Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-09-02

which in this and other cities, under va
rious liberal and beni6ceut pretences, has
been and is still Mt work to undermine ana
overthrow the legitimate maglstraey OF the
nation. [Great applause. Do | not
speak in the name of the lrlshmen oil new
York-and they are conuted by the tens
! of tbousands-when / speak these senti-
ments, and declare iu favor of these rlgor-
ous but imperative proceedings? Enthu-
siastic shouts of "That you dol Were
{ met with negative, should remind my
brethren that the English aristocracy-
! Terrific groans and yellsl-which is the
dominant class in England-.to which the
navy, the Church, the army almost eXcIu-
sivcly belong, aud which is, in fact, the po-
litical opinion, the Parliament, the scepter
and the sword of England should re-
/ mind my countrymen that this aristocracy
! is arrayed against the government ut
/ Washiugton-and that as it was dead
against the,Revolaticn from which arose the
| liberties and nationality ofthe UnitedStates,
so is it now in favor of the revolution which
! sets at nought those liberties, and against
| That nationality strikes fratricidal blow.
| 1Shouts and immense cheering. y revo-
| tuition that has the fattery and patronage
of an aristocrncy to which for generations
| Ireland has ascribed her social wretched-
ness and political disorders, and which has
scofFed ut and scandalized her before the
world, can surely never have the heart and
arm of any Irishman who has learned the
history of the Stars and Stripes hear,
hear, hear, valued the blessings and pro-
lection they insured, and who, in the trus"
tration of the schemes of this incorriglble
aristOcracy, its chastisement and downfall,
foresees n healthier and stronger life for
England, aul liberty for Ireland. Loud
and reiterated cheering. Be it with Irish
men, Mt all events, the lesson, the incentive,
the animating conviction, the rallying bat
tle-cry in this tempestous time. Every
blow, that, with the shout of "Fean an De-
alqc"-T enthusiastic cheering clears the
way for the Stars and Stripes, and plants
| that flag wherever has prescriptiVe right
to float, deals to this English ariStocrncy
d deadly modification and discourHgement
--[hear, hear, heurl-depriYing it Of new
allies and resources-[hear, and loud
| cheering and thus SO far avenges and
! liberatcs the island of which it has been
the persecution, the Gripping fetter, the
recurring famine, the 1ervading blight, the
social cancer, and the rank source OF the
poverty and SANDERS, in spite of which
| her children make their footing good and
assert themselves abroad. Loud and long
continued cheering Which being so, let
US, who hail from Ireland-we, who have
taken an oath of loyalty, not to New York,
not to Alabama, not to Massachusetts,, not
to Florida. not to Kansas, not to any one
isolated State, but to all the States
Immense cheering built up the
| powerful and resplendent Union Which the
sword and counsels of Washington evok-
cd, which the philosophy of Jefferson APP
proved, which the heudstrong honesty aud
hcroism of Andrew jackson preserved,
which the great arguments of Webster
rendered still more solid, and which the
loving patriotism of Henry Clay, whose
precepts and examples still animate the
sons OF Old Kentucky loud and cnthu-
siastic cheering for Kentucky l-commend-
! ed to the heart of every true American
let us, ut all events, who hail from Ireland.
stand to the last by the Stars and Stripes
! Tremendous cheering the illustrious in
sigma of the nation that, of ali tue world,
has been the fricndliest sanctuary of the
Irish race enthusiastic cries of CLEAR,
hear and in going forth to battle for
the American Union against domestic trea-
son and the despotisms of Europe, let the
Irish soldier take with him the assurance,
which the scene here before US justifies,
that, should he fall, neither his wife nor
little ones will be forgotten. Tremcnd-
Gus and enthusiastic cheering, over and
over again repeated, during which Capt.
Meagher retired.