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try, aud then one of that very faithless and base crew who be-
trayed us, an underling of a minister, is sent to thwart and i ivri-
tate us—to charge us with the effects of their own perfidy, and
10 remind us of the blessings we have lost by heing the victims
. of their diabolical deceit, (checrs.) “During five or six cen-
turies (says Mr. Dawson) the history of freland presents not
ie single fact to claim the admiration, or even the respect of
This blandering bigot, then, with a classic affecta~
—* Where can we k ook for one green spot to cheer
is in our gloomy pilgrimage?” Oh! hear this Orange bigot
asking for a Green spot, (loud laughter.) I was reading, al
the very time] received the newspaper with Mr. Dawson's
speech, a passage in a work which has been ever, and is still
treats. Itis an account of the injuries and massacres of the
Jrish, in 1641, by Dr. Curry, and the occurrence to which I al-
Jude is to be found. Many—ineumerable instances, could be
drawn from the historians of the tithes in which Mr. Dawson’s
ignorance delights to revel, not of one fact, but of hundreds of
* dacts, calculated to elevate the character of the Catholics of Ire-
Jand. Speaking of the county of Mayo, the historian says—
“In this county few murders were committed by either side,
though the libel saith, that about 250 Protestants were murder-
ed, whereof at Bell uke £20; whereas not one person was mur-
‘ ‘leted there, which the now Lady of Mountrath can witness, her
Ladyship, and Sir Robert Hanua, her father, with many others,
being retreated thither for security, were all conveyed safe to
. Manor Hamilton, And itis observable that the said Lady, and
| the rest, came to Mr. Owen O'Rorcke’s, who kept a gartison at
Drumaheir, for the Ivish, before they came to Manor Tiamil-
: . ton, whose brother was prisoner ih Sir Frederick Hamilton.
"And the said Mr. O’Rorcke having any persons of quality
in his hands, sent to Sir Frederic! K to enlarge his brother, and
to
“he had not more hnmavity than could be well expected upon
such occasions, and in times of so great confusion; yet he sent
“them ail safe when they desired.” (theers.)’ Yes, he sent them
all safe when they desired. He did what he ought to do, har-
‘rowed as his heart must have been at the atrocious outrage
that had been’ committed by.his rash and ferocious enemy.
did: what an Irish gentleman’ would do—he
‘spurned at cruelly. ‘He was not goaded, even by the example
set him, into an imitation of barbarity, (loud cheers.) His ho-
‘nour stified his sense of injury, I will. give that fact to Mr.
Dawson, and let him make the most of it. in classic fulmina-
tions against the Catholics of Ireland, (cheers.) Let Mr. Daw-
son read this fact, and if he persist in aspersing his native land
. . after the perusal otit—it he should then impagn the chivalrous
vs . generos nity—the virtues of Ireland, I will only
ey . Bay, that TT Treland | has prodaced generous hearts ‘and disposi-
tions, she has also produced monsters and- anomalies, which
. - ‘have turned what was intended to be one of the gardens of the
thee: world, into the pitiful petting Province that she is at this mo-
oe ment! i (loud cheers.) Mr. Di that the object of
James If. was to establish the Catholic religion both in Eng-
land and Ireland, and with it unlimited despotism. ‘This was a
false assertion; he did no more than to proclaim toleration,
« and this was enough for the Dawson's of the day, to expel him
trom thé throne » ‘The prosecution of the Seven Bishops I now
condemn, and if {had lived in the day of the occurrence, I
would have condemed it then, Mr, Dawson says, that inorder
. to effect the purpose of establishing an unlimited despotism in
+ . Ireland, James proceeded to re-model the civil establishments,
and he accordingly displaced every Protestant who held an of-
o fice in the administration of Justice, and filled up the place of
woo Et . . Chancellor ch ief Judges, Puisne Judges, Privy Counsellors,
. . ‘ates, and even Constables, with Catholics, —
. Falking of Constables reminds me of the Dublin Corporation.
