The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-16

anu =. Iu res 81 William smith O'Hrien, FRIDAY
irr, the 18th December at O'Clock, at the Taoerua
Gle for tbr pur ~ adopting address TO that ais
ting usued patriot expressive OF the admiration which
~ oty integrity and disinfeesed patriotism have in
Il re and the sincere qualification his restoration to
lis { miy has caused.
Jac, b A. Wtstervelt, Mayor J. G. Redheld publisher
T. I. highland. ex-Mayor, Michael Burke, merchant
Woo Mayor elect Dudley Persse, merchant,
Simeon Draper merchant, Thomas Adds Emmett.
Hiram Valbridgo. n. T., Edward G. West, lawyer,
join Van Duren, H J. Raymond, Editor Of
Charles OConor, lawyer, Times and lieut.. Gov.
L. u shepherd, District At f. A. Tallmadge, ex Recor
H,raes Greeley, c. Burr, Editor National
Aulnstus schell Democrat,
William Cullen Bryant, J. Even, ,Brigadier General
Il fedAeld, Collector of Z. B. Hart exM.c.,
New York, r. Busteed, lawyer,
Vim Hail. Brig. General, J. cochrane Surv. OF Port,
Robert Fnmet. s. G. Judge Dunnegan Brothere pub
New York, W. H. Burrows, Arm Of
W. R. Beoee, City Judge, Stewart L Co, Broadway
J. G. rerby, publisher,
About twenty other gentlemen, occupying high posi-
tions in the community, attached their names to the
rsqusition, in pursuance Of which Mayor Westervelt
convened the asse mblage.
Long before the appointed hour o vast concourse Of
people, comprising every class in the communicative
trader, mechanic, lawyer, doctor, &c-commenced to
pour into the building, and at halfpast seven o'clock
the galleries, aisles, pews and side seats were CON-
pletely jammed, and several huudreds of people
also crowded in the hail. and even out Broadway.
sand persons assembled, counting up those who were
insee, and the many who compelled to remain
without.
As Mayor westervelt entered the house, he was re-
ceived with loud repeated again and
again as Hon. Judge O'Conor, John Mitchell, Richard
0'Gorman, Mr. ]. +. Meagher anu other prominent po-
Hcal personages arrived. In short time afterwards
We noticed on the platform his Honor Mayor westerv.It
the Hon. Judge O'Conor, Coroner O'Donnel N. D.;
Richard O'Gormau George T. Fox, John MITCHELL Thos.
f. Meagher and Richard Busteed Esqrs., with Colonel
Doheny and other gentlemen.
Mr.. George r. Fox came forward and sad-Irishmen
ard fellow citizens it Is q high honor which enjoy
when permitted to forward to propose to this
meeting that the Honorable the Mayor Of New York do
take the chair on this occasion" cloud cheers.)
Mayor Westervelt then took the chair amidst accama
ton, and called the meeting to order.
It moved, seconded, and unanimously carried,
that the Honorable Judge OConor do act secretary
10 the meeting.
After the cheering bad subsided the Judge for
ward and stated that be had been requested to
that tue Hsn. Robert Emmett was absent up to this
time through indisposon, but that if it were at all
possible he would attend. Mr.. Emmett was connected
in so remarkable a manner (cbeers)-wii events Of
this kind, that he-Judge O'Conor-would regret his
a. sence exceedingly The notice by which the meeting
read it before entering the business Of the evening
The Judge then read the rcquistion given above
amidst loud applause.
He then said that he presumed the next thing order
would be the reading of the address, the adoption of
which was the main object Of the meeting He would
remark that although far removed from the events
occurring In Europe they could not be Indifferent to
their ultimate results As rishmen they could not be-
bold long dominant power struggling only to hold
her own without wishing she should get the worst.
(Cheers) Eight hundred years only had elapsed since
the battle Of Hastings, when foreign wanderer mace
that island his own and if in the cycle of octave Of
centuries they should proud and naughty England
humbled they Irishmen never could regret IT,
(cheers) She was naughty, domineerng and rapa-
cious robber, who never pitied foe made
friend; and she not in tribulaton she would
not have released Mr. OBricn and thrown him sop to
that Irish wolf dog which she fears may yet seize her.
robber she is by the throat and strange her. As
never during her ower showed any mercy the question
for them was II she should In her humiliation ask Il
Of them, should they grant its cloud cheers.) This
enough for him; he would now read the address
which had been adopted.
Before the Judge had concluded his remarks the Hon.
Robert Emmett entered the building and was received
with rounds Of loud and repeated cheers Mr.. Emmett
took seat near to the Mayor.
Judge O'CosoR proceeded to read the following
ADDRESS.
SIR You have been forbidden to return to the land OF
Your fathers The Stat. policy which releases you from
u painful exile, places you with a command not 10 set
oot upon it, within sight Of that island with whose
mores, hopes and sorrows your have been identi
fed.
been best surrounded BY the faces that sweet
light TO you IN your troubled days and gratefully
you tor This i~stv al Of home, though foreign cline
II be-, your JOY to-day mus. be exceccing great. The
congratulations Of freemcn offered 10 you from TIE
che city Z" America, viii not trust detract from
but increase the happiness which has been allotted to
you now, IN compensation fer much suffering generous
~ incurred end coursgecusly endured.
Nor can we conHne ourselves 10 congratulations
merely. without injustice To the feelings with which
contemplate career rendered notable by singular
integrity great industry disintercsedpess the per-
fect, and heroism which conquered many influences
far dismayng than the fear Of death From your
FIRST appearance IN public life the hour in which you
Looked Tor the last time the forests that grde you
in your solitude. your coaduct has been consistent
truthful generous, fearless at the outsetthe same
through many events II has continued to be. Thu, II
was at the closing scene of that banshment the
mory Of which will not be altogether sad, IL Il teaches
men to cultivate the virtues the endurance and the
dignity by vhch il was adorned
Entering the British Parliament at early manhood
we have observed that with correct conscience, cu
tured intellect and strong will you literally gave your
time, your mind yor labor, to the faithful discharge Of
those high duties which, as legislator, devolved
addiction ~ favoritc party imposes with impulse
far nobler than that with which political parties
usually strive, and morality which, SCARED above the
insncerities and Drigucs in which for the most part
the game Of politics consists, the world witnessed in
you strange example OF propriety and honor which,
uDiDteghc at first they begin az last TO understand.
With clear Judgment studying the necessities and
the great capacities, well tho grievous wants Of
your country, and carrying into public effect the
victons with which you became impressed the people
hailed you with cheers--the echoes Of which have not
yet dicd-when leaving far behind you the fcula walls
within The shadow OF which you grew mp, YOU threw
with all the pride, with all the chivaisy, aud with
nanimy that enhances the grandeur Of your oil
raceyour fortunes with that enterprise the pure pur
rose Of which survives and sanct6cs the which
il Ierished.
10 the circumstances which followed--your trial SEN
tencc and my risonment-it Is unnecessary " refer
How that trial has been Judged by the public opinion of
this repullc-how that sentence has been questioned
and reverssd--how that imprisonment bas been con-
dtmnet-you have long since been aware. OF the
proceedings of the government through the false
praciices of which You became the victim of its ven
Resn the people o America have not ceased to utter
their strongest roprobs ton.
Though many regrets may miugls with them preserve