Daniel O'Connell and the revival of national life in Ireland . ence ; it is not so easy for thosewho have suffered grievous personal wrong to prac-tise it. The abuse of power has only too often inIreland furnished an excuse for outrage and one knew this better than OConnell; yet noone preached patience under suffering more resol-utely than he did. He knew exactly where the shoepinched. Not by acts of Parliament per se, not bycutting the connection with England, not by turningall things topsy-turvy in the hope of a miracle; butby cherishing the constitution, by cleansing adminis-tra
Daniel O'Connell and the revival of national life in Ireland . ence ; it is not so easy for thosewho have suffered grievous personal wrong to prac-tise it. The abuse of power has only too often inIreland furnished an excuse for outrage and one knew this better than OConnell; yet noone preached patience under suffering more resol-utely than he did. He knew exactly where the shoepinched. Not by acts of Parliament per se, not bycutting the connection with England, not by turningall things topsy-turvy in the hope of a miracle; butby cherishing the constitution, by cleansing adminis-tration of its abuses, by peaceful legal agitation, wasthe goal of freedom to be reached. Beside the rosyvision of a free and independent republic, strong inits own resources and flourishing in arts and arms, 382 Daniel O Connell. [1843-1847 as it floated before the imagination of Young Ireland,his simple ideal of a well-governed state, under thesegis of Great Britain, showed pale and at least it had this merit, that it was capable INDEX A Aberdeen, I>ord, 197 Algerine Act : Act suppressingCatholic Association so called(1825), 153 Althorp, Lord, 154, 272, 275 ;introduces a Church Tempo-ralities Bill, 280 Alvanley, Lord, challengesOConnell, 302 ; duel withMorgan OConnell, 303 American independence, declar-ation of, 4 Anglesey, Marquis (Henry Wil-liam Paget), lord lieutenantof Ireland, 197 ; character ofhis government, 215 ; view ofthe state of Ireland (1828),216; advocates concession ofCatholic claims, 217 ; recalled,218 ; second time viceroy,246; view of the situation,247; opinion regarding OCon-nell, 248 ; loss of popularity,249; arrests OConnell, 251;removal demanded, 269; re-signation of, 286 Anti-Union, the, quoted, 71 Anti-Union Society for Legisla-tive Relief, suppressed, 245 Arms Bill (1831), 261 ; (1843),346 Association : see under Catholic ;Repeal Attorney-General: see underBlackburne, Francis ; Perrin,Louis; Plunket, Lord; Saurin,William
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