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tion, how flidft happen* then, that tike
noble qualities of Inth ps- pic ' y cre per
verted i that the order <»f l*« oyWence was
disturbed, and its bieflings w<ji*fe than
Mrglefttd ? The fatal cuufc was obvious,
—it was the Union.
’ That thefe deplorable t{lefts would
follow from that very a'■curled tneafuit,
was pri'phellfd. lit fore the aft of Uni
onpafYcd.it had l>een already pioved.
that the trade of tire country and jta ere
dit muY\ fall as capital was drawn f'»rn
it; that; turbulence and violenncc vrouid
increafe. when the gentry weie removed
to rtfidence in another country ; that
the taxes fhoutd increafe in the fame pro
portion as the people'bccSime unable to
'puy-tStvm Btir ue.lher the srgumeni
nor the prophetic fears have ended with,
our preftnt evils. it ,lm alfo bu n de.
Humiliated, that a* long as the Union
continues, fo long mull our misfortunes
accumulate, the na u r oi that mtafuie
& die cxpeuencc of tadt wlvch wc have
now had, leave uo d .not of the truth of
what has been aflertfd respc ftmg the fu
ture. But, il there be any hill mcrr.ciu
lour, he can oniy be cl thole who talvrr.it
the ir leaton to ailtho tty. to Inch per-
for, the aoilioritv ol M John holler
Ids Majeltv s chai'iCehor of in* -'Xcheq'.ier
fin Ireland, w uid p obab.y be conclu- l
r.r.d Fcftc. ha* allure us, that final
rum to cui coun.ry ntull be the conie-
ouc-nce of the Union.
I will not utvcil, Mr. Sheriff on the
miseries of my country, I am disgus
ted with the wretchedness the union
has produced, and I do not dare to
trust myself with the contemplation
of the accumulation of sorrow, that
must overwhelm the land il the Uni
on ue not repealed ; 1 beg to call the
attention of tli:3 meeting to another
part oi the subject.
The Union, Sir, was a violation of
our national and inherent rights—a
flagrant injustice. The representa
lives whom we had elected for the
short period ol eight years, had no
authority to dispose of their country
forever. It cannot he pretended that
any direct or express authority to
that effect was given to them, anu
the nature of their delcgaufcu ex
cludes ail ideaof having any such by
implication. They were servants oi
t'< nation en.powered to consult for
i s goon, not its musters to make
tlirthc anti dispose of it at their fan
tasy lor their profit. I deny that
the nation Hselt had a right to. barter
its independence, or to commit poli
tical suicide ; but when our servants
• destroy our existence as a nation they
added to the baseness ot the- assassi
nation also the guiltof High Ticasnu
The reasoning upon .written those opi
nions art founded is sufficiently ob
vious. They require no sanction
from the authority of any name—
lienhpr do I pretend to give them
any wt'glu by declaring them to be
conscientiously my own—but if you
want authority' to induce the convic
tion than the Union had injustice for
its principle, a crime for its basis, I
appeal to that of his majesty’s pre
sent attorney general. Mr. Saurin,
■ who in his place in the Irish parlia
ment, pledged fits character as a law-
er and a statesmen that the Union
must be a violation of every moral
principle,ami that is was a mere ques
tion of prudence whether it should
not be resisted by force. I do also
uppeal to the opinions ol the late
lord high chancellor of Ireland, Mr.
George Ponsoubi)—of the present so
licitor geu.rul, Mr. Jius/ic, and oi
that splendid iaw-ycr Mr. Plunael.
The Union was therefore t i mani
fest injustice ; anu it continues to be
unjust at this day, it was a crime,
anu must still he criminal, unless it
shall be ludicrosly pretended that
crime, like wiuc improves in old age,
ami that time modifies n justice into |
innocence. You may smiie at the
supposition but in sober sadness you
must ne convinceu that we unity sui-
fer injustice—that every succeeding
dav adds only another sin 10 the cata
logue oi British vice ; and that n the
Union continues it will uniy make
crime hereditary and injustice perpe
tual. Wc have been robbed my coun
try men, most lordly robbed ol our
birthright, ot our independence ; may
it uut be permitted to us mournful
]y to ask how this consummation of
evil was perfected i tor it was not
in any disastrous battle that our li
berties were struck down—ao foreign
invaders had despoiled the land—
we have not forfeited our country
by any crimes-—neither did wc lose it
by domestic insurrection* "*no, the re
bellion was completely put down be
fore the Union was accomplished—
the Irish yeomanry had put it down.
