The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-07
sea INTO law, Of placing in the LANDS Of the

and Tor that reason would rather the Catholics
should remain Tor ever without emancipation
tnan that tney should receive IL upon such terms y
And so for fifteen dreary years had the ial hfu
clergy and people OF Ireland, with OiConnel al
taer head, 10 wait ana TO suner the thrAldom
IRON wnlch they yearned TO be emaucipated,
father IMAM sacrace the purity OF their affairs ana
/ OF the hands that minlstered at them. BY reject
I ing the pronered measure OConnell entaIled
/ upon himself a renewal ana an increase OF tee
DuIueus anu tue laoors that ne hau borhe ioI mauy
say IN the cause OF emancipation VII ia the !e =
/ ISIS he startled the government anu the country
/ by announcing that ne would stand as camel
date Tor the representation OF the county ClAre ia
the British Parliament The heroic peoOie IN
spite OF ali the terrors or landloI disln returned
| him lrlumphantly, ana before he coald claim MS
ACT OF TRANSCRIPTION
was extorted from the fears or an English MIN
/ istry and English Parliament. Twenty-iour
hours elapsed before George w., OF Infamous mem
DRY, could oe induced u sign the Oil. SAID he,
with querulous wnine, while giving reluctant
| testimony TO the wOndrOus power OF OConnelL
| "tnera are three kings IN tails country King
| Arthur 0ne Duke OF Wenngton, King George
and KING Dan but King Dan Is the most power
lul, ana WIZ onSt the other Two" Aud So on the
| memorable 18TH OF April 1929, king George Nv:
toOA up the pen in ms morlound ringers ana
slowly ana PAINFULLY attached ms signature 10 the
| Emancipation Olll, mIngllng his tears WIN nlslnk.
| A grateful peOple-uOt the arstOcracy, Out the
middle classes aud the poor-showed their graft
tude 10 MN wnom tneY now proclaimed their
/ "LIUeratur" by magnlncent Offering, t0QOOO, 20
! enable MIN 70 restore the fortunes that he had
! so 1andered and the private interests that he had
sacrificed IN cOnsecrating, as he nad zone Tor
thirty years, hs fortune, MS faculties and all MS
l
Never was sucn a scene witnessed in the
House OF Commons As on the day mat OCOnneil
was first introduced 10 the House; never nad
50 large Il number Of peers been drawn by any
occasion 10 the House OF commons. Tue
sigal1ed AIS desire 10 taAe The oath directed
10 be taken under the new act ana ne
insisted mat ne was not bound to take
the oaths which were offered 10 nun.
y second aud thlrd time he appeared at the bar
OF the House. lie was told by the Speaker that
unless He look the uath VI supremacy the House
would not permit MIN 10 take mis- seat. Are you
VIKING 10 take the oatn OF supremacy" asked
t1e speaker. ALLOW me u look at H." replied
OiCOnnel. The oatR was handed 70 him. he
looked at 1t lor few moments then raising his
heau he saId:-'ln tnis oath see one assertion
as 10 a master OF TACT winch know 70 be untrue.
see second assertion as % d matter oil opinion
wnIch believe 10 oe untrue. l therefore refuse
10 take TINS oath"
was Immediately issued Tor a new election, and
tine same night O'Connell wrote another stlIrlug
address TO the electors Of Clare ASKING a re elec-
uon lie SAYS to them :-"lhe last election for
care is admitted to nave been the immediate ana
irressilDle cause OF producing the Cathonc RELIEF
Dill. You Have achieved the religious liberty OF
Ireland" HIS return 10 his hOme IN Dublin and
his journey thence 10 Clare WAS the trinmpha
progress o a monarch rather IMAM the journey ol a
private citZen. Every where towns waved with YER
dure ana with banners ana Fesouaded with SHOUTS,
ana the population were dellrous with JOY. In the
autumn oil the same year, 1879. we nnd touch
ing evidence OF The great charity OF MS heart.
