But no man knew better than Mr.O'Connell that this was a feigned issue, the real one being the mendicancy of the Association, and the treachery with which it abandoned the national constituencies to Whig officials.

The overtures on this occasion eventuated in some negotiations, of which the Rev.Mr.Miley was the medium.

His mission was singularly unfortunate, for it led to greater misunderstanding; and the negotiations terminated in mutual charges of misconception or misrepresentation.
The history of the Confederation, such as its importance deserves, is beyond the scope of my present purpose.

Others may undertake to vindicate for its proceedings that enduring place in the annals of the country to which they are eminently entitled.

Here, but a few words can be said.
As soon as the eclat of the first meetings had subsided, and the business began to assume a more routine character, the moral-force disciples, hitherto kept in awe by the mustered strength of the seceders and their followers, determined to give a practical illustration of the sincerity of their pledge by breaking the skulls of their opponents.