New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-26


the police. iApplause.l But there were noble deva-
tons from the course. which a. body the Roman
Catholic CLERGY thought it advisable expeden to
pursue There were MANY young curate throughout tbs
c0untrv-n the Navan in VatcriOrdthe city my birth.
three cheers for Waterford in Dublin for nstance-fuy
irpared and prompt throw themselves irto the move
merit 10 aid Il and 10 bless it, Taking broad view It vas
ronoorrcct state that the bishops ADD parish priests were
oposed 10 the movement and 10 suppress brought their
;1,so Il er.rcs in the pnlpjt and in the forum and in
Ia. field 10 Operate. lHsses. Ga the other hand IN
cura;es Of the Roman Catholic Church % mao, 10
he instance young curae marching to jJn Brs1.
with a body Of brave fellows he had hastily col.
lecied ard armed from the hardware stores OF
the village. when the parish priest appeared ana
with severe admoufons dismissed ihe good and his
escort fIiisses Had the Catholic clergy, as body
taken another course had they gone out a The S'cisn
priests went out-as il / mistake not, the archbahop' OF
Milan had done had they lifted up the cross IN 'front.' OF te
rsurgenf ranks there would have been different story
written Who else were opposed to the movement Inc
OCOiDclltes. almost 10 man. Applause and hssesl
In Waterford the most vigorous Of them wree sgore IN a.
especial consiables TO put down the Irish Rebels 30
too the Orange party who thought Their Churcn ana An
nvcrsares in dagger and buckled their armor
Of righteousness and pitched their tents under the lion
and the Unicorn. Laughter, hsses and .crles OF or
der Mr. Meagher said Oh never mind 1t is only
pleasant interpolation Cheers So too the land.
lOrCs, who have lived upon the sweat and blood OF
the people and tremble lest the grave would
give up the dead and the victims OF the cvctiOns and
acton-sweing the army of the poor-wOuld precipate
upon their heads their houses and their idle children
crushing retrbuton So too the Castle folk who had
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pink or pmrOse, their gcntee seryiy, their handsome
bcggary their eligible daughters to protect AMI provide
for So too the merchant the traaenan the railroad ana
| every other spcculator-ali ~ word, who hdd any
amount of money in the bank-they believing that a
Wholesale depreciation or cOmmunlstic distribution Of
properfy was the one thing contemplated being beaten
into this belief by the lured scrbes and scoundres OF Eng
s press who made the most of that terrible business OF the
month Of june in Paris to caumniae and cry down.
in Ireland the cause OF freedom and republc2nism Nho
then for it, None the brave young mechanics
Of the cities and The towns, few Of the writers OF the
Dublin and Provincial Press, the Catholic curates and
few OF the pessany though te heart OF ali was IN the
right place Loud Applause.l But with them famine had
done the worst II had eaten TO the soul and killed
there tbs vital of all instincts that which prompts the
poor to turn upon the foot which threatens its human
life 1t W. they said the eternal destiny of the land
"snd Heaven will be DONE! lApplausel
Thus failed that movement in Ireland, in 1919 But all
failures Dot altogether failures Let them hope that
such wrecks give bedding for the arch that il yet to span
the waters dividing the Irsh from the promised land
in sight Of which they have stood long Tremendous
Applause
Ladies and Gentlemen The lecture has drawn close,
but the duty have anxousy and proudly accepted is not
| yet discharged.
