Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-11-16
Thomas Francis NIeagher.


by the New Jersey Grenaders, Thomas Francis
Meagher, who was an invited guest presented
stand of colors, by request, and made an eloquent
speech, in which he lauded our militia system
He concludes it as follows:
Gentlemen of the Grenadier Guard of New Jer-
sew: A word as to myself and have done. You
have done me the honor to adopt my name. That
you may not bear that name under wrong impress
sions--that you may not go through evolutions
under false colors-iti is right should state to you
the principles hold. TIear, hear) In word,
then. they are the same as those held in July,
1S4s. '(Great applarse.) From any one of them
jim the mnutest particular to the smallest ex-
tent, in any one solitary instance, by any one act
or,word, or gesture-I defy the keenest critic
with or without spectacles-with the eyes OF the
Cyclops, or the eyes of a snake-to detect the
slightest deviation. (Renewed cheering) what
was then am now. have brought my prn-
ciples to America, and believe they do not con-
fiet with the spirit and provisions of the republic
cloud cheers.) Others may have changed-l
have not. Others may have apostatised-l have
not. Others may have turned their backs upon
the altar raised that year the green sod to the
memory of the dead and the worship of freedom, |
and, sticking off through bye-ways and crooked
ways to other shrines, may have cast the dust from
off their feet upon that altar have not. (Vehe-
ment applause.) What was then am now. /
then maintained that in political dealings the truth
should be spoken, the truth should be acted, the
truth should be acted against all odds, at every
risk, whoever it might offend, whoever it might
damage, whatsoever cherished prejudice it might
explode. The same noV maintain lCheers)
then maintained that political opinions, that po-
ltical proceedings, should be emancpated from
ecclesiastical control-that the minister OF re-
gion, whilst he should have, and enjoy, and be
guaranteed in their full integrity, the rights of the
citizen, should not be permitted to exercise in sec
ular matters the influence derivable from and ap-
pertaining to his religious position. cloud chers)
The same now maintain. (Renewed cheers.)
then maintained that the differences wdich ex-
listed among the people account of their differ
emf readings of the Bbe and their different forms
of divine worship, should, in the name of COM
mon country, in the name of common Christian
ity; ;in the of Him who died for all men,n act
of noble forgiveness, he cancelled. (Cheering.)
The same now maintain. Loud cheers.)
i then avowed the strongest sympathies for Eu-
rope, for those of Italy, for those of Hungary, for
those of Germany, for those of France-the same
Inow avow. (Cheers) Al that time my SYM
pathies were with men with harness their
backs % and whose good axes were hewing down
the black forest which covered Europe, and from
the earth shut out the fruitifying and beautiying
sun. cloud applause) They now for men
disarmed, and at the mercy of the fierce lord of
that forest. But am their friend in the evil hour,
as was their friend in the hour of hope, I stand
to them through bad report and good report. /
stand to them whether there be Ie Deums for
them, or Anathemas against them. I change not
with the winds of fortune (Cheering) Whilst
my heart is with my old companions in that island
of the South Pacifc-(cheers)- there are but three
of them there now, thanks be to God (Enthu-
siastic applause.) The finest intellect and most
daring spirit Of them all is on his way. (Vehe-
ment and prolonged cheering) Whilst my heart
is with them, do not forget, cannot loose sight
of the prisoners of st. Angelo and those that are
butchered in the market place of Pesth and those
that rot among the vermin in the vaults of Spell
berg and those that sicken to the marrow of their
bones in the marshes of Cayenne. (Renewed
cheering.) For them, as for those who waste
their lives away in the forests of Tasmania, pas
sionatey beseech quick deliverance, That such
is at hand, there is to-day bright hope.
The banks of the Danube are whitened with the
tents of the Muscovte and Molsem. There are
fiery steeds tossing their foam upon those waters,
upon either shore, impatient to plunge in and
breast the food, and top the sleeps before them.
cloud cheers.) What is the news of the morning :!
"Great news from the Jerseys" cloud cheers }
War is inevitable Let it come! AS Patrick
Henry said, let it come CONTINUED cheering
In the red blaze that spreads from the first gun
fired on the contested frontier the 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 where
the fight goes on, see the spirit of liberty
cending, the clouds opening and the crown of vic
tory replacing that of martyrdom, upon the head
of the emancipated and expanding spirit. (Great
cheering) Let it come Peace is profitable on
ly to the tyrants! Let it come "The empire
ispeace!'' said the Emperor at Bordeaux. (Hear,
hear, and loud cheering.) Let it come! War is
the resurrection of the dead War is the redemp-
tion of the people, War is freedom /! (Tremen-
dous applause, continued for some minutes)
DECIDEDLY CooL.-An Arkansas volunteer in
the Mexican war, riding horses back, came
across an Illinoian who was shot in the1eg. The
Tllin0ian told him VIII hn was ,pJ