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THE IRISH TRIBUNE-
-n words like voiL'es'from their tombs, hurling defiance
it his IISSBSSIHE, and hiss words were these:-
cate. I adopt own
n o e avow all I have said; and perhaps
under this late act of parliament, her Majesty's Attor-
ney-Genera , if I have violated t is law, may think it
is ( uty to proceed against me ‘ hat way. Buti
have violated the law in anything I said, mu , u-it
at res act to the court, assert that I had a perfect
right to say what I stated; and now say in deliberation
that the sentiments I ex '
and her treatment ofthis country arcmy sentiments, and
I here nvoiv thorn openly. The Attorney-General is
present.-I retract nothing-thcsc are my well-judged
sentiments-these are my opinions as to the relativ
position of England and Ireland, and if I h ve, yo
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seem to insinuate, violated the law by stating these
opinions, I uoiv deliberately do so again. Let her
Majesty's Attorney-General do his duty to his govern-
ment; I have done mine to my country." The s irit of
Thomas Addis I-lrmnct was in this manly delinnco, who,
in defcntling on United Irish n of “.28 for administer-
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my
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the oath." llc tlu-ntook ‘ ‘ ‘
at down.
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. SAVIh'G,S'-BANKS.
In advising the depositors of money in savings‘-banks
and friendly societies to test the capability of these
titutinns to discharge, by payment in coin, the liabi .
LIBS which they have incurred, we conceive we but
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y cl, time-serving government. “We won e guilty
ofa dercliction of our duty, were we blindly to pass by
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cases of several of those swindling concerns, established
in this country merely to rob the condding depositors
of their hard-earned savings, and appropriate them to
discharge a deb! contracted by others, and for whic
they received no value or benefit, but. on the contrary,
a great deal of evil and loss, and which, therefore.
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pressed
expose a tissue of sivindliug and neglect truly charac-
teristic of government protectionmfalse zictuarics, un-
principled treasurers, trustless trustees, and perjured
commissioners. '
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with printed rules on the front page, and figure value
in the middle, fondly imagine to themselves that there
is
' vcn represents value, as pretended, is fulsey
IVA ‘ ' ' “ H ‘ ' at‘ Hm not I
debt, to whose tender mercies the money has bcc
consigned, have appropriated those sums as tl ir na
im ies. There is no material or ta property re-
d the i they a i e ic accommo-
dation bills of a bankrupt, a further credit to discharge
an ht :1 at end in a coinpr
for these same will and should
c of England, and their rejection
tcrcst is a matter of opportunity. > They
or later throw all‘ this yoke of taxation, or
' ' isli dcstitution. Let them demand the pay.
meat of the public debt, ' ' ' ' ‘ " " ' "
all waste and uncultivated lands, as they have a perfect
title to do, whether or not divcrs " lords of the soil," as
they style themselves, claim such lands for deer-parks,
damn’ ' - ,;n,,,, .- 1. .i ..
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omisc or rcpu
never be paid
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thc'insclvcs'of .E30,000,00Q onnu. axation, and allow
their offspring to grow up in some iin better than rc-
fincd barbarisni and liberal slavery-toiling, starving,
dying.
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Tl”-‘i llmvcver. is a consideration for the English
labourer and artizan, and little concerns the Irish,
they now cannot-and, when they can, wi not-.ac-
kiiowlcdge ‘to be debtors for a national debt they had no
voice in contracting, no hand in expcn ing, and no
value resulting. lint it concerns the Irish depositor in
Savings’-b: nka that he may know where his iixuucy has
gone, an: u-hat prospects and guarantee exist for its
return, the more so, too, from his very poverty. The
first come, we have little toubt, will be best served.
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siblc value; but we would not run the risk of the unr-
chasc, and warn our friends to avoid the speculation.
We Illltdrtz, with confidence of the ultimate wisdom
of the step, that all persons having dcpusiis in any
hwnlw ‘ ‘ ' ‘ D tI.....mr .n 1
with ivitlidriiiv thciu therefrom, and deposit them in
some safe repository, such as one foot of earth or a hole
in the wall. . ,
T0 QUEEN VICTORIA.
No. I.
