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THE REPEAL PRESS , AND THE OFFER TO COMPROMISE . There hare been no " arrests" this week . All therefore , as far as the prosecutions are concerned , stands as It ^ d -when we last appeared . Not bo howeverwith OTojoreii . ^ Be has made another viove . He is no Jonger -a FEDERALIST j bnt an ULTRA REPEALER once more ! Before we giTe the particolars of his last vagary or "Jump Jim Crow tdsh about / ' . we will haTe * peep" si ihe Repeal Press . How did &e » « n ecndSfwmaZ Repeal" Journals reeeire the whining truckling offer to FKraauusB ? , Let ^ ^ p ^ y tell us :-
" We too * not that we era looked out with much Sioirfy in the whole course 'jf our lives to leam what a section of our metropolitarii ' conteajporajigj were likely to » y upoa any given sriigBet , raiai the present week when we certainly do plead guilty to having felt no Blight curiosity to ascertain by what ingenious process of logic they would , endeavour to reconcile the people to the new doctrine of Federalism . O for a sight of the Freeman P we exclaimed before day-break on
Tuesday morning , that we may behold what bolus it recommends to calm down its patients who will now be frantic with disappointment I' In time we obtained a copy of the wished-for print from an industrious newavender : —when , Is how -were we astounded io tfwi it as silent as ihe grave about the sniffed upon tehich toe expected to be edified ! There was seme double-diluted prosing about the Hanoverian levy , which , as the people are all to be peaceful , will . never now reach traribores ; but 3 ? o high apd hjlcghtt i > ssvrcu
XUOXS ^ AGAINST THB F 0 KE 1 GS PABLJAHXM * - — JO WORD OP CO 3 JTEMPT UTIEXED AGAISST THE YBKFiDiors saxos . In disgust we threw away our win-penny fellow-labourer , saying to ourselves ' all will not be faithless ; the Pilot will « ane it strong and no mistake ;* but , howbeit , our respected eoiemporary of Elephant-lane was , if possi ble , more tame than the Freeman . Qnr only remaining hope now is in the Ration , which Mr . Peter Pnreell , in the phrsse of the road , has declared trill not 'die jofL' If Yotmg Ireland play us false—if instead of shewing a kick in its gallop , it sits down a mere milksop , eonverfing its spear into a plonch- * hare , resolved
neitlier to encounter law-nor war for fatherland , then indeed shall we "be disposed to think that , there are no busmen living , and that the Government has been frightened by a very insignificant and sordid set of braggarts . But we cannot belieTe this . The rabid essays and death-dealing songs were not written for nothing ; not was the hullaballoo about 'Ireland for the Irish * and national Independence * all a mockery . Come , Messieurs , toe msst have sov none ofymtr . half measures , for you" promised us a real College-green Parliament , and not a humbug legislature , over which our estimable friend Mr . Pierce Mahony would fiimfoin to presMe . "
Did the Nation realise the hope" of the World 1 Did it stand out / or * National Independence" ? Did it denounce " aix compromise" ! and bid the *• boys" to agitate for nothing bnt u Ireland for the Irish" ? Alas , no ! The * Spirit of the Nation " evaporated . Its war-cry for satioxautx sunk into a miserable moan for Federalism i It proclaimed its base snbseryiency , bj stating in round terms , that wherever the " Leader" offered to " lead" the people , it was bound to follow . Young Ireland had bo fpnnk . It was forced to u knock nndsr , and consent to be dragged through the mire I Here is the Nation ' s miserable adhesion to the slinking federal movement : —
" With the Conciliation Hall , on Monday , win open airaw and Tigerona agitation . That day , it is understood , will witness , some remarkable accessions to our ranks ; and it may be gathered from the proceedings at the last meeting that Mr . O-CotmeU teiU countenance a movement among those netc allies Jor a Federal Parlia ment , ¦ while the Association will continue to demand an independent one . This is jondozzbtedly 3 momentous ztearnre . Tor ourselves , no reader of the Nation seed be told that we abhor all dependence upon England , and that we look with a hope as csre as . the rising of to-morrow ' s son , to the regeneration of this country . But ~ vrz txab , too
deeply , the deadly bane of Ireland—Division— to resist Sic movement , but because we would not propose It . The only man whom the country trusts ox believes in has pronounced for it ; and if we could draw any popular opinion frcm 3 jIb viewa to ours , it Is only too obvious that to that extent we would weaken the national strength . The post of commander is bis . He is accredited—he is responsible , and we dare not peril the cause in -which we labour by that Celtic wilfnllness { which lost ao many Jelds to Ireland ) of resisting the trial of erery plan bit onr own . We tteeds hcst toixow the only general ttho can nvsier ax effective army , ftaugh Ms plan of battle , does not tally with ours . "
Hew different this from the language of a free untrammelled presBl The b&sesejeophancy is sickening ! How lamentable that the heroic devption S £ deon £ dingpatnou £ 2 B « f the Irish people should be so abased and so treacherously soldi Surely the scales will sometime or other fall from the eyes ! Turning from thiB sickening exhibition of mental snrjtetion , let us next see what the only Independent Irish Repeal Journal has to say on the " Base Compromise , In his own quiet sarcastic method the World thus disconrbetb : —
" The present week has been abundant inflating events , and the shifting of the political panorama has not giTen birth to greater astonishment than laughter . O ! thanks be toTrovidenee that we lire in times when the antagonism of parties displays itself in a spirit which jaight afford tolerable amueeBient at the front of a Donnybrook show-booth . We never saw the plot of a fares better arranged or more admirably executed Shan the recent dramatic representation , beginning at dostarf , and terminating within the walls ef the Corn Exchange 3 Hd we not prognosticate that neither the Government nor the Repealers intended to enrage in any serious Quarrel ? How eonld such good-tempta-ed opponents ever U ""* of entering into a mere eerions
cenniet- than that which occasionally is exhibited between the showman and his humble tenant Mr . Merryman ? " The GhjTernment is rtally , alter all , not a bad < 3 oTemmentj or would 1 % otherwise haTe earned the praises of the C »*« holie -Earl of K-nmare , or gratified Mr . CConneJl andthexonsistent Dublin Evening Post l « y promoting ihe obsequious Mi . Sergeant Howley ? 2 feither are the agitaton , iord bless you . ' the dangerous fellows that some suppose . True , like JBobadU , they talk *« y big ; and while promising to achifiTe bloodless fictories , channt war-songs , and emblazon their cards with the sanguinary names of ' Beolan-atha-buiohe , and Benbnrb ; ' but alloving them this license , -which is only an aid to winning the penny ,
JStdty Sotiom } pn" ! t ' ' tr , end Quince ihe Joiner , wire not more peactful or pliant in their disposition . The Go-TfirnmtEt , indeed , must be hard to please , which could find faolt with their yielding qualities . The facetious Kepealtrs of the Com Exchange Towed they wonld mm at any risk , and nt-rer absndon their agitation until the treurstd TJnion was repealed . When remonstrated with through tfae medism of a Government proclamaticn thty eTiwjed an alacrity for . shrinking , wi ^ thewtd how easily they could be satisfied , by expressing theii readintss to accept a Pederal Union , with a jobbing conclave to be designated a Local Parliament .
