This will necessarily involve an inquiry into the late conduct and teaching of Mr.O'Connell, which the writer would most willingly avoid.

Mr.O'Connell's name and character fill a mighty space in history.

They are the most cherished recollections in his country's memory; and she clings to them with loving pride in this her hour of utter desolation.

The hand that traces these recollections would be the last to aim a blow at the object of her sacred affections; and if in obedience to a more binding obligation, Mr.O'Connell's policy be questioned and condemned, his influencing motive shall be unchallenged and unarraigned.

What his final purpose was, and how he had determined to effect it, had his life been spared, and his course left unimpeded, now rest with him in his grave.