The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1846-12-22 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE REPEAL SPLIT.-O'BRIEN V. O'CONNELL  The young agitator and the old one—the man of physical force and the man of moral force—continue dis-united in their labours for Repeal, notwithstanding every effort has been made to bring about a reconciliation, and the confident prediction of the elder mountebank that he should succeed in blarneying the cellar martyr and his friends. The interview between the parties, to arrange the terms of a peace, has, indeed, only widened the breach previously existing between them. At the same time, however, it has naturally enlightened the public; and may, some of these days, be instrumental in opening the eyes of the Irish people to the character of the parties by whom they are sought to be either befooled or betrayed into rebellion.  The Young Ireland party proposed as the basis of settlement that, in the first instance, the legality of an association, amongst whose members are to be found men who advocate resort to physical force, if necessary to carry out their projects, should be discussed ; and requiting a pledge that, this point being settled, a new set of regulations for the conduct of the association should be determined upon. By one of these it is provided that atter the first of January the expenditure of all mer.i,s collected in the shape of Repeal rent, shall be audited, and the hems published. There was to be no enquiry into the past. Yet, apparently, this charitable concession was not sufficient for Daniel. Auditing accounts in his hands is not a pleasant process in his estimation. All I monies received and no questions asked, with respect to their application, is more congenial to his tastes. It would hive been more especially auk ward if those questions had been extended to past exactions from an abused people ; and the Young Irelanders in forbearing to press their demands thus far shewed much amiability. Another demand of the earnest repealers was that no member of the association should creep up the sleeves of whig ministers, or accept of government patronage or office. But even this reasonable proposition would not go down. The veteran agitator sees too clearly that his career of imposture is nearly run ; that he cannot much longer fleece his. starving fellow countrymen ; and that snug births for the young O'Connels, the Ffrenches, and Fitzsimonses would be infinitely more agreeable than a dependance upon the profits of habitual mendicancy. A further requirement is that the agitation for repeal ;,hould not partake of a religious character, inasmuch a the members of the association are of all religious ; arties. Daniel, however, declares that he must "throw the shield of protection t,ver the Catholic Church of Ireland ;" that an agitation which is not for the advancement of his own church is " a creedless thing !" Mr. O'Connell will only enter into a discussion with respect to the legal portion of the question ; and every hope of a restoration of the Young Ireland party to Conciliation Hall is now at an end. In the meantime, whilst these patriots (I) are parading their differences, and endeavouring to arrange their joint claims to despoil the Irish people, that people are starving—dying in their miserable hovels., or resorting to murder and robbery to find a meal. Verily, Irish patriotism is a strange contrariety !