It is no wonder that every one laughed heartily at this contest ; and that not a few—very erroneously , we believe—proclaimed that sn understandisgexisted . between the people of Dnblin Casile and the B-tpeal leaders 2 fo , bo , there could he no eecret compact ; buv ne- ? er did a set c £ actora play their parts eo admirably . The Government has Tinaicajed its character by an exhibition of vigour , ana lord Koden can no longer grumble in bis PaxUament-strett print ; -while tte red-hot advocates of Domestic legislation , emidst bursts of laugbter , aandt that they uevtr expected to obtain half as mneh as they had been atkinz .
" The meeting upon last Monday at the Com Exchange was quite a delightful descent from the feroekmsly bombastic , dowirto the courteoasly moderate . Even Mr . Dufiy , of thsJfaffon , awed 03 the presence of file 0 " 2 feD of Bunowen Castle , put his ' . Repeal Cap * and * Green Boek' in his pocket , and talked jocularly of walking his body to Mr . Jostce Burton . We should have given anything fcr a look -at 3 Ir . O'Callaphanwhose litersiy drilling has infntfcd a warlike spirit even into such , pfcox creaitcea as 2 udgan , Ibe civic attorney
—when he saw his fellow-isbcnrcr takiug things so cooUy . Msrtyzs of Xnllaghnu £ t , and martial heroe * , who left jour bones at the Tellow JFord , or fen fighting at the Pass of Plumes ! will je sot feel ashamed in yocr graves at the degeneraey of these latter days ? We are rejoiced at this critical crisi * , when practical measures are about to become the objects of the national struggle , to find such persons as Mr , ONeD atoching themselve * to the agitation baud , and compelling their associates not to make boasts which aie sever likely
• 0 be realised , or indulge in intemperate courses which may fee attended with no peril to selfiih specul&tots in tumult , but may bring down the Worst consequences nppn the un * n » pftcting mul-Stude . KtsTer did any penon make his appearance soopporbmely as Mr . O' 2 fi £ l ; and we do sot recollect soy other , siMe Septene allayed the fory of JSolms , who Is so short » time succeeded ia prpdnciag sseh a per-Itd calm . At the & ** % dtarge , tibe CbairmaB proposed to his asditerv that lower ground aboald be taken—in
art that they aboald be aafefied with a Federal Legis-Jafaoe ; dependant upon the English Parliament . . This proposition was recel ? edin the best possible spirit ; sot fen a murmur of disatiafaction having escaped from that independent gentleman who is usually designated ^ 7 reporters , _ A Toiee in ihe crowd / Such successful Progress having been made , Uie chaimaaB , npoa-tha Principle that much wfll have more / indicated a dis-Pwition t » fcllftw uphiB feEcrcachmeiits . Tbe English People iad been rvughiy treated—their & » end « hip * % btea , and they ifeHsselTea contemptnously called
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Saxons , which seemed to the Chairman , to a&vour neither of prudence nor good breeding . He remonstrated upon the subject ; and if he did not actually threaten to leave the chair if a promise were not given that the hated name would not in future be applied , it was , we presume , because he had previously a score of times at least the same day threatened for a Blighter provocation ^ to take that step , Mr . O Connell pledged for the Irish Repealers that the word ' Sojcon' should not again escape their lips : while plain-speaking Tom Steele , and a number of mouthing associates looked a * if they had been deprived of their stock-in-trade .
" Now , it may be observed , that it is wise to accept of an instalment , . and that when we cannot secure the whole , it would be extremely foolish to refuse the half . This is decidedly correct ; but there was no necessity to be for » o long a time blustering that nothing bat the ¦ whole would be taken , and then sitting down content with the half measure . The people -will remember that we rever led them astray with false stories concerning French sympathy and the righteous snpport of the Irish auxiliaries of the infamous slaye-holders of South Carolina and Maryland ; and we have therefore no apology to offer . We never , f . r catch-penny purposes , endeavoured to excite anti-Chmtian prejudices against a sister country , which , -with all its faults , must still be allowed to be the resting-place of rational liberty .
We are mncb rejoiced , however , than an alliance with the Sturgite puty is contemplated ; although such a step will be a severe blow to the patriots of the pennytrumpet school , as well as those Whig representatiTes of Irish constituencies , who are just as adverse to the principles avowed by the followers of Mr Joseph Sturge as they are to the cause of Irish Domestic Legislation . Friend Joseph is a Quaker ; a pacific and quiet member of ths Sociaty w Brk > sda , who will regard chivalry and martial lyrics with about the same favaur that a certain gentleman is said to relish holy water . He will -have none of such things introduced into his scheme of agitation ; and without them , how is the steam to be kept up 2 To proceed without stage rffect to retain the confidence of a misguided people .
who , it is positively stated , wera panting , not fur organic changes in the body politic , but to be led forth to a servile wax , is utterly impossible . Without the thunder and lightning of delusion , neither the people nor the pence will be forthcoming—unless our countrymen be far more gullible thsn they are generally supposed to be . The Storgite Union will , however , be tquaily offensive to the hopes of Whig place-hunters as the measure of Repeal , which has for some time caused them so much trouble and « mbarassment . This , however , is exactly the reason why we wish to see it brought out on the Irish boards , because we know that Complete Suffrage will tut the sincerity of the Irish Whig-Radical politicians , who haTe so long led the masses astray while they drove a profitable trade in factious agitation . "
Such writing as the foregoing , though not as sternly denunciative as the occasion called for , is yet refreshing when contrasted with the spaniel-like eond&ct of the " uncompromising" Repeal papers . The World is evidently not subsidized by the managers at the Corn Exchange !
THE COUNTER MOTE TO THE PROSE CUTIOKS . Dublin , Friday , Oct . 20 .
