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v d nJ! V! ' 1 u w 1 ZJU VOLUME 1. R A LEI G H , JULY 7, 1843. NUMBER 3. --!'. . . ;. . . -- ., V y ; ( y M Ml''jj LLlL PP!SMsWsiyjKIBJBBijBjBMSJSJBJiMSSSB3slIjlHMBJiBigsji it1 . ( ;. . . - . ....... ' "-'! - T i - I ' TERMS. .The Dcmo6batic Sig.ial is polished week Xj, in the City of Raleigh, at OE DOLLAR rper annum -cash. , . PERRIN BUSBEE, - 7 or,. . DUNCAN K. McRAE,- i v . WBSLEV lVIIITAKERt Jr Printer. ROBERT TYLER'S SPEECH, At the great repeat meeting in the Tab 'ernacle, Boston, June 19, 1843. j Mr, Tyler was rececei?ed "by immense cheering upon his entering the Hal!,faccom- . panied dv Mr. James, me president ci me as sociation, and was soon vociferously called opon to address the multitude present, when 'he arose and said, that, . Being" on a transient, but most interesting and agreeable visit to the city of Boston, he 'had received a kind invitation to be present with his friends on this evening, and he had accepted their politeness with but little hesi tation, foTt, being a friend both in interest and sympathy of the cause in which they were engaged.ihe felt desjrous of witnessing the proceedings of tbeir association. But allho1 he could not altogether refuse a response to the call which had been made upon him.still he could not but reflect that justice, bpth to himself and to them, in his then state of fa tigue, agitation, and very inadequate prepa ration, would rather seem to require that he should remain silent. tSut still, fellow citi -:zens,.(he saidj if the honest outpourings of a heart which, since it first beat with any sentiment, has been devoted. to the icause of liberty and justice, can interest you, most as,- suredly you aie welcome to the homely ex pression of my opinions and feelings. (Ap- I - .! f niause.i ivna is mere a man on me laceoi ' the wide earth -an educated and enlightened man who can fail to be intere?ted in Irish hisUry? especially can ihere be an Ameri can ind, more paittcularly, can tht-re be a Virginian, or a Massachusetts man ? Here where thetaU shaft on Bunker Hill, around -which, a d.iv or ln;q since, the free people nf a renublie congregated -here, where this majeslic monument commemorating the first b.itile fought for civil and. religions libertvin America, raises its imposing and imperisha ble head towards the sun, and speaks of re-' volutionary pride olxrevolutionary famef UIU Ml l.ic ijisiui ui pnniuwo auu ui aiuuiit deeds it is not to be suspected that the men of that soil, in whose deep foundations the base of this monument rests, could look upon it and not feel a hatred of oppression and a sympathy for. the oppressed. (" Immense cheering. . And we in Virginia, where aL most every foot of land has been trod by he- ' I ' 1 Toes, ana every acre nas oeen crimsoneu wun heroic blood, all who behold the ancestral light of revolutionary victory blazing up at YorkTown, and illumining every hill and valley in that untemfied" commonwealth, cannot fail to catch and feel in their inmost souls theurdor end inspiration imparted by -its beams. (Loud cheering.) "Every breeze that sweeps across her deep rivers and:broad sea, every voice of the wa- 'ters and of the land, the ivjld sounds of her f . . . i i t .: f Joaming caieracis, inesoieinn ciiuunmiga yi her primordial foresis, her rugged hills, and the verv sunlight that plays upon her refresh ing rivulets and smiling vales, all spsak of freedom, of sovereign right," and of supreme liberty to the heart of. man; immense cheer ing;! and kindred feelings to these must agi late the breast of every republican in the U States. We born in this country most natu raUy sympathise with those of our brethren ivho claim Irel.snd as the land of their fath. ers. Their hopes, and feelings, and wishes ' must necessarily to a great extent be those of the native born citizen; for the; positive ties of affiliation and consanguinity bidd many of together, and all others who, like myself, have witnessed the generous and noble traits of a people whosf? hostility is seldom unjust, and whose friendship is never fickle, besides being operated upon by other andontroiling sentiments of general philanthropy, must find in the winning features of the Irish char acter: a fit reason for kindness and respect Great cheering. . I shall not ask you, fellow citizens, "con tinued Mr. Tyler, 4p read with me on this evening the lengthened history of your much scourged land, where the wailing voice of the accumulated tyranny of seven centuries cries aloud for vengeance. (Sensation) I will not present to you that cruel and bloody page from which the eye of an Insulted hu manity shrinks back.ib horror. I will not recount to you the various acts of injustice and of fraud by which Ireland's rights have been denied to her, and her wrongs, inflicted, and by which the sovereign powers belongt ing to her bv the laws of nature and of God have been torn from her grasp, trampled on, and violated with every act of disgrace and