The Sun. — 1836-02-16 (London, England)

DANIEL O'CONNELL." It was on these grounds that I made the observations relative to the Hon. Member for Youghal, as it appeared to me that he should have known, before he went for the money, to what purpose it was to be applied. But if this inquiry goes on, it will be for the Committee to inquire into all the circumstances.—(Cheers from both sides of the House.) I do'nt know that it is necessary for me to make any further observations with respect. to the transaction. I have laid them before the House, as I felt it my duty to do, and if the Hon. Member can get rid of them either by argument or evidence no man will rejoice more at than myself, and the Hon. and Learned Member ought to feel grateful to me. • I shall only make one more observation with respect to what fell from the Honourable and Learned Member for Tipperary on Thursday night.—(Hear, hear.) That Honourable and Learned Member for a purpose which was but too evident—to excite the prejudices of Hon. Members on that side the House. Choose to represent-me, as put forward by the Conservatives. —(" No.") Sir, I happen to have a gentleman sitting behind the Treasury Benches at this moment, to whom I mentioned my intentions two months ago, and if any Hon. Member around me heard me mention it to him within the last month, let him come forward and stamp me as a villain—( Cheers.) The Hon. Member for Tipperary, for the purpose of prejudice, puts me forward as a leader of the Conservatives.— (Loud cheers.) I am not. of the Monboddo Creed of politics.—( Great laughter.) I know nothing of joints anatomically or politically ; but I came into this House a free and independent man, determined to act upon the principles so beautifully expressed by the Noble Lord opposite, when be introduced the Reform Bill, that is the ground on which I am anxious to take my .stand; and if that be, to be a Conservative, I openly avow myself one.—( Cheers.) With respect to bribery and corruption. I call on the Honourable Member for Tipperary, and his friends on that side, to say if I ever flinched when they were inquiring into those cases, but I wish to .be consistent.—( Great cheering.) And I cannot understand those Gentlemen, who, after havidg hunted ovsr a small isolated place, lose their scent, and are paralized when they find a wholesale dealer in the material.--(Great cheers.) These Gentlemen call themselves Radicals, and monopolize the name of Liberals.—( Cheering.) Liberals, indeed 1 I know enough of such Liberals, as to have nothinf. to do with me who will strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.—(Loud and long continued cheering.) ,The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then moved that a Select Committee be, appointed to enquire into the circumstances, attending the traffic and agreement between Daniel O'Connell mid Alexander Raphael, touching the nomination and return of Alexamtler• Raphael for the county of Carlow, aud•to report she minutes'of evidence, with their observations thereori. Mr. O'CONNELL then rose, and said, Sir, my first observation is; that the resolution proposed is exceedingly paltry ; it does not extend the inquiry to the extent which I challenge and demand. With that observation, Sir, I leave that part of the case. My next observation applies to the commencement of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's speech. He prefaced the speech, by saying that I was furnished with a copy of the Petition before he was. Now, Sir, that is a fact which I utterly deny.—( Cheers. ) I utterly deny is, and yet when he stated that as a fact, fact, he aas cheered by fourfifths of the Gentlemen opposite, thereby showing a partiality at which I am riot surprised--(Hear, hear) _for I believe that they have not even hypocrisy enough to deny that they are willing and anxious to have an opportunity of condemning me. Sir, when I heard that cheer it put me in mind of an anecdote which was once told me by the present Lord Chief Justice Buahe— after the rebellion of 1798. I had it from his own lips. He was engaged as counsel for a man named Wexford, who was charged with murdering a man named James White. The trial came on after the Act of Amnesty had been passed, which exempted all eseept those guilty of murder.. (