The New York herald., 1868-05-13
DANIEL 0'C0NNELL.

DANIEL O'C0NNELL.
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Politico-AIlegoricnl Lecture by Wendell Phil
lips at the Academy Of Music.
Mr.. Wendell Phillips the veteran refOrmer OF
Boston, having reformed Boston and the whole
country pretty nearly to his mind has taken at last
and in the very nick Of time, acec pdir dun Roadtn
Qut sauue sa pat,te to reforming Daniel OConnell,
as was last evening manifested in his lecture at the
Academy Of Music. BY way Of introduction Mr. Phil
lips expressed the opinion that matters In the latter
part Of the nineteenth century were getting IN
very bad way, especially with the Ango-SaxOn
race. There was England, on the one hand to which
Providence was delivering the lesson-you shall be
just before you strong; and, on the other hand
here the United States which were being taught
the same lessOn-yOu shall be just before you are
strong. The United States had been compelled to
strike OF the letters of three millions Of sers; Eng
land was about to be compelled to be Just to the
Cet-England, now q third rate European Power,
not daring to lift her hand to protect
friend or to fell foe lest Ireland should
strike her from behind. Every step that
the boasted Saxon had taken for three centuries
had been taken systematically, to the remorseless
treading under foot Of the rights of other races.
Every of its progress had been marked with the
blood OF sostyled inferior races; and now the Anglo
Saxon was beginning to feel the force of the great
historical lesson-you shall be just before you are
strong Not jot had been gained to Ireland through
Englands sense OF justice, but rather through her
fears; nothing ever would be gained to Ireland
through England's OF justice; II JUS
tice to Ireland was wrung from her
1t would be because she dared not withhold It,
Mr. Phillips the Fenian apostle, did not say that
he hated the Saxon race. OF the Saxon type 1t was
not, perhaps, exactly proper and Podsnappian that
he should say so; but he dd not orbear to advocate
ireland under the code, incidentally tracing the
career OF Grattan and his movement, and coming
down to O'Connell about the middle OF ms lecture
Mr. Phillips had sat at the feet averred the orator.
of all the great orators OF his day. He had bowed
before the deep soemnity Of Webster he had listened
to the dry iron logic Of Calhoun; he had seen Everett
in the days Of his parior grace; ne had been
awed before the magnetism OF Clay. He mad had
Conclusion which the audience were expected to
draw from his enumeration of these ADVANTAGES was
that he knew who was wo e nag s neapa tasn
mOdesty restrained him. that he was TO be taken some
what as an expert Is taken IN the witness BOX. he
had had other than American advantages. lie had
sat at the feet OF the best statesmen in Europe,
somewhat Of course Paul had sat at the feet OF
WITH an these @ Padyantages he was competent as
witness; and with these added to the fact that he mad
once heard O'COnnel he felt embOldened TO say that
O'Connell was the Demosthenes Of his. O'Conneli
was al the preceding with the possible exception OF
Mr. pnps IN Wsse9 al iSe osc or cahun
all the grace Of Everett and all the magnetism OF
Clay. Nature seemed 10 have intended by combln-
ing all these in him 10 make OConnel the Demos
themes of his age-though in the comparison Mr..
Phillips seemed to forget that Demosthenes was not
remarkable for the sOlemnty OF Webster, nor for
the iron logic of Calhoun though Percles was re-
markable for something akin 70 ~ nor dor the grace
of Everett n ~ nor oese tss tne a9ass IN Of
which are remarkably mixed IN the oratory OF an
other, and just now very vehement Fenan. Perhaps,
gifted with greater majesty OF physique than Mr..
O'Conne-and here the speaker drew himself up at
% possible Exception Of myself It was wonderful to
what degree orator was indebted to his personal
appearance for the effectiveness OF his OratOry-and
here the lecturer again drew up his figure to It's full
est height, and paused and glanced at the personnel
Of Mr. Philips Just time enongn TO nave @ sa'd IN sc
ingly well formed, majestic In bearing and very
coara lookng any man ever looked the lion
| Daniel OConnell must have been"
| Not more than long enough TO have said something
of the sort which s free translation simply OF the
manner In which the speaker looked at himself. the
lecturer paused and then, as II suddenly recoectng
himself went on:-No man who did not combine
four great qualities in himself could ever have
done what 0'Connell did. lie was OF the old
legendary lineage OF Ireland ana mo r,sa nes
that man was a thorough gentleman. he was an
acute lawyer, acute enough 40 that though England
caught linn breaking the law. lie was magnetically
eloquent and he possessed rare faculties as leader
| and organizer All these he must have possessed to
! have eluied the prison, both for him and HIS fol-
lowers, for 1t was notorious TACT that Tor twenty
!
manifold meshes and mantraps Of the existing
| code. In 1879 O'Connell committed one OF
| those acts which foolish men term foolish and wise
men term brave. He announced II AS his intention
to appear in the House OF Commons the reprcsen-
tative of the county Clare and wcnt.on TO London
with his credentials in his pocket II was the first
time for years that Catholic had presented himself
to take the oath as member OF the House OF Com.
MONS They presented him two oaths to swear, and
he didn't swear either OF them and the House. after
long debate, resolved that he held no seat oy law
with that body. oConnel retired; but before ne left
I Inn no nlpny iaus lavV vVaQ n
noxious oaths were stricken from the calendar. The
county Clare returned him In 1882, and this time he
| took his seat as member. England had surrender.
ed to Daniel O'Connell--somewhat as, after twenty
years OF agitation (Mr. Phillips being TOO mouest 10
the government of United States finally surrendered
| ~ the firm Of Messrs Phillips and GARRISON -.
The application Of all tnis TO sne nSru,,
him to lecture on Daniel O'C0nnell witnout meanns
somebody elseis fecitiously apparent OGonne,'
typifles the Ben Wade OF American politics. who has
all the soemnity Of Webster and all the iron iog'c o
Calhoun, and all the grace OF Everett and all tne
magnetism Of Clay; who is in fact the Demosthenes
OF his age, the Philip OF the age being Represented
by Andy Johnson and the Alexander OF u oy noeomy
In particular: the age being, In snort, painiuiy
wanting in Alexanders. PeThaps--aud here It Is
obvious that o'Connel s only synonym Tor wade
OF physique than Daniel o'ConneI, to whom England
Observation-Disclosures Ben Wade, To whom tnS
old legendary lineage. and no radical was ever
known 20 honor O man or follow him unless INA
man was thorough gentleman anu co"u a,co sV.a =;
like an Irish peasant, and thus the simtude In botf
cases is made to 1T exceedingly wei: Peiquisite:
are part OF the radical profession; IN perqustes
they live and move and have their radical being
in short, give them a thorough gentleman, witt
follow him az enthusiastically AZ ever the Irish peas
antry followed oConnel-all on account OF ms gen
Harry ar c Se Ms thing Un ,bqh nUt eSaov the nams for
thorough gentleman--once on time TOOK INTO NJ
head TO commit one OF those acts which foolish mei
9Ital. ,~An man