THE 15 TOB . MATI 0 SS CHAB » E OP TEBJIMIV . A . considerable sensation was created to-day b / the announcement that Mr . Barrett , proprietor of the Pilot newspaper , and one of the parties implicated in the Goversment prosecutions , was to attend at one of the police-offices this morning , for the purpose of swearing informations for alleged perjury against Mr . Frederick Bond Hughes , the gentleman engaged by Government t » report the proceedings at Mallaghmast , and the subsequent meetings ef the Repeal Association , Early in the forenoon , Mr . Barrett appeared before Mr . Porter and Mr . Magee , two of the magistrates of the head office of poliee , to prefer the charge . He was accompanied by Messrs . M'Donoghj and dose , as counsel , and Mr . J . C&ntwell , as his solicitor . Several of bis friends also accompanied him ; amongst whom were Mr . John O'Connell , M . P ., Mr . T . M . Bay , Dr . Gray , Mr . T . Steele , & . C Mr . P . Mahcny , Mr . John O'Connell ' B solicitor , was also in attendance .
Mr . lI'Donosgh , having been asked , by the nagistrates if he w&s prepared to proceed with the charges , replied that be was , and proceeded to say—that he appeared upon behalf of Mr . Richard Barratt , the proprietor of the Pilot newspaj er , to prefer a charge of wilful and corrupt perjury against Mr . Frederick Bond Hughes , a gentleman who had sworn information against his client before 2 dr . Justice Burton , one of the Judges of the Qaeen'a Bench , upon which he was held to baU Mr . Porter—Where did he swear them ? Mr . M'Donogh—In Mr . Justice Burton ' s bouse . Mr . Porter—Then go there . Mr . M'Donough—We have been advised , your worship , to apply to the magistrates of the Head-cffice to seek for
justice-Mr . Porter—This is not the division in which Judge Burton ' s house is situate ; you must apply to the magistrates of Collge-street office ; and I am sure that if you show them that yon have a proper and fux case to snpport your charge if sent for investigatieu to another tribunal , they will have no objection to receive the informations of Mr . Barrett . Mr . M'Donough—We dont for one noment presume that they could , but as there was some doubt as to College-street office , we thought it better to come here . ' Mr . Porter—Bat there can be no doubt whatever , and
we will not interfere with the business of another office . This -was formerly called the Head-cffice , and the head of the executive of the police ; but it is not so now , although it may be considered so for some purposes , such as pawnbrokers' or excise cases , together with the management of the carriage court College-street has Kingstown district under its jurisdiction , and for that reason we have this other description of business ; bit , in the common criminal bu&iness of the city , I have never known one police-office to interfere with the other .
Mr . M'Donough—Then we cannot press it upon your Worship furtber . Mr . Porter—Ton n » ed not ; bnt if you make a good case , then yon will be successful in your application . I wish son good morning , and wish myself joy in having nothing to do with it ( Laughter . ) Mr . M'Donough—Is that the ground upon which your Worship Bends us away ? ( Laughter . ) Mr . Porter—No , no ; but I never wiBQ te do anything that 1 can avoid . ( Great laughter : } The parties then left the office , and proceeded to College-street , where they found Messrs . Tyndall and O'Callagh&n 00 the bench .
Mr . MDonogh then stated what he before said to the magistrates of the bead office , and said he had been referred by them to make application on behalf of his client , Mr . Richard Barrett , the proprietor of the Pilot newspaper , to tender informations for wilful and corrupt perjury , alleged to have been committed by Mr . Frederick Bond Hughes , the Government reporter , in informations sworn by him in that poliee division , at thB house of Mr . Justice Burton , the second Justice of the Qaeen ' s Bench- He ( Mr . M'Donogh ) had no doubt but that their worships would decide the case fairly , and ascertain whether it was not sufficient to warrant them to compel Mr . Hughes to give bail , as
-he had compelled Mr . Barrett to do ; he had come for--irard in a fair spirit , not waiting until the offence should -be forgotten j or until Mr . Hughes had no witnesses , but immediately to tender and support bis charge . On the 16 th ot October , Mr . Barrett gave bail upon the informations in question , upon which the warrant was founded , and shortly after he obtained copies ot them , in which he discovered two very startling statements , both of which were undoubtedly untrue . Now , he tMr . M'Donogh ) had no less than thirteen informations to support Ms case , and to refute the informations swern by Mr . Hngkes , who in several places mentioned the name of Mr . Barrett : —
" He first stated , that on the 9 th of October , a meeting was held at theTfceabreRoyal , Abbey-street I attended at the said meeting of the said Association , which took place at the said Theatre Royal , in the Aebey-street , in the city of Dublin . I saw the said Daniel O'Conntll , Richard Barrett , John O'Connell , ¦ Thomas Matthew Bay , Thomas Steel * , the Rev . Peter James Tyrrell , John Gray , and a great number of other persona present at the said meeting . The said persons last named took part in aad spoke at the said meeting . I was also present on ihe » th day of October , at a dinner which took place in the Rotunda , in the city of Dublin , at which were several English Bepealer * . who camefrom England to attend the said intended meeting atClontarf ; I saw the said Daniel O'Coanell , John O'Connell , Charles Gavan Duffy , Richard Barrett , Thomas Matthew Bay , Thomas Steele , the Ber . Peter Tyrrell , sad John G » y , present at the said dinner , and nearly all of the said persons made speeches ¦
there ** . L ^ s The information stated thai Mr . Barrett was presemt at tke moroiBg meeting , aad at the Eotenda ^ i th « evening , while the tnUi was thai be attended neither , and was « A home , towivSk * tmm P » Wto , whmtta dinner was g » iag an . He h « l prepared the informations of thirls persons to prove those acts , and nfi egged lsave to tender them to the bench , net having any doubt but that they would be received . " ^ N ' ¦ - Mr . Tyndall—It is unusual to take informaHflns against a perseu who is not present upon » o serious a charge . . Mr . O'Callsghan—I think Mr . Hughes # nght to be enmmoned betote ihj beacb would be warranted in taking informations .
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Mr . Close—But we did nob know where to serve a summons ; : he has left Abbey-street , for his last information describes as late of Abbey-street Mr . O'Callaghan—I would suggest the serving of a sumnioas at his place of residence on the firat information , and if there is no appearance , we can find another way . Mr . M'Donongh—If such be your worship ' s decision , and the decision of Mr . Tyndall , your brother magistrate , I must say I do not consider It unreasonable , because we are most desirous to conduct the prosecution in a fair and just spirit , not wishing to throw any obstacle in the way of the person charged . I would also suggest that a summons should be served open the the Crown solicitor . The magistrates asquiesced in what the learned counsel suggested , and the further hearing of the application was adjourned until to-morrow ( Saturday ) at half past one o ' clock .
