I return to the events which directly precipitated the division.

It will be remembered that the objections of the seceders to the Peace Resolutions were confined to an emphatic expression of dissent.

They were not, then, informed that they ceased to be members.

They attended the next meeting; and, having repeated the same dissent, they expressed their fervent wish for a perfect understanding, and pledged themselves to continue their co-operation, as if the resolution had not been passed.

Mr.John Reilly repudiated these advances, and charged them with treachery to Ireland, as the natural complement of disobedience to O'Connell.