New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-11
Wendell PHILIPPE ON Daniel O'Copnell.

any reference to the address OF Wendell
Phillips, in which one of the most charac
teristio incidents of the great emancipa
tionist's life ie detailed. At q time when 81
America became excited over the wrongs o
Ireland. aud Repeal Union Societies wer,
formed in every city, the city of New Or
leans became enthusiastic in the cause. A
presided, $4,000 were raised for the relief o
Ireland. The fate of this money is told a
the conclusion of Wendell Phillips Grafton
What O'Conrell, holding the faith that h
did, ought to have done, is indicated in al
earlier paragraph, describing his voice:
Then he bad-wh 80 few American
| speakers have-a voice that sounded The
gamut. heard him once in Exeter Hall
| say: "AmericaDs, l send you my voice
| careering, like the thunder storm, across
| the Atlantic, to tell South Carolina that
Gods thunderbolts are hot, and to remind
the negro that the dawn of his redemp.
tion is breaking" and seemed to hear the
| answer come re-echoing back to London
from the Rocky mountains. And then with
brogue he would tell q story that would
make all Exeter Hall laugh. And the next
moment tears were in his voice, like an old
song. and 5000 men would. be in tears.
The great American abolitionist continues
after reference to O'Coanell's success:
Now. he owed this to the integrity Of his
life. He never shut his eyes on the wrongs
OF one race to vindicate another. When
the Chartists came he gave them q vote;
when the Dissenters came he gave them q
vote; and when the anti-slaverv party came
he gave them vote. When KOssuth came
to this country, he went down to Faneuil
Hall and said: There is flag without a
stain; there is 3 people without crime"
We said to him: "Ob. KOssuth, son of the
Magyar. come to break the chains of Hum
gary, have you no word to say Of 4 ,0OO, 900
Of negroes bending under a bondage twice
as bitter as that of Hungary" He said: II
will praise ANYTHING, wonld forget any
body TO help Hungary" Well, OConnell
never said that. When / was at Naples l
met Sir Thomas Blackstone. who hated the
Irishman heartily. When went up to him
l said: WAS O'Connell the scamp that
Harriet Martineau painted himl' Taking
both my hands in his, the old giant, looking
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. 1.-The anti
slavery cause was go poor that there
was only one other member besides
myself who spoke on it's behalf, and that
was DR.. Lushngt0n-Dr. Lushngton who
that when Lushington spoke l should cheer
him, and when spoke he should cheer me.
They were the Ou]y cheers we got. At the
moment when O'COnnell entered the House
there were twenty y-seven members who went
20 him, whom he used to call the West
India MEMBERS because they always voted
for slavery. They said to OConnell: AT
last you are in, and have got two votes.
Now, if you will never 60 down to Free
man aud the an,islavery society, there are
twenty seven vc es 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 q
big thing. l guess will let the negro
slide But" Blackstone continued.
''O'Connell said to them: Gentlemen. God
knows that / am here in the cause of the
saddest people that the sun sees; but may
my right hand forget it's canuing, and may
my tongue cleave 10 the roof of my mouth,
when. to help lreland-even LreIand-I
forget the negro for one single hour.'"
Some ten years later he went into Con-
ciiatiOn Hall, and tn ere lay on the desk a
thousand pound draft, stated to be from
the Shareholders OF New Orleans for the re-
peal cause. He took it mp and marched up
to the front Of the platform. Said he:
'Gentlemen, hold in my hand thousand
pounds from the shareholders of New Or
leans to help repeal. IL is the unpaid wages
of the negro. Mr.. Treasurer, suppose the
treasury is empty" A nod assured him that
it was. Said he: "Ireland is very poor; but
thank God, old Ireland is not poor enough
to take the unpaid wages of any body. Send
it back" About that time Boston man,
carrying letters of introduction to him,
went up to his house in Merrion 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 |
yOu-glad to see any body from Massachu.
setts-a free State, God bless herr" "Oh,
no" says the Boston man, Tits slavery You !
allude to, Mr.. O'Connell Allow me to say |
q few words in favor OF that institution" |
Say anything" said O'Connell. "Free
speech here, at least. But before you prove
10 me the right Of one man to own his |
brother, will you allow me to step outside |
and lock up my spoons!" Tdat was the |
40 shore. He was an Irishman, despised; |
10 was Catholic, hated; he was man of |
words and nothing else. On words alone |
ne marched fro u the hated sod Of Ireland; |
Ind, when saw him in London, he held the |
balance of power and sixty-nine voters in |
lis right hand, both parties rendering him |
heir support. The Wings said: "W0nld |
,ou like to be Lord Chancellor Of Ireland!-
Take it. Would you like to have US repeal
he last vestige Of the Irish code and make |
'ou Lord Chancellor of Eng a1d-Take
hat; only save the Wing party" And
left him thus-this hated Irishman,
his despised Catholic, this agitAtor,
his man of Notwithstanding with
he Wing party in one hand and the Tories
n tho other; and he was deciding to which
le would give the government of the realm.
tcw, one word on Mr.. Froude, if you have
He forgot the frame Of bis pic
ure. You have heard of Poland that chiv-
lrous nation, the nation Of mobiles, in whose
eins flowed the bl1e blood that astonished
Europe by its heroism. Well, hundred
ears ago Austria and Prussia defeated all
70 efforts and crushed it out Of sight. Po-
and rebelled, and rebelled, and rebelled;
he was crushed every time. Her language
, forgotten tradition. Her laws are
felony to cite. Her mobiles are wanderers
n the face Of the ea'th. If you look on the
zap there is no Poland. A hundred years
ave done it. Yet where are the lips that
'ould not be blistered if they dared to cay
word against Polandl When America
yanted to know how t. fight they sent rs
lOsciusko, the Pole. When the bard, the
rator, want the finest illustration of BRAY
~ or patriotism they point to Poland
10 man ever doubted the capacity OF Po.
md. But hundred years have annihi-
,ted her. There was Ireland, half as
'rge, half as populous, isolated from the
ointment by the ocean, tied to England,
Saxon race have striven to
rihd 1t to powder. And yet, after 700