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Show Tj! 4 I " ! ! l"' niSTOtllOAL -liESSOXS FOU L1K CQlN ANJ SBWAltD. Mr. SnwAltD'i' pf cech', in which he nd. viSe3 tho couotry to vait for one, two' or thre.O years btToro;nny.tlih!t-i doao tQ restore re-store jtcaccund lliirrnony1 'to thu antagp- nistio sections, whn rcvoluuou rmbea on like a torrent, suggests the picture of a! mail waiting on tho yank of tho Missis-' 'sippl till Its waters flowed oft. In order p , iallow film to puss over. The fiver will-; will-; continue to tibw, and tho revolution will cbutindo to.roll Louis Thillppo nudj his rcspoosltjlc mliitstcr, feclihg secure tin tho fortified strongholds in and around' Purls, and relying'upon the strength of their mighty army and navy, adopted the waiting policy in 1H4b Tlicy would wake no' concessions till tho rcvpblToa was successful. suc-cessful. They then oiTered word than would have satisfied the people ot first; bat they were answercd in tn 6f thun. r dcr,:"It 'to too !ate' .is?,4vfc,iar,.wilHt bo with tho new rrcsjdent elect rind his Premier; They will lie sorry they had ma3 cobcessious when itv Was too latoi Mr, gowurd, intakes, ft jtowerfnl argument to fatbt of tho.Uwoo,. aiid poTiits oitt (he hbrrbrs of civil aud border war- but proposes .potlii'ng; toT save' the dtjo 6r pro -veiiutbb' bther. ,HUvbj'il 'spcecbtherc.-fare 'spcecbtherc.-fare ,is, tlie .raost'comptele .condeianatlort Of tho. lama, nrid.jnipotent coueldslou at which iotarrtvcs, Without sacrifice;, or' loss,br.d4riger,or tl'whonor to the Northern States;;, be "could have presented ' a bill which .woinld have been' adopted by both houses, and xrottld.havo settled, the iwiiolf quesln. lie; lias idono -bothiag'bf Uhq kind, wild, hopo setoii tO havo bidden farewell fare-well to Cougrcs;: 2 " ' " jfthlstnipendmjr.crisisj on i Whoso eolii? tion'tlia future vifeal'pr woe of tho. country derJetidtf, two ,tnenAbrnhara' -liincolrt anotVllliaia II.' Hbword-ihbld tti'dcstfity in their hands, qs thbPuks oriWelh'itgtou and Sirllpbert Peel ..controlled this, fate of Vthfj-Utilted Kingdom of (IWat Oritain aiid Ireland" in. thel year 1829, wtien civil war, wa looming up' lu Such fo'nuidablo proportions as5 to ajipal cveii "the Hero dl ajtundred. fights,'' whose Intrepid firmness lit . danger gained fordiim the" soubriquet of 'the Iron Pukbyv.ilfstory das been defined de-fined to be t'Wiilosophy teaching, by ex. amplc-'.liu,tthti lesson from (lhe tnodem history of our Aoglb-Sitxoa race tu'the inother'Ouutry is instructive in au cmi-ibeiitaFgrceV cmi-ibeiitaFgrceV Hy. ,' .. lN Thb.bbld.tuid, bravo way ,fnj which, the peril wastmetn Qldfingla'nd. did'ptbrc toljnmCjrtaluiotho. .Tictof of yatcrlb(j f"thai aIt,toibaU!csIlia ever, waty"aiHOtj js alsoltlleb'bad- ptues.tat. om whfclt' JresIs tliti lasting fameof SIr.JRbbcftlfcel.his cplj lcagttoT,at 'thb; head 5bf.vhe;,gbTcratiiea. lT(p'py TVduldJjbO'for Jjiqcbln nCSew; trd, and .happy for' tho" cbubtrjy.t they ouly solved tho difficulty now Worcthem In tho sdmolieforciiianneru The' losi of oDC-third oft lie UriliiU' empire was the! at stake; y the loss tof one-iliird of tho lloUcdlatesnowitremlilds in the balarico .wilh'jbstieb and pence In onosc'nle, and; tho drrd;ttlternatlv Of tivil war In tbo' olhcrjo- h -i For, centuries tlic people of Irelandbad beon. .wronged by Enghtnd, and one great element ofinjiiitifa' was that the Catholics, Catho-lics, who constituted tho 'great bulk of tho population, wcro treated as slavey and pariahs, their religion .banned, and noue who profiied it permitted to repfc sent the country n ParlWmtt" or hofd aitjr,;otijci 1 uj?.thnjrivir i Xi 00 j.aU?r uuucccsilutittchtptot Irelaudtwo ycarji btforo to throw off tho, British yoko liy ruvolatfou,'l'!0lrlsh- Parliament wits