WHAT WOULD ENGLAND GAIN, AND IRELAND LOSE BY REPEAL. (From the Times)

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 239, 13 September 1848, Page 3

WHAT WOULD ENGLAND GAIN, AND IRELAND LOSE BY REPEAL . (From the Times)

The Tiibh crisis must n^w soon come. If human nature n the >-a.)JO iii the sis'ei is.md a> in other counting—moved by the same passion..-— influenced by tha sjine causes— sensitive in thy si mo device of lidiculo, satiic, and sneers— then the power of I lie Government the iiutliunty of law and oider~tho malciinl und physical organization of nioi.il lcsolution an.l social hannony — must come into collision with the bia^g.ut insolence ol sedition, and the banguiuary iittcmptj ot t eason. We lake this for granted. AfL'r all thpy have wiiltcn, talked ami lhio>teiu-d \v thm the 1 bt twelve months, Messrs. S. O'BiiCn, Mo<hcr, and Mitchell can h'tutiy eapi'ulalo uneoiidiliuiia<iy, or horn iliumstlv.,t> within the hoMi!" buna ol ;; (Jovuiiinrnl piosetti ii>». Tin. v.'oul'! 1)0 incs'onuiabio evinvviti the ii'O t ex.li wai/anl iioiiont. ol In-h < i<ipicioiibnt.&s. It would le a most da'.gciou*. as well as a moot nuucouiitalilo n,rons,sLenc\. They wou'd in th s rise encountei fioa\ then 1 own luliowvi r a iroro tenihlc f.i'e Lh.'.n any scut 'iic( , however M'/cro, 01 any imcuU, however bio. dy, could p>ssil>ly bring u]>on them. The only escape fiom «i gieat dangii in io face the less ; 10 proceed in their career oinvaul, if they would avoid the woise conspqiiences ofatimorou3 retreat. Mi-. S. O'Biieu on Rlondwy mghi, m tho House ol Common?, claimed f«i himaolf t\io most i^ti»;nini<>us pcnaltiob ot t)\o luW i > j>rcft icnrc to an orderij silence or a jicacablo neati.'lny, — Irislunen must h.vvp titliei fir 1c •, n;lt-rel'anco oi bincei lty 'hnii we •» * v*is tin ni cicd.t for l! tin- vnt of laii^Urt/iu is lut followed out bv ,\ toiiebponcl]'^ hue ot acuon. Well, then, /s (he union to !>c maintained, or is it to i he given up? Ti>is is the ■ imj'lc qii"st«*H. le l-^ a qucftion for evciy /JlO voter in the United Kingdom to put to himpclf. Hia a qac-itim lor t^ ti» y lus'i no less tlia.i for cveiy English \oter to ask hirast'U. I'oitunati'iy (he conditioin of the argument arc not voiy complex. If, oi ihs tv,o pir- j ties to the discussion, one has ful'> made up its mind, and decided on its course, ilien fiKlh'r inqvuiy is ineless. If eveiy liiiihm.in of propnly, cduci'tian, and ! iatelligence. as well as every farthidij llepea'er :md J Hibund coiibpiia or is foi dissolvni" tho union — i( thtj | provincialism lias penetrated even into Ulslci — the whole question falK to tUo giound. If all but Ulster is for Kcpe.il decidedly and Ui a!tiinou&ly, then vvitli respect to every pio\hce but \Jl>tcr \he muUev u equally dctci mined. Or, <i[' ( am, it two-thirds or liuh property and m elligence m all the nroviticei aielor Ilepeal, the one-third is cowed, imhiT. icnt, or sullea, then v.c think thit nothing but a strong sc«i.e of the dutiAß of st.iti'bniansil)ip — aUatismanship which ie;aids the invisible future of lii'l nvl, and \»ill not hiul a ban I to her prospective »;nominy — nothing short of Una would prevent any MiniEtty from nvduii£ a wise cuncrssion. In the former cabe it vjouUl be the only mode of preventing a lon» and bloody rivil war; in the I.Utei, of avoiding a long ami hazardous htate otsuspcuoe between wai and peace ; a stale without a conflict and without bloodshed, but yet without security, older, or tianquility. No Kngl'sh htalesman would comt ibe former catasliophs ; iv Britiib Ecnatc would view the latter contentedly. Bui. it ia tha duty of bol.li pail>3 to consider Ihu question thoroughly ; not to be contented with it pmt <>1 and superficial conbidoiation o{ its bdvi'in^s. Eugl'iml must regard not op'v the appaient loss of power and influence which a biparution foi it would Bhoitly become, if it weie not actually at once, a separation between herself and Ireland would inflict on her. lieland, too, must count the cost to hcrtelt of that disruption. l*'or, from the moment that the idea is once entertained, depend upon it, that the peo* pic of England will take Rood care that there shall be no mistake /is to the natuie ond character of their separation. From the moment it, was enacted it would become as perfect, aB cniiio, as unequivocal as the language of the legislature and the resolute will oi Englishmen could make it From that moment Ireland would be to each and every of us more remote, more imhflerenl, and moie unknown, than Fiance, Belgium or Holland. We are sick ot lii-h warns and Iribli grumblings— sick of lii h (acliuns and Iruh violence— birk and dib^usted «t the virulence ot lnsh aeJition, and- the niagniticb of Tilth wi kedncos. J'oll England through iiom one end to tie ot'-er — take the opinions of diflereut racmbeis of Us middle and working classes, those mo t interested in ihe preseivuMon ot order, — oak the manufacturer who has witneh'.ed the coivluil /cal of one Ci ltic lnceniaiy to " bum the Babylons o! Enghnd" — tho cit:/'n who hn listenrd to the wild suK.jeaUon ol imolliei that proiierty hhoiiltl be appiopriiilcd — the collier who oecs tho era) lie lor v.lnch he ha^ l)lett b.'aaphuin-d > ? ' the. imwro or tae i," uml »>1! it. [jiyiiousj littery \,U^u.iAu^d u^ a.

