"Go back to your homes," he commanded, breathlessly.
"Stay where you are," shouted O'Connell.
"In the name of the Catholic Church, go!" said the priest.
"In the name of our down-trodden and suffering people, stay!" thundered O'Connell.
"Don't listen to him.

Listen to the voice of God!" "God's help comes to those who help themselves," answered the agitator.
Father Cahill made his last and strongest appeal: "My poor children, the constabulary are coming to break up the meetin' and to arrest HIM." "Let them come," cried O'Connell.

"Show them that the spirit of Irish manhood is not dead.

Show them that we still have the power and the courage to defy them.

Tell them we'll meet when and where we think fit.
That we'll not silence our voices while there's breath in our bodies.
That we'll resist their tyranny while we've strength to shouldher a gun or handle a pike.