The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-15

and cheers. This fact is plain, that this land,
which is yours by nature, and by God gilt, Is not
yours by the law Of the land. There were bayonets,
therefore, between the people and their nghttul
food. Are you content that the harvest OF tins
land which you see and to which your labor has
impaired fruitfulness, should again be reaped Tor
the stranger! Loud cries of no. and we never
SHALL Walking in this glorious scenery, Cromwell
said-' Is not this land worth fighting for +!
[Cries of we would fight and die for it, There
| always appeared to a cloud on its brightest
scenery because it did not belong TO its inhabitants,
| because our flag was not here The flag of
! England waves over all your institutions. The
famine came, and then their coercion laws. Hear,
| iearI Then gallant man, young and brave,
| with a young wife and young children, who, If
| they were made of less heroic clay, would have
caught him TO their breasts before he went forth to
preach the glorious gospel that the life of peasant
| is worth the life of a lord Loud and continued
cheers. That gospel went through the country,
and you said it was the true one. [Cries of so it
| is. Because he preached this they took him, threw
| him into prison, and banished him from his own
native land Loud cries of we IL bring him back.
| There is a stain on the nation while lie remains in
| Bermuda He does not sleep--his feverish, chafed
spirit knows no rest. He is listening, day by day,
| to the sound of the waves thinking. that in those
sounds, will come his liberty and yours Applause
| Because he does not rest, you ought not to rest
[IIear.] He stOd up before his Judges and he said
g You have done your duty have done mine.
| Like the Roman youth who, standing before the
| tVrant. put MS ndQ INTO tl6 UlllJ WAS
| and said there are three hundred to follow my
! ample. ! will promise for one, two, three, aye,
| three hundred Tremendous cheering.E He ut
tered that prophecy and he is not deceived. Others
| have stepped into the breach, and Newgate will
hereafter be dedicated in our history the Temple
| of Liberty Will you permit the country to be de-
| prived of these men! Loud cries of never, and
| tremendous cheering.l | stand here upon the lofty
| summit of a country, which, if we do not win for
ourselves, we must win tRT those who shall come
/ I,o- A |Tofrf riaod caIH fO.Ha
| you will mount higher than this and face more
| burning SUM- [Cries Of aye, the top of the cannon
| No man can be here to-day that is not determined
| TO brave the worst the foe can do have not come
here to-day for the purpose OF speech-maklng, but
TO teach YOU the duties you yourselves and the
| prisoners Hear the verses of young and gallant
patriot, whose grave ought not TO be forgotten amid
| the dazzling lustre of the living. Of " the men OF
| Tipperary," he said
/ You re free TO share his scanty meal,
| His plighted word he II never vary
To shake the faith of Tipperary "
| [Great eheering] You have given that word. You
have plghted your faith Then hear the other verse:
g Let Britain brag her motley rag
We II lift the green more proud and airy;
Be. mine the lot to bear that flag, -
Here a scene of cheers and enthusiasm followed,
| of which it would be impossible to give any ade-
| quate idea.
| Mr. Meagher left the place on horseback pre-
| coded by the tr-cOlOf nag OF the won IOHe CAuB
| of Waterford. He was escorted from the mountain
| by thousands of the peasantry on horseback On
| arriving at the village OF kllcash, the people met
| him with bursts of enthusiastic delight. Nothing
| could equal the intense excitement his presence
| produced At the village of Baypatrick, similar
| welcome awaited him. He here took leave of his
| Tipperary friends, and with the members OF the
Clancassan Club, proceeded en- route for ms native
| city.
Great Meeting al P9E 3, g1s6 of Smith
Mr. Smith OBrien has been as active in Droghe-
da as Messrs. Meagher and DOheny in Iipperary
and Waterford. The following is an account of the
meeting: On the arrival of the train at II o clock
| on Monday, Mr. O'Brien met at the railway
| station by an enormous assemblage of the traders
and working classes, preceded by banners of the
several guilds and having formed into procession,
| headed by the temperance band belonging to the
town, they preceded Mr.. O'Bren and his friends
through the principal Streets cheering as they went
along for Smith O'Brien and Repeal, John
Mitchell The Irish League, The Patriots in
prison. etc. On arriving at the place OF meeting
the Market-square OF the town, the assembIage had
sweed to 10000 The chair was taken by Nicho-
las Fitzpatrick. The Chairman then read an adj
dress to Mr.. o. Brien on behalf of the meeting Mr.
Smith O'Brien, NJ. P, replied at length. He said
1t is not very safe TO make speeches IN Ireland just
| now These are not times for speech-maklng. \ on
will understand that do not intend to place myself
within the operation of that law which would sub
iect me to transportation to Bermuda. am told
that it is the desire of my fellOw-cOuntrymen that
should avoid committing myself in any way which
would place without the sphere of being able TO
be useful to them in Ireland. And therefore shall
not on the present occasion, say anything feOniOus.
| shall not CRAFTY Lord Clarendon by enabling him
to put into the jail of Newgate or OF Drogheda.
But have no objection that the Government should
| know that ever since have come to tins Town |
have heard some very fighting cheers-Ihave heard
sundry expressions which intimated to me that the
vast concourse, which now behold with so much
| pleasure, have fully determined on obtaining their
nationality. But undoubtedly, there is much TO
tempt you consider how soon it may be necessary
for us all to have recourse to the last of ust
| fying a great nation. For what do find at the
| present moment! Within the last four and twenty
hours, have visited, in prison, four of the most
respected and virtuOuS men in this country
The honorable gentlemen proceeded to incucate
the meeting the necessity Of union and co0pera-
ton and proceeded am very happy to tell you
that in the South of Ireland, which have recently
| vised-in the counties of Limerick, Kerry, and
Cork have found the utmost possible enthusiasm
III support of the League. And let Inc add as
another means of giving effect to your wishes, that
it is Of equal importance, perhaps should say OF
greater Importance that IN each locality there should
| be formed Clubs which should concentrate tie Will
and the wishes of the people in the several locall-
| ties of Ireland. ! have to have the pleasure to-
| morrow of visiting the old town of Trim. ! shall
| probably sleep there tomorrow evening and IN
Tend if there be any gentlemen here from Navan, ]
shall probably arrive at Navan tomorrow about
midday so that if any of them should be DESTROYS
to consult me upon any subject that is interesting to
them shall be very happy TO meet them upon that
occasion. / know not whether you will fortify me
upon leaving this meeting by an assurance which
shall be proud to convey, to have it in my power
of carrying to the people of Dublin, the people of
Cork, the people of Limerick, the people of Water
ford that the Men of Drogheda resolved to stand
by their fellow cOuntrymen in any effort which may
be made to achieve the liberties of Ireland. Mr.. 5.
O'Brien said he would take that opportunity of
stating that he intended TO be present a meeting
of the Irish League in Dublin, on Wednesday next;
and he was invited by the committee to express their
desire that as many of the tOwnspeOpe Of Droghe-
da as could conveniently do so, would attend on
that occasion.
Mr.. s. O'Brien again came forward, and Obsery-
ing the dense pressure of the immense crowds, and
the great Inconvenience which many in the meet
I'M sI1H. thnrnh,r