How then have we become, enslaved!
Aias ! England, that ought to have
been to us as a sister and a friend"*
England whom we had loved, and
fought and bled for—England at a
period when out of 12QJJQ0 ot the
sc.ur.cn ;n her i.un .u*, /f}.500 were i
Irish—■ilvgkmn r.tole upon uS likv n !
tl.iel in the night and polybed us of }
the precious gem of our liberty..-she i
stole from us “ that which in nought-
enriched her, but made us pooor in
deed."
Reflect then, my friends, on the
means employ ed to accomplish this
disastrous measure...! do not speak of
the meaner instruments of bribery
and corruption...we ci: know that c-
v<pv thing was put to sale"*nolhihg
proianc or sacred was omitted in !
the Union marf'OlGces in the re-j
venue, commands in the army and ;
navy, the sacred ermine of Justin &: j
the Holy Altar of find, were ali profa
ned & polluted as the rewards o. Uni
on services—by a vote in favor of ;hc
Union, ignorance, incapacity and pto-
fligacy obtained certain promotion—
ami our if! later! but beloved coun
try was degraded to net utmost li
mits, btfo e she Va» tun .fixed iu sla
very. But I do not intend to detain
you in contemplation of those vulgar
means of parliamentary success ; tin y
are within the daily routine ofelhei-
ui management—neither will I duett
jour attention lo ihe frightful recol
lection of that avowed fact which IS
now part ol history, that the Rebel-
lion itseii wa3 fomented and encou
raged, in ordor to facilitate the U-
uion. Even the Rebellion was an
accidental and a secondary cause—
the real cause of the Union lay tietp-
cr, but is quite obvious...,it is io be
found at once in the Religious dispen
sations which the enemies oi Ireland
have created and continued, ami ad K
to perpetuate amongst themselves,
by loihug ua oft, ahei seperating us
into wretched sections ami imseiao.e
subdivisious...itiey separated the t'ro-
testant lioni the C.uhoiit, and the
Eresbyterian from both, they revived
every antiquated cause ot domestic
animosity, and they inven ed new
pretcXi.s ot rancoui ; Lyi above ah, my
country men, ttuyuuiedaad ca.u.n-
niaied us to eacii oilier—.ney lalseij
declared tliat we haled eacn ouier,
and they continued to repeat die as
sertion, until we came to fieiitvc ft
....they succeeded in j reducing all
the madness of party ami religious
distinctions, and whilst we weie losr
in the stupor ol insanity, they piun-
dei fcd ns ol our coutuiy, and lei* us
to recover at our leisure from the
horrid delusion »nto which we had
been so artfully conducted. Such
tlicn were the means by which the
U nio» was ellectcd. It has stripped
us ot commerce and wealth—it has
degraded us not only of oar station
as a nation, but even ot the name of
our country—we are governed by fo
reigners; foreigners make our laws, for
were the 100 members who nominally
represent Ireland in what is called the
Imperial Parliament, were they real
ly our representatives, what influ
ence could they, although unbought,
and unanimous, have over the 55a
English and Scotch members t Hut
what is the fact ? Why, that out of
the 100. such as they arc, that sit
for this country, muie* than one fifth
know nothing of us, and are un
known to us. What for example, do
we know of Andrew Strahan, prin
ter to the King : What can Henry
Martin, barrister at iaw, care for tne
rights or liberties of Irishmen ; some
Ol us nviy pernups lor our misfor
tune, have be, n compelled to read a
vcruv.se pamphlet ol James Stevens,
but wfio kuows any tiling of one Cac-
km, one llurh:;n, on.; P .chin, or of
a dozen more whose nanus I could
mention, only because I.have disco
vered them for the pnrpose of speak
ing lo you about them—what sym
pathy can we in our suiferings tx-
pect from those men ! what solici
tude ! what are they to Ireland, or
Ireland to them.
