Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-29

tunes, and lloyd in oIi success; who' VII" .u-
damned courage, breasted the storm, whicn
once threatened to overwhelm US, howied WIN
fearful and desoa,ing fury through TINS now
happy land; who, with aspirations deep anu
fer, emit for our cause, whether under thr wa''
of the Castle of Dublin, in The shock oil our
liber.y's battles, or in the feeble and expiring
accents Of famine and misery, amid me horIors
of the prison-ship, cried from their hearts, noo
save America! Chcers.
Tell me no, Of the aid we received from an
other Euro aean Nation, in the Struggle Tor In
de pendrnce. Tha, aid was most, nay ail'esseh
tjal 10 our ultimate success; but remember years
of the conflict haG oiled away, and macy nara
ht Id had been foughten, ere The II els ana ar
mics Of France gave US their powerful a>sis-
lance. We gladly and gratefully admit ha' The
ehivairy of France, led BY the young me good
and gallant Lafayette, was most early ana oo'
10, timely al our side; but The capture OF Bur-
ipoyne had ratified the Declaration 'i inhep' -
dence. he renowned combats OF the H'ig"'s
of Charleston, and Fort Mou'tr'e- h" dlsas
trous and bloody days Of Long Island II b IN
DIVINE and Germantown - the giorIes OF J rtH-
ton, of Princeton, and of Monmru'h--ail had
occurred and the rank grass grown ove' thr
grave Of many poor Irishma" who had died
for America, ere the flag OF The L'hfs Heated
on the field BY The Star.Spangl'd Banner.
OF the chiefs Of the Arm, nj Navy OF IN"
Revolution, We have 10 ,ha k Caledonia for the
honored names Of Mercer, M'D"uga, Sterling,
ST.. Clair, and the chivalric Jones' England Tor
a Dayie-but of the operatives IN wal, Inc s'l>
diers mean, up 10 the coming "f he FRI nrN,
Ireland furnished in the ratio ct an hundred to-
one Of any foreign nation whatever. Then ho"-
- nj he St,pc ,fE
rim, in the war Of Independence! Lee the Sham
rock he intertwined with the laurels of the RI
volu,ion. and, Truth and justice guild Ing tn
pen Of history, inscrlbe on the 'aoe's OF Am
erica's remembrance, Eternal Gratitude to l.
rishmen!
ireland is free! And where are We NV We A
mericans who were s,ickl-rsfor the rules OF in
,ernationsl prophecy, who mist consult the
mus,y pages of Vartcl and Groius, and Puff-n
dorf to ascertain whether you could secu"d"m
ar,em, cheer gallant people in their struggle
for Civil and Religious L,berry, which you ac-
knowledge 10 be the very LIES blood OF your
own political existence. Hark! Do ye no, hear
the old bell ofinGerendence ring nL: its joyous
pea that another ma ion born to freedom; does
not that venerable clang strike On your hearts,
ard carry your memories back 10 .hr era vt 76?
Yes nv countrymeu, when The sound was first
borne on the breezr alre ady had lreiand's Mont
geometry on the Plains of Abraham, sealed with
his blood his devotion IN your cause, ard MANY
q brave son 81 Erin was in our embarked ranks
fighting + that liberty we now enjoy. Some
of you again, " IN would he quite Correct, pre-
tended % fear the frnwns Of your own Govern
men, if ye gave even the poor tribute Of "Din-
ion toward the emancipation Of Ireland. Your
fears w.r. rai---- Al.---r.- "a - reasons
eminent had reasons OF state, ana g"oo reason'
thew were, for nn, expressing orertly its semi
men,s on the subject, ye', my lite on ~ 'na' IN
heir he ar,s, and TO man, they were IN faV"r
nc the Civil and Religious Liberty abroad,
whieh they hate sworn to pro'rc' al hon.a-
And lastly. there are some who were afilic'ed
with kind ofiheredirary ,ain' which, Tx. e"u'
or scroTula. descenhs even 10 The bird or tour
generation, an apprehensi'eness OF he WRATH oil
| ,ha, now old and inhrm Lion, witch IN the
prime and vieor of his day, our gallan father
dared to erarplc with, aye, and t. tame. And
have some Afnerit ans, in one half century sc
DEGRADED from their glori"us Daren'ag"! "
ano her, aud in thrir feelings for liberty, sucr
degenerars will be but as pismies, when com
pared with their giant ancestors
Had h. Irishman conren'ed himself, in oni
olden day, with looking into pondrrous tome
Of international nonsense, Will" America has
Of resistance 10 oppression was flyi"g a. :areui
Hall ins'e ad Of consulting the gene r"us die
a..., ,hr higher authorities, OF his own man'
bosom. the bell of ssvsnty-six. thai now ring
the peal Of Independence to the winds whif
hlow over a gre al & prosperous em"'re, migh
have been ,olling funeral requiem for depart
/, I'd martyrs, sacrificed to the vengeance oil
victorious aud unspiring enemy.
Americans, recall to your minds he venrra
BILE req ollec ion Of the hernit time, when IRISH
J men were our friends, and when in the ~ho'
5 world we had no. f. lend beside. Look 1" III
period ha, tried mems sous, and you will I'm
\ !, was then that the sons Of Erin rushed 10 gu
' ranks, and amid the clash of steel on many
I memorable day, many John Byns wns NJ
idle. Loud cheering.
| Though another aud YET another grnera'lo
now enlivens our fast ,eeming land, trust 'h'
the spirit Of rs will De preserved by the at
q scendan,s Of those who aourished AT that I'm
S mortal era, and that when a voice shall aga
e CRY IN behalf Of the cause of Civil and Re
$ eious Liser,y, that i, viii be answered with a.
r camaion by all the Americans, even 'h"np
The voice should be heard from the Ultima thu
: of the habi able globe. Che rs.