The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps)

John Mitchel
Author’s Edition (undated)

1876

CHAPTER I.

IntroductionAddress of the American Congress "To the People of Ireland," in 1775Satistics and Condition of IrelandIreland in 1843O'ConnellThe Repeal Debate in the Corporation of DublinThe "Monster Meetings" in 1843Opinion in the English ParliamentSir Robert Peel's Declaration in Answer to Mr Bernal [Osborne]

CHAPTER II.

"Repeal Year" (1843)Resources of O'ConnellClare Election, and Catholic EmancipationShiel"Young Ireland"Davis, Dillon, DuffyThe "Nation"Resources of the English—Disarming Laws

CHAPTER III.

"The Repeal Year" stillO'Brien's MotionArms BillSir Edward SugdenDismissed MagistratesArbitratorsMore Monster Meetings

CHAPTER IV.

O'Connell's OratoryIts ThemesThe WhigsDavis and the"Nation"The Young AgitatorsTara MeetingCouncil of Three HundredThe Queen's Speech against RepealGreat Meeting at MullaghmastMeeting at Clontarf forbidden

CHAPTER V.

Determination of the EnemyClontarfThe "Projected Massacre"Arrest of O'Connell and the "Conspirators"Opening of "Conciliation Hall"O'Brien joins the RepealersPreparation for the Trials

CHAPTER VI.

The TrialSystem of "Selecting" a Jury in IrelandVerdict against O'ConnellDebate in Parliament on the State of IrelandOperation of the Arms ActSentence and Imprisonment of O'Connell

CHAPTER VII.

O'Connell in PrisonDavis; his MisgivingsReversal of the JudgmentWhig Law LordsRejoicings in DublinThe People disappointedFederalismO'Brien

CHAPTER VIII.

Approach of the Famine, in 1845Repeal prospects after the liberation of O'ConnellIrish Produce exported to England in 1844Arms and Detectives in return for it"Landlord and Tenant" CommissionEjectment LegislationCondition of Ireland in 1845The Devon CommissionThe Tenant-Right of UlsterConspiracy of Landlords and LegislatorsSir Robert Peel

CHAPTER IX.

Land-Tenure ReportO'BrienEighty-Two ClubGrey PorterA National MilitiaPresident Polk and Orgeon TerritoryRobert TylerColleges BillMacNevinJames HaughtonJohn O'Connell and General JacksonLord Stanley's Bill"Surplus Population"Death of DavisFamine

CHAPTER X.

Davis; his influence, aim, and laboursHis opinion of "Imposing Demonstrations"His LettersHis DeathFate of MacNevin

CHAPTER XI.

Duties of GovernmentAlmsPlayfair and LindleyMemorial of the Corporation and Citizens of DublinLord HeytesburyO'Connell's proposalsO'Brien'sMeeting of ParliamentCoercion BillRepeal of the Corn LawsRelief

CHAPTER XII.

Loss of the Irish CropsAccounts between England and IrelandRapid export of Irish harvest and cattleSir Robert Peel's "Remedial Measures"O'Brien in ParliamentEnglish Press on "Alms"Sir Robert Peel's two weaponsRepeal AssociationResistance to the Coercion BillExtermination in ConnaughtThe "Nation" and Young IrelandAnother State ProsecutionChange of Ministry

CHAPTER XIII.

"Relief of Famine"Importations of grainImprisonment of O'BrienDestruction of the Repeal AssociationThe Labour-rate ActMore Poor Law ExterminationRecruiting

CHAPTER XIV.

Labour-rate ActDigging holesEngland begs for usOut-door Relief"Fast and humiliation"Quarter-acre clauseThe Calculations of "Political Circles"Two millions of Celtic corpsesAmerica baffledParish coffinsRepudiation of Alms by the "Nation"

CHAPTER XV.

Death of O'ConnellHis characterArrangements for the next year's famineEmigrationReport of a "Select Committee"A New Coercion ActThe Crisis approaches

CHAPTER XVI.

Lord Clarendon, ViceroySubterranean agencies of GovernmentMonahan, Attorney-GeneralGalway Election

CHAPTER XVII.

Dublin during the Famine"Young Ireland"Alarm of the Moneyed Classes"S. G. O."Sudden meeting of ParliamentNew Coercion ActDifferences in the Irish ConfederationBreak up in the "Nation" OfficeO'BrienThe "United Irishman"

CHAPTER XVIII.

The "United Irishman" NewspaperNature of the enterpriseEffect of the French Revolution of February, 1848Situation of the GovernmentExamples

CHAPTER XIX.

March, 1848The French RevolutionWaterford ElectionAggregate Meeting in DublinProsecution of O'Brien, Meagher, and MitchelO'Brien in the English ParliamentThe "Treason-Felony" ActTrial of O'Brien and Meagher for "Sedition"The "United Irishman"Trials for illegal drillingProsecution for "Sedition" abandonedArrest of Mitchel for "Treason-Felony

CHAPTER XX.

Rage of the British PressProtestant Repeal AssociationsLord Clarendon's Manoeuvres among the OrangemenProclamations against "Communists"The Chartists and Irish in EnglandLetter to the Protestants of the NorthProsecution

CHAPTER XXI.

Juries in IrelandWhig professions of impartialityIn the DockHolmesChallenging the arrayClosing SceneThe Clubs restrainedMeagher's AccountMy last week in Ireland

CHAPTER XXII.

Triumph of the EnemyThe "Irish Tribune"The EditorsHabeas Corpus suspendedNumerous ArrestsO'Brien takes to the CountryCarrickKillenauleBallingarryDispersion of the peopleNo Insurrection

CHAPTER XXIII.

Arrest of O'Brien; of Meagher; of MacManus, etc.TrialsExcuse for more Jury-packingExcitement in EnglandTrial of ChartistsSpecial Commission in ClonmelTrial of O'Brien for High TreasonSentence of DeathTrials of MacManus, O'Donohoe, and MeagherCommutation of the Sentences of DeathPlan for a New "Plantation of Ireland"Systematic vilification of the Celtic Irish by English writers

CHAPTER XXIV.

Consummation of the "Conquest"The Queen's Speech in 1849More CoercionMore Poor-lawDepopulation: condition of the people, as described by Mr Duffy in 1849Lord John Russell's "Rate-in-aid "The "Incumbered Estates Act"Result to Ireland of Incumbered Estates CourtQueen's Visit to Ireland in 1849: Popular feeling in Dublin suppressed by the PoliceIreland "tranquil," "improving," and "prosperous"StatisticsRecapitulationConclusion