New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-23
A SPEECH PROM THOMAS F. MEAeHER.

SPEECH PROM THOMAS +. MEAGHER.
M Monday evening, at O'Clock tn. Coaicm an, Soc
~...rv and members Of shs "Thpmas Prsacis Mssguer
r,,br met at tbs ofice of Messrs. Dillon & oG,rmsn
IA 10 william st. for the purpose Of presenting their
a.s.nsulshed couotryman with address, and a copy
~ resolutions passed at late meeting Of their body
.,.c To present him with beautiful edition Of the works
a. George Washington, and Bancr fits History of the
tinted states The books splendidly bourd, and
zero lnscribtd with the of Thomas +. meagher.
ihsr thanking them for their beautiful and useful
,resept Mr. Aesgter continued;
he bad already said the feelings and convictions
.bich brought him to the prison had undergone no
Change Far from being SO, they had been confirmed
.no improved He was MT H. publican 10 l5s8 He
adhered then 10 the Charter Ot Dung aaoOn A mJnu-
ment a toe hDeft incident Ia their history, he looked
mon with PRIDE aud reverence, snd believing IL was
seperous In ts prOvisoDs be would accepted
sufficient guarantee tor the growth OF their f,Itdoe
and the stability OF their reedm. But toe prison was
DANGEROUS scnoo for revolt subjects " oe scot TO-
In the solitude sbich saDctined l., mounting Sterposed
haveen fbe awakened nina ADD the opening h.a yeus
tho space between n aud Tbs hight vas fr-e-nothing
iptsrcepted the descep6ing truth. Thus ne became
convinced that kepuocsuIsni was the purest and
kfdest system Of government but, being 90, it re-
duire6 hom the peOp'., sInohg whom 10 was
shlished The greatest amount public virtue and intel
Hence. Frm the esrn ste he bad formed Of It. ia the
tyept of Der present condtoD bring altered and her
character beiog cb.stened aid exaltd he should vote
for the Inauguration Of Rrpuoicauism 10 Ireland. Be
sdes Ii WA fatal ~ lesve revolutions inconp etc. A
compromise between adverse principles Wa, productive
In the end, Of the most disastrous aions IL
concealed fOstertd. ano TO neDted the enmios which
should bsvt bern utterly destroyed IL gave and
space iOr wounded passions TO revive, sud- the
ese Of the eirest virtues To couspte for the resus
citation Of the most maiisnsnt The C0n.ttuton
ofl162 won be Compromise. For a season, as here
AZ. L. Tiki
10 the bland, bur II would reither ciesn.e
eradicate the cancer which md preyed upon
Der vitality within. Thus far hsd hi. Opinions
undergone q chspge. la no other respect had they
been altered. W, heretof re, he discs,med the
English rule In Ireland. Nos, as heretofore be re-
spected, bODored and lJved his country NV here
tore he chung 70 the hope ana project Of her freedom
But of that country At this moment IL most difficult
for him b. speak Her name sounded like funeral
hymn huId Of q land, the JOY Of whose nesrt bad
ceased-wbtte iDberir4oce was turned 10 s.rangers
ana whose house ~ alipDs-wh0se young meu Tere
gone into eapdvity-who cities solitary that
foil Of peCpe, and whose gates were d. soltre. OF
that land they had heard him speak when the light
of new destiny beautiful as the light which shone
q defiant sttitude TO the world He did not
then psu,e for words. He shOuii not pause
now, were he 10 behold the same trans.
hgurston. IL painful for them 10 be there, and
bave TO that they belonged 10 a country which,
slopg the crest highway Of nations, moved
tered and 1precOgbized II was calling thought IL
flooded the bear with bitterness and flushed the honest
cheek with shame. the glory Of a tree country de
scepded upon each one # her children-the poorest
sveD-and I, ey walked the world respected Taey
bore credentials which entitled them to the hospitality
and IL might be- 20 the hnnag. Of the stranger IL Was
psiDfu for Them he sad, 10 be there, and feel they
bad no such county. II still paiBfui TO
feet that the ast fort for her freedom bad ntuaed
In 30 igpobe discODiture But not tor ner gi'ries
only, but for her sorrows also should naIn De re-
menbered by her lt was beautiful and holy
love which chung 20 the fallen, and smiled above the
sick. IL was one OF the bestitudes. Hymns accom-
panied 1t upon eauh-there was crown for IL In
Heaven. This whch filed the sou Of her noblest
son when there fell from him words Of sorro~l
Her. shall remain anchored, faithful 10
The fortunes Of my c0uDtry-tAth'u "a Ter froodOm-
faithful fall" From enersOn 20 generation the
,ecred fre had been handed down. From Camp and
cave from caste and cathedral, from the Senate add
the scafold through sony and legend through tearsand
joyopspess through the hghtn ngs Of the battle storm
an the red haze of marty 'dom, bad been faithfully
tapsa ited That generate should not be the ist In
wbicb Ii should be sacriegnusly exiusuished. IL was
true that the ATTITUDE Of ireland, at that mo-
mept IL little CALCULATED 10 excite hOpefdness Joy.
