Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-05-24
From the Ohio Statesman
Escape OF TheMaS II. Meagher-Ril.
= NOR Confirmed.

Ihe Rum0f 10 winch mefe allOSlonS wa
made in the telegraphic despa tcles Of som
DAYS since, that Meagher had escaped from
the bonds of British exile is confirmed in th
following, which we find in the Cstizen.-
There can be no doub. Of its truth, afte
reading the particulars. as given by th
Dublin Nation.
How Americans will rejoice to.ereet will
oman arms and swelling hearts. the arupi
tive from a British prison, whose onl,
crime n as, that be too, like his compatrei
and oo-exiIe, Mitchell. thought liberty worth
= littlesmo than one dron Of blood I"
There i snec;al Provide nee in this es
r.ne. 81 .et ne s.,eak plainly. and-eul tc
.h,m rho sril fh;nks. if the ins2ired
voune I1ish hero seeks the asylum here
which alone win afford him shelter, and a
field for that action forwhich his soul pa nts
we shall have anothe. hour for the trial oil
mans sonls While Kossuth has been in
onr u;dst he has met onnosition. asa mat
ssr ,feaurses from ) ,,ee,,l;ar stamn Of men
who have taken occasion 10 play off ag ainsi
him the deep and auickening sympathy oil
The American neopie for the woes of Ire
land None have been so sedalous in play,
-;np fl,is resource of hostility to Kossuth, as
those who have upon all proper occasions,
!, been Just as ready to sneer with fendish
malignity at sIrish relief" and sIri.h Re-
PEAL as they have been to practice falsely
: ,,pon Irish sympathy as inimical TO the
capse Of Hungarian freedom.
Now we want Meaeher 10 come to Amer.
lea. and 10 come now. The moment is pro-
s pitious. The tendency Of national feeling
isin favor Of Justice to Ireland. England
defsrs to us mot as government so mach
as people in continental affairs more
than ever. All tina. is necessary is for a
Mea CHER or Mitchell to make the same
appeal 10 US for his people that Kossuth
has mada. fos Hungary, and voice will be
zhea I'd IN resnonse to wbish The world will
/. bearken with as great eaoerness. and feel
with more force shat il has our demonstra-
I zion of sympathy 10 behalf of Hungary.
Then we shall again see that men will be
found in our midst who have withheld sym.
patby from Hungary upon pretence Of great
er love for Ireland, but who, as Of old, will
coolly reserve all manifestation Of their in.
terest because they were not appealed TO at
a more convenient season.
Furthermore, the prutective.l I ory Minis
try Of Eag and are now debating whether
they shall abrogate The Asy lum enjoyed by
the refugees fftm continental oppression
Let US bring home 70 her in wholesome
though it may be an unpalatable nanner,an
example of the soundness OF the night, and
put her hesitaacy TO shame in open day..
Let Measher be welcomed : welcomed
astke Americans ever do the champion Of
Freedona. wlether coming pale and weak
from The eppressors' prison, or glowing with
the halo OF success. Let tue friends Of Hun
gary in America show that they are the
friends Of Ireland. Il is net necessary that
we shall wait for a definite @mosement"
with ui,erior objects Of Irish revelation.
Meagher may come among US as the Heeing
and hunted exile from British tyranny. OF
as tue delegate Of his country,s hopes to
seek our a. aterial aid for another struggle
in that battle which
Tough bafaed eft its ever wen,
And stilI. in whatever capacity, he, too will
come as the arepresentatiye Of the cause Of
his eo,,n,f,,s freedom, So let him be re.
cciyed and recognized. however soon or
bo gerer late he may be enabled TO walk
abraad unan American soil free man.
The pasticn!ars Of this ioyfel event, which
ve, announced yesterday, are now in our
haod, We give the account as we find it
il The Dublin Nut:oa, with portion of its
t,ornnien,s tbsseon.
Il Is not alone in Ireland that the escape
Of this brilliant and noble man, from the
clutches of his enemies will be reieiced in.
Every Irishman may, every true man in
these States, from Maine to Georgia will re-
ceiye the intelligence with exultation.
Never perhaps did the troubled waves o
revolution throw upon their tife more gilt
ed, :mpassioned and self sacrificing patriot
than Meagher. -,
. Stepping out from Tue seeiusion 'i his
college, almost a boy, Into Inc Dusy scenes
of public lie, be proved himself equal 70 the
position OF leader 10 the revolutionary
movement, to which MS splendid eioqnence,
and unarlng devotion, gave sTeng.n ana
Il u r. Il = IL hi rNta a