Young Ireland, Vol. 2: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840-45, Final Revision (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Charles Gavan Duffy

9780483667303: Young Ireland, Vol. 2: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840-45, Final Revision (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Young Ireland, Vol. 2: A Fragment of Irish History, 1840-45, Final Revision

The scene changes from exulting musters and processions of the people to the grave procedure and dilatory processes of a court of law; but there was no falling off in interest, and the incidents are certainly not less instructive to the political student than those already passed in review. The bulk of the nation were disappointed and puzzled, but not alienated, by the change of policy; and they turned with unabated solicitude to the new contest between their veteran tribune and his opponents. Throughout Europe and America the prosecution was watched with mingled interest and wonder. It was regarded, at first, as an attempt to punish a renowned Irishman, by the agency of an Irish court and an Irish jury, for having striven to raise his country in the scale of nations 3 an attempt which foreigners might well deem maladroit and hopeless. But after a little, when the nature of the agencies relied on for success became better understood, there was a new issue raised - the system of government and juris prudence established in Ireland. Was placed on its trial before mankind. It will repay those who desire to understand a system by which Irishmen of moderate temper were made rebels, and thoughtful men in foreign countries made sympathisers with rebels, to study the incidents of this memorable trial.

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