Daniel O'Connell and the revival of national life in Ireland . crifice his profession—no funds for the occasion, etc.; but Fitzpatrick wouldtake no refusal, and, giving currency to the reportthat OConnell was going to stand, immediately setabout raising the sinews of war. In ten days he hadcollected i^28,000. His enthusiasm and energy forceda reluctant assent from OConnell, and two daysafter, on 24th June, 1828, the latter issued his addressto the electors of county Clare. The address, a some-what rambling document, written currente calamo inthe office of the Evening Post, to the proprietorshi

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Daniel O'Connell and the revival of national life in Ireland . crifice his profession—no funds for the occasion, etc.; but Fitzpatrick wouldtake no refusal, and, giving currency to the reportthat OConnell was going to stand, immediately setabout raising the sinews of war. In ten days he hadcollected i^28, 000. His enthusiasm and energy forceda reluctant assent from OConnell, and two daysafter, on 24th June, 1828, the latter issued his addressto the electors of county Clare. The address, a some-what rambling document, written currente calamo inthe office of the Evening Post, to the proprietorshipof which Frederick Conway had now succeeded JohnMagee, called on the electors of county Clare tochoose between him and Vesey Fitzgerald— Choose between him who has so long cultivated hisown interests and one who seeks only to advance yours ;choose between the sworn libeller of the Catholic faithand one who has devoted his early life to your cause, who has consumed his manhood in a struggle for yourliberties, and who has ever lived and is ready to die for. oconnell, fitzpatrick, and conway in the office of theevening post. FROM THE PAINTING BY HAVERTY IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY, DUBLIN. 1829] Emancipation. 201 the integrity, the honour, the purity of the Catholicfaith, and the promotion of Irish freedom and happiness. They were not to be misled by the statement thathe was not qualified to be elected. He was qualifiedto be elected and to represent them. It was truethat, as a Catholic, he could not, and of course neverwould, take the oath prescribed to members of Par-liament ; but the authority which had created thoseoaths—the Parliament—could abrogate them, and hewas confident that, if elected, the most bigoted oftheir enemies would see the necessity of removingfrom the chosen representative of the people an ob-stacle which would prevent him from doing his dutyto his king and to his country. Should he be re-turned he pledged himself to vote for every measurefavourable to rad