seiicb of " pprfi lies, c unities, and hloodaheil," — u«k I'-.cs" mut wliolh-i tlit y .ue «u iious tn retain Uie honoms of an lusii unio,i, aiulthe blcs-injis of an Tiish immmjiiioi? Ask tli' ordinary mi'mbir of society who has been accustomed to asboi-iate with every l?nglmh politic -1 movement the iik.r, ol taimets, comics , cDiira'.-ou., but oid'-th' d. me mour, whether hetiunU tint the f,u f..m<! ol E.igkuu', au'l tin* reniirrtahiliij of English thaiaetcr, n p mipio ed by th? nmiorutio.i'. ! o<n lic'and, winch have Ikm nmu fi'miliai to us thiou"!) tlu; published piocccdings ot our Cliarlis,ts? Ask t]ip,f — ..islv ih j woikmg in c m of the desk, Liu 1 loom, tlie }ii.n;li, 01 ,ln utelu r--;v.U En'<hbhmeu of c/piy i ink <ii> i (■>,•( nil, ,tion, whfthur ihty deem it- » lii/li pnulcje lo onso't.uul frutcmue with men who liave fciihjicti'd oin Lngiugo to the vilest uses, imd our institutions u> tlie ji.o.t in dig.unt j-ivjecls? Than' s lo iho liisl> population oi England, Dlooil .i,i(l (1 ,< . ,X ' ' m,n - (i ninth m use, Anil (Mo ull'il o'y.i i , o I.i.milpi, llinr n foreign* 1 ! who jkm uses our journals must conclude Hut oin • h.niisr pop'i! ilion is tin* most sivagc in the woild—it'i l.ni' ua.'i' the most biu'al — it? scheme* thu most atiioi inn-. The eveiilß of \hi hsl few months I have cnliij'.ii in '1 nuhib'is aa to the wine of a rodent [ liiiihiv, who— if they h.r.e don? nothing else— have m;idc " death," "••hm,' I>rcj,"1 >rcj," " damnation," "fiends," " devils, ' " hell," U mis m more constant recjm->iUon th.it time; of giriler dm* tei/unit n^ d to eliciti ami who luvo hudi'cko.l the mUnlioHs ol rufriauibiu with their aptebi phrabcjlojjy. So far for the prlma facie ciae. There ia no great desire to retain the lush connection for ordinary purposes. We could ship two-lhirda of our Irish operatives, and at. ni.mj' of our Irish reciuhs, back to their own country Without a moment's regiet Well, then, as for political cads and inteicbts, u> Ireland so important a to«ci of stiem;th that we must retain her at the cost of daily mutiiiuinu 1 , and aimo&t, daily sedition ? Is it for ouch infsiima'>l> bent fits th.it wa should be pi-rpetiully solicited toiolieve \v.ints which will recur, and to udv.uica loans which will nevi r be rep, -id ? I 3 it so greac nn advantage to the iai'l owners of the north-— lo (he merchants and inhabitant., ot Liverpool and iiiistol, — tl.at their Bluet 1 ? should be infected by the foe'iM' of Iriiih pc^t'L'nce, nun their burdens au^ memedby the pieTU'C of Wish l.uo-,? Is. it nothing to have to pay .-f-3 ,00>>, HO «-y< <u for a population wh'n h must come .mil -■uj us for hlnib a^um,— lo know th.it on our own contingent bounty dfp mis the supplement of' an nnee.it.un food anJ a troichcrons root ? It il nothing, too, to feel tint, when public bounty and private dimity h?ve done their lumo't, when Jmilj lis!i opulencs liiiVv' do'iied ilotlf woired lu\une», and I'jiij;hsh povcilj f^one without bica'l, in order to feed the slai veling'? of liish hunger, — then the only u*pajment v.'ill b» the. lavUh piomisi" of the ineundiaiy to bum our ciliea and the demagogues to dcstioy our peace ? Ei't;luul could pffortl to lose Ireland. Such a loss might indeed involve an immediate and temponuy iLim i|;e to her prvt'tr/c. Foreign nations might misuu leit.'.iiid our pirpose and picilicancnt. 