Nci, Mr. Sheriff, we are not repre
sented——we have no effectual share
in the legislation -the thing is a
mere mockery ; neither is the impc-
rial Parliament competent to legis
late for us——it is too unwieldly a
machine to legislate with discern
ment tor England alone ; but with
respect to Ireland, it has all the ad
ditional inconveniences that arise
from the want of interest and total
ignorance., Sir, when I talk of the
utter ignorance, in Irish affairs, of
the Members of the Imperial Par
liament, I do not exaggerate or mis
take ; the Ministers themselves are in
absolute darkness, with respect to
this country* I undertake to demon
strate it. Sir, they have presumed
to speak of the growing prosperity
of Ireland—I know them to be
vile and profligate—I cannot be sus
pected of fluttering ■ them....yet vile
as they ate, Ido not think they could
t Om a pensioned Frenchman
citrg sriied Sir Francis D’l-
ir.;.:ion fr
—i—a be
VF.ii no is, who, in one of the pam
phlets, which it is bis trade to write,
has proved by excellent samples of
vulgar arithmetic, that our Manu
facture.*! are flourishing, our Com-
iiHKe extending, and our felicity
ct>n3umuuu.> '',VVhL‘u you detect the
Ministers themselves in such gross
ignorance, an, upon such authority,
to place an insulting ialshood, as it
were in tho mouth of our reverend
Sovereign, what think you ean be
the htneas ol the minor Imps of
It gelation to make laws for Ire
land. . ,
Indeed, th recent plans of Taxa
tion >u(fioien;|y evince how incom
petent .tie present scheme of Parlia
ment is to legislate for Ireland. Had
we an Irish Parliament, it is impos
sible to conceive that they would
have adopted taxes at once oppres
sive and unproductive ruinous to
ihe Country, and useless to the
Crown. No, Sir, an lri*h Parlia
ment, acquainted with the state ol
tne Country ; and individually ime-
• eaieu to tax proper objects, would
nave even in tins season of distress,
no difficulty in raising the necessa-
r\ supplies, Ihe loyalty and good
sense ul ihe Jr ip h. nation would aid
them ; and wtydiould not, as now,
perceive taxatyup unproductive ol
money, but abundantly fertile in dis
content.
I'hiirc is another subject that pecu-
iiary icquires.the attention of the Le
gislature ; but it is one which can be
managed only by a resident and do
mestic Patliau c n>—it includes
every thing that relates to these
strange and portentious disturbances
which Irony time iq time, aftiighi and
desolate the fairest districts of the
idjiul. It is a delicate and difficult
subject, & one that would require the
must minute knowledge ol the caus
es that produce those disturbances
and would demand ail the attention
and care of men, whose individual
safety was connected with the disco
very of a proper remedy. I do not
wish to calcmate the extent of evil
that may be dreaded Irom the out
rages I allude to,jt our (joun ry shJi
continue iu thy Hands of foreign em-
pertes and pretenders : but it is clear
to a demonstration, that no man can
he attached to his King and Country,
who does n6t avow the necessity of
submitting the control of this poli
tical evil to the only competent tribu
nal——an Irish Parlamtnt.
The ills of this awful moment are
not fined to our domestic complaints
and calamities. Ihe great enemy of
the Liberty of the World, extends
his influence and his power lrotn the
Frozen Ocean to the Strcights of Gi
braltar. He threatens us with inva
sion from the thousand ports of his
empire ; how is it possible to resist
him with an impoverished, divided,
and dispirited eurpire. If then you
are loyal to otiF ; excellent Monarch
....il you are attached to the last re
lic of political freedom, can you he-
sitaie to jo.n in endeavouring to pro
cu;e the reined^ for all your calami
ties....the 6ure protection against all
the threats of vour enemits—ihe RE
PEAL OF THE UNION. Yes,
restore to Irishmen their Country,
and you may w'ei] defy the invader’s
lorcc ; give back Ireland to her har
dy and brave- population, and you
have nothing to dread from foreign
posvtr.
It is useless to detain the Meeting
longer, in detailing the miseries that
the Union has produced,or in point
ing out the necessity that exists lot
us Repeal. I riwer in.se any man
who did not deplore this fatal mea
sure which has despoil- d bis Countv ;
nor do I believe that there is a single'
individual in the island, who could be
found even to pretend approbation to
that measure-*! would be'glad to sec
the face of the man, or i athe.r the hi as> ,
who could dare to. say he thought thj
Union wise ; droop'd—for the being
who could sjjy .sg, must be devoid ol
all the fcchngs yiyat distinguish hu
inanity.
With the knowledge that such were
the sentiments of the Universal Irish
Nation, how does it happen that tht
Union has lasted for ten years i The
solution of the question was easy
——Ihe Union continued only be
cause we despaired of its Repeal.
Ujron this despair alone had it con
tinued, yet what could he more ab
surd than such despair ? If the I-
tv will come forward as leaders of the
public voice, the Nation would, in
an hour, grow too great lor the chains
that now shackle her, and the U-
nion must be repealed without j their laws, by enabling the President
commotion and without difficulty.