Ir.isii TIIl'l)UNE OFFICE:
Dublin, June Iii, 1849.
or Irn-:i.iixn-For by such title only do we
Qunizn
owe you allegiance-surrounded -as you are by indiv‘i- .
v I I I I‘ 4 ‘ a ‘on ‘ '
' ‘ ' T II Rrivnvw an-Ii A.‘
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by the irresistible torrent of [mono opinion. to entertain
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tunity to bolt, shufhc, and rccalcitrate, and would uiiiply
indemnify himself in future shindies for his present
puinfiilly gpnoinc .inauu=.uvrcs.
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-and yranmcal acts, by which ‘ ’
authority has received a severe blow inrpublic estima-
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the truth, who, having committed the most iniquitous?
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l wech uluszua
.rig'ht. <0ui"“.Son-i'Ku‘ "is obviously no more iii earnest
The negoiiiation giroporzd by Doctor DIILE): (rm 3;.
‘ ->elF1li‘Y“nan,) and now for some
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Lady, this is an unusual '
address you, b recent events have driven not
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.IL'It.=O'-CmrNr.Li. among them, is
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.the itdeventh lhour, it'.is -lil>EBV1-‘t:K0d.tlla.iZ some tremen.
do '
ut ions an
iudivmuals to mix: flit shortest-aIId.:impTcs1 cmtrn to
e press ieir ' ' “I "T ' ' ' ‘ ‘
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destination, I ii ress 51' nor do, before the
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on as I i .
world, on bemlf qf sax lClHIN1'.I1-I’, and -against your
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1' K We . - ‘for .IIllw(‘.’T(LI‘)IIt], ms .to are
monstrance forwiirded=io you would never reach ICE‘
usly iimpui:tnnt.nnthorit"ies :ute;yi=.t -to be consulted,
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seems exceedingly probaoie.
The learned gentleman xdizrilsrmd, ftan, in other words,
in t ii
that her ministers are responsible. dlut.
on ‘ ‘ 1 ie country for retaining in
power such ministers ?-men whose sole -object would
appear to be to good on ublic opinion to desperation,
when heavt.-n alone would be the decider of the result.
' nd now all.abmrIu'ng question has engaged
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of an independent parliament, which (no
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uuc nu,
us, through the vilest means, by the ministers of our
predecessor, George III., assossinatio
of the noble asscrtorqf tr 1 d his country: rights,
Joli Jllitcliel, planned by your present mi'm’sh.rs on
their vile assistants. '
'I‘lic people here have determined 'that the time for
< petitions and rcmonstranccs to English
gone by, that the rubicon has been passed,
and that they must establish their riglns with the voice
tlcrn if.
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and arms qffrrcmcn. or perish in the a
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try-constitutionally made in your English parliament,
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snrers and contempt by the followers of your ministers,
and by your minister, Russell himself declaring that he
would rather encounter civil war than agree to it: and
that ii measure constitutionally sought for, should only
no attained over his dead body. Is not such a consti-
I lit)", or defence of it, a niookeryl Ioes not the
eii.,.y bombastic threat sound vcr like Guizot's ecle-
brau I snccring laugh in the Chamber of Deputies 24..
I ' monstrous, that ti ucstion involving the
rights or‘ eight millions of people, wlia still are dis-
sad, and perhaps many of ti em most I0 ac-
ouledgc you as the Sovcieign, (even tl
v
kn ir ‘ after
conduct of s a minister ) should be placed in the
positi n of supplicating for their undoubted rights a
foreign legislature, 'ng told by Russell he would
oppose it with arms orcc.
lidmit that the Sovereign can do no wrong, in what
kingdoms ? They laugh to derision tlic appeal of one of
the most important, use the most numerous, por-
un-
930“-“ 0f Y0“? Subjeclslu England, the Cluzrtists, seeking
peaceably, orderly, and constitutionally, the establish-
ment ofa yreat and jrnpartunt principle. They, '
hardly more courtesy inform the great reforming party
he.dcd by distinguislierl parliamentary leaders, that
the unlry needs no reform-in fact, that ' us 1:
qlllfc to be lmueszly governed. They treat the desire of
l owcr ow united na' more tian
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as
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i the Lord Mayor and Corporation of Dublin
e to you in person, was not considered deserving of
sligl t notice in the reply, prepared for you :by
your an i ibis : who inannhicturcd a new statute crime.
to cntrnp the man who exposed their treason to the nu.
tion, an w io , ursued that man to moral death for do-
nouneing their illanics; but, plmnix like, out of ,3,
nsliei, at one vigorou‘sIbound,a whole nation has arisen to
successors of John lllitchel, that they must be govt-nml
as llicy desire, and Um! Iris murrlcr must be nmst amply
alarm! or
When ,those "great, unconstitutional outrages are
f; ‘l 0 d' -
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of democracy, at present ruslnn v over Europe, from
uprooting your Irish throne, as it infzillibly must every
throne not pillared on the hearts of the people.
