From William Ginty   Sunday 15th Sept. 1843.

Liverpool Sunday 15th Sep. 1843. | Deceived! eh? | GIVE THE ENCLOSED TO GEO!¹

Dear Alpha²

‘What nobler breast plate than a breast untainted

Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just

And he but naked tho’ locked up in steel

Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted’³

Where? tyrant is safety now

Thy long enjoyed security

A care-cloud settles on that brow

So lately lit with extasy

Say despot, didst thou fondly dream

Thy villainy and botchery

Would glide a subterranean stream

O’er which men trod with apathy

‘Illusive hope had led thee on’

And lulled us in tranquillity

But, miscreant, now that hope is gone

We grapple with thy majesty

Or didst thou think a dastard soul

Filled every breast that cunningly

Had viewed thee climb the very goal

Of thy ambitious perfidy?⁴

Worst estimate of all this!

The Lion crouchant⁵ flattered thee

To play thy gambols⁶ – knowest thou this?

That Lion’s left his lethargy!

Aye! well I ween thou know’st it now

In bitter sad reality!

Come brothers lay the despot low

He sprawls in dying agony!!!

Every day, every post, adds additional vigour to my courage courage! bah! Tis simple duty. There is only one thing about your incomparable letter to Tucker⁷ that I regret – deeply regret – that is that my name is not at the tail of it. I would glory, I long to have one like it sent from Liverpool! But to us, to me, it is unnecessary! Hear my reasons; we are not situated as you are – there are many timid fools among us, if such a thing was done I question if even the 15 who did not sign would all agree to it and as for the remaining, 9 I verily believe it would cause these dirty devils to draw up a counter-request! One has done so already they sent for him, he got his name taken out – if Tucker had not the intention of forwarding it – if the spirit of one or two did not tell him he must forward it, he would never have done this – this is evident. This wretch had been sounded beforehand by that consummate scoundrel Scott.⁸ He said to him he wished it withdrawn. Now if they had any notion that any of the rest would wish the same they would gladly comply with their request or I miscalculate the poor devils very much! In drawing it up we could not say it was at the request of all. Those every one who would not sign that request would be put down as opposed to it, questioned on its merits, and their names undoubtedly withdrawn. Now in the present state of affairs I think it will be sent off without this risk. Your letter will ensure this – but if all comes to all, those that will insist upon its being forwarded it will do so!!!

I seen O’Neill⁹ last night, he was thunderstruck at hearing the memorial¹⁰ was here yet. He calculated upon this memorial being - - - - (when in the hands of the M.G.¹¹) a corroboration of his statements. Off he started to Short,¹² and now they are discussing the merits of a letter to the M.G. calling on him to defer his decision until he sees our memorial. He will also say it was handed to Mr H.¹³ on the 26th of ultimo.¹⁴ Col. Colbey,¹⁵ Col. Cunningham and Captain Tucker being then in Liverpool so that there might have been no delay. This I heartily concur in, O’Neill says he will fix them on that memorial. He insists ‘it was to injure him it was kept back’. If O’Neill’s determination comes to Tucker’s ears (his next to no ears, curse them, I was hoarse yelling at him) I guess he will not lose much time, for his own sake. from this we have nothing to fear and it will rise the wind to a hurricane.

You need not boast of your ‘fudgery’. I insist Yealand Conyers¹⁶ will be first on the list of losses. Larry E.,¹⁷ exd. it!!!¹⁸ It was computed here 4 or 5 times, and as many more times in Preston. There was great humbugging about it – comparing registers with computations. In short Yealand Conyers – the very name (here) goes in whispers – it contained only 1500 and some odd acres. They are at or have just commenced Caton.¹⁹ This was surveyed by your party (I think).

Do you intend to touch Bobby T²⁰ on the rump for his letter opening? You should!

I will do all I can with 8!!!²¹

Yes faith! a little more than ‘common caution’ is requisite I have a queer card to play. I laugh at all! and I’m blamed for all the ‘mischief’.

And ‘Hamley’s’ wrath and ‘Tucker’s’ rage

Have swept o’er ‘Hotspur’²² yet he stands –

A firebrand in a patriot’s hands

And ‘Sappers’²³ threats and coward’s shock

Have changed his nature to a

ROCK!

How is my brother-in-law²⁴ getting on eh?

Since I finished this this evening up to the present (9 o’clock) I have been cramming a sheet full to the Editor²⁵ ‘I walked into him’ I gave him a very fine report of the acting superintendent’s speech and said his own reporter would not do it better. I told him of the circular desiring us not to give any information to publishers. I told him all about the memorial and sent him a copy of it for his perusal. I shewed him the necessity of issuing Spectator²⁶ into the world as soon as he could – next Friday if possible. I asked him to make an editorial comment said it would add considerably to its weight on the public mind and said I would call for the copy of the memorial early in the week and at the same time place the 3rd letter of Spectator²⁷ in his hands. Just read that last sentence again crazy skull. Your last letter to Tucker was ‘the unkindest cut of all’. Why you told the poor man in very plain terms that you had no confidence in him or them – it smells very much of the ‘serve you right’ kind of argument. More power lay it into tight. During the late display some of the lads laughed outright at a fellow in the rear rank who was nearly dead with the fright. Holy St. Patk.,²⁸ if you only heard his teeth chattering, he would assuredly drop if he was in the front rank. Two devils kept plucking my coat and shoving me as my mouth was applied to one of the holes in Harry’s head – they can’t be called ears.

Hotspur.

Jack’s²⁹ people have arrived in Dublin. She’s³⁰ there et Alpha. What about the ‘Northern Briton’³¹ eh? Send me her name and address for God’s sake. Oh you heartless dog – Would you call young &c. but hush I hear she is an ugly old devil – Oh you sublime rascal – ‘Does she squint’?

Murder in Irish how is little Jim³² during all this sport tell him if we had these chaps regulated I would write to him. Blast them they are putting us to a considerable deal of trouble and no thanks! Oh! Oh!

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