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Henry Grattan the Irish Volunteers of 1782. Last Lecture of the Late The fol l owin l e ure— the l ast F ather Mur h del i e ed— i f ' g ct p y v r srom his ' own manusc ipt re ised and c rected by himsel f for the T1101: e ssss r , v or ‘ j FATHER MRPHY’ U S LECTURE Grattan and the I rish V ol unteersof 1782 MHANI ’ HAL L MNT E L EC C S , O R A , MEv Nv. 22 I 87 . n a a o 5 o d y . , L A' ES AN' ENTL EMEN — s infa I ll i G , The poet Pope with who e bility I am gl ad to say I am not concerned this evening has “ announced th at the proper study of m ankind isman and the o of w s a at sm p et Browning , hom I hould like to spe k to you o e has a a other time , recorded th t on the e rth there is nothing worth s a a an are s a a eeing but hum n soul . The nouncements ubst nti lly the a and are . A a man is a of all s me, they both true gre t the gre test a t and a r a man is a of all e r hly productions, to see g e t the gre test in ur a can a merely e arthly bl esss gs. O better brother he it is th t m ke ' ’ a a — e is a can f us good . Godhood in hum n sh pe H it th t li t us to heaven . a Now a gre at man I h ve this evening to let you see . Not by merely telling you his history and repeating little anecdotes of his f a a are n e and li e c n my object be ccomplished . They i t resting they are useful too ;but unless they have b een employed asso m any i a h a of a for al l w ndows through which to c tc vein his n ked soul , the os of s f fa . I n s high purp es in truction they will be ound to il , thi l at ofiice a a r ter only h ve I employed, in this l tte purpose will I to asf r al l c night employ them . For this lecture o the le tures which I 5 a s to a a of a a e a f w ddre s the inh bit nts Montre l , I h v prep red mysel ith much labour and sore anxiety asone who knowshe 18 addressing a u a andg oe c a m be c ltiv ted enerous people, wh sultiv tion should see to 4 against the imbecility of pl atitude and whose generosity should a a th of A secure them g inst e imprudence deception . sI myself ’ h n ari whi h .: ee h an . i 1 throu h all t e v ed c s c d stor his, or nd g . light p y, y a ’ a a on Henr a a a a a for own biogr phy, h ve shed y Gr tt n , h ve m n ged my him a a s of a bettering to get to see , so lso sh ll I to the be t my bility present him to you now . is o a a and m a of a It , sple se you , L dies Gentle en , not the ye r gr ce 1875 a of a 1782 an a , but the ye r gr ce ;not evening tow rds the close f a ri orouS I an a of a a o g November, but evening tow rds the close geni l a M Ma and are a a of y , we , so ple se you , not in ontre l on the b nks the a far a a ' n the a of St . L wrence, but cross the se s in ubli on b nks the ' m af a a n a a n at an L ifi e . a d y I , ter m ny w nderi gs, g i home, there, ten a a d a a o n . n a and miles w y , my w mount ins, strong stern , g unt grim , gather up their he arts to ponder as they pondered in the d ays of Fia k Mu h MacMorr u h and c acH and m Art o g g , out beyond the stretch those Wexford fields w here l arge limbed m en are toiling m th a f and quiet , ho ely, but wi dre d ul purpose in their mouths eyes . But on this evening of more th an mnety years agoit is the city itself are ra a th at I come to see . ; Its streets lite lly p cked with noisy a o and ma e wha t wa a m sses f. excited people , no tt r in y we w lk, we find one set a the m asses f all converging in ; direction nd the centre to all a a a o n of a art which be r is th t m gnificent repr ductio Greci n , e t a the P arliame nt House on Coll ge Green . Bu it is not the v st num bers of hurrying men nor yet this extraordin ary enthusi asm th at a a is : a al l makes ' ublin this evening so rem rk ble . It this the l nd is at a hasa al l a of war o pe ce , but the city bout it the insigni ;her rdin ar a n not a h u a d and and y g rriso is bove three t o s n , yet in her streets within her w alls this evening are at least four times twenty thousand tr00ps trained and prepared for b attle ;she is the c apital of a British prov ince and the do not m arch under the English flag ;her a n o and f f a people h te the E glish s ldiery , yet they ondly r ternize with the new troops ;her w alls so used to the echoes of English m arti al a a tow for h music, no longer fling b ck th t de row whic the British a a sk are r and gren diers h ve been distinguished , but her very ies olling n f r s olunteers o I i hV . resounding with the strong, ster melody the These f a o a a . Irish soldiers , r cy the soil , keep e sy order in the v st crowds Bound about the Parliament House the crush is dre adful ;but the civilians love the soldiers and the p assage to the House requires no u r f a s a a a af bayonet p shing nor ho se or y to keep it cle r . C rri ge ter a a a t a a ls and e c rri ge, e ch wi h its legisl tive occup nt rol by; che r suc 5 s for on of a ceed cheer asmember follows member , this evening gl d ’ f ness Irish generosity makesno distinction between ancient riends ’ a i n a is ? A a and and nc e t foes . But h ark wh t this shout rises loud joyous and mighty asif all the oppressed of earth had found one voice to welcome their Deliverer even the Volunteers forget the f system atic silence of their soldier tr aining ;and the whole heart o l h z r ah entire n ation and the whole strength of anatidii sarmy thunders f a of a a w orth the n me GRATTAN . In comes the c rri ge ith the man r d e of chosen , slowly , p ou ly , sol mnly it moves between lines the a c a o Volunteers . Its solit ry oc up nt worn with illness, white with t il, bows awkw ardly and abruptly to either side ;the sm all sh arp eyes of him are struggling not to soften the curved strong mouth of him . ' locks teeth and lips in a stern effort to see unmoved ;b ut asthe a a and a a w his a s c rri ge stops the solit ry occup nt, s inging long rm , u a a str ggles hurriedly up the gr nite steps, on through the gr nite cor e and at a can a is rid rs, the ushers the men rms see th t instinct more fu a and a f a fa of power l th n will , th t those eyes which never e red the ce man r a a e a e a . ' a now stre ming with overpow ring te rs Ah de r, de r Ga a f — o al l . r tt n , kindly Irish the Irish our own Inside the House of Commons the scene is even for that brilli ant d a a a a and perio , p rticul rly m gnificent. Every member in his pl ce a of a of P a the represent tive roy lty , the courtly cunning Duke ortl nd a a a of s is on the throne . Round bout the v st Rotund the Common a e are a and fa of a a Room , the g lleri s thronged with the r nk shion g y and s and ctan of plendid metropolis ; yet, so hushed in expe cy some a all a a a a a asan t gre t event , , is th t v st ssembl ge th t, eye wi ness ’ describes it— one can he ar the nervous fi dgetsof Portl and s fi ngers and the impatien t shufling of the shoes of H arry Flood .
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