The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-03-29
Wrongs Of Ireland-speeoh OF the O'Don-
OGhue.

oghue.
The following are extracts from the recent
speech OF the O'DoNoaHUE one of the Irish mem
bers in the English House of Commons, on the
wrongs Of Ireland. He said:
at this time there was silence in the homes OF
the peasantry, as IL they were listening for the
first sounds Of q mighty tempest, foretold by
strange signs and threatening clouds. They make
no manifestations of political feeling, but to learn
what they felt, we must look across the Atlantic
at the attitude Of their brethren-from whom they
might be said to have only just parted, and from
whom their hearts were still lonely-marshallng
in hundreds OF thousands, proclaiming that the
day OF vengeance was at hand, and calling out to
their fathers and brothers in the old horne to
keep aloof from English party squabbles, and
never more appeal for justice to that Parliament
which had 80 often spurned their petitions.
banded Irishmen now para adipg their numbers as
menace to England in the States of the Western
Republic, by the vast majority Of the agricultural
population OF Ireland, by the millions OF the Irish
people, these banded 1rishmen were loved and
trusted, and every indication Of their growing
strength was hailed with delight. What would
happen now il force came, no matter whence,
having the avowed intention TO overrun Enghsh
authority and abolish the hated landlawf Would
the landlords be able to appeal to their tenantry
in defence of insecurity Of tenure and high rents
in defence Of e system which allowed one man to
sweep away the inhabitants Of whole county las
was recently done in Galway by MIR. John Adair),
and placed the Queens troops at his disposal TO
assist him in e1terminating the Queens subjects
in defence Of system which recognized no
more right in the tiler of the soil, independently
of the will of his landlord than it did the beast
which draws the plough?
No doubt they were ipdisposed to credit his
words; they might think he exaggerated for
sinister purpose, either to lower their reputation
before the world or to encourage their enemies by
giving proof Of internal weakness or Of anti-Eng-
lish sentiment. No, he had no anti-English SEN
timent lhear, hear]; the honorable member Tor
Sheffield might laugh, but he did not mind that.
He repeated that 10 had no anti-English senti-
,ment; he deemed it scarcely possible that man
who had much intercourse with Englshmen
should be anti-English. [Hear, hear.] II Her
Majesty's government declared it was their inten-
causes, and gave proof Of honesty Of purpose 70.
wards Ireland, that spirit Of disafection would
eubside; that same spirit which now waE threat
eTing to break out in an insurrectionary move
mens, and which possessed, beyond al question,
pie Of Ireland formidable, no matter how they
were laughed at or ridiculed [Hear, hear.1
He implored the representatives OF England m
that House for the sake of their own country, for
the sake OF humanity, for the sake OF Ireland,
gland, before it was too late, before blood was
shed, before passion had taken the place Of res-
son, to do something which would give new
direction to the thoughts OF the I1ah people, Dy
giving them confidence that they might expect
Judgment from the United Parliament COheers.l
He only hoped the amendment he now begged to
propose would meet the approval OF the House
and country, and he pledged himself to press it to
q division. The honorable gentleman then moved
to substitute in the address, for the words in refe-
renee to- the part Of Her Msjestys speech relative
to Ireland, the following words:
"Humbly to express our deep regret to Her
Majesty that widespread disafsction aelsts in
Ireland, and humbly to represent to Her fSiesty
that the widespread dissfactioD is tho result Of
grave causes, which it is the duty Of Her Majes-
ty's ministers to examine into and remove"