d Church in Ireland was not called for by
O'Connell on this occasion. Lord John Russell was known to be opposed to
such a measure. As to Repeal, he said, even if he got those eleven
measures, he would not give it up. But the advanced Repealers took a
different view, and believed he was either about to relinquish Repeal,
or at least to put it in abeyance to avoid embarrassing the new
Government. His line of action with regard to the elections was
calculated to increase the suspicion; he said he would not sanction any
factious opposition to the re-election of the liberal Irish members who
had accepted office: if he could find honest Repealers to put forward to
contest the seats he would contest them, but he would be no party to
opposition for opposition sake. Smith O'Brien, the organ of the other
section of Repealers took the opposite view. Writing from Kilkee, under
date of July the 9th, he says, Repeal candidates must be put in
opposition to the Government candidates, no matter how good they might
be.

At this time Lord Miltown, a nobleman who seldom touched politics,
addressed a public letter to O'Connell, which, like the _Times_'
articles, had the appearance of being inspired from higher quarters. The
object of writing the letter is contained in a single sentence of it. It
is this: "Without presuming to ask you to forego your exertions in
favour of Repeal, might I," his lordship writes, "suggest the policy of
your postponing them for a session to give time to form _an Irish
Party_, to assist the Ministry, if willing; to urge them on, if lagging;
in procuring justice for Ireland." O'Connell replied in a letter, rich
with the vigorous trenchant logic of his very best days. He reviews the
many attempts made, at various times, to form an Irish party, all of
which ended in unmitigated failure. His answer to Lord Miltown,
therefore is, that he cannot comply with his request--he cannot consent
to postpone, even for an hour, the agitation for Repeal.

For a considerable time the dissensions in the Repeal Association were
painfully evident to the whole country. O'Connell saw a rupture must be
the result, and he accordingly made preparations for it. On the 13th of
July, he, as chairman of a committee appointed for the purpose, brought
up a Report reiterating the principles on which the Association had been
founded, and in which were embodied the "Peace Resolutions," as they
were called. "There are already upon record," says th