This document is a primary source : a speech delivered by Daniel O'connell in 1836 in the House of Commons.
O'Connell, also called 'The Liberator', was an Irish-Catholic lawyer and then was elected as an MP. He didn't want to aknowlegde the King as the Supreme leader of the country.
He defended the rights of Irish people and Catholics who were still oppressed. There had been the dissolution of the Irish Parliament and so Irish affaires were ruled from London. There was also the Tithe war in response to the tax paid by Irish-Catholics to the Anglican Church.
In this speech, he tries to persuade the members of the House to give justice to Ireland, to free the country from the English oppression.
We are going to see how the author is trying …show more content…
So he proves it by comparing the relation between England and France and between England and Ireland. He says that there is '' cooperation'' between France and England but no ''ministerial approbation of alterations in the domestic laws'' meaning that they are not involved in the French policy of ''suppression of public liberty''.
At the time, it was Charles X at the head as an absolute monarch and it was a policy against revolution.
So he denounces the hypocrisis of the members who do not even approve but do not have the courage to reprobate the French policy because they do not want to break such a union.
Whereas England is doing the same thing to Ireland with oppression. This is a fact he uses to support his argumentation to make more effective. He also proves it by legitimating it : ''every man must admit that the course I am taking is the legitimate and proper course'' …show more content…
2) In this speech, O'Connell tries to arouse feelings of guilt, shame, flattery. He calls on their guilt and shame about all the injustice that had been done to Ireland : ''you are wounding my country to its very heart's core'' (81) and ''while there are others who, though they are ashamed to say, are ready to consummate the iniquity, and they do so.'' 11-12
He uses the word ''iniquity'' which is an excessive form of inequality, and so he denounces their actions without naming anybody explicitely, which allows people from the audience to identify as responsible for them. He calls on their pity, because he 'begs' and 'implores' (64-61)
The author also flatters the audience by refering to them :''as English gentlemen'' (61), ''right honorable baronet'' (16) ''noble lord'' (22), ''Experience makes fools wise, you are not fools,'' (63). The members are represented as people who have the fate of Ireland in their hands which makes them very important : ''all our hopes are centered in this [house]''
O'Connell, also called 'The Liberator', was an Irish-Catholic lawyer and then was elected as an MP. He didn't want to aknowlegde the King as the Supreme leader of the country.
He defended the rights of Irish people and Catholics who were still oppressed. There had been the dissolution of the Irish Parliament and so Irish affaires were ruled from London. There was also the Tithe war in response to the tax paid by Irish-Catholics to the Anglican Church.
In this speech, he tries to persuade the members of the House to give justice to Ireland, to free the country from the English oppression.
We are going to see how the author is trying …show more content…
So he proves it by comparing the relation between England and France and between England and Ireland. He says that there is '' cooperation'' between France and England but no ''ministerial approbation of alterations in the domestic laws'' meaning that they are not involved in the French policy of ''suppression of public liberty''.
At the time, it was Charles X at the head as an absolute monarch and it was a policy against revolution.
So he denounces the hypocrisis of the members who do not even approve but do not have the courage to reprobate the French policy because they do not want to break such a union.
Whereas England is doing the same thing to Ireland with oppression. This is a fact he uses to support his argumentation to make more effective. He also proves it by legitimating it : ''every man must admit that the course I am taking is the legitimate and proper course'' …show more content…
2) In this speech, O'Connell tries to arouse feelings of guilt, shame, flattery. He calls on their guilt and shame about all the injustice that had been done to Ireland : ''you are wounding my country to its very heart's core'' (81) and ''while there are others who, though they are ashamed to say, are ready to consummate the iniquity, and they do so.'' 11-12
He uses the word ''iniquity'' which is an excessive form of inequality, and so he denounces their actions without naming anybody explicitely, which allows people from the audience to identify as responsible for them. He calls on their pity, because he 'begs' and 'implores' (64-61)
The author also flatters the audience by refering to them :''as English gentlemen'' (61), ''right honorable baronet'' (16) ''noble lord'' (22), ''Experience makes fools wise, you are not fools,'' (63). The members are represented as people who have the fate of Ireland in their hands which makes them very important : ''all our hopes are centered in this [house]''