7 From the | proud | regent | 7 of | our | scanty | day: 7|77|

77 | Sons of the ¦ morning, | first born | 7 of cre-|ation, | 7 And only less than | He who marks their | track, 7| 7 And | guides their | fiery | wheels. | 7 7 | Here | must I stop, 7 |

Or is there ought be- | yond? 7 | 7 What hand unseen 7 |

7 Im- | pels me | onward, | 7 through the | glowing | orbs 7 |

7 Of | habitable | nature | 7 7 | far re- | mote, 7 |

7 To the | dread | confines | 7 of e-|ternal | night, 7 | 7 To | solitudes | 7 of | vast un- | peopled ¦ space, 7 | 7 The deserts of cre- | ation, | wide | 7 and | wild, 7 | 7 Where | embryo | systems | 7 and un- | kindled | suns 7 | |

Sleep in the womb of | chaos? | 77 | Fancy droops, | 7 And | Thought | 7 as- | tonished | stops her | bold ca- | reer. 7 | 77 |

7 But | oh thou | mighty | Mind! | 77 | 7 whose | powerful word 7 |

Said 7 | Thus let | all things | be | 7 and | thus they | were, | 77 |

Where shall I | seek thy | presence? | 77 | how un| blamed |

7 In- | voke thy | dread per- | fection. | 7 7 | 7 7 | Have the broad | eyelids of the morn be- | held thee?|77|

Or does the beamy | shoulder of O- | rion |

7 Support thy | throne? | 77 |O| look with | pity | down 7 |

7 On | erring guilty | Man! 7 | not in thy | names 7|

7 Of terror | clad; 7 | not with those | thunders |

arm'd 7

7 That conscious | Sinai | felt when | fear ap- |

pall'd 7 |

7 The scatter'd | tribes: 7 | thou hast a gentler | voice, 7 |

7 That | whispers | comfort | 7 to the | swelling | heart, 7 | 7 A- | bash'd 7 | 7 yet | longing to be- | hold her | Maker. | 77 | 7 7 |

7 But now 7 my soul 7 | un- | used to stretch her | powers 7 |

7 In flight so daring | drops her | weary | wing, 7 | 7 And | seeks a- | gain the | known ac

spot, 7

custom'd |

Drest up with sun and | shade 7|7 and | lawns, and | streams; 7 |

7 A mansion | fair and | spacious | 7 for its | guest 7 | 7 And | full re- | plete with | wonders. | 77 | 7 7 | Let

me here |

7 Con- tent and | grateful | wait the ap- | pointed |

time |

7 And | ripen for the | skies 7 | 7 the | hour will | come | 7 When | all these | splendors, | bursting on my | sight 7 |

7 Shall stand un- | veil'd, | and to my | ravish'd | sense 7 |

7 Un-lock the glories of the world un- | known. 7

| 77 | 7 7 |

SPEECH OF MR. PLUNKET,

On the competency of the Irish Parliament to pass the Measure of Union.

Sir, 7 | I in the | most ex- | press 7 | terms 7 | 7 de| ny the competency | 7 of parliament | 7 to do this | act. 7 | 77 | 77 | 7 I | warn you 7 7 | do not

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dare | 7 to lay your hand | 7 on the | consti- | tution. | 7 7 | 777 I tell you, | 7 that | if 7 | circumstanced as you | are 77 you | pass this | act, 7 | it will be a nullity, |7 and that no man in | Ireland | 7 will be | bound to oI bey it. | 77 | 77 | 7I | make the as- | sertion | 7 de- | liberately, | 77 | 7 I re- | peat it, | 7 and | call on | any | man who hears me, | 7 to | take | down my words; 7 | 1 і 777 you have not been e- | lected for | this 7 | purpose, 77 you are ap- pointed | 7 to make | laws, 7 | not 7 | legis- | latures; | 7 7 | you are ap- pointed to | exercise | 7 the functions of | legis- | lators, | 7 and | not to transfer them; | 77 | 7 and | if you do so | 7 your act 7 7 is a | disso- | lution | 7 of the

govern- | ment; 77 you re- | solve so- | ciety | into its o- | rigi| | society

nal | elements, | 7 and | no man | 7 in the | land | 7 is | bound to o- | bey you. | 77 | 7 7 | Sir, 7 |.7 I | state | doctrines | which are | not 7 | merely | founded | 7 in the im- | mutable | laws | 7 of | justice and of | truth; | 77 | 7 I state | not 7 | merely the o- | pinions |7 of the | ablest men 7 who have | written on the | science of govern- | ment; 7|77| but 1 | state the | practice | 7 of our | consti- | tution | 7 as | settled | at the | æra of the

revo- | lution, | 7 but I state the doctrine | under | which 7 | 7 the | house of | Hanover | 7 de- | rives its | title 7 to the throne. | 77 | 7 7 | Has the | king 7 | 7a | | right to trans- | fer his | crown? | 77 | Is he | competent

