The republic., 1853-05-28

ment, has been removed. and Mr.. Stubbs has
been reinsated, the change to take effect on thu
lst of July.
AN ELOQUENT ADDR Kss.-The lecture of Tho
MAS F. MrAaHER, esq., on "Young Irela nd, ;" de
ivered at New York on Wednesday y evening for
the benefit of the New York volunteers in the
Mexican war, was effort of extraordinary power
and beauty; but the brief address to the volunteers
before him, at it's close, resplendently excel.
lent, full of generous and noble sentiment and pa.
trotc ardor. We quote the concluding passage
"May that flag never fail to find less ca ger
champions than you have been, to shield it from
disgrace, and bear it, like a charmed robe unburt
through the flames of war. May that flag never
lose star, but, as the Old Thirteen have mul
tiplied in time. may others, no less brilliant be
added thereto and may the constellation, which
fret shown out through the tempest and the light
nines and has now become fixed in the blue ex
panse OF peace, on every sea be seen; and may the
nations, journeying, like the kings of old, to a
nobler worship, be led to a new faith and destiny
by the light it gives. May it mount tu where the
Amazon leaps forth from it's cradle in the Andes;
may it be seen upon the rivers that wash the hid
den treasures of Japan, and, in the effulgence
which it sheds, side by side with the ruder struc
lures of your making, may the graces of life
spring up; may literature and the arts flourish;
may the canvass become ineffaceably impressed
with the great conceptions of your sons; nd may
the chisel and the furnace contribute to the genius
of America the fame of Phidias and Canova as we
have seen that genius immortazing the beauty of
Greece in her n9kedness and chains, and, later
still, unveling that famous production which
fronts the White House, in which the features of
nature not only copied, but the la ws of nature
by the dumb charger are obeyed.
"To this Republic-renouncing all foreign DOW
ers and potentates-have taken the oath of alle-
glance; and, in the new sphere and citizenship
which s opened totme here, do trust to prove the
sincerity With which that oath was taken, and my
deep sense Of the duties which, by that act, de-
wolves upon me.
"Faithlul to the principles on which this com
munity is framed; faithful to the laws which it
proceeds and operates; faithful to the institutions
which distribute the vitality whilst they sectse the
unity of the whole; faithful above all, to that
noble system OF public schools, which, in the IL
Elimination of tn public mind, insures the perpe-
tuity of a condition of government and society
based upon intelligence and good sense qualifying
in each succeeding generation the entire body OF
citizens the yet more wisely to exercise their great
faculties, diminishing the chances of the impostor,
and, in the END, elevating the democracy to the
highest level, instead OF keeping it to the lowest
the foe of bigotry, from whatever pulpit it may
its maddening pranks-the foe of tyranny in every
cline, whatever be the motto or the mask under
which it marches, or whatever be the ceremonies
with which 1t ia inetalled-acting as you have act
ed-true you have been true, brave soldiers
liberal of my services the Republic, as you have
been-if that be necessary, liberal of my blood
in the cause of the Republic, as you have becn-]
trust that, if it be the will of Heaven to crown me
with the white lilies and the silver crown of age
looking back upon life we'll spent, / snail be able
say with the great foe of Cataline, the conspira
tor against the Roman CoInmonwea ealth-
"' Rempublicam defensi adoiescens, non deseram
seHeE.'
"And why should not stand, with proud love
and courage, to this Republic-her interests beI
laws, and institutions? There is more than one
good reason for SO doing. 1t is not alone that
am grateful for the protection and the citizenship
| insured to me; it is not alone that regard this
form Of government, end this condition Of society
| as the finest and most truthful expression of the
national will, necessities intellect, and ambition,
which anywhere on this earth exists; but that
recognise in the stability of the Republic
of strength to other nations, and in her success ar
incentive with them to q Courageous emulation
"Whilst this Republic stands-augments her
| fortune, proceeds upon her high career-there Is
hope for the most abect decrepid, and disabled Of
| mankind. As the thoughts of the great poet
whether in words or marble, of the great artist
| sometimes waken the most drowsy souls into rap.
turous activity, so shall the exampe-the written
the spoken, and the living word Of this grand ma
| tion-rouse the spirit of those who nov lie dumt
and torpid in the shadow OF the thrones that are
moored in the full tide Of massacre, and in which
if in the hold of the pirate chip, the plundereo
| liberties of the people, bound and bleeding, are
batteped down.
"Austria-the whole Germanic family-tongue
| tied; the Rhine stagnant in her bed, Poland, still
| the Niobe of nations, and her estate and chi ldrer
| cut up and parcelled out among the robbers; Hun
| gary, with the knife at her proud and beauteous
| neck; Italy, locked within her scuptured sepul
chre, and profane soldiery keeping wa ch upor
| it; France, grimacing in a masquerade, the glare
of which blinds men the crimes OF which it s the
| senseless nd the reckless carnival; Ireland, heI
people decaying and disappearing faster than the
| ruins even which a ruthless civilization has YET
| left standing on the soil-where, where can tb'
eye that scans the history of this day turn witt
| joy-without grief, without vengeance, withou
despair-unless it be to this great Commonwealth
| the power, the progress, the lmmensity OF whlcf
are mapped out in those mighty waters OF thu
| West, from which came but yesterday
"Aere, here-glory be to Him on hIgh!-her'
freedoms stands upon pedestal higher than th'
Aips-her spear is lifted to the sun-the rays tina
| fash from it shall descend-descend through ths
l blacklist cloud and storm-descend and Penetrat
| the deepest dungeon, and there wake up the oldes
prisoner-wake him up, not idly to gaze upon I'M
hills and his home far off but wake him up +
wrench the bars that hem him In, and with then
| clay the sentinel, though he wear crown, anf
be impiously hailed the anointed of the Lord"
The chairman of the committee of arrangement
read the following letter
"GENrLEAEH I should be happy to hear Mr.
| Meagher's lecture this evening, but fear MAJ
| not be able to be present.
| 81 return the tickets you were KIND enough e
send me, and beg that the email sum enclosed
may be applied for the benefit of the sick and dis
nh cd Of r