COLLEGE-STREET POLICE OFFICE ( SATUHDAT . ) The board-room of this office was densely crowded to-day at two o ' clock , the hour appointed by the magistrates for hearing Mr . Barrett ' s application . Among those present were Messrs . John O'Connell , M . P ., Thomas Steele , T . M . Ray , Richard Barrett , and Dr . Gray . Messrs . Tyndall , Hitchcock , and O'Callaghan were on the Bench . Mr . M'Donough , Q . C . being about to renew bis application .
Mr . Tyndall inquired if Mr . Hughes was present ? Mr , Kemmia , crown solicitor , said , I attend here in conssqnence of the summons being : sent to my house . Mr . Hughes is not in the country at present . He remained in townsereral days after he ewore the information on which the parties were held to bail , and , if the mistake had been pointed out at once be could have rectified it . Mr . Pierce ITabonj said that he felt called upon to Btate what actually occurred in consequence of this remark . On , Saturday , the 9 th instant , he waited on
Mr . Eemmis for a copy of the information , and he was told there was no copy in bis possession . He was then referred to the Ofown-efEtce . from whence he was not able to procure it until three o ' clock on the following Tuesday . He at once gave the document to tbs press , and , through it , to the public . Tbe first intimation , therefore , that Mr . Barrett could have had of itfl contents was on Wednesday . It must be admitted that no delay took place , when they appeared here yesterday , but two days after the publication of the informations . He ( Mr . Mahony ) did not suppose that more due diligence could have been shown .
Mr . Cantwell , as solicitor for Mr . Barrett , said that considering the practice of the Crowu , there -was extraordinary promptness displayed by the advisers of bis client After an intimation from the bench to the effect that this point should not affect the application in any way , Mr . M'Donough proceeded with his application . He had , he said , to prefer informations against a person named Frederick Bond Hughes , for wilful and corrupt penury , and he doubted not that he would present such a prima facia case as would induce their worships to send this person for trial on the charge . It appears that Mr . Hughes was the paid agent of the government , and sent to this country for the purpose of giving information and furnishing materials upon which his employers should decide upon prosecuting eertain parties here . He ( Mr . M'Donough ) felt convinced that
the present was a just government , that would not attempt to prosecute men npon the information of such a character as he would show Mr . Bond Hughes to ba Mr . Barrett came forward to vindicate the law and have this criminal punished , and the bench would deal with the case as one where justice was sought at their bauds . They had not to try the question whether the perjury , which he would satisfy them bad been committed , was " wilful and corrupt" If they believed this man perjured himself , then they should send him for trial before a jury . He then read the passages in the information which related to -Mr . Barrett , and be contended that there was no criminality charged againBt that gentleman except on the two occasions specified , namely , the meeting at the Theatre and the dinner at toe Rotunda , and proceeded at some length to urge his views , in the course of which he was interrupted by
Mr . Tyndall , who observed that be was extremely loath to interrupt the Learned Gentleman ; but from all that had come to his knowledge , he felt no hesitation at once in stating his opinion that the Bench could not receive the informations . The practice in Courts of this description was , that when a prosecutor was proceeding in a criminal case , the party against whom he was proceeding could not turn round and seek to upset bis prosecutor upon his trial . If a prosecutor committed perjury in the progress of his case , no proceeding could be taken ueainst him until the case was
decided . They ( the Bench ) did not mean to say whether they thought the charge well or ill-founded , but they were of opinion that they could not entertain it until the original charge was disposed of . Again , be felt that this application should ba mode to the L ° wned Judge before whom the information ef Mr . Hughes was sworn , or one of the other Judges of the Queen's Bench , and , therefore , ought not to be entertained by them ( the Bench ) . He further thought it right to state that they had made up tbeir minds previous to coming here . Mr . M'Donagb—Then , your worships , you made up you minds without bearing the case ?
Mr . Tyndall—That ia not the case ; we were aware of the application to be made , and we consulted together on the subject , and the result was , that we came to the conclusion it Would be establishing a new precedent , one that did not previously exist , to take the informations . We are , therefore , not prepared to incur the responsibility . - Mr . M'Donagb—You issued a summons yesterday , and here we are In pursuance of it . Surely , then , you cannot refuse- to hear your own summons ? I think we can compel you to do it Yob may feel you are responsible to the Government , but I doubt not it is a just and righteous Government , that would not go on with a prosecution based en false evidence . Mr . Tyndall and Mr . CaUagban denied that they felt at all responsible to Government ; tbeir deaire was to do that which was right between all parties .
After some discussion ( which we are compelled to abrirf , Mr . Close said he would now tender the information which he had ready te hand in . Mr . Cantwell then read the informations as detailed above . Mr . Close proceeded to address the bench , and in the course of a very able argument quoted a variety of cases and decisions , for the purpose ef showing that it was the duty of the bench to take the informations in the present instance , and that a refusal subjected them to a criminal information . The parties then retired . In addition to the discrepancy above pointed out in the " Information" as far as it regards Mr . Barrett , the Morning Advertiser fereta out the following : —
" Of the accuracy of Mr . Hughes , you have very striking evidence , and will have yet more . Mr . Steele , as you are probably aware , is in the habit of reporting his own speeches for the newspapers . He made a speech at the Corn Exchange en Monday , the 2 nd of October , which speech he dnly reported , and like some of the Parliamentary orators who act as their own reporters , interlarded with quotations , no doubt very apropos ; bat which were only fditered io the printer . Among Other embellishments , Mr . Steele , alluding to the Mullagbmast meeting , added the following : — ' Behemoth , biggest bom of earth , Upheaved its vastness ^ All of which is duly set forth in Mr . Hugbes's informations ; but not one word of which was uttered in the hearing or presence of the accurate and courageous reporter . "
MEETING OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL . A Privy Council was held at the Castle at font o ' clsck on Saturday afternoon . A number of rumours were naturally afloat as to the object of the meeting , all of which , however , turned out to be fallacious , the Conndl being summoned merely for the purpose of fixing a day on which the new Arms Act is to come into operation . A Proclamation to that effect will issue . The Act for to take effect on the 13 th of next month ( November ) .
THE HANOVKKIAK "INVASION . " We bate authority to give an explicit and unqualified denial to a statement , which we are surprised to see has , in spite of previous contradiction , been repeated by the Irish press—we mean , ihe intimation that Ministers intend to engage the services of Hanoverian troops in Ireland . Ministers never contemplated such policy ; on the contrary , they are too well convinced of the ability of the English troops , and the loyalty of the Irish Protestants , to think of calling ia any foreign soldier * to fuell the agitation in that country . — Times , Saiariav .
