Wilmington journal., 1875-08-13

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no.,,el O'CrnnelI, the llundredtii
,r..r,ary Of whose birth day wa
.t.d th,nughs.ut such y
. ~ norton q. the civilized world
,terday. was born at CorheD, near
C,tir,.;r,cn county IL rry, Ireland,
c.r suat:a., ITO Attic "ga of thlr-
,.,puas s,lIl To- y sch9oj at Red
.,,,r urnr ca, enstowu, wl,' =, he re =
,;,n.6 ahn.ls 4 year. IN 1870 fa WA,
.,t,t the Je>uits cDlirgs OF st. Omer,
France. uh,.rt, he first CAV indica-
.:,,. nf intent. III the following year
20 s,c,l short tims ~ :h'' Elgllsh
.,I,.cc IN Douai, but 0n the outbreak
of tbe reign Of tcrrol III France he re
tnr,.d home. He was called to the
hor in 1888. and soon became distln-
mi he'd AS a brilliant ad yocate.
His first political speech was made
o. Dublin on the 13.h of Janu-
srv. 1900, at a meeting Of Catholics to
retjt.ou against the proposed legisla-
i've uai0u between Great Britain and
1rehId. Tie meeting VA. broken up
bg the ,4iiitary. From this period
dates MS career Us a public
p,gitical agitator. La a few years he
was in good practice ct the bar, and
had gained high reputation as a bar
r.t r He then gradually became alb
s.rbcd in politics, and was soon the
acknowledged leader Of political re-
form III Ireland, maintaining with
grcat force and energy the claims of
the Roman Catholics of Ireland to pp-
Etic;tl equality with Protpstant5. In
1915 Mr.. O'Conneil, having ap-
pied the term ''beggariy'' to
the corporation of Dublin, was chal-
leug,d hy Mr.. D'Esterre, a member
of tie city government. A duel was
fought, and MIR. D'Esterre received
wound, Of which he died, an event
that always occasioned MIR. O'ConneIl
thedetpcst sorrow, and III consequence
Of winch he ever afterwards refused
ether to send or accept q challenge.
In June 1928, when the Catholic eman-
ejpation bill agitation was at it's
height. Mr. O'COuneil was elected to
Parliament from the county of Clare
by a large majority. On proceeding
to take his seat, he refused as a RO-
nan Catholic t" talk the test oaths,
which had been framed for the express
purpose of excluding those who held
his faith. His firm attitude on this
point commanded general attention,
and led to prOtracted and amin mated
DISCUSSIONS, both In Parliament aud be-
fore the people. Under his leadership,
the agitation III Ireland rose to such
height that at length the great leaders
oi the Governments, Sir Robert Peel
and the Duke of Wellington, resolved
to concede emancipation to the Catho-
lies. Parliament met on the 9th Of
February 1929. The speech from the
throne recommended final equitable
and satisfactory adjustment OF the
Catholic claims, and in the course OF
tho session, the last Of the vile disa-
blIties imposed on Catholics were re-
pealed. And thereupon IN May Mr..
OConnell took his seat. In 1880, hav-
ing declined the representation for
Glare, he was elected for Kerry. He
represented Dublin from 1892 to june
lS&5, and again III 1897. Ia the latter
part OF the year 1885, he was elected
for Kilkenny, and IN 1871 for the
county Cork and i'll tie same year
Lord Mayor of Dublin.
He proclaimed that Il repeal of the
legislative union between Great
Britain and Ireland, was the only
means of obtaining Justice for that
Kingdom. To compensate him for the
loss Of his income as d lawyer, and to
reward Ilis public services, an an
nual subscription was organized
among the irish people under the
denomination of rent" and paid to
Mr.. O'Connell. In 1912 and in 1843
immense gatherings or monster meet
m8s as they were called, were held by
tho repealers on the royal hill of Tara,
the Curragh of kildare, the Rath Of
Muilaghma5t, and other historical p!a-
ces. Some of those assemblages were
estimated at 500, OOJ persons. The
Llberator'' as Mr.. O'ConneII was now
1amlIarly called appeared at them and
made most exciting speeches, endeav-
on1g however, always to keep his fol-
lovers within the bounds Of law. At
length he called monster meeting at
Oiontarf, near Dublin, on Sunday 8th
October, 1913, and the preparations
Tor 1t Including a body Of "repeal
cAFairy had such a military air that
HE government thought il time TO in
teriere. On 7th October, prociama-
uon was issued, declaring the public
peace endangered by these meetings,
and warming all persons to keep away
hom Clontarf. Mr.. O'Connell thereup
Oh withdrew the call for the meeting
nLa The people generally staid away,
Notwithstanding this, however, on the
lath OF October, he was arrested with
his son and eight OF his conductors OF
Charges of conspiracy, scdition ant
Unlawful assembly. They were triet
ana found guilty, and Mr.. O'Connel
was sentenced to imprisonment fo5
'%eiFe months, and to pay fine O
@-,UO0, auG was bound over to keel
'''e peace for seven years. Al appea
was taken, however, to the House 0
L'fdf, and the decision Of the Irisl
Ouo8e was reversed. This TRIAL CAV
ueatH blow to the rapea! movement