Let the most timid amongst us
compare the present probability oi
repealing the Union, with the pros
pect that in the year 17-5 existed of
that measure being ever-brought a-
bout. Who in 179.7 thought the U-
nion possible ? Pitt dared to at
tempt it, and he succeeded it only
requires the resolution to attempt
its repeal in fact it requires only
to entertain the hope of r pealing it,
to make it impossible that the Union
should continue ; but that pleasing
hope could never exist, whilst the
infernal dissentionsf on the score of
religion were kept up. The Protes
tant alone could not expect to iih.eiatc
his country—the Roman Catholic a-
lone could not do it
Hons? of Representatives.
Tnviihtr. January 29.
Mr. Wrightj proposed*an amend,
nient to the constitution, in 'ovder
to place the judiciary of the United
thuie* on the same foundation that
the British judiciary me placed by
. . ' / .
oivtne joint address of tne Senate an l
House of Representatives of the Uai-
ted States to remove « judge.' •
i hr mouse refused to consider the
inotioii, 45 i.o ,*18.
iUr. E-pjies, from the coramitcire
of foreign relations, rcportedl the fid-
lowing section as a proper aittetvj-
nient to the bill u supplemental &o
the act concerning the commercial
intercourse b-teen the United Slates
and Great Britta u. and France- u-mS
for other purposes.” ’
Strike out the ninth section anrfm-
sert—And he H further enacted. Tlsax
no ' esse! owned wholly Ey a citi'zcu
or citizi-iu of the U.ffited States,
W'inch shall li.ive departed from a Bri
tish port prior io tiie second (tag*
of February nc;t, mid m> mercluu-
■neither could ,
the Presbyterian hut amalgamate \ drze owned wlmUy by a citizen , JT
the three into the Irishman, and the citizens of tlu- V fitted States hym-v-
. . i* • ... .... 1 * ... ’ • • j M a “
L T nion is repealed. Le-arn discretion
Irqm your enemies—they have crush
ed your country by fomenting religi
ted m such yes-ad shall- be liable io
seizure or forfeiture on. account oi
any infraction-or presumed mlYa-cti.v
° b I i-'. " piesuuie.i nnra-cttf*-.}
ous discord-—serve her by abandoning • ol die provisions'of t-h,s act or6«f»n.-s
it: fnr^vi^i* I ot uct rn .1 .. : * **
it forever. Let each man give up
his share of the mischief——let each
man forsake every feeling of rancour.
aet to which tins act is n stipplciteeui.
Ihe,House took up tne report of
the committ-e of tthd xviiole on tbo
_ j ’ . • . v -- ^cuoie on i
But, I say not this to barter with y«.u j bid hir re-incxirporaung tne 1 ii, 4r
m.. i “ “ * ot Aiexaiulria, wliitfi ocCLlpii/d tliu
my countrymen 1 require not
qtnvah-nt from you—whatever course |
you shall take, my mind is fixed—I
trample under foot the Catholic
claims, if they can interfere with the
repeal ; I abandon all wish for Eman
cipation, if it delays that repeal.
Nay were Mr. Perceja/ io-morrow y
to offer me the Repeal of the Union,
upon the terms oi re-en . dug the en
tire Penal Code, Idcciaie it from my
heart, and in the presence of my God,
that I would most cherfully embrace
his offer. Let us then, my beloved
countrymen sacrifice our wicked and
groundless animosities on the altar
of our country let the spirit which
heretofore emanating from Dung an-
non, spread over all the Island, "and
whole of ihe sitting.
IVednesJ ty, Jaouary ,10.
AM UN DM K.N f «OP THE COK3TITPI-IOX.
On motion ot Mr. Mae.ui.
Ihe House Resolved itself hum*
committee of the whole on' chc‘ state
of the l uion, to .which commitc-ee
was refetred die report of the -arLct
committee on ihe subject of Mr. alf-
cou’-. am. ndment.
Mr. Ilubbai d after stating so-.tjc
( objections to the resolution, because
i n(,t sufficiently compreh-msive, as : m-
' eluding civil appeiutaunts only, ;«4
•is not including those who
hu% c been legislators at the time -of
the election of the President, who
were as liable‘to improper influence
as those elected during the Presi'ica-
gave light and liberty to the land, be WIC rranw
again cherished amongst us—let us i d term ; moved to amend the ru
rally round the standard of OLD port of the committee so as to read
IRELAND, and we shall easilv proy
cure that greatest of podiicai blessings,
an Irish, King, an Irish House ol
Lords, and an Irish House of Com
mons.
