The Men of '48, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from The Men of '48, Vol. 1: Being a Brief History of the Repeal Association and the Irish Confederation, With Biographical Sketches of the Leading Actors in the Latter Organization, Their Principles, Opinions, and Literary Labors Recent advices from Europe indicate that the struggle for self-government and the right of domestic legislation, which has been suspended in Ireland since 1848, is about to be renewed, and, it is to be hoped, under more favorable auspices than those which ushered in the Repeal movement under O'Connell, or the Irish Confederation of Duffy and O'Brien. Men, almost entirely new to the mass of the people, seem to be taking the most prominent part in this revived agitation, and a generation, who know little of the virtues and faults, the victories and defeats, which characterized the popular leaders of 1840-50, are their followers. As, in conducting this new crusade against English misgovernment, those champions of national rights will have to go over much of the ground trodden by their predecessors, they will, if they hope for success, be obliged to avoid and overcome the pitfalls and obstacles which entrapped or retarded the men of '43 and '48 in their progress towards independence. "Sweet are the uses of adversity, " and from the misfortunes of the past may be gleaned many valuable lessons for the guidance of the present generation. It was partially with this purpose in view that I have written this volume, for, though it may not find many readers on the other side of the Atlantic, it will not be without its influence here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.