The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-22
SYMPATHY WITH IRELAND.
AN O L III Err
IN Q NJ S TER MEETiN G
vAUxTzAxL GARDEN.
TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT.
sc. &c. sc.

new world, but never, on any occasion, were we
present at meeting where the feelings of the
ass, mbly beat so intensely, or where there was so
complete an abandon, to speak, of wild excite
inert, as Last night at Vauxha Garden.
Long before The hour OF meeting, which was
fixed az eight o'clock, the various streets leading
to tie place of meeting were tAronged with people,
WIN we're Fastening to give expression to their
feelings on the late events which have taken
place IN Ireland. The large room crowded
TO suiocaton, and as the intense heat
compelled any who were fortunate enough to Oh
tam admission to retire. others pushed in supply
their places The platform seized upon, and
every avenue SO completely blocked up, that it was
impossible for several OF the gentlemen who were
to have taken part in the proceedings to obtain
admission.
There was small sprinkling of the fair sex at
the back of the platform, but how they managed
to GET there, or now they got away, we are unable
to conjecture There were, probably, not less
than nom twenty TO twenty-five thousand people
IN aLo about the Garden, ana numbers were
able TO come within hail OF the speakers, inside
or outside.
On the motion Of Gen WALBR!oeE, Mr Ba-tholo-
new o 'Counor called to the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, ching the proceedings said
that he expected from what had baen understood
to The organization OF the meeting, that another gen
t!eman would have been there 10 preside them;
petey closed, and all completely prevented
that lc feared it Impossible him to obtain adj
to t force an IN entrance the time sowevsr
had arrived when the meeting should be organized, il
had been considered right to appoint another chair
man, and he had been honored by being selected for
that situation. The time. he believed, had arrived
every lover of freedom throughout the world to give
expression to his sympathy and to stand By Ireland in
Tie news which had been just received by the Cam
bria was imperfect and unsatisfactory, and to a
they were perfectly understood, when the accounts
were read and examined carefully, it would be
s that the a4s s r had al ts ssn
to give version of it that might be called in tie
woidss CT an eminent British jurist, " a mockery,
delusion and snare loud eheersl The accounts
stated that ARRAY had taken place in Balngarry,
between the peasantry and the police and although it
sought TO place it in tho best possible Ugh. FOR
the 3,itith government yet II not said that the
object sought for had been obtained or that the people
had sustained defeat 1t appeared that Smith o.
Brea had been on the ground, and that as ne
considered it expedient. he went away without let or
hindrsnce, and in the very sight of the to
arres. him. (Cheers) Under these circumstances.
therefore, he could not understand the meaning of
the proolsmaions that had been issued and the elto
ria. articles that had written show that the u
suirecsion had been ushed in the bud Cheers Ey
must be perfectly well aware that there had been no
crushing, and no defeat. (Cheers But OF one thing
no one ca be ignorant The people lad shown de-
ton OF their country. tremendous cheering There
had been i. was said; two people killed but if this
the he could not in it such disaster
efficient to cast down the hopes Of the Irish
people or TO give cause for the of triumph which
the English press and government were chaunting
since it occurred. Let them take IL at the worst
there one but must admit. that it showed the
people up and ready to fight for their orto die
in tie attempt (Cheers Yes showed they we're ready
to Gle for their renewed cheering) and this in
formation il was impossible to distort or deny The
directory. however had received additional informa-
and from the authority of the quarter whence it
had been communicated to them he had every reason
to believe in its authenticity He referred to the letter
which had appeared that morning in the Tribune,
newcdl This letter showed, that while every means
OF obtaining correct information had been cut of By
OF the organs of the peop:e-that notwithstanding all
the vigilance that had been exercised by the govern
Been n this letter thOua Peyden bearing the
marks Of having been opened n the post oihce had
th;r nan S nsr to aS
entirely withheld. tCheersl On that statement they
sn place hs , RSs np { d% ts
theSe had been battle Ireme na9us cheers Iss,
aewed eheeriDg) A battle had been fought between
the Issh people and the British forces and in that
battle the Irish people had been victorious. For
OF hats and handkerchief, followed this announce:
Inent 1t is impossible to describe the terrific ex-
10 excite their enthusiasm at the present moment,
but II was well for them to understand the
that they had received the chill of despair had, for
moment, come them, in consequence of the ac
counts not being favorable they had expected
but they had authentic intelligence that the facts
OF he case bad been fasifed The first blow had beeD
given-the red had met the hand Of the oppresSor
and had hurled him 20 the dust. loud cheers) It
well for them thea TO know that for 1t would DC
Of the struggling patriots who aborpg and bleed
ing their country Great cheersl Now was the time
should be extended for, however disguised, or dis
1ogted concealed the intelligence might be, Il was
no longer matter Of doubt that the struggle liberty
or death was going on and dead must the soul Of tha
friend of Ireland and Of liberty be Who now held back
MS sympathy and his assistance loud cheers) He
MT Ia frai~f fu,Aa n
t!emen would address them. lie wished, however, to
impress upon them that at S.ieyenamon-(tremen dous
cheerss that gallant fortress, the rst battle had
been .ought-the first blood had been shed for Irish
liberty. Renewed cheersl Il might be called the
Reuewed cheers) May the same glorious result be
heis reward and may every remnant Of British power
cloud and prolonged applause)
Mcssrs r. S. Emmett, Chas. A. Shea and chas. Da.
General wAIhpniOos was the next speaker. lie
sad that it was upwards Of 700 years since the
British government first obtaineda footing N Ireland
and though feats of heroism aud masnanimity bad
been ever since performed in attempts to shake OF this
is38 to shake the grasp Of the oppressOr and to act
the captive free Cheers Tho sword had been un-
the ssh 1e oheeT
thosc who traced their lineage to an irish ancestryt
WAS not strange that those who could boast Of Irish
blood ia their veins should be oiled with deep emotion
when the intelligence came booming across the ocean,
Shat che first shot had been red ana the irss blood
strange too that Americans should sympathise with
the IRISH people in their struggles or shoud regard
them with feelings of ordinary interest whe stand
ing for their rights and Kidding themselves OF their
tyrannical cppressors (Cheers II he were asked why
ths sympathy should be evinoe5. he would briefly re-
ply tast country in the world had ever suffered SO
Inuch oppresson-no country had ever been treated
unfa!riy-every privilege that the British subjects
enjoyed bad been denied to them-they were made
to submit TO taxation without representation and
had imposed upon them church establishment
which was dhecJy opposed TO that form of worship
in which they believed cloud cheers IL was not
ftapge they should strive to rid themselves Of this
tytanuy; and that every Briton who sought TO per-