The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-12

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CHEAT A JURY;
Gay could magnetic The million and Corwin
iead them captive. O-Connsu was CLAY
Cerwin, Chosle, Everest and Web.,a- IN
one Before the courts logic: at ne bar of
De senate unsnswerable and dignifed- ON
tho ptsSiorm grace, wit and pathos: bs,ore
Inc masses whole man. Carlyle ssys: "He
is Gods own annointed king, whose s.oela
cord nlelts ali wills into his" Ts;. IT,
scrioes OConneu Emerson saws: "raere
ls no true eloqnence unless there is : man
bshind the speech" O'Conneli wa lisrss'ed
10 because every Irishman END overs So
Ellsnm3n Knew there was q man hsbind
The speech-0Ee who could bs no'tIs~
bought, bullied nor cheated He bsis IT,
masses, free but willing subjects H. mic
band. lie owed this power TO che cours0a.
tn2e me- every new question frsnkIk. AID
concealed none of his convictions: to a., sy
slreness OF devotion that made the neonIa
eel ne was all their own; 10 a mastery brsin
that made them sure they were alw1vs Ssfa
IN his hands. Behind them we're y0es OF
oioousned-every rising had ended ar the
SS,loloMeven 0srn7I eraltan brought them 70 1873;
where mine have trod and q sheriff shall
never ley hand on your shoulder" And the
great lawyer kept his pledge. ais
Unmatched, long-continued power almost
0iAIi' AOu can only appre..
clate 1t by comparison. Lst ne
carry You back to the mob wear of
1850, Ia this country, when tie sboE.ty.,ists
we're hunted, wnen the streets roared with
not; When from Boston 10 Baltimore, lyom
81. Louis to Pbila0elphia a mob foot -
session OF every city; when private De- s.sas
were invaded and public halls were burned.
press alter press was thrown INTO the rlvar
ana Lovejoy baptized freadem w.t. IS
ol9oo-you re member it. Respectable jour-
hals warned the mob that they were play-l
Ing into the hands of the sboIit;..'.sss-
Webster aud Clay and the stga OF Lilo
statesmen told the people that the srash.
Hoated furtner on the Shouts Ofthn rl,pf, nan
the most eloquent lips could carry il. But
is"-abiding, Protestant, educated America
COULD NOT BE HELD BACK.
Neither Whig chiefs nor respectable jour-
pals could keep these people quiet. 10 TO,
England. Win the reform bill of 'SI WAS
thrown out of the House of Lords, the peo-
pie were tumultuous, and Melbourne and
Gerry, Russell and Broughsm, LansdowBe,
Holland and Mscaulsy, the whig chiefs.
cried out " Don't viO-ate the law, you helo
the Tories! Riot puts back the bill" But
quiet, sober John Bull, law-abiding, csuld
not do without is. Birmingham WAS three
days In the hands OF mob Castles were
burnt. Wellington ordered tile Scotch
"a
Waterloo. This the Wbig ar
istocracy of England. O'ConDeil had
neither Office nor title. Behind him were
3 900 900 people steer PED in utter y WreJcned-
ness, sore with the oppression of centuries.
ignored by statute. Fog thirty restless aud
turbulent years he stood in front of them. 2
and said: Remember, he that commits q
crime helps the enemy" And duri q nat
long and fearful struggle not one Irishman :
broke the law. There is no such record in
our history. Neither in classic nor in mod
ern times can the man be produces who
held million or people 10 his right hand so
passive. 1t WAS due 70 the consis eDcv aud
unity of character that had hardly flaw.
do not forget your soldiers, orators
or poets-aDy of your leaders. But
when i consider O'C0Hnell's
personal disinterestedness his rare
brave fidelity 10 every csuse his principles
covered, NJ matter how unpopular or how
en noarraSsi0g 10 his main purDOse-tbat
clear. far-reaching vision and true heart
which. on most moral and political ques-
lions, set MIN so much ahead of bis times;
his eloquence, almost equally effective in
tue courts n tue sena1e AID before the
masses; that sag8cIty, which set at naugbs :
tue malignant vigilance of the whole innpe-
rial bar, watching thirty years for miss ep:-
when L remember that he invented his r
tools. ard then measure his limited means
With his vast success, bearing in mind ISL
nature; when / see the sobfiety and mod = -
alton with which he used his measureisss
power, and the lofty, generous purposs OF :
lis whole lie, am ready to affirm has ne
WIS., all thugs con idered, the gresteet nau-
the Irish Taca ever produced.