American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-10-02
Baltimore GlInper.

APosTRorHE TO THE SwoRD-LiSh Flo
cuencs The following truly eloquent ard
thrilling aposrophe to the sword. broken Off,
by interruption, unfortunately before It's pero-
ration, is from the speech of Nh. Meagher, of
the Young Ireland party, in Cancellation Hall,
on the day of the rupture between the two
branches of the repoalers:
| dssented from these resolutions, for. | felt
that by asserting to them, | should have pIedg-
ed myself to the unqualified repudiation of
physical force IN all countries, and at all times,
and IN every circumstance. This | could not
do, for, my Lord, | do not abhor the use of arms
ID the Vindlcation OF national tights. [Cheors !
There are times when arms will alone suffice,
and when political ameliorations call for a drop
OF blood t cheers and many thousand drops
OF blood, Loud cheering, and cries of "Oh,
oh."I Opinion, admit, will operate against
opinion. But, as the honorable member for
nj kenny observed, force must be used against
iorce. lCheers and some confuson.l The
soldier Is proof against an argument, but he is
not proof against bullet The man that will
listen to reason, let him be reasoned with But
1t is the weaponed arm of the patriot that can
alone avail against battalioned despotism.-
Loud cheers Then, my Lord, | do not dis
claim the use of arms as immoral, MOI do be- |
leVe it is the truth to say, that the God off
Heaven wthhoIds his sanction from the use of
arms. From the day on which in the valley of
Bethulia, he nerved the arm of the Jewish girl !
to smite the drunken tyrant in his tent, down
to the hour in which he blessed the insurgent
chivalry of the Belgian priests his Almighty
hand hath ever been stretched forth from his |
throne OF light, to consecrate the flag of free
dom, to bless the patriots sword. Loud and
enthusiastic cheering Be it for the defence,
or be 1t for the assertion ola nations liberty,
look upon the sword as a sacred weapon-I
'No, no." from the Rev. Mr. Hopkins And
II, my Lord, 1t has sometimes redeemed the
shroud of the oppFeser, like the anointed rod of
the high priest, 1t has at other times blossomed
INTO flowers to deck the ffeeman's brow
LOUD cries OF "hear, hear!' and vehement an
plause. Abhor the sword and stigmatize the
sword! No, my Lord, for in the cragged pas
SEES OF the Iyrol 1t cut in pieces the banner of
Ihe baVarlan, and won an Immortality for the
peasant of inspruck. Cheers Abhor the
SWORD and stIgmalize the sword! No, nv Lord;
iof at us blow giant nation sprung up from
Inc waters OF the far Atlantic, and by its re-
1eemlng magic the fettered colony became
1arlng, free republic [Cheers Abhor the
sword and Stigmatize the sword! No, nv Lord.
or 1t scourged the Dutch marauders out of the
me old towns of Belgium, back into their own ,
9ilematlc swampsi [cheersl and knocked their
Tag and laws, and sceptre and bayonets, into
ne sluggish waters of the Schledt. TEnthusi- i
lstlc cheering My Lord, | learned that it
vas the right of nation to govern itself, not
n tins hall, but upon the rumparts of Antwerp.
Cheers. l learned the first article of ma
ions creed upon those ramparts where free c
.o"oi was Justly estimated, and where the pos
session of the precious gifts were purchased bv p
~ et1uslon of generous blood. Loud cheers. h
NY Lord, | admire the Belgians honor the y
0elgians for their courage ard their daring and b.
VIII not stigmatize the means by which they b.
'otaned citizen King and Chamber of De-
,uties.
The speaker was here interrupted by MIR. W
ohn o'Connell, who protested against these al
ehtments, and insisted that Mr.. Meagher must 6,
lease to be member of the assembly, or thew 6
must choose some other leader than his father. =