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" Since writing the above , we have read two speeches made yesterday at Ward Meetings by Mr . O Coanell—we publish them this evening . " It seems that , in his present humour , nothing will satisfy Mr . O ' Connell but ' Unconditional Repeal ; ' and he pledged himself yesterday anew , to tnia effect : — - ' Give me , ' Baid he . sim itionths of perfect pea *) and I'll give yon my head on a block , if at ihe end of that time you have not a Parliament in College-green /'
" Thus , tben , we have it at last—a definite pledge , to be redeemed within a fixed definite period ! We are to have in six months from yesterday—that is , on oribefore the 22 nd day of April next—the ' Unconditional Repeal * Parliament sitting in Coliege-green ; orand the alternative ; is a significant one— Mr . 0 Connell ' s head on the block !' The speeches to which the Monitor alludes in his appended observations , are as follows—At a meeting on Sunday , ia the Post-office Ward ,
" Mr . O'Connell said ^ that whatever might be the end of the impending trials , whether they end in aeqnittal or conviction , tbe tranquillity , the peace ot the country must not be disturbed . He thought there could be but little doubt that with common justice in the formation of the juries , there must be an acquittal ; but whatever might be the resalt , he called upon tns poople of Ireland to be peaceable , and as certain as the next January would come round , ere the revolving year Would pass over their heads , the load and determined ! call of the Irish people must be heard —( loud cheera ) . Lit him but have them in the right Let him keep them tranquil and orderly , and they should have tbeir own Parliament in College-green—( tremendous cheering ; . He told them all , and he spoke to them as to the
whole of Ireland , that Repeal depended on the tranquillity with which the people passed through the present course of events—( hear , near ) . He wanted to burn that into the minds of the people —( cheers ) . All Ireland must have heard or read these doctrines ; and he conjured them to observe them . The next thing be wanted was perseverance . Let no one abandon the Repeal— ( Cries of We never will , ' No , no , ' < Stq ) , Let them rely upon it , that if he were preaching to them out of a prison , he weald not be less effective than now . His advice would not be a bit the worse for , it—( cheers ) . There wss not a man in Ireland would straggle with more tenacity than himself—( cheers ) . He had been reported , indeed , to have struck bis colours on that point , and to have sung small ; but on this occasion
he had acted only a 3 he bad always done . Whenever he found an advance towards his side of the question made by those who had never joined them , HE alwaTS WENT Half-wat TO MEET THEM —( cheers ) . Having eulogised "tbe golden link of the Crown , " &c , Mr . O'Connell declared , that whilst he announced his font resolve never to eease agitating for the whole Repeal , ^ he was not to be looked upon as contradicting vafiat he had said , upon the Cast day of meeting as to Federalism . There biad been hopes held out te- him that a large party would be ready to join him in Eoglsnd , sad that many would be conciliated in Ireland , if he affirmed his readiness to accept a federal Parliament —( hear , hear ) , He did not know how fat these hopes were unreasonable , but he would know the exaot circumstances ef the help to be expected bora . England
tomorrow —( hear ) . As to the hopes , however , from federalists in this country , he believed it was a mere dream and a delusion . He accured no one . He did not impute wilful deceit to anybody , but he rather thanked tbe persons who held put those hopes , fort'f showed that he teas willing to abandon MUCH » OR A little justice . Aa foe himself , however , his opinion was unchanged , that the people should nofe look for anything else but Repeul ; bnt still , if he saw a party formed holding out any good to Ireland , he would be at all times willing to meet them half way He wanted perseverance for the restoration of their independent Irish Parliament ; and there let him not be misunderstood . By independent , he did not mean a Parliament independent of the Crown , but of the other Parliament . "
At a meeting the same day , in St . Andrew ' s Ward , Mr . O'CoitNBU . asked : — " How shall we obtain Rspeal ? We have already made great progress , and I have not the slightest doubt of ultimate success if you seek it only by peace * able combination , and by keeping ysurselves alwaye in the right , and putting your enemies in the wrong . My doctrine is , that improvements in all political institutions , to be valuable , must be obtained by peaceable means ; therefore is it that I want to have you determined not to break the peace . ( Cries of " So we are . ") Whatever may become of the present prosecutions , whether they be supported by a packed jury ox not , —and if it be not a packed jury there is little danger of a conviction— ( cheers ) , —but , whatever be the result , give me but si * months of perfect lranfuilli ( y AND IF TOU HAVE NOT A PARLIAMENT IN
COLLEGEGRKEN AT THE END OP THAT PEEIOD I'll GIVE XQ 9 mt head upon the" BL 6 CK . ( Tremeadous cheering for some minutes . ) Circulate that sentiment amongst your families , tell it to your friends , report it in your temperance rooms , and talk of it to the music of your temperanoe bands . ( Cheers and laughter . ) I am not limiting your peaceable conduct to six months . I merely mention that time because ! know that at the end of it you will be too good husaoured at the coming of Repeal ever to think of violating the peace . Btido you promise me for six montha ? ( Crist of "We do !") I have mine reasons for saving six months tbaa I cool *
detail to jouwwre I to speak until mi 4 alfbt . Depewt upon the man who is advising you . Nobody will be the worse for taking my advi « i , whilo by doing •» be will be no ! to have neither soldiers or polkeawa at his heel& ( A voice— ' * Weriefy them mvy ? J * & $ may defy them by keeping yourselves in the rifbJ , and leaving them in the wrong . After referring to tM peaceable character of tneTara and other meetings , Mr . P'Connell again exclaimed- ^ 0 , give mesiit months' \ V * & * » and I'll have Repeal for you as surs a * tKe , rising of . to-morroWs sun . ( Cheers . ) Bat you must persevere In your cry for Repeal as well as being peaceable . I w * ni ( Continued in our Eighth pagej
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THE LAST JIM-CROW MOTE . We have before intimated that Mr . O'Comuu has onee more suddenly moved from his last takes petition ; and that he now seems as sra > h disposed to turn his back on FnDEEAtisii , as he , last week only seemed disposed 7 to give , the " go-by" to " Uncoaditional Repeal "! The indication to return to his old position was first given in the following address , issued on Saturdaj evening : —
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Ma . O ' CQNNEIiL'S ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND . ; Dublin , October 21 , Half-past Six , pjn . The JWfoB'hos just published the following in a third edition : —
; "TO THE PEOPLE OP IBELAND . ; " Merrion-yquare , Oct . 20 , 1843 , 11 The nations ihave faUen , but ttill art thoa young , Thy star is but rising , whilst others have set j And though slavery ' g cloud o'er thy morning hath bung , The full noon of freedom shall beam round thee yet . " , «« Beloved Fellow-Coumtbvmen , —We are en . gaged in the most noble experiment that ever was made fey man or nation— to « endeavouring to obtain the restoration of : political franchises and rights , of which we have been iniquitously despoiled , and the achieving of that restoration by means purely and entirely peaceable and legal . *• This 1 b my great experiment . I have desired , and I am endeavouring to prove to the world that the moral combination ef the people is the most potent means of procuring the amelioration of the institutions of any oountts .
