ina: was enough to ensure for
his memory The assaults OF that portion of
Tue b'itish press through winch the ha-
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