If parties in Ireland could be suddenly struck with common
genie, the proposition with which the late Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ph Ron, has startled the Irish capital—" mesmerized" the Mu- dieipatity—would be most judicious. The State trials, he says, vdiatever their issue, must lead to strife, and must prevent, instead lir restoring, the peace and prosperity of Ireland ; and, with a Vannth of feeling that attests his earnestness and sincerity, he pro- poses an extraordinary measure suited to the extraordinary junc- ture,—namely, the sudden stoppage of the trials, an act of oblivion for the past, and some great commission of inquiry into Irish griev- ances with a view to adequate and prompt remedies. The idea seems to strike people as feasible ; and, we say, if the Irish party- leaders could suddenly be possessed by common sense, it would be as judicious as it is simple. How little that is likely to be the case, appears from Mr. Jona O'CoxaeLes anticipatory rebuff of " par- don." Maddened by the turmoil of constant party-fights—refine- ments on the "faction-fights" of the most ignorant Irish—the popular leaders cannot understand the virtue of the good citizen's Suggestion : to them his warmth of heart only suggests disparage- them and ridicule.
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