The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-10-26
PRE- Sc TON
OF
TIL z WORD OF HON
TO
Mars hal ITcM a hon.

In last weeks Pilot we gave brie
statement of the presentation Of magni.
fcent SWORD to MARSHAL M'MAHoE, OF
the French Army, who is descendant Of
Ireland, and who was proclaimed Duke OF
MAGENTA on the famous battlefield OF
that name by LOUIS NAPoLEoN himself
This sword was manufactured in Ireland
and an idea of its magnifcance may be
formed when we state that its cost is more
than ten thousand doHars-:he whole oi
which was paid by the people of Ireland.
1t was lately presented to M'MAHoN by a
deputation of Irish gentlemen, an account
of which we find in letter from Paris to
the Dublin Lrishman, and is as follows
The deputation from Ireland arrived in
Paris on Friday evening. A telecraphio
despatch Immediately informed His Ex-
cellency the Duke de Magenta of their
presence in the capital, and Of their in
tention to visit the Camp Of Chalons Oh
Sunday. Some customs formalities had
to be first encountered which prevented
the possibility of their proceeding to
Chalons next morning, but these formal,
ties, which otherwise would have detained
the deputation for several days, were
greatly abridged when it was intimitated
fer whom and from where the sword
came.
The deputation which actually went
consisted of Mr.. T. d. Sullivan, one Of
the honorary secretaries, and DR.. Sigerson
Mr. 2. J. Smyth was unable to proceed
On Saturday, pursuant to the powers
conferred upon them, the deputation hav.
ing been increased by the presence of }
Z. Leonard, Esq, member Of the commit
tee, proceeded to the residence of John
Mitchell, Esq, who Lad arrived in Paris
from the United States but short time
before, and invited him to honor the depu
tation with his presence. 70 this Nj
Mitchell kindly assented. They also pre-
sented themselves at the residence of {
patriotic and revered ecclesiastic of The
Catholic Church, in Ireland, and from hiu
received an equally favorable answer
On Sunday morning the deputation en-
tered the train for Chalon, but the rumo1
of their M, sion having spread abroad, they
were beseiged not only at Paris but at al
most every station en- route, ty an eageI
crowd of pIlests, officers, soldiers, and la
dies, gentlemen, laborers, &c, who re
quested the favor OF sseing the sword 70
The hero Of Magenta. And when this fav
or WIS a,t7;y!@%,,. them, their admiration c
the beautiful weapon knew no bounds
while their sympathy of Ireland and de
testation of England, Cette nation d
Jnrifs ct de tYrants," as a Zouave tone O
her cordial rlies y very correctly obsery
ed. At ChaIons, among the multi'ud
who visited the hotel where the deputatiol
remained for two hours before rroceedin!
to the camp, they were waited upon by
priest of the town, whose father had ac
companied Hoche's expedition to Bantr,
Bay lie was cordially received by tn
deputation, and whilst expressing deoI
sympathy for Ireland, gave utterance t,
lis firm conviction that "A crue' and tyran
ncal power, such as England, must quick
ly fei the effects of Divine Justice, re
miudiug them, at the slme time, ho,
much Of her prestige she had lost, an
how far she had fallen from her forlne
position in Europe.
At about 3 o'clock p. m. the deputatio
arrived in the noble Camp of Chalons, an
immediately on their arrival having bein
notified to an aid de camp, they were cor
Quoted to the head quarters Of the marshs
who received them at once, and in til
kindest manner.
The following address (Which was er
crossed in Irish and French,) was the
read in the latter language by membe
of the deputation, to his excellency, wh
stood prominent among his aides de CAM
To Ills E.ccellencythe Marshal M'Maho,
Duke Of Magenta.
Your Exce!ency-From the Islanc
home of your ancient race-on behalf {
nation which, in every crisis of fate
through every change of good and ev
fortune, has ever cherished (aIthough S
often in tears and in blood a heroic loy
Of worth and vaOur-we come to preseI
you with this, Ireiand's affec:ionate Il
butte to the genius and bravery Of til
gallant soldier who has once more ident
fed the hereditary chivalry of Erin wit
the imperial glory of Gaul.
That land, sir, whose royal blood 20
inherit, has known much misery, Bu
like blooming laure. chaplet, entwine
with the funeral wreath of her might
sorrows, is lis to the widowed heart
Ern) the God like fame which the exile
children of the Gael have won, upon I'll
battle fields and in the councils of Europ
Over many bloody field, from Cremor
to Fontenoy, that fame has lightened wit
the refugence of victory. And now, wit
the fearful pride of a mother, Ireland IL
clares to day, that you, the heroic descel
dant of her greatest monarch, have adde
new lus:re to the martial glory of our rae
amid the smoking battlements Of the NJ
Iakhoff, and on the victorious field
Magenta.
: lIlustrous chief Of the Celtic chivalrv
France, ireland loves, with the tendere
love. those children of her race, in 9th
lands, who still remember, with child
( affection, the home of their fathers. Yo
j sir, have given us abundant proof th
affection for the land OF tha. royal ra