The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-08-26
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WenleN Paaia's' Lecture.

Wendell Paaips Lecture.
he never shut his eyes on the
wrongs of one race to vindicate an
other. When the Chsrtists came he
gave them vote; when the Dissent
ers came, he gave them vote; and
when the Anti-slayery party came,
he gave them a vote. When Kos
suth came to this country, be went
down to Faneuil Hall and said:
"There is flag without stain
there is people without a crime"
We said to him :: "oh, Kossuth, son
Of the Magyar, come to break the
chains Of Hungary, have you no word
to say Of 4O00, 900 negroes, bending
under a bondage twice as bitter as
that Of Hungary p He said: II will
praise anything, Z would forget any,
body to help Hungary" Well,
O'Connell never said that. When I
was at Naples, I met Sir Thomas
Blackstone, who hated the Irish heart
lily. When I went up to him, I said,
"Was O'Connell the scamp that Har-
riet Martineau painted him p TAX
ing both my hands in his, the old
giant, looking down. on; me, said:
Scamp! He was the honestest man
that ever entered the House." And
then he told me this story. Said he:
"When O'Connell entered the House,
he had one other vote besides his
own,-two on the Irish question. At
that time" said Blackstone, 'fthe anti
slavery cause was so poor that there
was only one other member besides
myself who spoke on its behalf, and
| that was DR.. Lushington, who is just
dead, and we made an agreement
that, when Lushington spoke, I should
| cheer him; and when I spoke, he
should cheer me. They were the on
ly cheers we got. At the moment
when O'Connell entered the House
there were twenty-seven members
who went to him, whom we used to
call the West India MEMBERS be-
cause they always voted for slavery.
They said to O'Connell AT last you
are in, and have got two votes. Now
| if you willcnever 60 down to Free
masons' tavern with Macaulay and
Brougham and the Anti-Slayery
Society, there are twenty-seven votes
for you on every Irish question.
Should you do that, count us your
enemies" )" Suppose he had been an
American, he would have said:
''That is a big thing. I Iguess I will
let the negro slide" .'But," Buck
stone continued, "O'Connell said to
them Gentlemen, God knows that I
am here in. the cause of the saddest
people that the sun sees; but may
my right hand forget its cunning,
and may my tongue cleave to the
roof of my mouth, when, to help Ire
lane, even Ireland, II forget the
negro for one single hour [Tremend-
GUS applause.] And from that mo-
ment of 49," said Blackstone, "Lush-
ington and I never went into the lob
by that O'Connell did not join
U.s." Some ten years later, he went
into Cancellation Hall; and there
lay on the desk $1,000 draft, stated
to be from the Shareholders of New
Orleans for the repeal cause. He
took it up and marched up to the
front of the platform. Said he:
"Gentlemen, I hold in my hand a
thousand pounds from the slavehold-
ers Of New Orleans to help repeal.
1t is the unpaid wages Of the negro.
Mr.. Treasurer, I suppose the Treas
ury is empty?" A nod assured him
that it was. Said he: ireland is
very poor; but, thank God, old Ire
land is not poor enough to take the
unpaid wages of anybody. Send it
back" About that time a Boston
man, carrying letters of introduction
to him, went up to his house in Mer-
rion Square. O'Connell came down
to the door, and stretched out both
hands and took those Of his guest, as
was his custom, and drew him out to
the library, saying: Il am glad to see
you-glad to see anybody from Mass
achusetts-a free State, God bless
, her." "Oh, ho!" says the Boston. man
'it is to slavery you allude Mr.. o.
Connell. Allow me to say few
words in favor of that institution"
'fSay anything" said .O'Connell.
"Free speech here, at least. But, be-
fore you prove to me the right of one
man to own his brother, will you al
low me to step outside and lock up
my spoons" That was the man.
The ocean of his philanthropy knew
no shore. ~ - -
THE PENNSYLVANIA BRI0ANDS.