... shamrock sod on which he had never known one hour’s happiness—• went before the throne of God, emancipated and redeemed from the slavery of earth ; and for the third time in one week did I contribute from my humble means to procure cofiiu for the starvsd corpse ...

... Maine tells us, man’s position was determined for him by '‘law,” now determines it for himself “contractthe contrast between slavery and free labour affords apt illustration of this difference. The intiaeuce of individuals is, however, exaggerated the present ...

... homo. And we ask have they not reason that the blush ...

... hopeful faces—faces upon which want has not failed to leave its impression—as I think of your brave, manly hearts—hearts that slavery has failed to subdue—l am forcibly reminded of the words of bhendau Knowles —that a country is never lost who has a son to ...

... teaching of history, that never was there vital cause which failed of a leader, never a right without a champion, never a slavery that did not bow before emancipator. And Ireland, in her extremity, has found her leader in modest and scholarly yet resolute ...

... with other branches, will eventually succeed in forcing to their knees the few aristocrats who hold you in the bonds of slavery, and are accountable for the intense dis tress present prevailing throughout this fair land of ours (loud cheers). In conclusion ...

... attitude of a down-trodden crouching slave, hois once ejected, and sentenced to ,„in It is time indeed that this horrible slavery cease time that all should unite to oblige^ the English people fttteud to this hideous ° oproetuated by their laws and er ...

... this act are forgotten ex f d if l)y her treatment of v the act of the British Parliament, which decrees that the brand of slavery implied in the mabilitv of Irishmen to bear arms in their own land shall When I look at those regiments of Volunteers, with ...

... thankless toil, should prove to the world that unworthy of the services of such a chamwe were were ; fact, fit for no better than slavery and starvation. How, then, should endeavour by holpfaiz him to fight the battle of Ireland at the coming election (though ...

... oppressive land system of Trolami reduces the Irish peasantry to the condition chattel slavery without giving to them the guarantees and protection want which slavery as it existed the South afforded. The Southern slave could not save for the wet weather ...

... knees; and old men’s eyes renew their light, and their bowed frames the vigour of youth, when they think of the incubus of slavery being at long last raised off the coil, and that Ireland will yet be independent! How their wishes are with you in your noble ...

... is the point at which I have been aiming—must be compelled to buy out the white planters a fair price, and abolish Irish slavery for ever. There are thousands of acres of waste land in Donegal alone. Let this land be reclaimed and made habitable, and ...