. Treasury of Irish eloquence, being a compendium of Irish oratory and literature . will be no more disesteem, or hatred, or contemptfor the laws : for, howsoever a people may dislike and resent lawsimposed upon them against their will by a subjugating power, nonation disesteems the laws of its own making. That day, thatblessed day, of peace and reconciliation, and joy, and liberty, I hopeto see. And when it comes, as conie it will, in that hour it will beremembered for me that I stood hcic to face the trying ordeal, readyto suffer for my country; walking with bared feet over red-hotploughshar
. Treasury of Irish eloquence, being a compendium of Irish oratory and literature . will be no more disesteem, or hatred, or contemptfor the laws : for, howsoever a people may dislike and resent lawsimposed upon them against their will by a subjugating power, nonation disesteems the laws of its own making. That day, thatblessed day, of peace and reconciliation, and joy, and liberty, I hopeto see. And when it comes, as conie it will, in that hour it will beremembered for me that I stood hcic to face the trying ordeal, readyto suffer for my country; walking with bared feet over red-hotploughshares like the victims of old. Yes; in that day it will beremembered for me, though a prison awaits me now, that I was oneof those journalists of the people who, through constant sacrifice andself-jmmolation, fought the battle of the people, and won eveiy ves-tige of liberty remaining in the land. [As INIr. Sullivan resumedhis seat, the entire audience burst into applause, again and again re-newed, despite all efforts at repression.] SPEECH ^w-*.^ \ Richard Brinsley Sheridan, [857]. HON. RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN, Speech In the House of Commons, in Opposition to Pitts FirstIncome Tax. WISE man, sir, it is said, should doubt of everything. Itwas this maxim, probably, that dictated the amiable diffi-dence of the learned gentleman,* who addressed himself tothe chair in these remarkable words : I rise, Mr. Speaker,if I have risen. Now, to remove all doubts, I can assure thelearned gentlemanf that he actually did rise ; and not only rose, butpronounced an able, long, and elaborate discourse, a considerableportion of which was employed in an erudite dissertation on thehistories of Rome and Carthage. He further informed the House,ui:)on the authority of Scipio, that we could never conquer theenemy until we were first conquered ouiselves. It was when Han-nibal was at the gates of Rome, that Scipio had thought the propermoment for the invasion of Carthage, — what a pity it is that thelea
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