DURABLED YES
At the late meeting oi .lie ‘ Columbian
Agncultura ISocie'jr * at Georgetown a
premium of twenty Dollars, was adju-lg.
ed to Mrs. Martha V Grayhafn. for tne
bed fp.-cimens of Durable Dyes. f| t e
fnllowing^are tne Rt-ceipis winch accom
panied her Specimens :
to die scarlet.
Onepoiii.d of madaer (t.elh gathered
from the garden) wiil die two pounds ol
wool t'h. wool mull be waitied chan
then boiled about tiftien miruittt in
ftrcngalum water; the m udder is to he
boded in min bran water, tne bran being-
caryfully Itramed from the water. The
wool oi-.pptd from the alum water, and
put ill the b.an water, mud be boileu
fi teen of twenty rulimUs, Rod wadiod out
in foil loap fuds after it is cool, iiv
leaving ou: tne sluin', it dies a good
brown colour,
TO MAKE A C.P.IM^ON COLOUR.
To two gallons of the juice-of Poke
Berries when they are quite ripe, add
half a gallon of ctroug vinegar, nude
of the wild crab apple, to dye one
pound of wool, which must be first
washvd very clean with imra soap.
The wool, when wrung dry, is to be
put into tiie vinegar and poke be.n
juice, andsimm.-rea in a copper ves
sel lor one hour—.hen uk. out the
wool and let it drip a while, and.
spread it in the sun. The vessel
must be lreo irom greoso ol am
kind.
TO MAKE AN ORANGE COLOUR.
l ake a quantity ot iduch-ine-not,
gathered on the stems, and biuisc it
well in a wooden tnurui—on layers
oi touch me-iiot and worn ahem uely
pour rain water or soft Water from a
spring unlit they are coloured ; let if
stand 24 hours—then have ready’
strong lather of soft soap, and wusn
it out and pat it immcUiatcly in the
sun to dry. Salmon colour mav be
made by using hard soap instead of
soft. These colours brigutun bv
washing.
l'ouch-mc-not is found ia low pla
ces ; the ste n is pair green, and the
flowsir neSrlv of. the colour mat i.
dies. It grows ns high as six feet.
pori
as follows :
“ No Senator or RepHesehkative,
w-ho shall have been such at the
of the election of any President or
during the term for which he shod
have been elected, shall be apo.
ted to any office, place or npr ai.K-
ment, until the expiration ol the P c-
sideot«l term in which such person
shall have ixH-n the Senator or lie-
ptesentative aforesaid.
Mr. Macon ohjecrtd to the amei
meat because too broad, and going
to defeat the object of Ins motion, by
giving too great a latitude to its pro
visions. Lie remarked that via: in
fluence on the caucus nomination for
President, See. ought to have , o
/eight; because the caucus w,.- a
body unknown to the cons*uu:: r?
and on the existence of-wghh
House could not legislate. He -v JS
desirous to give tlw>se con. ny into
office the choice of the whole acisn
for the secretariis and offi-eri <.»
vemment; and was 4br that reason,
among oiin-rs, opposed to the om nd-
ment, which would to restrict the
choice,of the President, ho as to
prevent him from selecting those he
might pref-r because they were mV .'li
bers of Congress.
The question'-was taken or Mr.
Hubbards proposed fni-iihn.m a..-J
carried in ihe negathc—59 to J.v.
Mr. Quinev movi d to arm v.I -ho
resolution fiv adding thereto the fol
lowing provision :
An 1 no person Handing Uj . n\- Se
nator o
tion <«f
blwoi I 11
father,
iv.nri in
presem;
b*.
in ;ti.
. 1,,
. . ■ v.int
'o any civil fiffi.-e ui> »
State),, or sna'i receive anv
genev, contract nr - molntnent from o
under any department or officer hete
of.
Mr. Q iincy explained ih'- q>-j-
o, i»fs n. jil-M, at Ciin.s.i lerably j-
embruejag inthe scope of his-
as .well th** original proppsuev
proposed am-.ndnient. Hi? r t , .
ject was to extend the influent*.’
the amendment as well to i e1: over
toSi nators smi lL pi esen-ativc^ h ..
selves.
Mr. Wright moved to sm -.* zit
Quincy’s proposed ameVchneiit In ad
Img thereto a provision vr.av . . !
Senator or Repryst-htuyVe* un uk:
iiis seat, should, furm<!a ta'yle Li pi
gpneaiog;.’. * <