The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-07-10
ROBERTS ' Gra"a Paints

an incredible extent of reading had
stored in his mind. In his new position
Burke. instead of relaxing mis- efforts,
applied himself with redouhled energy
to his studies His maiden speech in
parliament was delivered i'll FAVOR OF
concilatng America He dwelt with
much force on the American question,
the question of the hour and his speech
was honored with the praise OF the ell
der Pitt, afterward Earl OF chatham.
In August. 1866. he again came to Ire
land, and while on this visit devoted
some time to the study OF the Irish Ian
guage and antiquities. OF the former
he knew enough to make some transla-
tons. On Jan. 49, 1867, the freedom of
the city OF Dublin was presented, in
consideration of his distinguished abili-
ties. so frequently eXerted to the advan-
tage of Ireland in Parliament" When
parliament was dissolved in 1774, Burke
was returned from Bristol. In Marrn
of this year. when Lord North brought
in the first of his vigorous schemes for
|
the town of Boston, for closing its ports.
| Burke. who at tins time began rS series
of splendid orations in favor OF Ameri-
can liberty denounced The whole
scheme as essentially unjust. at is
wished then" he said. Ito condemn the
accused without a hearing, to punish
| indiscrimnately the innocent with tile
guilty. You will thus irrevorably alien
ate the hearts of the colonies from u.s.
| The bill is unjust. since it bears only
on the city Of Boston. while all america
is in flames. You are contendin, for
matter which the BOstonian5 will not
givo up quietly. They cannot by such
means be made to bow to the authority
of ministers: you will find their ols.n-
acy confirmed and their fury exaSpcr-
| ated. Have you considered whether
you have troops and ships sufficient. to
reduce the people of the whole Ameri-
can continent to your devntinn' The
resistance is general in MI parts Of
America You must, therefore. lei it
govern Itself by its own internal pol
| icy" Another bill followed the Fort
| bill an act for better regulating the
government of Massachusetts Bay" n
| bill tantamount TO an abrogatiol Of the
charter ct the colony. I.ur;le. as we'll
a AL the nhnr Irish me"'hers
urno .eh it, "Wha; can The Amyir. rs
believe. said B.Irla. but ihat III s1lru
washes to Irspul them oi all ,i',rg,I,
a. all franchises. and hy the deI,ruetioH
| %: their charters, lo reduce t,""n ~ "A
state Of he most ahjact Slavery. Gan
it ever b" hoped that they VIII sun,Ar
to such an rXo"hitanl nsur1a:iun. to
such pptontinus re5,,lutinns?'" Again in
| Apr.l n motion for the repeal Of II" Tea
tax WAS made. Burke supported the
! motion, and though he did not rise till
Il late hnnr he. by the entertainment of
his rIoquence. captivated many vino had
| thought the subject exhausted T.. the
close of one splendid burst a member
| tLord Townsend) exclaimed: "What a
man is this. How could he acquire
such transcendant powers?" An Amer
lean gentleman who was present is said
to have remarked to a frien.l: You
have most wonderful man ZERO; he
| understands more of America han all
the rest of your house put to-atlar."
The session of LIT opened with a
speech from the throne. declaratory of
the necessity of putting down the Amer
lean patriots with the sword Burke
moved an amendment on the address,
| but all that Burke and the other irish
members could do was llnavaiins
| England flung away the scAbbard and
| America flung away England. In l7Sl
upon the fall OF Lord North, a new
ministry was formed. and Burke was
appointed paymAster OF he forces 1t
VAS at this time that l,rattan and the
volunteers OF Ireland stood forward 10
claim from England the arEnnwIcdgc-
| ment OF their undergraduates The Eng
| lish nation was too weak to resist the
claim. and the ministry yielded to- Ire
lard that constitution. 81 basel" vin-
lated in $500 by Pitt and C:lStlerengh.
|
| Inquire tniu Tile execution of Justice in
! India. Burke was Il member OF this
committee, and resolved to drag War
| reh hastings. the chief criminal to
| trial. M sooner. in 1884, had Hastings
returned to England than Burke took
I steps toward his impeachment Hc had
! st;ldied Indian affairs with assNuo,s
care, and thus was enabled to make the
! great speeches with which he hogan
the attack, not only eloquent. but full
| Of Information such as no other menl-
| her Of the house could inlpart His
opening speech. III impcaching HASTINGS,
| will ever remain model ot political
! and forensic defamation. However,
| for a lime he made, li,tle way against
the larSr majority that opposed him,
and it was not till February. l7SS, be-
fore the great trial commenced AS
every one knows, 1t lasted six years,
ana WAS the Gauss, OF some Of the most
eloquent speeches by burke and others
/ ever uttered In Westminster. hastings,
through the intrigue uf influential
! friends. WAS acquitted. IN l1a" his son