‘That immaculate Body once petitioned for the removal of Mul-
waney, the scavenger, frorn his functions, because he was, con-
rary to Jaw a Papi t! Ob! what a releptless spirit. They
veuta not allowa Papist to fill even the dirtiest office of the
State, Goud langhter.) It is asserted by Mr. Dawson that all
the Judges appointed by Jawes were intolerant. This is false,
. James only nominated three Judges, Nugent, (Lord Riverston)
i: Lt Sir Stephen Rice, and Daly, (would to God that all Judge page
ot . were like him.) He never raised himself to the Beneh b
io . + troying the jaterests ‘of ‘his coustry.” We never Terend. iis
tet Ieisnre hours to calumuiating his wretched ragged countrymen!
(cheers.) All of the three individaals nominated by James to
the Bench, were remarkable for their purity and perfect
‘They are quoted by Protestant writers as the models ofjndicial
‘knowledge and purity.” It was related of Rice that he gambled
his property, ant this was the only blemish that ever sullied his
reputation. hey lived in troubled times, and they survived
them.’ They did not fly as they would have done, if they had
been guilty of a crime or a dereliction of duty. ‘They lived ho-
noured and respected, and they descended to their graves
without taint or reproach, having served their king well, and I
trust having served their God better, (loud cheers.) Oh! itis
only Orange bigotry that could ransack the very graves to find
the materials of insult; but ix this instance, as in every other,
it has failed, and I defy it to the proof. Mr. Dawson had al-
leged it as a charge, that it was enacted by James that 3 Fel-
Jows of the University were prohibited from meeting together.
Even if it were so, how did the enactraent differ from the enact-
soents ustal in all cases of civil commotion: What was this act
intended to prevent, bat a Protestant Jnsurrection. Flagranie
bello, it is provided that there shall be no meetings of persons
who ‘might conspire, to cause a public ‘uml; and this which is
now practised—nay, w which is carried to an ‘anparralicted ex-
tent in [retand under the present government, is charged as a
ctime upon James. But it should not be forgotten, that by the
repeal of that act of Settlement, the monarch himse!( was a suf-
fever.to an immense amount. The passing of thatact, however,
“might not be justied, but decidedly any act that would fend to
subvert it would be Transfers and conveyances had
. been made to sach an 2 extent, that it would bé an tnjistifable
: erime to disturb them. I have been accused of recommending
the repeal of the Act of Bettlement, and I dare say 1 will now
be accused of recommending ut asa proof of my sinceri-
ty in defending jt, I will say “that if that Act were annulled, |
‘would be comparatively abeggar. My property hangs upon
‘jts,cootinuance. (Hear.) The property of my t o brothers
who are both independent, hangs upon the same title. “What,
then, have [ to gain by a change? Mr. Dawson had complain:
edefthe attainder of 2,600 Protestants by James—but what was
there in that worthy of reprobation? Those attainted men had
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within a certain period, they would be’ attainted! they did not
return, znd they were attainted! Why should they not f—They
were attuinted, because they were enemies of the king—and if
they were not enemies of the king, they were obese cowards, for
they ran away when their country “needed their assistance in its
cause! (Cheers.) In Athens, it was the law that every m
who was neutral was criminal.— I7e whois not for us is against
ust 1!” And shall it be said that those who flew from their coun-
, when she needed their evergies in her behalf, were not de-
soxhing of oblocuy and panishment ? (Loud cheers.) Mr. Daw-
son had said that the Parliament of James was Catholic. I ad-
mit the fact. But let Mr. Dawson show me a any act of their do-
ing, that can shake their purity and honesty!» Let him shew
ean act even proposed, for the purpose of oppressing the
