The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-09-09

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the counselor there before you, the
presiding spirit of the scene, riding in
the whirlwind and directing the
storm Of popular debate with a
strength of lungs and redundancy of
animation as il he had that moment
started fresh for the labors of the
day. There he remains until by dint
of strength or dexterity, he has car
ried every point; and thence, if you
will see him to the close of the days
"eventful history" you will, in all
likelihood, have to follow him to
public dinner from which, after hav.
ing acted conspicuous part in the
turbulent festivity Of the evening and
thrown off half dozen speeches in
praise of Ireland, he reiterates at late
hour to repair the wear and tear of
the day by short interval Of repose,
and is sure to be found before day.
break next morning at his solitary
post, recommending the routine of his
restless existence.
Now, any one who has once seen in
the preceding situations the able
bodied, able-minded, acting, talking,
multifarious person | have been just
describing has no occasion to inquire
the name. He may be assured that he
Is and can be no other than "Kerry's
pride and MINISTER'S glory" the far
famed and interchangeable Daniel
O'Connell.
His frame is tan, expanded and
muscular, precisely such as BELTS a
man of the people; for the physical
classes ever look with double con-
fidence and affection upon leader
who represents in his own person the
qualities upon which they rely. In
his face he has been equally forum
ate; it is extremely comely. The
features are at once soft and manly;
the ford glow of health and a san
guine temperament is diffused over
tional in the outline, and beaming
with national emotion. The express
sion Is open and confding, and invit-
ing confidence; there is not trace Of
malignity or guile; if there were.
the bright and sweet blue eyes, the
most kindly and honest looking that
can be conceived, would repel the i'm
putation. These popular gifts of ma
ture OConnell has not neglected to
set off by his external carriage and
department; or perhaps l should rath-
err say that the same hand which has
nodded the exterior has supersatur-
ated the inner man with a fund of
restless propensity which it Is quite
beyond his power, as 1t is certainly
beyond his inclination, to control. A
large portion of this Is necessarily ex-
pended upon his legal avocation; but
the labors of the most laborious Of
professions can not tame him into
repose. After deducting the daily
drains of the study and the courts,
there remains an ample residuum of
animal spirits and ardor for occupa-
ton, which go to form a distinct, and
l might say a predominant character
the political chieftain.
The existence of this overweening
vivacity is conspicuous in O'ConnelTs
manners and movements, and, being
popular, and more particularly a
national quality, greatly recommends
him to the Irish people-"Mobilitate
viget'-body and soul are in a state
Of permanent insurrection
See him in the streets and you per
ceive at once that he is a man who
has sworn that his country's wrongs
shall be avenged. A Dublin jury-if
judiciously selected-would find his
very gan and gestures to be high
treason by construction, So explicitly
do they enforce che national senti.
ment of Ireland her own, or the
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court, he shoulders his umbrella as IL
it were pike.
He filings out one factious foot be-
fore the other as II he had already
burst his bonds and was kicking
Protestant ascendancy before him,
while ever and anon democratic,
broad-shouldered roll of the upper
man is manifestly an indignant effort
to shuttle off "the oppression of seven
hundred years."
This intensely national sensibility
is the prevailing popularity in O'Con.
nells character; for it Is not only
when abroad and in the popular gaze
that Irish affairs seem to press on his
heart. The same Erin.go-bragh feel.
ing follows him into the most techni.
cal details of his forensic occupations.
Give him the most dry and abstract