Once more they relied on the false expedient of yielding to their enemies and allowing them to wield the _power_, while they were themselves content with the spoils of the country.

Again the quarrel with Mr.O'Connell became bitter and personal, and again had he recourse to Repeal.
From the time of the first Repeal Association to that of the Precursor Society several other associations or societies were established, which have left behind them scarcely the memory of their very names--that of the second association alone excepted.

Yet each had an ample treasury, and was composed of the same or nearly the same elements, and the same members.

There is many an honest man and many a fool, whose boast it is that they contributed a pound to each of them, and had their respective cards.
At last the late Repeal Association was formed.

Its birth was received with sneers.