Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-08-27
TRANSCENDENT ELOQUENCE,

the fanatics abroad.
TRANSCENDENT ELOQUENCE.
If there is anything in modern oratory more
truly eloquent, beautiful and impressive than
the following extract from late speech of that
glorious Young Irelander, T. F. Meagher, we
should be too happy to read it:
The pursuit of liberty must cease to be a
traffic. Let it resume amongst US its ancient
glory-let it be with us passionate heroism
Fear not dissension. Dssension is good where
truth is to be saved Repeal does not triumph,
| contend, where the Repeal principles of Con-
Citation Hall prevail. Repeal does not incur
defeat where these principles are swamped by
Whiggery or Conservatism. In the former
case it is Whiggery, masked and mufled, that
succeeds-in the latter, it is Whiggery, mask
ed and muf1ed, that is beaten Disdaining,
then, the calumnieS Of the public writer, and
the invectives of the public orator, however
bitterly society may sneer,. however coaTsely
a section of the multitude may curse, assert
this righteous principle. Rescue the cause of
Ireland from the proclamation of those who
beg, and the control of those who bribe En-
noble the strife for liberty, and be it here, as
it has been in other countries, gallant SER
vice-not vulgar game Conform to one
precept of the English Parliament-depend
upon your own resources, Demanding indie
pendence, be thoroughly independent Be as
independent of this Russell, the English Min
lister, as of Metternich, of Vienna, or Guizot,
OF Paris. Cherish in its full integrity this fine
virtue, without which, there will be no tiue
liberty amongst you, whatever be your insti-
tutons. Bereft of it, the heart of the nation
will be cold, and cramped, and sordid. Be-
reft of it, the arts will have have no enduring
impulse, and commerce no invigorating soul.
Bereft of it. society degenerates, and the mean,
the frivolous, and the vicious, triumph. The
idler, the mser, the coward, may laugh at
these sentiments; they may hiss them when
they read them. The worms of the Castle,
know, would eat them from the hearts of the
young, the generous, and the gifted. The old
champions of faction-in whose withered souls
all that is pure and generous in our nature has
rotted out-n1ay drive their poisoned pens,
and ply their tainted tongues, in their coarse
crusade against them. Then will come the
dull philosopher of the age, 10 rebuke our fol-
ly, our want of sense, our indlscretiOn, and
proclaim that patriotism, wild and glittering
passion, has died out-that it could not coin
eide with civilization and free trade. 1t is
false The virtue that gave to Paganism its
dazzling lustre-to Barbarsm its redeeming
traffic Christianity its heroic FORMS not
dead. 1t still lives to preserve, to console, to
sanctIfy humanity. 1t has its altar in every
cline, its worship and festivities. On the
heathered hills of Scotland, the sword of Wal
lace is yet bright tradition. The genius OF
France, brilliant and impetuous, in the htera-
ture of the day, pays its enthusiast homage to
the pety and heroism of the young Maid of
Orleans. In her new Senate Hall, Eng land
bids her sculptor place among the effigies of
her greatest sons the images Of her Hampden
and her Russell. In the gay and beauteous
capital of Belgium, the daring hand of Geefs
has reared a monument full of glorious mean
| ing to the three hundred martyrs of the revO-
luton. By the soft blue waters of Lake Lu-
cerene stands the chapel Of William Fell. On
the anniversary of his revolt and victory, a.
cross those waters, as they glitter in the July
sun, skim the light boats of the allied cantons
From the prows hang the banners of the re.
| public, and as they near the sacred spot, the
| daughters of Lucerene chaunt the hymns OF
their old poetic land Then bursts forth the
glad Ie Deum, and Heaven hears again the
voice of that wild chivaIry of the mountains
which, five centuries since, pierced the white
eagle OF Vienna, and flung it bleeding on the
rocks of Uri. At Mnspruck, in the black
aisle of the old cathedral, the peasant of the
Tyrol kneels before the statue of Andreas
Hotter. In the defles and valleys of the Ty-
rol, who forgets the day on which he fell with
in the walls of Mantua' 1t is festive day
| all through this quiet, noble land In that
old cathedral his inspiring memory is recalled
amid the pageantries of the altar-his image
appears in every house-hls victories and vir-
tues are proclaimed in the songs of the people
and when the sun goes down, chain Of
fres-in the deep, red light of which the ca
gle spreads his wings and holds his giddy rev
elry-proclaim the glory of the chief whose
blood has made his native land sainted spo
in Europe Sir, shall we not join in this glo
rious worship, and here in this land-anolntec
by the blood of many good and gallant man
shall we not have the faith, the duties. the
| festivities of patriotism You discard the
weapons of these heroic men--do not discard
their virtues. Vindicate the national charac'
ter, and serve the national cause with gener
Gus hearts and stainless hands. You have
| pledged yourselves to strive in this Confeder
alton for the independence of your country
within the limits of the constitution. Keep
within the constitution, but do not pervert the
virtue of the state. Confront corruption wher
ever it appears scOurge it from the hustlngs
-scourge it from the public forum-fing the
brides of the minister back into the pest-hou-
ses with which he has defaced the land-thert
let the vermin that feed upon our countrymer
bury the brides in kindred putrefaction-an
whilst proceeding with the noble task tc
which YOU have vowed your lives and for
tunes, let this proud thought enrapture anC
invigorate your hearts, that in seeking the in
dependence of your country you have preser
we'd it's virtues from the seductons of power
full minister, and the infdelity of bad citizens
MIR. Meagher sat down amidst the most en-
thusiastic cheers, which lasted for severa
minutes.
( A gentleman, one day, visiting school a
Edinburgh, had book put into his hand TO
the purpose of examining class. The word
s'inheritance" occurring in the verse, the quer