1t now within three days just twelve months since in
pursuit Of the freedom had lost with the stars and stripes
flying at the mzen peak to anchor in the river that
washes the left shore Of your noble City [Appause.l
1t will be to my memory dark day. indeed, when shall
70, get the crowd Of faces radiant with delight and friend
ship which pressed around stood under free roof
once more and behed myself at the gate of the
great avenue Of lfe-with multitude of voices calling
upon me to enter and in triumph be conducted to the
Sanctuary, which the arms the wisdom, and benefcence
of your fathers bad opened to the children of less favored
ands Loud applause Happy, some weeks ago. at the
Sou did feel that for the congratulations OF that day
the honors then decreed mel could, to extent
evnce my gratitude in the dedication Of an hour so to
the service of those whose scars are witnesses to the in
trepidity and vigilance with which they stood by and
through the red waters of the carried the ensgnS OF
the Republic. Loud and prolonged applause
Happy do feel when gazing this peopled space, so
brilliant and so vast The thought upon me that
may have set in motion the elements which repose in the
higher regions of our nature and that this hand remuous
and unskllu as It is may have drawn down from those
regions kindly ray at least to illuminate the heard and
homestead of the men who were the guardians OF 2se en-
hsppyEiappy beyond the measure which the tongue
can tell o-sha feel if with this same hand can smooth
the pillow Of the dying soldier give Ike AoercrOnois Ia
the sands Of Egypt to his quvering up the cup when
shall soohe the fever of his last breath ov er M humble
coffin like the poet over the grave OF young Marcenu'
strew the purple flowers Applause
MILO could look ON and not feel his heart give way at the
spectacle of glorious compalQnsip stncken ny want
disease and dcaa group of stately trees struck ny me
storm stripped ofthe sheering leaves and scared by The
lightning bending to every passing gust ana one ~ one
sinking with The shrcd OF their gay foliage and fragments
of their brave limbs in desolaon to the earth VINO can
read of fine army-even though that army be inc los oil
Freedom and in the fight ourselves should strike 10
the hcart-who can read Of such an army being cut 10
pieccs or by plague famine disappearing from the ear
without coniseration-wiihouta thrill syllable one tear
If then TO be stranger though he against US our
nature Yields irsnctyey generous measure OF sympathy
and succor what should be the emotions what ING anA
otes what the actions of those who IN their midst oeou
the wreck of those young egons whose csoheu s"oi
flashed in the sun that shon mp there upon the fortress OF
ChelultepCc, loud applause and SO helped 10 Clear
ont new field for that adventurous activity, the
spread Of which, America as II Il, neither t1e FOREST
nor the swamp, the mountain nor the river nor e tie
covenants and ntrigues the contrlVances ana
of the crown ed families down there in Europe nor thei
lilies here or elsewhere hamper divert nor LOT an
| bour withstand Tremendous applaUsel 80.
But is il lust considerable, delicate OF me 10 put th'
question when hardly day passes without comrade tll
mo in those crippled ranks, whose wounds not less elo
nnt tban IN se for which the friend of Caesar pleaded
cy ont 10 YOU not for vengeance but for love mat you
c,nd be sensible 10 this fatality that you could thus Do
Hold one of the pillars of the State decay and wth rs
larte CAPITAL crrmbe 10 the dust until nothing OH the
edcel was LEFT standing beside that stream OF business
aaiey and wealth which threatens to enace th e SeS'
record of your worth, that you could be nseisole 10 i
fatality SO striking it would be most uSr9cious III INC ioi
moment to imply. ,.. - W., nor
Montgomery nor Jackson That scene upon breed NIL
tbst III Font Mouiiric that upon the Delaware tha upon
,ha snow piled baS,iOns of Quebec that AZ e bayou
Rienycuue where the English columns were s"aDtd pc
re the FIRE which opened them from the coiionO aes
of Louisiana Treudous applause those seems are 10
less visible 20 the memory Of the RepuohC uAn 70 the
owe ot the stranger those paintings WHICH, III such
noble proportions decorated the halls oil your Conses'
Which beng 50, you Will not forgei 'e ieu VIZ OV
,rsioned or non commissiOned-with or without ept1
1T, in tle corn fields and marshes al Los fortaieS ana
NJ the tower of Nutya Rancho, and aions .ne v~IAo
rocks ana through the woods and raVnes IN" Ay pc
tween them ana their golden prize gave PROOF ln1 VIC
sphii which broke the sword II 'ne nn' 80 ..,s H.,
IA CorDWops was not laid TO rest IN the grave tha'
oyclooks the Potomac-and passing WHICH ~ nsn. "
cav no cr4t FAME TO strike the minute De-aPppause