National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-15

penny a week from every Ihshmsn tho world
over. ! was called 'toCounell's Rent" II
gunoas rolled into Ills hands they never stoned
there. lie used money TO have his sneeches re.
ported. The infamy Of the English Government
began To he seen, and Chrlstendom stool nqhast
THE GOVERNMENT ALARMED
FINALLY the Government becoming alarmed,
sent the Earl Of AnRlesey to Ireland, with a right
q put down al meeilnss Il he chose. Then
Earl anchored in the harbor oConnell Issued his
notice, net every man that loves England 70 10
y, ' hMnasr Tt every man who loves ireland stop
lfl7hman to look him In the face
TnE HoraE or COMMONS,
Sa,nlng strength ONonnell stood for the cot nty
the dncal house Of Fitzgerald, and IN is9p, in the
spring, oConnell went up To London.
Inc House Of Commons was crowded to Its
clerks desk they handed Rim two oaths. he
refused TO take either, and argued his case for
t TOUT hours, but he was sent back to Ireland
Of the Revolutionary Dear that tossei
charles across the channel and that sent him
70 die In exile that sent half dozen Kings
o enEon an ~ R q sarO Rsc SSsr RT he
i .ntnn re. o. the coming earthquake. They knew
that the English army was recruited In ireland
s sr,ah 'nst Is9nne was going home to tell the
which Great Britain was hound TO respect. The
Iron Duke, assisted BY Peel, swept from the
ya.ue pouA every NestiRe but one Of the code
o. hlizabeth. OCOnneii dll II by his eloquence,
And think Dol never furnished forth a man
since Demosthenea an orator more layIshlV
chlct.
WHAT ocoNSRfL nan.
KNOW iull well the majesty Of Webster I
have felt the magnetism II Henry Clay; could
and PrcntiSl, OF Mississippi, Welded a wand
such as few tongues ever pOssesaed, hut ali Of
them rolled into one never surpassed, and there
no one Of them that ever cqualed the great
Ia tue nrst place he had what Webster had, a
magnlncent presence, and then he had what
WEBSTER never had, what Henry Clay had, Inf-
nIte grace and magnetism, that melts every
nearer Into the speaker, and he had voice that
covered the Ramut. lie would tell q story thai
would make all Exeter hall laugh, and in another
IN wit. Mr.. Philips here related anecdotes OF
Oconnellb ability as a lawyer and how in n
short eettle, he worsted the london TimSs, and
now az q great meeting he afterwards protected
the TIME reporters, including Bull Run Russell.
now 10 NEAsuRE Nm
But measure him with great epochs In ls29
~ and ~, when the whlGs tncd to cany the
reform bill, and the members OF the IIonse Of
Lords threw 4 out, all England tossed with riot.
line streets OF Bristol and other cities ran with
hiooI: There stool oNonnell alone, without an
0mcer; behind hin A,OoO, 900 Of Irishmen. Their
hloOl QUICKSILVER. They lived under laws they
hated. oConnell said 10 them--"IIe that com.
mln crime, helps the enemy" and for twenty
soN prhNt, hUfn Is UtltnNT rom
WELL with all hla barharitv, nor England. with ali
her onnlpotence, were ever able TO achieve,
THIS was the man. The ocean OF that phIlan.
trophy knew no shore. He never caulyocateI
nor confOunded. lie lived for the peopie and
dted poor, but never asked an ONCE. They said
70 him: shall we make you Lord chancellor Of
IrelandT !, Is done; Shall we sweep the last
YOU Lori Chancellor Of England: IL il done.
Only save the Wing party -
leH the lrishmhn, the Catholic, holding the
Wing party IN one hand and the Iron Duke and
the Tories IN the other. lie was deciding 10 which
ne would give the government Of the realm.
CONCLUSION.
IN concluding, Mr.. Phillips Introduced the his
tory OF Poland for the last hundred years A
hundred years ago her integrity as a power and
people were destroyed utterly. But Ireland,
after seven hundred years Of wrong aud opptes-
sion, stands to-day, with her national rights In
Que hand and the crucinN In the other, a people
nneNtinguishcd, for whose rights aud hopes She
mas 70 Thank the agitator, Daniel OConnell.