• ' The achievement of Catholic Emancipation was one sneb proof . The abrogation of the Legislative Uniou by the repeal of the statute , 40 George III ., c . 38 , will be the second . : "We fellow-countrymen , have worked off the first part of ouv experiment completely . We have held some twenty monster meetings to demonstrate the intensity and universality of the desire of the Iriab people for the restoration ^ of their domestic Parliament . So many human being * never congregated together for peaceful purposes aa ha »« - assembled to those meetings . There may be a difference aa to the amount , by twenty , fifty , or a hundred thousand ; but there ia no doubt at : all that such immense multitudes never assembled ^ before , and that at I « aat one of them considerably exceeded naif a million of human ( fouls .
" This fact is certain—that some twenty meetings of the largest unarmed multitudes that ever assembled , were congregated together in Ireland during the past summer . " There is another fact equally certain—that at no one of these meetings did any act , however slight , of force , violence , assault , or breach ef the peace eccrir . " Dwell . upon this , all generous believers in the amelioration of the human race , wherever yoa be throughout the world . Console yourselves with the conviction ( hat men can meet in countless myriads without the slightest violation of peace , of order , of decorum , of civility . :
" There is ene additional characteristic of our multitudinous : Irish meetings—that so disposed were the people to avoid all acts of force , even for individual accommodation , that not bo much as a single personal injury occurred , even accidentally , at any of those meetings . " The experiment was thus ' complete in both its parts . —Firstly in showing the unanimous , universal will of the Irish peple ia favour of the Repeal of the 40 th Geo . IU ., c . 38 , called the Union 8 tatute . Secondly , in the proof we gave ol the perfect order , decorum , and thoroughly peaceable conduct of the Irish people .
' * Nor was this experiment spoiled by the uncalledfor Proclamation directed against the Ctontarf meeting . On the contrary , the ready submission to a proclamation which we deemed , and still deem illegalthe perfect obedience of the people to the advice of their guides and leaders—the promptitude with which they abaudoned all idea of holding the meeting , tbe very ; moment those guides and leaders told them they ought to abandon it—the perfect controul over every exciting passion and irritating provocation which the Irish have since displayed , and axe displaying , have all , all , given practical proofs to the fullest demonstration , that the lessons of peace inculcated by tbeir leaders have been fully understood and adopted into tbe popular sentiment , and have become the fixed and unalterable rule of their political conduct .
' Yes ; tbe Proclamation has demonstrated that the Irian people are too well convinced of the strict propriety of peaceable demeanour , not only to be desirous of , but to be incapable of , being provoked into any , even the slighesc , force , violence , or breach of the
peace " Yes ; the Proclamation has come to place beyond a doubt tbe cheerful alacrity with which the Irish are determined to adhere to their glorious sentiment , that permanently useful political changes can be best attained by peaceable and moral means ; and that no political change can be worth the price of any one crime ; and , above all , of one single drop . of human blood . " Shall I be asked what , then , is it I require of the Irish people t They have honoured me with a confidence more unlimited than ever was bestowed before by a nation on a single individual . My duty is to advise them with something of tbe force of that influence which almost resembles a command . . My advice is twofold—I advise perseverance in two different , bat essentially connected topics .
' ¦ First , foremost , and above all , I advise perseverance in pe ; vceand order . Perseverance in avoiding any species of riot or violence whatsoever . Ho matter what the provocation may be ; no matter what the irritation may be ; no matter what the vexation—still , peace , order , total absence of all violence . In all and every event , peace , order , and absence of violence ; and I especially saywhatever he the event tf the pending prosecutions—peaot , order , and no violence . " Indeed this advice is a superfluous precaution . In every event , I reiterate—peace , order , and no violence . ' :
"Tbe second topic upon which I require perseverance is the continued exertion in all legal and constitutional courses left open , to procure the Repeal of the Union statute . That Repeal must not be abandoned . On the contrary , every event that is taking place proves more dearly the absolute necessity of a local Parliament , sanctioned by her Majesty , and connected in an inviolable bond with her BtitiBh dominions by the widen and nnoncrnus link of the crown of our revered Sovereign , Qaeeu Victoria . " Persevere in peace , order , loyalty , and allegiance . Persevere in constitutional exertion for obtaining the Repeal of the obnoxious statute .
" Prosecution 9 never tet extinguished a GHEAi public cause . Prosecutions may or may not retard ; but they cannot terminate the straggles to obtain ameliorated institutions . There were several prosecutions in order to extinguish tbe straggle for emancipation . Yei emancipation was triumphantly carried . There -were unnumbered prosecutions to extinguish the cause of Parliamentary Reform ; yet a large instalment of Parliamentary Reform was nevertheless triumphantly obtained . The
present prosecutions may be intended to extinguish the cause of Repeal . As well may a schoolboy ' s rattle be used to overpower the thunder of the ocean waves . Dropping figurative language , I can assert in firm sobriety and truth that the pending prosecutions , even should they delay , yet they cannot possibly prevent ihe attainment by the Irish nation of their tight to a domestic Parliament ; bat , on the contrary , tbeir effect must be , to increase the necessity fo * the existence of the Irian Ltginlature—in other words for the Repeal of tbe statute 40 th Geo . III ., c . 38 .
" People of Ireland J be patient—be persevering . Foliovt out ihe experiment in which we are now engaged , to obtain our political object * by peaceable means It ja a noble experiment— that ! of endeavouring to obtain the restoration ef political franchises and rights , by the use of means strictly and exclusively peaceable and legal . " Rally round me in this noble experiment—this glorious struggle . Be not abashed—be not ( oh . ' need I say it t ) be not dismayed . Peace , Order , Tranquillity . These are oar arms . With these we are certain of success . ' Persevere , and your country will be a nation again ludisaolubly connected with Great Britain , but legislating for herself . Persevere—firmly and peaceablyand the Repeal is certain . " I am , and always will be , " Your ever faithful Servant , " Daniel O'Connbll . "
Tbe above address has called forth the Dublin Monitor in gallant style . He had hailed O'ConneU ' s adhesion to : Federalism with all joy ! He had prognosticated from that move all the good that O'Connell has promised from Repeal itself . The Monitor is the organ of tbe Federalists . It is moreover a mere Whig ; and it had Been , in prospective , a possibility ot the return of the Whigs to pother , from the open junction of O'Corkbll with the Federalized band . Judge then of its surprise when it finds O'Connell playing /<"< and hose . It wants to knovr ; -what he would be at " . Many people have been trying to make / A « f oat . for a- long time j they bare now gotten the publin Monitor to aid themin their inquiries ; and it ia possible that the resalt Buy turn ont to be that he dttirts ntither Repeat nor FederahKoHon I But we must hear the Monitor .