induced, in-duced, by bTibcria,tn0ucy, iu tltles.uitd In ofiiees, to cominityefr dt tt, and oto- the uuaihilrtlibn oE Uk oivo iiHlepcTideat oxis tencc: Tlie Cutholio bishops and Catho lic laynicii onnfinecco- wqro -quieted "and persuaded to cbualvo at 'tlie abolition of the Irish Legislature, otnl tho cjtnblish- -moat of a lcgtsluttvc union with England,, bytlic-promise.of tho cmin'eipation of" their crcol froiu the Intolerant restrictionK. placed upon it. Hut wfyen. Ireland "was secured it; thc;untoffiAd her"limi!ed fn depeqdeoco absorbed, by thp sister 'couh try, the promise was forgotten, faith was broken, and jt was neccssaryor .years' tof keep down th&;lu!dfi:in,bpvoplc from rl ing in rebellion by means' of ftsufreetlbii acts, di?oroiing"aclS, and .other coercion law's. A systematic 'Agitation, wliich kept within the law, and profesatd only to iufiticnce putlic opt'iloli in a legltlmati? woy, was set bn toot in favor or Catholic emancipation, and became at last niost formidable. It was baetcd by the whig party lb Parliament, who cluliuod cquI rights for Catholics, but was opposed to the uttermost by the lory party, who In-sistcdou'Protcstant In-sistcdou'Protcstant ascendancy 1ii church and State"1 as part nnd parcel of the rovo-jution rovo-jution of 10S8. In tho fronf ranks of this latter party were the Duko of "Wellington "Well-ington and Stc Robert Peel. A generaj election of members of ParliamctttiT field on this issue, and the'result was the ; triumph of tho tones. Tho dustlngmsh.e'd Canning, who had been Prune Minister, land had proposed Catholic emancipation ir Parliament, was flcfentcd'by the" party pf Peel and Wellington, both Of ! whom had refused to take office in Jils'Cabthct. bc'causeHie was known to bo favoraitle tbi that measure, and, according 'to coustitn-tlbnal coustitn-tlbnal usage, he tfaa'conlpclled to refigii, and shortly after iltci Of "ii broken ,lteart5 la England; ib modern times, tlib sovereign is supposed to. 'liatf ' no party predilections, and Imsl np pov,cr; the responsible adviser of tho prb'wn he real ruler for tlie titnerbeinV Tlie (Klrtg, obeving in'diCatlOiis 'of tlibkr0pular vvllf, aummoped todiiCJcbuuciUxtho 'lVue Of Wellington, who, idyleVf "of tho stbrtn that threatened tbfrborilr'asTocliilcd wltlt himself in tbepabluVt StrUbbeVt Peel, as Ins most trbsly frieu'd. Sir Itobe'ct was prnderit, aud lu' somo respects his genius'resemuiett lta or Mr Bcwar,u. Hc was cold, calculating andlclca'r headed, head-ed, bat a mmi of expediency when stulcS-mnusliip stulcS-mnusliip jleuaudcd'the sacrifice of consistency, con-sistency, The dlucreacobetweeiilhc'tteo: ilieu appears to be, thut oijc was . g?eat stiilcsptAii, the other is a politician. . The advent of Wellington aud Poet to power, so well kuown to s Inimical, to the j claims of tho Catholics; yas.Uw .signal for -an .lucrcae iu the vlulcnco of to agita ' tlon. O'C'oji'vcll and tlie: priests' ruktt tbo 1 roast. Passive resistance wasverytehctc 'offered to the lavs, on tho gronud that ' the people could not cliooso reprcseuta-tives; reprcseuta-tives; In ParJittiuent of. Uiclt own treed. Their, , action very B)cU resembled tho. proc'fdings In ioma. bt our Sgutheni States. The e.xclcmc"ot was tremendous clvll wa'r seemed Tuevltbloj und thougb England had a largo , standing army in Ireland, it was doubted wjiethcr it could ,0a for coercing tlie. people Mpr j sucVncaus.ea Tcryrlargb ptoportlbtr ;of llfo (rbdps bciiigi Irfab" Outholics" themi ielVcb,. . -' " - c : Wha't were the Weilington.Cablnet to do under, thvs6'circatji8taiices?y iJy the advicobf Sir Itobfirt Peel tho Duko came to thoyreisolutlon (bf bpojlng Cufhollfi i cmahclpation in 'Parlmtnent, '-tho Dtike : himself to, offer . the measurcr,ln;the. llbaso of Lbrks, and fcjir Robert in the.Commousi Whatcver'thaDuke once 'decided upon doing ho, did chflrncteristlcnllyk .Hero solved that there should be no halfway insufficiency ,or hesitation about'the act As epuqsjion was'to,be mads, It should bi made .fully and freely,, so as to. satisfy all) and leave no runkliog vestiges behind, i-'Ia.proposlng'the'blU, iafthe'IIpuso of Peers, ho used these me'mcmo'rable Vbrds: "Iy lOrdsf'iI am. one of those who have prbfwbly pasied more ofny life.i.nwat than most men, and pHncIpallyiI,may,Byi Ib'clvil war, tob iindl must sy thls,'that if ;I. ttjuld avpid.'