contumely; I will not here speak to you of the mockery of her judiciary authorily.where the arbitrary will of an English paid judge, or an English viceroy has been permitted, and will again when convenience demands it, be permitted to supersede both the letter and spirit of the written law. I will not now speak to you of the.mockery of justice exhibited by England towards Ire land, in the construction of her legislative power, when her parliamentary representa tion is in its very constitution a degradation and an insult, j I will not talk to you of her burdensome taxes, when Ireland has been denied even the poor consolation of voting their imposition nor of the powers ofa gov ernment, grinding and oppressive intbeir general character, often administered on a reluctant people at the point of the bayonet mor will I so offend you, so offend myself, so offend these walls and the very floor on which I stand, as to give utterance to the wish that you should cast your eyes over. the uni versa! sufferings and misery of ihis outraged people. (Immense sensation.) No, gentle men; on this the occasion of my first intro duction to you, let mine be a more pleasing task. Let me endeavor at least to present the subject in an aspect more congenial with, my own feelings, and more in accordancet possibly, with your own. Fellow citizens, said Mr. Tyler, the Dec laration of American Independence witness ed the dawning ot a new era, morally and politically, upon the world. You have often heard of the oes of iron, of brass, of silver and of gold, but American Independence came like a celestial herald to mankind to announce the advent of the age of Freedom. The loud voice of Uranian Liberty has bro ken over the tarth. and the very centre of this solid globe has trembled at the thunders of that sound. The genius of free institutions is walking on the face of the waters, and is striding with colossal steps over the remotest lands. LAs I have once before in substance observ ed, as well may the Canutes of these mcidern times bid the ocean eease its flow, as to en deavor to curb the progress of that providen tial tide which, swelling up from the broad sea of civilization and humanity, is destined to bear the human race to the accomplish ment of their lofty destiny in the universal recognition of free principles and free insti tutions of government: i s 1 . ! A voice has come down from on higb.like the word of prophecy of old, which has pro claimed the regeneration and redemption of nations as of man.and the spirit of conversion, of changcand of life.has already been arous ed in the bosom of Ireland, and the signs of that change is exhibited in the bold resolute, unceasing and triumphant cry of Repeal 1 Repeal! Ifiat sound of alarm to the oppressor, that watchword of hope to the patriot, which is now bursting from her lips. - j Fellow citizens, sa;d Mr. Tyler, the expe rience of time should shed no partial light on men or nations -and the truths which expe rience. teaches, and the rights which experi ence guaranties; affect all, and apply to-all If by the eternal laws of nature and of right, if by the immutable principles which exist in the unwritten charter of human rights and human liberties.an American citizen has the privilege to be free, an Irish peasant has the right to be free. What should make a difference between them in condition ? Is there any thing inherent in the natuYe of an Irishman that he should be a slave ?. Is . he ignorant, vicious, unprincipled, of a savage, and barbarous nature? On the contrary, is not Ireland, "ould Ireland," the land of wit and of song of orators and statesmen -of brave and fair women? Her sages, her au thors, her judges and her generals, have il liimined the entire British empire with a flood of unsurpassed splendor. Are not Irish, men, as well as .Americans and Englishmen. men ? Are'not their animal functions the same? Are not their intellectual proportions equally admirable? Have they not similar feelings? Do they not both walk erect in the face of heaven, and both kneel to wori ship at the shrine of the same holy God? Is not Ireland a state within herself ? Has she not armies, and navies, and wealth, and commerce, and population -all the pride and resources of a great and growing empire? ' Why then should an American or an En glishman be free.and an Irishman be a bonds man? " Has nature and justice ordered it. Has Almighty God stretched forth His hard to curse the soil where St. Patrick preached, and where Emmett bled ? It so, where is the word or sign of this woful revelation? Is it to be lound among her greenlbilis or blue mounta ns ? Is it to be found in the bosom of her fair rivers or brighter lakes ? Is it to be found in the bravery and accomplishments of her sons, and the beauty and virtue ofher daughters? No, fellow citizens, I will tell vou what makes this difference in their con dition. Not nature or the sacred rules of justice; for these both guarantee to any cne man all the rights, powers, privileges