13ut we kuovv and fed that our ntitional hiss — . lie* sum total o! loss "'stained by 35»i<> J *ntl — would \n not'nn^. We f,l.ouid pait with the tore an I rj'in^icned limb of the Em itc. r j'l<e 11'npiio itself wcnld burviv» and whole. Hut I-e! 'id hcr-,r'f, how \i*ould bhc F-ue? Darn d for eu'imoic I nun . il slue, li'Je, and int n rcs f .in lin evory ele.i.v nl of i.i- U-h ' n ic lUv-.' , eveiy houk c of IJnti'-h ,' J ,]iueiie \,i id t v.'iy "-jm'jol ot liriLi'h sovcu'i'iiity, on her would fall the cure of feeding the internecine btrm^lc of domestic faction, and bleeding beneith the rontnuious wound of agnuian outia^e. Not for her, India, with her golden ticasmes. — nor Manchestei, with its periodic gain«, — nor the army wi h i'h brilliant honours, — nor the colonies, wi li tlieir kinghke Govcinmcntb, — all these woidd begone. Her poverty would in vniu crave the aid of neighbouring wealth, 01 the oppoituiiities of contiguous employment — hfi youth m>'. 11 h\ v im ye.uu far some io; iair field on which tLe.r }iiov V l's rei»ht di-.pLiy, or then .iMbitiO'i grit fy itself — t'mj c.inal, tin; dock, the railroad, the At my, the Customs,, the Polite, the Tivjisii'v, tvei.v honourable 1 'id !uera'iv>: odice, eveiy profrablo occupation, wlncli S-"on cncipiy !md Saxon ridusuy no\/ pioflir to Celtic >h>e\\s or t ellie wir, would be wip'whetl .n. Ny tin n li"r. Il.e oveiphr. of her poor — hi^h-boni orh)>v-born — or S<i\<>u 01 Celtic blood — would bcabsoidul b,i,-k fiom the muddy <tnd tiiibuie-il *-. hii ljk.ol ol ti conlhciing but long desired I'rotfimi.ili'.ni. Slie woold shiink at once into heis'jl/, — i put y isl'nd, loin !>y tln>iieicc i,u.ls of partisan-, v.ho only svoie not venal because theie w.i 1 } none to buy 'In 111, 111! the InMi^.y sUU".;les ot \vi etched pcis.niti wliD \\\\{\ no l,i itttoiih to oppisss them, he(.ui.e thru lepublic had al))lished ptupoty in its in .iii^iu.ilion, ho mil h for 'he bilancp-sh- 11 "^ ofpiofit and Ic-s It is a ('ucs'ioq foi yon e&oceiiJly, g' litk'incn and pens of Irtl tii i, to decide whether you will Bti!l be mnrl'O's ol n tctcat oud mi^h'y cmphci or dwiudL'd into the pto> cubed and KUspected ciuzwb of a poor llcpubho. For lav not the' flittering unoion to your brji-.ts that jour dimnion would be .m^ht but a levolu ion, and ihafc your revolution could hung sught s .ye .1 Uepublic. You me doomed, — 'jes, Loid-s RliU town and Ficnch, and Mi. O'Bik-h,— • \our coronets and youi acres arc doomed by those pntuotic gentry uh) have swoin "to hive icjietil for the people of lichnd, not for her aristoei-aiy ;" and who, unless thsir day of power be short 3ncd by an En^li'-hjury and En^litih iudgpq, will d mbtlcsa <Miisummatc,li)r you and youis, the fj>tc* to which their Fienrli pioto'vpc? luvve ahc.-dy condemned peeis and m'ntiy of a lace as annent as your own. Foi you «»ul jour'idjr there in hut one hope, one Mippoit— a <?iciuly u'lberance to England, a firm loyally lo the, Crown. It ih not for jou to die, and mike no si«»n. Aheady in England your compatriots have spoken. Taey have dcelaifd their loyalty to the 'Jlnonc and the Empuelo be unshaken. Why is the loyalty ol Inrh rank, juopcrty and intellitrenct mule ? Bo warned. _ To be silent is to be indifferent. To be indiflrrent is to be lobt We know no medium between Irish ncu'r.ilily and Irish hostility. Fiel us with thfi one, and^ disgust us with the other,-— and we, the people of England, cast you oil", fou r.vuw !