New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-27

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THE O,CONNRLL MONUMENT IN
DUBLIN.
On the Sth Of August, Ireland celebrated
great National Festival. Tho first stone of the
intended O'Connell Monument in Dublin was
laid by tho Lord Mayor, amidst an immense
concourse Of people from all parts Of the Island
IL was. of course, chiefly the Irish Catholics who
gathered to do honor to tho memory Of the lin
mortal Liberator," but many liberal Protestants
had cheorfully joined the movement: only the
Tory organs seized the occasion to denounce
O'Connell and his work. Dublin, Cork, LINER
ick, Waterford and other cities, were represented
by their Mayors; and the Church, which owed
t3 emancipation in Ireland TO O'ConDell, sent a
large number of hor ArchbiShops end Bishops.
The papers of Dublin generally, even those OF
the Tories, admit that the demonstration was
ono Of the greatest that had ever taken place in
that city, and that tie conduct Of the people
was most orderly and quiet.
The services which OConnell rendered TO his
country have not been forgotten. Heartfelt
gratitude toward the Emancipator still animates
tho nation which owes to him hor liberty.
Yet tho meeting in Dublin was far from being
altogether cheerful. and most Of the speakers
mingled with the praises of O'Connell bitter
complaints Of the present condition Of the Irish
people.
1t was deeply felt by many that The work Of
OCOnnell has not been continued, and that he
has never found successor. The National
Party Of Ireland has split into factions, neither
of which has retained any influence in Parlia-
mont or in the country. The agitation for
Repeal has been abandoned, and oil attempts to
revive it have failed. Other movements, AIM
ing not at o repeal Of tho legislative Union be-
tween Ireland aud England but for achieving
her total independence, have been started,
but failed to gather any strength. They have
only caused a new split among the National
party, and more clearly manifested its weak.
ness Thousands Of young men, while reyering
the memory Of o. Connell Us the greatest Of their
cOuntrymen. have begun to look upon his
efforts for o repeal Of the union with England
AS failure, and believe that it is the inter-
cat Of Ireland to cultivate friendly relations
with the rest Of the kingdom. And it was
therefore, remarked with deep regret by the
Archbishop of Cashel and Sir John Gray that
many. especially tho members of tho Irish bar,
who had proGted in social position By the
labors of O'Connel, were not present Ut the
great national festival, and that they made
themselves "conspicuous by their absence"
But not only have the Irish people failed TO
find another leader like OConnell--they have
discarded even the very principles fox which
OConnell battled all bis life. One Of the repre-
sontatiyes of Young Ireland at the Dublin meet
ing, Alderman Dillon, well remarked that o.
Council was an advocate Of apersecuted creed
and oppressed nationality" an advocate Of the
oppressed Of every cline and OF every hue" and
that his heart had "a pulse for universal man
We know how earnestly and how uncOmpromis.
ingly O'Counoll denounced the Shareholders Of
this country. This love for liberty and hate OF
oppression las departed from large portion Of
the Irish people. They show no sympathy with
the battle OF liberty in other countries, and the
consequence is that very little sympathy is
shown to them in their struggle against England.
1t is not possible, in the middle Of the nineteenth
century, to oppose oppression in one country and
tn support it another.
Ireland must Gud another leader like o 'Connsl,
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beat for universal man, for the oppressed OF
every cline and hue if sho wishes sympathy ioT
herself