consciences of Protestants! (Cheers.) No, the Parliament of
that day sat in friendship with a few Protestants, and their Bill
of Rights was more estensive even than that of England. Even
after t the excesses and cruelties that had been committed against
the Cath bel n they were deprived of power, and when
they re was there a: system of blood and cruelty on
their pat, although they had the dominion, if they used it. Un-
ae Mery the Catholics of Ireland were not persecutors ; and
r James they wielded their power in mercy and to-
Teration. They forgot the persecutions which their body endur-
edunder Elizabeth, and they only bore in recollection, the cha-
racter of their religion, which taught them to give charity and
good will for persecution and cruelty. Mr. Dawson had said,
that King James had taken away their churches from the Pro-
testants .. ‘This assertion, as well as the other assertions made
by that profound statesman, was false.. This statement was de-
rived from pure pages of Archbishop Kine’s work, The
Cathedral of Christ church in Dublin, was the King’s Chapel,
and it was in that case alone that James exercised his authority
and in dispossessing the holders of that Cathedral, he acted un-
der his royal right, and was uot influenced by his religious feel:
ings. The contrary was the fact with regard to Wexford. In
that county, the Catholic soldiery had taken possession ofa Pro-
testant church, and when James’ heard the circumstance, he
ejected the soldiery, and restored the church. to its owners.—
(Loud cheers.) ‘ Doctor Leslie, a learned divine of the Protes-
tant church, had challenged the accuracy of King’s book, and
had denouneed and refuted it, and now, after such a lapse of
years, Mr. Peel sends out his underling, Mr. Dawson, his tclerk;
to repeat the calumnies. Who was this King? He was a vile
parasite of James? (Cheers.) Hie was the ecelesiastic who
prayed from his pulpit, that God might blast him if he exer
preached any other doctrine than passive obedience, and at an-
other time, that God migbt blast and destroy William ond ‘his
consort, if they had any intention of invading this country !—
(Cheers.) Tle—he is the vile toad-eater, who has denounced
the monarch whose feet he kissed !> Dopping, who preached up
that there was no faith to. be kept with the Catholics of Lime-
rick, was the first to present an address to King James on his
landing. (Cheers. ). What an exquisite pair of defenders of the
violation of the treaty of Limerick. What immaculate autho-
rity for Mr. Dawson’ to quote from. Is it to be endured that
Peel, who knows nothing of the history of these times, or the
history of our country is to send out one of his clerks to blow up
with his pestiferous breath, the embers of those unholy fires of
bigotry which bad been nearly extinguished by the superincum-
bent intluence of liberality and good fellowship ; and to excite,
by his evil agency, the iadlammable materials of Irish society.
Before I conclude, 1 will read an extract from a work wri
by Mc. Storey, a chaplain in the army of King William, ‘ho is
a tolerable good authority on thé bravery of the Irish troops,
which Mr. Dawson has repudiated :—
“ Wednesday the 27th, a breach being made near St. John’s
Gate, over the black battery, that was about twelve yards long,
and pretty flat, as it appeared to us, the King gave orders that
the counterscarp should be attacked that afternoon, to which
purpose, a greatmany wool sacks were carried down, and good
store of ammunition, with, other things ssitable for such a work.
All the grenadiers in the army were ordered to march down in-
to the trenches, which they did. Those, being above five hun-
dred, were coral smanded, each company, by their respective cap-
tains, and were to make the first attack, being supported by one
battallion of the Liae Dutch on the right, then Lieutenant Doug-
Jass’s regiment, Brigadier, Stuart’s, my Lord Meath’s and my
Lord Lisbura’ 85 as also a Brandenburg regiment. These were
all posted towards the breach; upon the lett of whom, were Col.
