The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-12-10
THE DAILY DISPAIsOHs
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Monday sfsrains. Drten,ber ~. 1855.
Tur rRIsa NArIoNAL COMMEMORATIVE con
,sn.,on adiournedon Thursday last, after passing
/. vote of confidence In Mr. John McCienahan' -
t.. ~ the Citizen This step was induced by Ger
81, reflections cast on Mr. Nee by Col. Doheny.
Three resolutions were passed. the hrst OF winch
q. as follows ~s
pesolved That tho first duty of all american
citizens whether native born or nsturahzed; OF
whatever political opinions, or OF whatever nauoh.
.litirs Is TO faithfully respect all their oohgauohs
~ citisenshp arising under the laws and conststu-
ton Of our country. . .-s
Tho following is tho address Il Is said to be
from the pen Of John Savage, tho poet:
Thu National Convention OF this Society, Assem-. |
Med In the city Of New York. on the 4th day Of
December. 1885, deems Il q duty to Address you as
ca the principles and objects Of the body which il
representa- IL is unnecessary TO ennnlerate the
wrongs which Ireland has suffered under tho rule
Of power which for centuries has held her in an
unwilling subjection;these matters Of history
II is unnecessary to remind You of tue duty which
You owe to yourselves, and the ancient Nation on
whose behalf speak. to restore her to that place
which the whole world admits she ought OF right !
10 hold, and to which her best sons In every gene
ration freely sacrificed liberty and life to elevate
her To fnlA the destiny OF the Irish Nation-.o
effect tho purpose for which many patriots have
toed and suffered this Association has been es-
tablished. .rz#s..4. q
II any reason should be required why such An
organization should have sprung into existence at
this time it be found in the present condition
every man that favorable opportunity for which
the ever rebellious and discontended mind of Ire
land has been waiting with anxiety and hope
To our felow-citizens In the United States, we
would say that in the furtherance of our purpose,
mean TO outrage no law of the land, to violate
10 pledge we have given to the constitution of this
rountry Citizens of Irish birth have never con-
tPired to violate the law; on the contrary, they
have been the most active in detecting and bring
ing tho conspirators, who under the sanction of a
foreign government, have fagitiously outraged the
International faith. s. If our antecedents in Ame-
RIGA be not guarantee for our future conduct,
the presence of citizens of American birth in our
counsels, is pledge to the nation that shall do
nothing in violation of the law. 49,.
Our purpose Is not a secret, and we DO not desire
TO shroud it in veil OF mystery In the conyul-
sions which now shake the mouarellies of the old
world-in the complications of politics which in.
volve so many nations, and are rapidly drawing
others into the vortex we see strong probability
that the longexpected opportunity may arise, when
ireland can Gf her children both at home and
abroad be ready for the emergency take her posi-.
lion as an independent nation. To prepare our
selves for that emergency is duty clear to us,
that to neglect it would be an objectionable crime.
From the Irishmen in America who with us.
acknowledge, the obligation which that duty pre-.
seribes, we ask unaninity Of action, cooperation
Of labor, harmony of sentiment and above all,
sacrifice OF every prejudice, of every personal
cause sacred. From those Gf there be any such)
who sincerely differ with rs to the policy we
have adopted we claim in the name of that suffer
ing land 30 dear to all forbearance of censure,
and truce to opposition. in order that for once
least, even though it be for the last time the chill
dren of Ireland may have a fair opportunity of
proving their ability 70 redeem their country, and
wipe out the stains which the disgrace of former
Encouragement and the crime of defeat have lett
on her escutcheon. F .f5.rt tlH
We would remind the Irish in the British Colo.
MES and elsewhere that this cause is common to
the whole race--that history has recorded on its
pages the name of ronewned nation which God
never designed should vanish from the sight of men
foreyer--that this nation is their owns now held
and owned by a stranger-that the finger of des-
tiny points to the hour when the long lost heritage
may be restored. Weinvite them TO participate
in the glorious struggle for its redemption Under
whatever flag they find shelter, however pros
porous their lot may be, their natural home is in
the sweet valleys OF old Ireland beside her historic
rivers, and under the shadow of her ancient pillar
towers and cathcdrals. The ashes of their kim
dred have hallowed the soil-it is the consecrated
ground III which their own bones should be laid
We would ask the Irish people, resident in Ire
land. a few momentous questions: Is the present
condition in which you live, the in which you
are satisfied to remain forever 2 Are you so con.
tented, prosperous, and loyal to the reigning
Sovereign of Great Britain, that you desire no
change in the government of your own countryl-
If You are not then how is the change to be ac
complishedi One after the other, every scheme
ly to change. or permanently to improve the cond
ton of the country.
The claims of the tenant farmer have been
laughed at in the Imperial Parliament though
backed by ali the strength that Ireland in her Te
nant Leagues was able to bring to the cause The
very men upon whom, it is said, you relied as
forlorn hope for the last seven years, have aban
doned the country in despair those whom Won
most trust have sold your interests for places in
the government, seats on the bench and silk gowns
at the bar and when you Indignantly reproach
them with their treachery, they deign NJ other an
swer than to clink the gold they have accented for
the infamous barter. A few years ago you boosted
OF such advocates as Keogh, Saddlier, Fitzgerald
and Deasy Where are they now7 On the side of
your prosecutors.
IN the midst of disastrous war when tho blood
of the Catholic Cet is poured out ljberaly in tho
cause OF England the Catholic soldier is neglected
wituily and cruelty in his dying moments: and the
.Sthoic AZ nome Is lnsuted, sighted, aud persecu
tea now as eyerf not to the same extent "a in the
penal days, 1t is not because the spirit of your r
Iers is changed but that their power is restricted
The odous tax Of minister's money still exists
the eorruptions of a foreign State Church are
sfii! uncorrected not solitary grievance for
winch the nation has been claInoring has been re-.
moved Weappeal to your experience to answer
wna' prospect there Is OF removing single one of
1hem, until the rule which imposes them il do.
stroyedi Nv
We, Your brethren, who have learned what free.
aoin Is IN this free Republic are willing to aid Won
y, =, the restoration OF your National Independence
- so1 oeeept that 1raternal interference II is
true that a portion of the Irish press proclaims
,na1 you VIII moi accept our aid-nay that You
ML oppose, as enemies, your own brothers, who
IN .e midst OF their prosperity, have not forgotten
sanerlngs, but are true to the heritage which
mas come to them from their fathers In iustiro to |
lect II with seorn " ioe' anu we re-
rs;n ua are told that an invasion of piratc,, f.
nne., ~ meditated' who, for the PURPOSES of CON.
osas anne aton and plumber, would turn ncrr
fass nelas INTO bloody battle-ground T6i.is
1.n,,a representation of your enemies Won srs
as ;aa against your brethren on This con,; a.e
I;;n radicals, and Jewellers men ,v;th",t
so;ulseNes why should this be true ,nd " ASH ,
ao,e tne honest answer your conseicncns we, we WI
isn IT'S but few years since We toa VIII iur
Ireland the current of blood flows ,;M Were III
same direction the chain that binds our ataa ~ .ne
10 our kindred has its links on both side ~ On!
Atlantic; emigration has not deadeped opr CIV, .ne
pathies nor corrupted our morals = IN
n not strangers, but your own kindred who
Wner you assistance if you are willing to avail
yourselves OF the crisis TO which eyery leader IF
our people mas pointed as the in which Ireland
oouia ma an opportunity to redress all her criey.
anccS al one blow We are enrbo,n.t