HeratetO'OmneU most soundly : — » TJNCOHDITIOKAl BBPKAf V . DOMESTIC LBfilS * , ' 1 AT 1 ON . «« in another part of our publication will be found an Address to the Irish People , Issued by Mr . O'Coaaell about mid-day on Saturday last :
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"We confess that this address has takea us by sarprise , considering the speech Mr . O'Connell made at the Corn Exchange on Monday la 3 U " In that speech Mr . O'Connell , In so many words , declared hiB intention ; of abandoning ' unconditional Repeal , ' and of resting satisfied with a Local Legislature for local purposes . j (< It was not that we alone so understood him . Every man who heard him speak on that occasion—every njau who read the reports of his speech , so understood him ; and so clearly and definitely did he express himself , that among all parties it was a settled proposition that' Unconditional Ropeal * was to be abandoned , and a Local Legislature for local purposes sought for , in connection with Imperial Representation .
" In bis address , however , issued on Saturday , Mr . O'Connell abandons the ground he took on the preceding Monday , and asauies the People of Ireland that by theiv ' perseverance their country will be a nation again '— ' indissolubly connected with Great Britain , 6 kT legislating for herself' that 'Repeal must not be abandoned , ' but effected— " sanctioned by her tuajesiy , and connected in an inviolable bond with her British dominions by the goldta nad uuoserous link of the Crown . ' j " Such is the stand taken in the Address to the People of Ireland issued on Saturday last
" Now , we are no party journalists . We have no sinister purposes to serve . Our desire solely and entirely is to farther the interests—the real , substantial , and permanent interests—of our country . Unmoved by Mr . O'ConneU ' s condemnation—uninfluenced by his sneers or sarcasms—not biased by wild and visionary views of national independence , magnificent , no doubt , to contemplate , but mightily impracticable to realisepureuinsj the even tenor 6 l one way , which has for the polar-star of our guidance the good of our country , the advancement of our people in sober , indnstrious , and moral habits , without which all political changes ore mere bagatelle—thinking ! and acting thus , we desire , contrasting Mr . O'Conneli ' s speech at the Corn Exchange on Monday last with his jAddress to the People of Ireland on Sittnrdny last , aim fly and explicitly to understand what he would be at ' it
" We duaire to know what fie means 7 Does he intend etill to persevere in the quixotic crusade for " unconditional Repeal ? " Dues he mean to back out of bis declaration , that jbe wonld be content with a Local Parliament , such as we have ever advocated as alone applicable and suited to the present condition ot the t vq cauattiea * I " It is right tiiat this jshould bo clearly understood . We have now arrived at a crisis when false moves cannot be indulged in with impunity . We have arrived at a
stage when tbe delusions of the pa « t cannot be repeated — 'When the solemn farces that amused of old will not bear rehearsal . Called upon to aid Mr . O'Connell , and sustain him through the difficulties in which he has become involved , we desire to know clearly what is meant —to sound the shoals and quicksands ahead of us , and so steer our course as to { serve tbe substantial interests of our country without calling to our aid tbe Attorney-General of a Tory Government , or the Crown-Solicitor , with his ready-framed charge of' conspiracy and other misdemeanours . ' :
" It is all very well for Mr . O'Connell to make a speech on Monday , and to contradict and unsay it on the subsequent Saturday ; but , as honest journalists , we cannot subscribe to ,: let alone follow , such loose morality . What we proclaim we are ready to adhere to , coute qui coule . Steps ; advisedly taken—moves deliberately made—ought not to be lightly retraced or timomously abandoned . : ! " We desire , then , to know what Mr . O'Connell means to do—whether he means to re-hoist the flag of ' unconditional Repeal , ' and battle under it , as his Address to the People of Ireland on Saturday last would imply ; or adhere to his declaration of the preceding Monday , and seek to gain for Ireland a Local Legislature for local purposes , in connexion with
Imperial Representation ? Surely , it is not too mueh to require an honest and straightforward answer to a question so vito . 1 and momentous in the present crisis . " The ' Unconditional Repeal' preached by Mr . O'Connell is so entirely distinct from Domestic Legislation on a Federal basis , ] as sought for by us and advocated by many Liberal and Conservative Noblemen and Gentlemen , without reference to paltry party considerations , that it is above all things necessary clearly to understand the ground on which we are moving . We do not want to be agitating for a shadow . We do not desire to continue agitation for a year or so , and then to be checkmated by a Tory Attorney-GeneraL We require to know intelligibly and distinctly the solidity of the ground on wbich we tread , and then to inarch boldly and confidently onwards , without fear or the shadow of turning , j 11 We come , then , to the point—will Mr . O'Connell abandon ' Unconditional Repeal' , or will he not ? If he
dovs not , he must fight his battle out ; and in God's name let him give ua ' Unconditional Repeal' as soon as poBBibJe . The constry at present is In a lamentable position . He has bad full swing for tbe last nine months , at any rate—he has bad monster gathering after monster gathering , { to the tune of hundreds of thousands of fighting men , at each rehearsal of the grand national farce he has been preparing—he has had all he required—the People peaceable , sober , obedient —marshalling in military array when he Ordered themgoing home tranquilly when he desired them—impoverishing themselves to enrich the Repeal Exchequer , when he called upon them—and in all things subservient to his omnipotent wilL AH this the People have dose ; bat what has he done t He promised them the Repeal' , and where is it ? Why , as far off as ever ; and the only consolation he offers to the People now is , to be as sober , obedient , peaceable , and as ready with the pence and fartbinga—aa heretofore—while Us part of the bargain is aa far from realization as ever 1
' They eat , they drank , they slept—what then ? Why , eat , and drink , " and sleep ogam , ' j - if they have the wherewithal to procure th « eatables , and a roof to cover their heads from the inclemency of the weather while they sleep I " Look , then , to the results of this ' Unconditional Repeal agitation , ' and what bos it produced ? Why , it has made Toryism more triumphant than ever—it has enthroned in DabUn Castle ! a eet of plotters against eur liberties—men malignant in conception , and audacious in execution—it has placed our rights and liberties at the mercy of Tory forbearance . The Liberal party are scattered—tbe strength of the country , enlisted in favor of a delusion , becoming alive to the deception , is disheartened to rally for any | practical reform ; and thus , at the present moment , Liberal Ireland is at the merciful disposal of a faction truculent in spirit , and heretofore always savage in action .