Cutts and the Danes. Lieutcnant-General Douglass ‘command-
ed; and their orders were, to possess themselves of the counter-
carp, and maintain it. We had alsoa body of horse drawn up
to sucoour the foot upon occasion. “About half an hour after 3,
the signal belug given by firing three pieces of cannon, the gren-
adiers being in n the furthest angle of our trenches, leapt it over,
and ran towards the countersearp, firing their pieces and throw-
ing their grenades. This gave the alarm to the Irish, who had
their guns all ready, and discharged great and small shot upon
us as fast as ’twas possible.» Our men were not behind them in
either, so that, in less than two minutes, the noise was so terri-
ble that one would have thought the very skies were ready to
rend in sinder. This was seconded ‘with dust, sntoke, and all
the terrors that the art of man could inveat, to ruin and ando
one another; and to ntake it the more uneasy, the day itself yas
excessively hot to the by-standers, and much more sore in all
respects, 10 those wpon action, (Loud taughter followed this
description from the manner in which Mr. O'Connell delivered
it.) Captain Carlile of my Lord Drogheda’s regiment, run on
with his grénadiers to the counterscarp, aad thous gh he received
two wonnds between that and the trenches, »yet he ‘went forwards
and commanded his men to throw in their grenades; but in the
leaping into the dry ditch below the cotntersearp, an Irishman
below, shot him dead. Lieutenant Burton, however, encourag:
ed the men, and they got upon the counterscarp, ‘and all the
f the ¢ grenadiers were as ready as they. By this time, the
ishmen were throwing down their arms, and running as fast
as they could into town; which, our men perceiving, rentered
the breach pell-mell with them, and half the Earl of Drogheda’s
gvenadiers, and some others, were actually in town, The regi-
ments that, were to second the grenadiers went to the éounter-
and having no order to proceed, they slopt. “Lengage they
did, ” said Mr. O'Counell, they sfopt sure enough.” (Laugh-
ter. 5 The Irish were all running from the walls, “and quite over
the bridge, into the English town; but secing but a few of our
men enter, they were ‘vith much ado persuaded to rally 5 aud
those. that were in, seeing themselves not followed, and their am-
saunition being spent, they. designed to retreat, but some were
shot, s¢ e taken, n, and the rest came out again, but very few
without! t “pebig wounded. the Irish then ventured upon the
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upon the counterscarp, that after nigh three hours resisting bul-
lets, stones, broken bottles from the very women, who boldly stooe
in the breach, and were nearer our men than their own.”. (Loud
cheers.
“And bere I will pay'a tribute to the heroic virtues of these wor
men who thus sacrificed themselyes for their country’s honour,
An officer of the Irish army was wounded.—The instance is one
of singular interest erising from. female courage and presence
of mind, He was wounded, aiid was flying into his own house,
and was pursued by an enemy. | He had gained his door, and.
his wife, from aw iudow in bis ho ouse, Was a witness of his efforts
to escape from his relentless pursuer, “Phe window-stone way
loose, and it was a ready instrument for her purpose, Her hus~
band was nearly a victim to the revenge of his foe who hadjust
stepped upon the threshold, when thei impulse of the mind of the
fond and courageous woman gave a strength and energy to her
efforts—she hurled the stone upon the raflian’s head, and he bit
(Cheers.). Oh what splendid devotion to country !
Would there have been an frish heart among the Irish, if they
did not beat out their invaders, Stimutaed as ‘they were ‘by: such,
heart-cheering examples.
Mr, O’Councll resumed the reading—" W hatever ways could
be thought on to destroy us, our ammunition being spent, ewes
judged safest to return to our trenches, When the work Ww
the hottest, the Brandenburg Regiment, who behaved themselves
very well, hhad got upon the Black Battery, where the enemy’s
pow der r happened to lake fire, asd blew up great many of thers.
; faggots, stones, and w at not, flyiug into the air with
a most | ter Colonel “Cutts $ commanded by the
Duke of we urtemburg, to march towards the spur at the soatlr
gate, and beat in the Irish that appeared there, which ke did,
though he eet several of his men, and was biyiset? wounded ; he
went within half musket shot of the gate, and atl his men were
open to the enemy’s fire, who secure within the walls.