. Yours rcspcctlully,
W T. lilnvtna.
7iNoi‘i-ii-zit DODGE.
in: plan proposed for the fusion of Confederate
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and
“PC or into one wid lo '
is precisely the question.
last week we said little on the subject of union, for we
did not believe that it was or could be real, for the fol.
lowing reason, and for that reason only :-To us it was
lady, will ndt I
venture to say pike-st s, V I: will immeiliately dive
iron: the platform, and rush to escape at the door, or
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porate at a window or slcywlight. ‘
His words on last Monday plainlyenougli foresba,
dow a future secession; we ‘believe, however, that in
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owers it guard-ofpolirzemcn. ‘Some ‘may lvelicve that
they can descry symptoms of iasanitysrn mm. suicidal
proceedings; wc, w o a ' '
ver it dodge.
'c:in," and thrivingvou the gu
obliged to tack roccasionally, he never once dreams of
entering the port; and when, perhaps, you think he is
steering direct for it, he is round and to sea. in a
tu" ing.
And no v is all remonstranco met? Ifyou are 3. man
resolved not to be crushed when you have truth on your
side, or if the obvious justice of your arguments turn
the tide in your favour, he immediately appeals to the
E
c papa.
o r ghost," ii ‘cited 9. thousand times, to
screen absurdity from ridicule, and trickery from ven-
gcancc, beneath the sl idoiv o hi pail. Yes; bis peb-
tical vampire has been living on his t
these tu-elvemonths. How often has hethreatened to ex-
hunic the ashes of the d ad; and as Jhnzas scampcred
from Ilium with Anciiisns, pickbzick, to depart from
it: seat of war, and embark for Ily-Brazil with his
pulverized Progenitor ‘ .
And shrill such trag comic fustian-su
i. 5' “ un-in-onc-
terable " twaddle, avail to
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this in p ,
therefore between us and victory-if he be unitble or
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or, like thgm, be hurled from his throne
VINE RIGIITS-AND CORPORALS.
tation of colours to
all ranks, and all in
obedience to lawful autliurity; and if among you tllp
au
tloritv of a corporal be resisted, he who resists 13 '
guilty of a sin against God." The divine right of kings,
g e but it a
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flcultto cunccivc o a re imcnml corporal, ordained of
God; we shall bear b t ‘l " 9
right of police corporals,
rity is a sin against heaven. It‘ I r, u on
quotation, instead of stopping in the middle. asisf
often done for expediency, he would have told his list-
cuers that the ordination was “ or goo y f
do not work out that result, they have
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and police may i
.AR’I‘ICLES OF ’.lIll! IIIISII TRIBUNES Ff11TH‘
39.-Il'I.'l:I.ll(l is a kingdom possessing a distinct nan
tionality, and an independent crown. .
4U..-’I‘he crown oflrclnnd is hereditary.
41,- ictoria I. is queen of re an ' k,“ ’
42.-The having the crowns of the independent Info
of Ireland mid Gr at B itain placed on the sa
ms 0 r
cad, controverts in nothing the fact that the c1’l7f“'Il;';’:
Ireland is totally dis ' " . andindependcnto a
o ' rt-at Britain.
43.-.-Victoria is queen of Ireland, not fro
per being queen of Great Britain, but by the
rish people. I of
44.-'.l‘he Irish parliament (I782-l800?m‘V;;t‘cl:”;:nd.
ninriiV--
that is, the state ; but even allowing it to lint’? bigsnggg
lawful parliament of the Irish nation. the ‘footgn mm]
it has in congunction 9 0
the legislatures of
a liamcnt.
b d
I fact of
m ivill of the
an ascendancy, a minority, a fraction oft
v1.:.w.r.m. '
nl IL nation on ,
highest function being to guard. "V‘“Cl,‘ “‘ cf’thnn",dc,,P,,n-
serve the liberiies and distinct naiiopnllty "me Part of
try, and. therefore. the very lnmginlng any “mi
parliament of the surrender or the in I 8