But the humber thss attitude the m0ls suodued that
tone the more forcibly old IL become the duty OF all
who loved her to speak the language of encourage
meDt IL griev US error TO inspire iase n"Pes-t
was ye, more criminal 10 inculcate despsr He would
heep alive the feelings keep alive tue hopes which, down
even IN our day have boroe her with unconquerahie
endurance through the seony OF ages :" long as those
Irish Nation Ia exi,ience Que, indeed, with Iut the
arms ann insigia but with the soul add suscepah'es
Of peticb The honor of q natoD-ner wealth-hsr
were th-.ei They were the enans
ions al the soul ,hat dwet within her AID the freedom
Of nation Ia bu, that soul In lie highest STATE oil actoo
For op. be could not give up the hope o seeing the
land OF his nativity invested with the bga degrees ana
honors of nation la every vcisstude, that hope had
been 10 bin a higher life Before cloud had cross
Nd II. It hiled bis heart with rapture. IL was tue
strength and inpulse of his boShood 10 the
DRht It threw around, was disclosed 20 him
nober wmId then the schooLbcoks spoke o. What
ever int lect In him. IL evosed-wn4tever good
ness was implanted in bio nature, L warmed into
generous activity. To see II verin"d was the prayer,
anxiety abd labor Of hi early manhood Ia IN Il season.
h vr, IA h, upon him redremiDR intaeOee. From that
fahhess and sorod world, Ia which many pure alice
hon withe,d aud cecave Il bore himsowSrd "itnta
power Of holy vision, and thus preserved IRON GER
(ous conHginr-preserv,d them fresh and tnenrrupu-
bebe good thoughts and sspirau as Of his youth Ia
tie osys Of bis exein that solitude where heart aud
mind sting silently sway--among the strangers
from whom many burning thou. he bid aud who Ia
lbeir frivolous and ippsnt cIrsm may have mistaken
The reserve of tor effectiveness OF thought
In the days of his exile, this hope was bus secret
consOlst N Cuickeiibg HIN into action from tue deep.
Mt In the 10 West dreariest moments OF de.
pres.ion IL dsenthraied his mnd from the inactivity
which threatened suhjug-te IT, Above the nsny tn-
aeniies and xstons that heset his path II lifted his
spirit No. and at intervals. tlei with ecstacy the lite
thai and obscure without Despite OF the
experiences tina had cnsted his spirit kept alive
within him su yviyins faith Ia the nooer attributes
and destiny Of msbkibd We've tnis hope TO die, all
would die y hhin him Destruyed-the Heavens would
dsrken over him. the earth would become % him will
derneas aud exisreLce a desOlarJn. Mr.. Meagher
concluded with the ferytbt prayer, that Il might
be vsu bsa'ed to them 10 see that hope fahll-dl
That Il misht be vuuchssfed 10 them t. dwell up IN
he earth until the promised day bad ds~ned upon
The LAND of their fathers and their eyes al bahcd her
salvation That IL might he vouchsaed IL them 10 re-
" thst land Der old her la her gaduess and her
glory they had 10 he'd her in her sorrow aud
,sp,vio lead their children u her altar and 'di'
,aie them a. her serviceur their old to claim an
honors. sest within her gates thew had faith
ul TO her youth-snd In her holy soil, resting place
brewer
REAL Estate The following vacant
OTIS were sold at Auction yesterday at the Merchants
by Cole & Chiffon;
lots or south side S6th-st teween 9Th and Madison
avs, each
lots adjoining each 81 500. looO