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TRUTH IS POWERFUL, AND WILL, PREVAIL.
VOL. VIL.
1 UNITED STATES.
. FRIENDS OF IRELAND IN BALTIMORE.
‘The Association met agreeable to last adjournment. The Pre-
sident being absent, Dr. B. M. Byrne was called to the chair;
after which the following named persons became. members of the
society:— ~
: Wn. Waddle; Rev. Nicholas Zocchy, cily of Rome; Rev. Jno.
Parcell, Mallow, co. Cork ; Patrick Riley, co. Wicklow ; ‘Thomas
Carroll, Jr., Baltimore, Md.; Hagh C. F. Hughes, Dublin; ‘Thos.
i ohn Bogue, co. Fermaangh ; Richard
Murray, Baltimore, Michael Corbett, co. Tipperary; James
Kelly, co. Galway ;. Michael Murray, co. Longford; Matthew
Darby, Dublin; Joha Costello, King’s co.; Peter Forder, Balti-
more co., Md... C. Lamberton, Carlisle, Pa.;
Galway ; James G, Foley, do.; Peter A. Kelly, Kil
rinn ; Alesis A. Delmas, Baltimore; James, Bacon,
James Waddle, Calvert-st., Balt.; Joseph Wi
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Dublin;
Deems,
Monaghan; William ’s 0.3 John Cozine,
Philip 1. Tracey, co. Fermaugh; John Kelly, Baltimore; Charles
Boyce, co. Donegall; John Stricker, Baitimore,
.A letter was read from .W, rown, Esq., Cor
Secretary of the Association of the Frie
Pa., which, on motion of Dv. Garry, was ordered
‘on the records of the Association and printed.
The business of the evening being closed, Mr. Shea was called
on for a speech, when he arose and addressed the meeting to the
following effect:— . ‘
Mr. Chairman—I respond to the call: it has always been my
most sincere wish to join my fellow-couutrymen and the friends
of Ireland on occasions like the present. Neither time, place, nor
any other consideration can possibly eradicate from the heart of
an Irishman his Jove of country.” No matter in what clime he ma.
be placed by destiny—no- matter whether be is it prosperity or
jin adversity, still his recollection points continually to his native
Tand, in whic! » J .
‘ “Many a saint and many a hero trod.”
‘The sublime and patriotic effusions of her celebrated bards thrill
, his soul with the remembrance ‘of home, and convey to his heart
the most celestial sympathies which can irradiate despondency.
The most gloomy appearances often are the precursors of resulls
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nds of freland in Pittsburg,
to be inserted
on which benevolence and patriotism: must dwell with peculiar
delight. We may see no. results for atime—there may be none
apparent; but the important interests of emancipation are imper-
ceptitly and effectually advancing. “
y rallying round the standard of patriotism, Irishmen may ob-
tain the fruition of their liberties through the instrumentality of the
moral and intellectual energies of the mi Who is there among
us who, labouring to promote the welfare of others, either in a
wider or narrower sphere, has not felt inspiriting consolation, wheo
he found that in bis country’s cause be was not alone, and that
others thought it good as well as he, that be might expect their aid
and co-operation in it, and at any rate be free from those chilling
obstacles which sometimes sink the energies of the soul, and im-
pede those efforts which might otherwise turn to a good account?
‘The time is not far distant when the feelings of Erin’s sons, how-
ever depressed they may have been, will rise.as bright and as gree
as the shamrock that grows on ber plains and on the summits of
her mountains. (Enthusiastic cheers.)
Where are those who for years ridiculed O'Connell? , Disap-
pointment is their historian, and falsehood is the subject of their
Truth supports the dignity of the historian, who will not ad-
en.
bait either fulsome panegyri¢ or invidious censure. . History de-
scribes the iot with genuine simplicity, and records his tran-
scendent qualities. Iu short, history gives an animating portrait of
the man, unbosoms the latent molives of his actions, and celebrates
those virtues which have raised Lim to an envioble pre-eminence
above his contemporaries. We sympathise in the sufferings, and
participate in the triumphs of Erin’s illustrious band of patriots,
who stand © :
“Majestic ’mid the monuments of time;
ce in the progress of those distinguished men, whose
roused, while we behold them steadily pursuing the
(Cheers.) . .
the ilfliberal editors of this country,
‘and we’ rejoi
emulation is
unerring path of rectitude.
It is pitiful to see some of
borrowing their impressions fro 7
xo Javish in its misrepresentations and abuses of Ireland: it were
not to be wondered at that publications of this stamp would appear
Jand, to answer the intderance of
rits of O'CO!
N. and a pension
would be the merited ‘boon of the editor in England, where the
present, anti-reform faction delight in trampling on. the rights of
humanity. .(Cheers.) Many an Irish patriot has been compelle
to separate himself from all that is dear and sacred to bim, to aban-
don the HOME of his fathers and the friends of bis BOSOM, in
order to shelter himself trom a government whose sole view is to
oppress and enslave him, by rearing its power upon the ruins of
untry’s fi » (Cheers. .
us ‘rom Toestings alae iD) tine, the spirit of liberty bas been trans.
itted to distant nations. From meetings similar to this, the
PROUD MONARCIT ON HIS THRONE has been taught the
salutary lesson of ameliorating the condition of bis subjects, and to
m the intolerant LONDON press, |.
_ NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1831.
feel the force of the reasoning’ powers of the patriot and philan-
thropist. (Cheers.) These are truths to be found on record, and
written in imperishable’ characters on the European soil. e
bless the goodness which cheered a benighted world with the joy-
ous tidings of this ‘country’s delivery from British tyranny and op-
pression. May this land, which Providence bas prepared as the
asylum for the oppressed, never feel the grinding arm of oppres-
sion: may the contaminating fiend of intolerance never cast her
dark shades upon her shores.. (Mr. Jolin Henry Shea took his
seat amid repeated bursts of applause.) |: ~
Dr. Garry, being called upon, arose and addresssed the meeting
as follows. ‘! ,
Mr. President, and Friends of Ireland :—Ireland,—lovely, per-
secuted, and distressed,—my beloved native land, what vatied as-
sociations arise in my mind at the mention of your name! what
images of moral and intellectual sublimity.do I behold when your
O'Connells and your Shiels, your Daytes and Machalles are pre-
sent (o my imagination., What scenes of physical beauty and
grandeur—yes, the green hill and fertile valley, the pure fountain
and the meandering stream, the shady grove and verdant lawn,
the gifts of a bounteous nature —pass before my fancy in all their
natural and delightful beauty.’ But, alas!. what spectres of penury
and wretchedness do, I see—the offspring of savage cruelty and
and tyrannic oppression,—the, work af degenerate -man!, Yes,
Erin! you were, before the English found the means of wafting
their myrmidons and Dolopians thither, the sanctuary of religion,
the asylum of the distressed and persecuted of all countries, the
seat of learning and the arts: but, ah! now thou art the abode of
the most appalling misery, wo, and want.
The British Government bas persecuted Ireland, not with a ten,
but with a seven hundred years war; and the British Minister,
wishing to give her the last and fatal blow, by as arifyl treacher,
as the crafty Ulysses e'
a resident Pesislature. t
Bat. from this d and extraordinary wer, and from the
physicat and intellectual ‘desolation that followed in its train,
O'Connell, the pious AZneas, escaped to minister hope and conso-
lation to the dismayed hearts of the Irisi—to teach them patience
and forbearance by his example, fortitude by his undaunted valour,
and wisdom by his prudent and eloquent. counsel. And he will,
(“haud tanto cessabit cardine rerum,”) at length, aided by the
favourable gale of public opinion, conduct their bark, though long
tossed about by the boisterous waves of bigotry, ignorance, and
selfishness, into a haven of rest, peace, and liberty.
feel it would Le presumptuous in mé to attempt, by any appeal
of mine, to rouse the kind feelings of an American's heart, which
is the seat of every noble, brave, and generous sentiment, in bebalf
of a cause which is caiculated to awake the sympathy of every
individual who is not contaminated by that base .selfishness which
deems it right for the few to oppress the many.
‘This much I would feign say, however. Ifere is an object des
serving and worthy of your sympathy. Lovely Erin pours forth
her supplications, and implores you to look with a compassionate
eye on bet prostrate and fallen condition. Who can refuse such a
venerable suitor? The parent of children, many of whom, have
become eminent for learning, for virtue, and the most, exalied pa-
triotism, in defiance of galling oppression, the thunders of power,
a itterness of the blackest und most unmerited hatred. The
motber of military heroes who bave won laurels, evergreen laurels,
in both hemispheres.’ Even the soaring eagle of this happy and in-
dependent country must acknowledge that some of the brightest
and proudest feathers in its wing bave Yeen contributed by Irish
valour and prowess. . .
I would say to my countrymen, reflect fora moment on your
‘ood fortune in having escaped from the blighting influence of
Ireland's oppressors, and the ineslimable blessing of having such a
country as this to retreat to, which is the present Elysiom of earth's
wide domain. Contrast the condition of both countries; see the
effect of wise and salutary laws ;—you alone can fully appreciate
the inestimable value of liberty, because you have seen both sides of
the picture. Let not the knowledge which you have acquired be lost
upon you. Let not what you have seen be turned to an advantage j
but come andrally round the Friends of Ireland, and lend your aid
to procure for others that liberty which you have found, andthe
value of which you cannot calculate. Ifere, youare secure from
the jaundiced scowl! of power... Here the benevolent and the
good will look with pleasure and satisfaction on your patriotic
endeavours.
I would call upon every man who regards the canse of liberty, to
come and swell the notes of public opinion, thisis the golden branch:
which willenable patriotism to cross the stygian waters which sur-
round the temple of selfishness, the portion which will silence the
Cerberi who guard her portals, und make an easy passage for the
votaries of patriotism to the throne which the haggard creature bas
so long occupied in security, and from which they will unceremo-
nionsly tum! 1 foo
Only'swell this sound to its proper height, and I can assure you,
thatits thunders rolling over the cnsile of despotism, wil! make her
strong heart to quake, paralyze her hand, and force her to relinquish
the iron grasp, by which she has secured ber prey forso considerable
Nhe 2 which
id.
