The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-11-26
Thomas Francis Meaghsr.


Thomas Francis Meaghsr.
Al a ball and supper given by the New Jer.
sey Grenadicrs on the Slst ult., Thos Francis
Meagh.r, who was an invited gnes,. pre.sn,sda .
stand Of col"s, b, request, on which occasi n hs
delivered an address that completely electrified
lis hearers. We give a few of ito concluding
passages
i Grutl,m n of the Grenadicr Guard Of New
Jersey. A word rs 10 myself Lnl have done,
| You have done me the honor to adopt my name.
| That you may not bear that name Under vTorg
impressons-tha you may not go through svo-
lutions under false colors-t is right. should
state to you the principles hnld. Hear hear
In a word then, they are the same ~ tho-e
held in July, 1913. [Great applau.el From
any one of them--ln the minutest particular, to
the smnllrat e1tent, or in any one solitary IN.
stance, by any one word, or act, or gesiure--l
defy the kecnest critic--wi,h ar without specta
ces--with the eye Of tie Cye'ope, or the eye
of the .nake--to detect the slightest deviation.
Renewed cheering What ! was then, ] an.
now. have brought my principles to Ams,i.
ca and believe they do not conflict with the
.prit and provisions Of the republic Loud
cheers Others may have apos'atized--l have
not. Others may have turned th,i backs upon
the raised that wear OH the green and to the
memory Of the dead, and the worship of free.
DOM and sliuked off through bye.ways aud
crooked ways to other shrines, may have ctst
the dust from off their sandals upon that altar.
| have pot. Vehement applauss What
was then. lam now. then maintained that in
politica dealings the truth should be spoken. the
truth should be acted, the trpti. should be rs
serted against all odds, at every ri.k, whoever
1t nigh, Offend whoever it might damage, what
soever cherished prejudice it might explode.
The same | now maintain. ] then maintained
that political opinions, that political proceedings.
-hould be emanc pated from ecclesiastical con-
trol--tlat the minister Of religion, whilst he
should have enjoy and be guaranteed in their
full integrity, the rights Of the citizen should not
be permitted to exercise in secular matters the
influence derivable from and appertaining to his
religious position. Loud cheers,] Tho same !
now MAINTAIN.
then maintained that the differences which
existed among the people on account Of theis
different forms Of divine worship should, in the
name Of a common country, in the name Of .
ommen Christianity, in the name Of Him who
died for all men, in the act Of noble forgiveness.
be cancelled [Oheering.l The same now
maintain. Loud cheers, then avowed the
strongest sympahies for Europe, for those Of It.
ally, for those Of Hungary, for those of Germany,
for those of grance--the same ! now avov.---
[Cheers At that time my sympatbes were
with men with harness on their backs, and
whose good axes were hewing down the black
forests which covered Europe, and from .he earth
shut out the fructi!ying and beautifying sun.
They are now for men disarmed, and at the u,er'
cy of the fierce lords of that forest. But am
their friend IN the hour Of trial. stand to them
through bad report aud good report. stand to
them whether there be re Dsuns for them, OF
Anatheinas agains! them. change Bot with tho
.c \
nv heart is with my old companions in that
Island Of the South Pacifc-there are but three
Of them there now, thanks be to God! Enthu.
sastis applause.l The finest intellect and most
daring spirit of them all Is on his way. Vehe-
ment and prolonged cheering
Whilst my hsart is with them, l do not forget
II cannot lose sight of-the prisoners OF st,
Angelo, and those that are butchered IN the mar
ket place Of Pesth, and those that rot amongst
the yermin in the vaults Of Speilberg, and those
that sicken to tho marrow Of their bones in tho
marshes of Cayenne. Renewed cheering For
them as for those who waste their lives away
in the forests of Tasmania, ] passlonately DO.
-eech speedy deliverance. That such is at
hand, there is to day bright hope. The banks of
the Danube are whitened with the tents oi the
Muscov:,e and Moslem, There are fiery steeds
tossing their foam upOu those waters, upon e.
ther shore impatient to plunge in, and breast the
hood and top the sleeps before them. Lsud
cheers What is the news o! the morning
Great news from the Jerseysv Loud chcers,
War is inevitable. Let it come AZ Patrick
Henry said. let it come! Continued cheering
In the red blaze that spreads fom the first gun
fred on the contested frontier ,be future opens
to my view. Amid the tumult Of the gladiators
hear the breaking of the chains that have
CALLED the slaves. Above the hot dust Of the
arena wbsre the fight goes OR, see the spirit Of
liberty ascending the clouds opening and the
crown of victory replacing that Of martyrdom.
upon the emancipatsd and expanding spirit. Let
it come Peace il, profitable only to the tyrantsl
Let it come The Empire is peace !-s.id the
Emperor at Bordeaux. Hear hear, and loud
cheering Let it come War is the redenp
ton of the people! War is freedom Tire
mendous applause continued for some mlnutes)