Death Of O'connell

O'Coni:cl is ilead. The nfluence of this oiire i Jtont name is to bn snen ili the columns of type devoted to bUcirecr, and estimntes of his cluirarter, in every jouniM, Iirtish ad continental, wliicli we take up. "After lifo's fitfnl fever lie sloeps we'I." Ever'y writcr. according to his country, his creed, or his prejudices a ïalvss the deads of the departed. No min of liis day has cñiised more ink to be shod, moro types to move, more paper to be blackeried. To reportera bíwJ editora lio gnve -incessant oucupntion; iho fm-incr by reporling bis speeches, tlie latter critic:sing ihem The disciplesof Caxton have lost their best friend, and wil', mourn, irrespeclive of politics. Tho uncrowncd monarch of Irel'ind, lie wioLleJ more power for gond ;md evil ilmn monnrchs usuilly posseso, [lis splendid abilitics ;ill admit; their benefi'jial tendency mnny doiiy. 3ut he was n grent original, and his Qjilings and bis viccs w ro those of ú position nnd his rae'"1. The exit of tb is e.xtraordinary mm is reinnrka'.ile a bis careér. Hts 1 glit was extingujshed in the duikest hour of his co'.intry's faie. Perhaps, the mos! beautiij.il trait ir his characjer is the fact th.it Ireland's misfortun.es killrd hini. That he loved his Green Erin is indisputable, and the hand of hen ven that bligh'ed her cro.is, and that mowed down her sons by ihousands, severed in tain lii- big heart. YVhalcver van'ety of opinión may cvist respecling his sayings and dorig, tho energy ofhis character, ihe rareness of liis wit, llic extent ofhis lfgil kirowledgp, and his inilucnce on ;ociel-, all admi1. A grrat spirit hasdeparted - one of earth's most gifted sons. Ile found his country enslaved and he left it free - Rising superior to sectnrian syrnpalh'cs, ; he advocnted liberty and cquality for a'l. with out reference to clime, or color or creed. The oppressed had in liim a rpady ndvocale, tyranny a stout fee. Iïy his position he was compelled to flatter the defects of his countrymen, insteadofendeavoring to con eet thcm. Li'ce all ngitatoro, he lived on popular gripvnnces; hut, in acling as their exponent, he directed ihe popular )a.sion into a peacel'ul channel. Balancing his good and his evil qtialitie8, it mny lie fairly said lliat he left the w.iAd wiser than he found it. The same talenis in any station in life would have commanded respect and infured compelence. . Had he not heen agreat agltalor, lie would haveheina great judge or a great slatesman. His raind was essentially practical, and his applicition was as continuous as his intellect was powerful. - Therè is no instahce on record - the history of the world affoids no paralel to a popular leader commencing life and continning to its close the idol of the people. In noticing the progress of the U. Stues, one thing should never be forgotten. Where there s the most freedom, iliere there is the greatest prospenty. - Old Wassachuselts, wilh her stony, barren soil, is sliil ihe garden of the Union. Here are ihe -lichest citirtj, the best manufactories, the most cultivaled farms, the most universal intelligence, ihe best schools, the best laws, and the most extensivo, gencrally prevailfng reiigious Kenlitnent, of any Sinte of ;he Union. And here there is a perfect equality of civil, reiigious and polilical righls, and no distinction of color ! Based on this rock, RepuMics can stand, and on no other. All other preijnded Republics nreslieer hypocrisy. -