Whatis life? “a narrow isthmus between two eternities,
Le veriest surge may in a few moments dash to pieces.
Whatis wealth? a frail and transitory thing.
Such blessings are like the popptesspreat,
ver employed, tricked her of ber palladium, D
NO. 3.1. :
Or like the snow-fail in the river,
‘One moment waite, then gone for ever};
Or like the Boreales race,
‘Vhat fit, ere you can point the place ;
1e Branteous rainbow’s form,
Evanist.ing amidst the storm. .
This is not the case with noble and virtuous actions, They are
lasting as (ime, and recorded in heaven; core’ then, now is the
time, now is the hour, to aid by your voice and your mite, the glori-
ous cause of liberty, humanity, and benevolence, and to lay up trea-
sures more durable than brass, more secure than if you had them
under a thousand locks, or buried in iron coffers. I feel that [haac
trespassed upon you, and shall now conclude in the language of an
illustrious poet—
——— breve ee ircerazible tempus
. Omnibus est vite ; sed faniazn extendere factis,
Hoe virtutis
Mr. Norris then addressed the meeting—after which the Society
adjourned to meet again on the first Monday of September next.
C. BIRNIE, Jr, Sec,
‘
Baltimore, August Ist, 1831.
EET
FRENCH REVOLUTION,
It. may be unknown to many of our readers that Professor
Everitt delivered two lectures, a short time ago, before the Chari-
ritable Mechanic Association of Boston, on the History of the
FRENCH REVOLUTION. The first tecture treated of the po-
riod intervening between the convoking of the National Assembly
in 1789, andthe fall of Napoleon ; the second lecture, from that
time to the present. After remarking preliminarily’ on the inter-
esting character of the events to which these periods guve being, a
ir, Everitt proceeded to st causes, remote and immediate,
which produced them, ia the following eloquent end highly eatis
factory strain: — -
“The apparent immediate cause of the French Revolution was
hardly commensurate ih importance wiih the grandeur of the eflect.
After the close of the American war, the finances of the kingdom
were somewhat in disorder, and there wos an annual deficiency of
no very alarming amount ia the revenue. As the public resources
were in the main unimpaired, a skilful Guancier would have found
no difficulty in applying a remedy to this trifling mischief. Tite
Counsellors of Louis 16th could think of no other but that of calling
together_an. Assembly of Notables, or as we should ‘say in this
country, a convention of the principal persons in the Kingdom, &
step which could hardly be taken wilhout important consequences,
and which in this case, led the way directly to the great events of
the Revolution, It is obvious, however, that the embarrassmenty
of the finances which occasioned this measure with all ils impor- ,
tant results, was the apparent and ostei but not the real cause
of the movement that followed.’ So trifling a circumstance could
not have produced such astonishing consevuences, unless the
kingdom had been ripe for great changes} and if this difficulty had
not existed, or any other equally unimportant, occurring at about
the same time, would have served the same purpose. he real
cause of the Freacu revolution was the great alteration that had
gsadually taken place in the state of society in consequence of the
progress of civilization ; and the consequent incongruity between
the new condition of the people and the anlient forms of govern-
ment. The northern barbarians who conquered the Roman Em-
pire divided the land and wealth of which they became possessed
among their principal military followers, and reduced the mass of
the people to absolute slavery. “This arrangement created the
classes of Nobles, Vassals, and Slaves, which formed the basis of
the political system that succeeded, and u be name of the '
7 iled throughout Europe for several centuries,
the progress of civilizution ‘affected this system in two ways. B
corrupting the Nobles, who, from their wealth, were of course the ‘
first to feel its effects, it diminished their importance and augiment-
ed that of the Kings. Qa the body of the people, it operated
differently. It released them from bondage, endowed them with
wealth and knowledge, and gave them asa necessai consequence
a substantial importance in the state. This double operation of
the same cause had proceeded so far at the time when the Revola-
tion actually occurred thatthe higher classes had become as a body,
and with some illustrious exceptions, intellectually and morally,
completely corrupt and imbecile, and that the body of the people,
or as they were (hen called in France, the Third Estate, possessed
all the talent, information and virtue in the community. Ia the
mean time the form of government, which gave the whole political
power to the privileged classes and (reated the body of the people
&s a mere passive mass, remained unaliered. ‘l'lis condition of
things and the reflections to which it naturally led, were concisely
and pointedly described by the Abbe Sieyes in a pamphlet, which
consisted of a short commentary on the three following questions
and answers, What isthe Zaird Estale? Every thing. What has.”
‘t hitherto been? Nothing. - What ought it to be ia future ?
Sometbing. 4 . o
+ “The same state of things existed substantially throughout (he
whole continent of Europe, and heace the facilily with which ake
revolution, after it once begen in France, invaded and
all the other countries, The right of the
"Fouct the Buwer, and the blossom is shed;
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