‘fhe "Danes were not idle all this while, but fired upon the ene-
my with all imaginable fury, and had several killed; but the
mischief was, we had but one breach, and all towards the left
it was impossible to get. into the town when the gates were
shut, if there had been no enemy to oppose us, without a'great
many scaling ladders. which we had not.’ From half an hour
after three till after seven, there was one continued fire of grape
and small shot, without any intermission; insomuch, that the
smoke that went from.the town reached, in one continued cloudy
tothe top of a mountain at least six miles off. When our men
rew off, some were brought up dead, and some without a leg,
others wanted arms, and some were blind with powder, espe-
cially a great many of the v Brandenburghers looked like
furies, with the m isfortune ot: gunpowder, (loud laughter.) One"
Mr..Upton, getting in amongst the Jrish in town, and seeing no
way to escape, went in the crowd undiscovered, a he came at
he Governor, and then surrendered himself. There was a Cap-
tain, one Bedloe, who deserted the enemy the day before, anil
now went upon the breach, and fought bravely on our side, for
which, his majesty gave him a company. » The King stood nig'y
Cromwell’s:fort all the time; and the business being over, ie
went to his camp very much concerned, as indeed was the
whole army; for you might have seen a mixture of anger and
sorrow in every body’ 3 countenance... The Irish had two small
field-pieces planted i in the King’s-Island, which fankt their own,
counterscarp, and in ovr attack did us no small damage, as did
also two guns more that they had planted within the town op~
posite the breach, and charged with cartridge sh Ve lost cf
east five hundred upon the spot, and had a thousand more”
wounded, asf understood by the Surgeons of our Hospitals,
who are the properest judges." The Irish lost a great many by
eannon and other ways; but it cannot be stipposed that their
loss should be equal fo ours, since it is a much easier thing to
gefend walls, than ’tis by main strength to force people front
them id one man within has the advantage of four without.”
(Ifere follows a list of officers killed and wounded, needless ig
be recounted.)
Aré we, after this, to be told by Dawson, that our coantry-
men were not brave, and would not succeed, if they bad held
out. * [na base violation of the treaty, which had been signed
before the walls of Limerick, the privileges and immunities pro-
mised were denied—the treaty was broken—it stands & record
of British perfidy! (cheers.) Our ancestors, Sir, for I, tov:
may say, that blood rans even in my veins fron those who
fought before Limerick, are denied their rights! . Your noble
brother, degraded trom. his nataral rank, is unrepreseated and
unrepresenting. J1é neither has a vote in the election of hi
yn order, nor the voice of a Forty-shilling Freeholder iv r~
turning a member to the Commons’ House ot Parliament, (loud
cheers.) - Where is the liberty the Catholics enjoyed under
Chaves I, which was secured to thei by the treaty of Lime
kt Pelt me that, Mr. Dawson. ‘ell me that, Grange face
tion. Peel ‘bring his Bordugh miembetss who come 113
when the division bell is ‘rung to assert fact trary to reu-
son and religion, against us; but let them not fasalt us by
ing, that the treaty of Limerick has not been foully violated:
There is another trait of Mr. Dawson's hypocrisy that is
mentioning. ter my examination before the Parliamentary
Comniitteé, Mr. Dawson eame up to me, and told me in fe
weakness of his heart, that my evidence ‘had removed »
prejudices from him, and that his opinions on many subjects
were altered. [rejoiced at the declaration, and respected hing
for making it at the time. mentioned in public the fact, ant
stated that Me. Davson had shaken hands with me in the inte
view, and this part of the relation it was deemed necessary °”
contradict in the Dublin Evening Mail I
ther he shook hands with me or not. [ hope now he did not. ke
would shrink from any contact with a man who © could mt °
such a declaration to me as he did, und siuce falsify it by ie
acts, (cheers.) Thave done—TI have shown that the treaty
Limerick was foully violated. I arraign those who Pere
the violation by their hostility to us and to our cans Tarrals
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their bigotry in the face of the world; and Id and iv the
name of humanity, and justice, and faith, that at east i
terms of the compact shail be, fulfilled. © Mr. O’Conne
cluded amidst loud and long-continued cheers, by proposing He
adoption of the petition. ts,
Sir THOMAS ESMONDE, after afew appropr iate remar
seconded the motion.
Mr. DILLON adduced several historical facts in suppor’ : s
the charge of unjust treatment towards this country by bogie fC
‘The destruction of oar woollen manafactories was an evi len
that could never be forgotten. »
“Mr O'CONNELL moved that the pesion ofthe, seca!
to the House of Lords be confide;
° hanks were then voted to Sir THOMAS t eos DE, did
‘breweh 4 gain, | antl ffom the walts, and every place, so pestered as
Killeen in the chai) when the meeting adjourned.
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