. Treasury of Irish eloquence, being a compendium of Irish oratory and literature . some person here said No, no].I repeat it, he did ; and my conviction is that all we heard reportedof him in the newspapers was dictated from that quarter. We shallnow return to Ireland, and there advise our countrymen to be pa-tient—to bear the further delay of justice with calmness, but notto relax their fair, open, and legitimate efforts in again seeking fortheir rights. They have put down one association; I promise totreat them to another. They shall trench further on your lib-erties— they shall dive deeper
. Treasury of Irish eloquence, being a compendium of Irish oratory and literature . some person here said No, no].I repeat it, he did ; and my conviction is that all we heard reportedof him in the newspapers was dictated from that quarter. We shallnow return to Ireland, and there advise our countrymen to be pa-tient—to bear the further delay of justice with calmness, but notto relax their fair, open, and legitimate efforts in again seeking fortheir rights. They have put down one association; I promise totreat them to another. They shall trench further on your lib-erties— they shall dive deeper into the vitals of the constitutionbefore they drive us from our purpose. We shall go on, but it willbe without auger or turbulence. In that steady course we will con-tinue to use all legitimate means to accomplish our object, untilEnglish good sense shall overcome bigotry in high stations—shallput down intolerance in persons great in office — until the ministerbo driven back to the half honesty which he before j^ossessed, or tothat retirement which he rigidly OCONNELL REFUSING TO TAKE THE OATH. DANIEL OCONNELL. 647 Speech on the Treaty of Limerick, 1826. On submitting to the Catholic Association, in 1826, the draft of a petition to(parliament, asking that the provisions of the Treaty of Limerick be carried into■effect, Mr. OConnell spoke as follows : |kI^HE question is narrowed to a single point, and to any one■^im reviewinof the facts \vl phich history presented, it was impos- fsible to deny that the treaty has been foully and flagitiouslyviolated. The penal code was a violation of it, and while aparticle of that code remains, so long the solemn compact enteredinto between the English government and the Irish people is a dis-graceful monument of British perfidy. That treaty was a solemn,deliberate and authorized agreement. It was signed by bishops andcommanders, and it was signed by Ginkle, who had the commandof his government to give even better terms
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