I have my opinions upon the subject, I am the decided enemy of mixed education....
"I fully respect the contrary convictions entertained by others, and I am the more ready to proclaim that respect because at present all possibility of discussion on the matter is out of the question." It will be observed that Mr.O'Connell's opinions underwent a serious and important change during the time over which these speeches range.
That change was produced gradually, and not without infinite trouble on the part of his son whose inveterate zeal knew no bounds.

In his father's presence, and more particularly so in his absence, he denounced the bill, and held up any Catholic who dared to support it to public indignation.

He called on the people of Waterford to demand Mr.Wyse's resignation, not because he was an unfaithful representative, but because he was unchristian.

If he had not determined to divide the Association on this question, he did all a man could do who had so determined.
I shall only trouble the reader with two quotations more.

They refer to the question immediately under discussion, namely, that the Seceders were as much opposed to the obnoxious clauses of the bill as those with whom they differed.