.by any sacrifice what? ever, evcniOne raoiitli.ot: civil war iti the country to.wiiica i.am atttcbed, ( .woBld sacrifice mylife in order tbdojt"; ' t'ffuch;.w.a!t, Indeed; near, being the satrl ficoi forwhile vrotestant societIe;wcpt over'tho lost cobsist?.ticyJ' of England's greatest captain, Lord AVinchelsca of sailed him with such violence that the' Puke challenged hiui, aud & 'duel-took place,' which, bovvever, had not a fatal tcriaiim tloo.,T -t K S t. , trf And .what dfdtpclsl sacrifice? llisan ti-Catholicprinciple wliichwcreso strong (hatihof jvas nu'Wraed:?'Orangef Peel,'? and .he foststhe force of, tweuty'yea'rs con1 sistene4iit .as -under; ithcsQ disadvatt; Uges that he Introduced, the very mcosuro he.lisd so.Iotig opposed Jlt reqoircd great mOnil.qouragc, but .hq , was' equal, to the emergency .jVllo believed, witU the Puke Of Wellington,,. that the 'dangeft of civil war was iiiiinUiciit.and that Such jiu event was immcasurfiWy a greater, evil thantha't of 'surtffindering1 the boasted copstitu'tion of lC'88." Ufa held' that the character of public hcn fortPUi?tciicjf fiowecr ' pre? ioui, is not tb.bo directly opposed to the c'ifth'mpn weal, aai that 4,pruieipl,e,f must glvCfivay to cxpedleocy,''' lie did uot wait for qui, twb or three years. The" bill puskcd both houses-ofPartfa-mcnt iu a moiitlij Justice. ws rendered, dvll waf was averted, tlw union between Orcat Brllaiu and Ireland was preserved by conciliation, and Peel's patty were henceforth known., jiptas toriesi bntilcon-icrvativesA bntilcon-icrvativesA lp tha creatbd a new' liartyt wUkb saedtlja coaijy :avi4;roiWS. It lor tnwiy .years, 'lifwas t his timely mtasVrc whicli, tjventy years alter, bound ;Irclanil tb...Urca"Brharu in igtS,. The Catliolip cSe't.lad.-n;)iir religious' Jiberfjv and, they bppos'j'3ub,"armVl struggle, of iiidijp.ctjdtfucc sot, effectually' tjiut'"tie-at-tcinpt atCyolutign Jtrotcduirutter failure. Such -was tho nohlo and suggestive-ex4 amule bf tatrtotism and statesmanshlit presented to" Liucoiu, 'ami Sewn rd forUftcir adopUoti. Tho compact of- th constitu-tituij constitu-tituij had Wo, violated by tho Kortb; ' Tin; Sooth was in state of revolution. It deui.imlcd equality apd protection in the Vuiou, or the alternative of breaking it op by, peaceful secession-- Civil war-was war-was iiuniioeut The Prefiitent elect and hift Prime Minister ought to have throwit party tics to the wuds, in order'to save the country by liberal concetoioas to tho slave Slates, and they would'lwve created a great conservative party with a long lease of power.- Lincoln occupies a posi Hop analogous to that .of the Duke of Wellington,- and Mr. Seward pluys the part of Sir Robert Peel as adviser' of the President. Had tliey pronounced at once, before it was too late, in favor of geticr-ous geticr-ous conciliation, all would bu well. Neither their obligations to parly, nor tbesacriQccs they are called to make, are so great ag.iu i thu case of tho English statesmen, whilst the stake is more than equal. Hut they have not the moral couragu and tho'nerve to. follow the precedent let them by such illustrious men. Arc they prepared to brav the. terrors 6 civil war forau-un-constitutional platform.r-.iV. K wdW. |