" Gtjoi effects , some sanguine enthusiast may tell as , will Sow from past { agitation ; but where are they ? Are we to seek for them iu the State Prosecutions agaiust Mr . O'Connell and a set of his followers ?— ] ' Sweet Echo , say where those effects now dwell ? Indeed , ' sweet Echo cries , > I cinaot telJ . " Not we . It is a humiliating and melancholy position in which we are placed ; and , ! what is worse , at the very moment we thought Mr . O'Connell was about to ' mend his band' —te adopt a new ] and more feasible and enlightened policy , tbe cup of hope is dothed from our lips by bis Address of Saturday last , unsaying and contradicting , as it does , all that we relied 011 in bis apaeen . of the preceding Monday . j
• ¦ • Unconditional Repeal , ' as advocated by Mr . O'Connell , means this : —A Parliament in Ireland consisting of two Houses—Lords and ^ Commons . The Lords consisting of the Irish Peers—though he has never informed us whether the Bishops of the Established Church or of the Roman Catholic Church are to occupy seats in the Lords as Temporal Peers . Tlie Commons are to be chosen by a complete or Household Suffrage franchise , and Parliaments are to be j Annual . The Lords and CommonB of Ireland are j alone to make laws for Ireland—none other to be binding . The foreign relations of Ireland to be negotiated and settled by the Irish Parliament All that ! relates to oar internal or
external affairs , to come under the cogn : * ince of the Irish Parliament The army in Ireland , and navy entrusted with the surveillance and protection of our coasts , to be under the same authority—Grand Jury Cess is to be abolished—Tithe Rent Charge to be annihilated , and Fixity of Tenure to be established—Law Appeals to the English Hpusa of Lards to be done away with . In fact , according to Mr . O'Conneli ' s plan , Ireland is to be in all and every respect an 'independent nation , ' save that wo are not to have a crowned head , hereditary or elective , of our own choosing—it being provided that the monarch of England ia always to be monarch of Ireland , j
" Sach is Mr . OConnell ' a idea of 'Unconditional Repeal , ' as we glean from his speeches and his reports . Now , the people of Great JBritain almost to a man , with a very large and influential portion of the Irish people , eonslder that this echeme of erecting Ireland into an iadependent nation is not at all practical , and , even if practical , is not desirable—that it amoonta , ia fact , to a dismemberment of ] the empire , and woEld , If granted , ultimately lead to a civil war , which would result either in ? separation , ' or in the re-conq » esf of Ireland by Great Britain . \
" However , Mr . O'Connell professedly thinks other , wise . He has agitated for an < independent nation ' on the plan above indicated—to gain his object be agi tated in 1832 , and abandoned the agitation in 1835—he resumed it in 1839 , and has continued It till the present moment : and with alibis vast resources—with all his superhuman exertions—with all the ? appliances and means to boot' he has j brought to bear on the question , how successful has he been in attaining the grand object he ao perseveringly aimed at ? Are we in
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any degree nearer to becoming aa' independent nation / . now that we find ourselves in the close of 1843 , than we were in the heginniDg of 1832 , when the agitation ' was first commenced ? . "The difference between- Mr . O'Connell ana those who advocate a Domestic-legislature on the Federal basis , is this . We seek for a local representative body to regulate our internal relations , without in as ; way seeking to interfere with the functions of Imperial R * . presentation . We would not abandon utterly , as Mr . O'Connell does , our right , as an integral portion of ' tfia empire , to be represented fany and fairly in the Imperial Parliament On the contrary , we would maintain and excretes that right as at prseeiifc We ' want a local body to attend to ami regnlate 1 pur local affiirs , which , in the multiplicity of business that engages the attention of tbe Imperial Legislature , cannot by any possibility be properly attended to .
" Oars is no sew scheme— -no impracticable hobby which sounds well in theory , but has never been reduced to practice . We refer not now to other countries—to Norway , gwiiasriand , America , or other countries iu which the principle we advecate has been applied , and found to work admirably , and with beneficial effects , as well to local as to national interests . We content ourselves with adducing a familiar illustration from our own . institutions . We take our GritfKl Jury system , which only requires to be enlarged to give us all that is requisite , in an administrative sense , so far as tha material interests of me country are concerned .
' Every Grand \ Jnry- in Ireland exercises the right of taxing the People for improvements within the juri ;>< ile « turn of each county ! - Road-making and repairing , bridge-buildine , ? nd so forth , are all presented for and considered by the Grand Juries ; and , when adopted , the people are taxed to pay for the execution of the works ; We would , then , extend this power and centralise it , and make the Central Board or Legislature a representative body , and confer upon it additional powers : such aa to effect improvements in our internal comiaonica > - tioDs , by means of canals and railroads—to drain bo ^ h- — reclaim waste lands—improve harbours—encourage trades—promote manufactures—administer wisely und uprightly oar various public charities ; and to aid m the development of our vast national resources , both mineral and agricultural , which at present afford but a jiaitry proportion of the labaur and wealth to buz industrious ¦ population , which , under a better ordering of things , they would do .
" Such , in general terms , is what we propose should engage the attention of our Local Representative Board . There are ether things which we have not particularised , nor teib ' necesemry . We give a general outline , that our readers may perceive what we mean by advocating a domestic representative body , for domestic purposes ^ in connexion with imperial representation , in contradistinction to the ' Unconditional Repeal , ' the * independent national project' which Mr . O'Connell has been agitating for . ' It remains now for Mr . O'Connall to explain himself fully and explicitly . We do not want speeches on
Monday , to be contradicted and uusayed by asdtwsea on tbe subsequent Saturday . The country is heart sick of delusion—tiie People want a plain , honest , unsophisticated policy , by following which resolutely and determinedly they can work oat their own redemption from tbe grievances that afflst them , and the innumerable blighting influences that press apon their industry and keep them Iu a state of impoverished bondage . No man living possesses the power that Mr . OGooiell does . The salvation of bis country rests on biva while he lives ; and is not this a featful responsibility ? What is our present position ? Can we consider without alarm that there is a
'Sampson in this land , Shoru of his strength and bound in bonds of law , Who may , in Bomo grim revel , raise bis hand , And shake the pillars of this common weal . Till tho vast temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies i '
" Can we reflect upon the dangers that now encompass Irish liberty . Toryism more triumphant than ever—the Attorney-General , and all the harpies of the law , in fall cry after the destined victims—Mr . O Connell tbe object of a State prosecution , and the Liberal strength of Ireland prostrate in the dust—can . We rt flact on these things without regretting the past , and a misgiving respecting our prospects coming OV 6 T US ?
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 28, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1236/page/1/
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