7 to annex it to the crown of Spain, 7 or of any | other | country? | 7 7 | No, | 7 7 | but he may | abdicate it; | 7 and every | man 7 | 7 who | knows the | constitution, knows the conse- quence, | 77 | 7 | | | the right re- | verts to the next in suc- | cession ; | 77 1 | If they all abdicate, | 7 it re- | verts to the | people. | 7 7 | 77 | 7 The | man who | questions | this 7 | doctrine, | 7 in the same | breath, | 7 7 | must ar- | raign the sovereign on the | throne | 7 as a u- | surper. | 77 | 7 7 | Are you | competent | 7 to trans- | fer your | legislative | rights 7 | 7 to the | French | council of I five hundred? | 77 | Are you | competent | 7 to trans|fer them to the | British | parliament? | 77 | 7 I | answer, | No. | 77 | 7 7 | When you trans- | fer 7|7 you | abdicate, | 7 and the | great | 7 o- | riginal | trust 7 | 7 re- | verts to the | people | 7 from | whom it | issued. | 7 7 7 Your- selves | 7 you may ex- | tinguish, | 77 | 7 but | parliament | 7 you | cannot ex- | tinguish ; | 77 | it is en- | throned in the | hearts of the | people ; | 7 7 | it is en- | shrined | 7 in the | sanctuary | 7 of the consti- | tution; | 7 7 | it is im | mortal | 7 as the | island | 7 which it pro- | tects; | 7 7 | 7 as | well | 7 might the | frantic | suicide | 7 7 | hope that the act 7 | 7 which de- | stroys his | miserable | body, | 77 | should ex- tinguish | 7 his e- | ternal | soul. | 7 7 | 7 7 | 7 A- | gain I | therefore | warn you, | 7 7 | do not dare to lay your | hands | 7 on the | constiI tution; 7 7 it is a- |bove your power. | 7 7 | 7 7 |

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Sir, 77 I do not say 7 that the parliament | and the people 7 by | mutual con- | sent and co-ope- | ration, 77 | may not ❘ change the | form of the | consti- | tution. | 77 | 77 | 7 When- | ever | such a | case a- | rises, | 77 | 7 it | must be de- | cided | on its | own | merits: 7 7 7 but that is not | this | case. | 77 | 77 | 7 If | government | 7 con- | siders | this a season | 7 peculiarly fitted | 7 for ex- periments | 7 on the | consti- | | tution, | 7 7 | they may call on the people. | 77 | 77 | 7 I ask you, |77| are you | ready to do so? | 77 | Are you ready to a- | bide the e- | vent of | such an ap| peal? 7 | 7 7 7 7 | What 7 | is it | you must | 7 in | that e- | vent, 7 | 7 sub- | mit to the people? | 7 7 | Not 7 | this particular | project, | 7 7 | for if you dis- | solve the present form of | government, | 7 7 | they be- | come 7 free to choose any other; | 77 | 7 you | fury of the ❘ tempest, | 7 7 | you must | call on them 7 to un- | house them- | selves | 7 of the established consti- | tution, | 7 and to fashion to themselves 7 | 7 an- | other. | 77 | 77 | 7 I | ask again, | 7 is this the ❘ time | 7 for an ex- | periment | 7 of that 7 | nature? | 77 | 7 Thank | God 7 | 7 the | people have manifested | no such | wish; | 77 so far as they have spoken, | 77❘ their 7 | voice is de- | cidedly a- | gainst | 7 this | daring | inno- | vation. | 77 | 77 | 7 You | know | 7 that no voice | 7 has been | uttered in its | favor, | 77 and you cannot be in- | fatuated e- | nough | 7 to | take 7 | confidence | 7 from the | silence | 7 which pre- | vails in some 7 parts of the kingdom, | 77 | 7 if you know how to appreciate | 7 that | silence, | 7 it is | more formidable | than the most | clamorous | oppo- | sition; 7 7 | you may be | rived and | shivered by the |

fling them to the