and dignities appertaining to any other, but cus tom and treachery and war forge the chains with which tyranny binds its .victim ; and presently, when cruelty and arrogance can dare to exult over, and to insult their fallen foe, the sharp point of the dagger enforces the error and the abuse, by which unwilling submission is made to assume the form and the consistency of a voluntary contract. This was the union forced from Ireland by. Pitt and Castlereagh, and this is the union now attempted to be sanctified in prescriptive right by Peel and Wellington. Yes, fellow citizens, this has been the course of England towards Ireland, and this was the course tof England towards her American coloriies how these confederated sovereign- States. But let not Irishmen despair let no unwor thy feeling of despondency enervate their souls. Let not Erin's green banner be trail ed ignominiously in the dusi but let it be raised up amid the hurrahs" of congregated thousands of patriotic souls; and-while the vision directed to its broad surface is enrap tured with the splendor of its ancient Tenown, let the assembled millions, as they read the letters of glory, telling -of the noble spirits and sacred deeds of. past times, swear to live in freedom or die in the ennobling contest Look, fellow citizens, (continued Mr. Tn) to the example of America. We in this bow free and happy land did not "win oar liberties withourmuch carej anxiety of mind, toil and suffering; bat al last we did succeed- last7 the starsparigle i banner, though torn and tattered 'ihroagli'a' longahaV bloody Waiy waved proudly and majestically above the heads of the conquerors and the conquered, and all "eyes wefe turned upon it in its 'aim pie yet grand mVgnificence; A thousand spir- ' its, happy and hallowed, of warriors and of statesmen, who had fallen dcTing our revo lutionary struggle, looked down from Jbeir blessed abodes in the sties oh its consecrated Mds. What Afnerica hasdone, can ahd will do; nay, is now, if report be true in the very act ?f accomplishing. I tell jott gentlemen, that I believe in the truth of these reportsr believe that the tide of human treedom cannot be stopped or controlled by mortal hands I believe that the deep and boisterous sea of public opinion and of. pop. ijlar will, cannot be restrained in the small space ofthe sniall reservoir into which des pots seek to com ty ocean. I tell you that! write the epila sainted patriot press the waters of this migh- the man howlives who shall h of Robert Ernmett, for that nd most eloauent statesman desired with his dying Breath, that no man should Write his enitabh until his conntrv should be free. How touching this language, now ennobling this "sentiment, how grant! and magnificentthe soul which conceived it. I myself, would desire no higher honor, m loftier distinction than the proud appointment to trace that record. His soul, and those of his distinguished and 7alorous compeers and friends, are npjv happily in the regions of the blest, but even there'theireyes, penetral ing beneath t ie dull mists and clouds tf earth,' a re ever turned on their beloved green isle of the ocean, and the spirit of their im mortal exampl ; is yet alive on earth That spirit and that example shall nerve and am mate every Irish heart and eVery Irish arm, until, in my imagination, I already behold Ireland; as A.merica, free and independent, Oh great and glorious consummation! Then, shall the ardent prayer of the patriot and philanthropist have been answered by an echo from the eternal throne of God then, too, my fellow citizens, shall the beautiful face of the Emerald Isle, wear an aspect of gladness, and murs around her feet, shall chant, as in the olden day, his song of liberty. PORTRAIT OF WHIGGERY How any a ember of the whig party can face the people, ancl ask egain to be. trusted with power, after practicing the vile decep tion s of 18 40,and their profligate cou rse since, passes bur comprehension. We particular ly apply thesej remarks to the two men who have backed out as candidates for Congress in this district but yet contitre the canvass in view of a contingent hope. In 1840, Col. Barringer and Gen.Edney both took the field as travelling coon-skin orators they went, from county to county 'harranguing-.be peo. pie in ihe most approved slang of that slang wanging era. They were active m wnng ing the false charges and the deceptive prom ises which produced the tremendous, but temporary, revolution of that year.and droTe thedemocraticl party from power. 1 And what were those charges and promises, and what have they performed as a party ' They charged that the national treasury was bankruptjand promised to provide means immediately to replenish it; -they redeemed this promise. by passing a law to give away the proceeds of the public lands, and then' to gratify Clay and the northern manufacturers,' raised the tariff so high, as to mate n pro (See 4lh page.) "-!
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