In the Old days journey from DarrynGne TO Cork,
aud undertaken at the shortest nouce, To defend
poor men III jeopardy OF their lives Tor tue So
called Doneraille conspiracy, he showed MS wonted
whlcA they were PLAINLY doomed were IL not Tor
his appearance. man oil less heroic mould of
less love for his country ana his race. OF less glsan
tic abilities, OF less untlrng energies, might wen
have now been tempted 10 repose IN tie InAtchless
position ana honors which he mad won; but all
IRls to O'Connell Was but an incentive
To greater achlevemen1 anu WAS IN
TACT but part OF the task
tnat he had planned rom the beginning for the
dlsenthralment or his country. 1he catholic Re-
lel act : nut an INSTRUMENT OF justice, clogged
with offensive conditions, and falling far short OF
he demanded as the right OF his country. At the
root OF All the political grievances Of ireland was
the accursed English ascendancy, which lound It's
perfect elimination III the act OF UNION OF $780, III
the Enplsn Parliament irish REPRESENTATIVE had
no oLner alternative but TO be either the servants
OF In sllsh pohcy or the butt Ui English rldIeuIe
and supercllousness when they would talk OF
THE Rights OF IRELAND
To the repeal OF the Union, then ana the restora-
ton OF the Irsn Parliament III College Green. dld
O'Connell now resolve 70 dedicate his own match
less power ana influence and 10 direct all the
political energies oil tue people. lie Carried out
a larger scale the plan aud tactics mat had
been 50 successful IN achieving Emahclpatloh-
meetings, speeches., addresses, peutions, pubAca-
tions. He sought 10 make the people feel their
numbers ana their power by enrolling every man
In u repeal ASSOCIATION, aud making each take "a
MIN y eontrnutor Of even q trtnlnp amount To
tae objects Of the association. lie taught them W
/ show their power anu determination win perfect
respect for order by monster meetings., some
J tunes of quarter oil a million, sometimes OF mali
! million OF men, as at Tara ana Mullah Mast.
[ VINO can estimate the WondrOus WORK that was
I thus done by him VINO was truly called ''tne I'M
! crowned monarch OF Ireland" III educating the
! people. that ere wne had been but slaves, Ia the
new language and gesture and attltuue ana habits
/ OF thought aud aspirations OF Ireemen. He dld
/ not achieve repeal-lt Is bur too true; but
/ If the legislative or absolute iLdepend-
dence OF Ireland IS ever 10 be achieved, whether
( by moral suaslon or By force, man num-
/ Der OF men can claim 20 nave done as much as
/ O'COnnel 70 make either possible Let those
/ VINO think that the time was ripe and oppOrtune
TO strike successful DoW Tor irish lndependebce
! at least do justice to his motives and never be
guilty OF tue strange ingrautude Of forgetting or
more tnat ne elt hndone and tnat they
think he could have done, but that
he honestly thought ne could not DO.
IL is an ot-t0ld tale now an English government.
fearful and Jealous the influence OF reland's I'M
crowned monarch, cast hlm by an mig ultous sen
tence into ptisOn; ana now Wnen tardy justice
was done by Engand's highest tribunal, ne came
iortn IRON PRISON broken IN health aud spirits,
soon 10 find people whom he loved so wen per-
lsnlng OI a famine that the hArd hearts vi their
rulers would do little or nothing TO aver;
and how, with breaking he4rt, he went
ON his way to Rome TO die. In the
mysterious providence OF God 1t was decreed tnat
tue glory OF the crown VI thQrns shoud not be
waning 10 cnasten and to nallOw tue pure fame
OF Daniel O'Connel. He bequeSthed his boay 10
Ireland ana heart 10 Rome, a. If 10 teach all
those would learn from the lesson Ol his life
thar his matches patriotism ana ms WORdrouS
success we're all that Iney were because OF the
dIsiuterested and unseihsn character wnicn found
/ It's root, AO doubt, III tue natural goodness ana
/ greatness OF The man. yet found It's high
/ est sanctions, ENCOURAGEMENT aud benedlc-
( ton, in the ure tenets VI MS molly religion.
All OF Us wOuld lain carry away with us from
this Presence Tonight in our minds ana in our
hearts "A VIVID image OF the G0d-llke man whom
We nave nOnored ourselves Oy honoring To con-
Jure u such image more YlVIdly than could nope
u 30 with prO-alc words or mine, sAall ask your
permission 10 conclude with the words or poetic
nre and beauty Of one who loved ireland well and
cOuld not, therefore, but love and admire ner
glorious laboratory the words OF Thomas Davis,
IN MS ode 10 the irish sculptor Hogan, on his un
dertaklng statue OF OConnell:-
Chisel the likeness OF the Chief
Not Ia gayety nor grief,
Change not by your art TO stone
Ireland's laugh Ireland moan.
DARK her tale, and none can tell
It's icdriul chronicles 20 we'll
her frame : bent, her wounds are deep
Who, like linn, her weepr
lie can be gentle as bride,
Nnie rule with kingner pride;
Lalm 10 hear anu wise to prove,
ietgay a lark in soaring love-
Wei d. were pUsterity
should have some image OF his gee-
hat easy humor. bossoming
Lake the thousand uOw ers OF spring
1Ortols the marble winch could show
us pursuing sympathy Tor Voc,
Gould eaten tuc athus, nOwiIg Wild