The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-09-26
How a Loyal HriShnan Tnlks--
A Democratic lrishman.


which mysclfam not prepared to do. Tire
mcndous applause, My heat, my arm, my
life, is pledged TO the national cause, and to
the last it will be my highest pride, as |
conceive it to be my holicst duty and obli-
cation to share its fortunes. Renewed
cheering. | care not TO what party the
Chief Magistrate of the Republic has belong
ed. Hear, hcarl care not upon what
plank or platform he may have been elected.
The plat orm disappears before the Consttu-
ton, under the injunction ot the oath he
took on the steps OF the Capitol, the day Of
his Inauguration. Hear, hear. and loud
cheers. The party disappears in the pres
cncc OF the natlun-- hear, hear and rs the
Chief Magistrate, duly elected and duly
sworn is bound to protect and administer
the national property for the benefit of the
nation, so should cvory citizen concur with
hm in loyal and patriotic action, discardmg
tho mean persuasons and maNims of the
local politicians -- hear, hear r., and substi-
tuting the national interests, the national
efficiency, the national honor, for the selfish
ness, the hucksterng or the vengeance of
u party. Enthusiastic cheering To me
ut all events, the potency OF the National
Government, the honor and glory of the Ma
toual Flag, are of infinitely higher value
than the Regency at Albany, the Tammany
| Wigwam, Mozart Hall OF the Pewter Mug.
| Immense cheering and roars of laughter,
Nor shall outcries ON behalf of the liberty
of the Press or the liberty or immunities of
the citizen, restrain mc in the active allegi-
anco owe the nation and its Executive,
now that the rights and authority of both
are ieOpardjscd, Hear, hear, hear, THE
integrity of the natter MI domain, the potency
/ OF the National Government, the reputation
OF the national arms, the invlolablity of that
| tranquil sys EN- OF election, without which
! no popular Government can have legitimacy,
! consistency and fOrcc-thcsc considerations
are far dcarcr TO me, and claim them to be
of far more vital consequence than the libcr-
ty to promulgatc scditon or the liberty to
conspire. Immense applause. Such liber-
ties must sucCnmb to the demands of the
crisis, the public safety, the scipline and
efficacy of the Army, and the attitude of the
revolt lear. hear Within the range OF.
the laws, the courts, the proprjctc cs AMI in
t2rest5 of the community, let them have full
| swing in the days OtpcGc2. Such days lave
their peculiar sanctit cs--morc than thi' ,
they have their recognized and favored o.
bases of popular institutions and preroga-
tvcs: and the lieryst or foulest sheet that
is scribblcd in the coal-holc or the garret,
as we'll as the most ia thless citizen among
us, and the other to drop in creviccs and
corners, the seeds uIdiSaltectOl against the
Government without the Commonwealth
iucurring amy datrmout, Hear. hear, hear.
But III time of war-ahovc all in time OF
civil war-thc supremacy of the G Governmcnt
should be the sole grand object loud cries
OF hear hear, aud to this end martial law
should be the higher law tremendous
cheers and the only one in undisputcd
force Enthusiastic cries OF "li0ar, ho.r,
hear" and cheering. Who spcaIs about
his right as passcnger-aoout his bag Of
money, his chest of books and clothes, the
photographs Of his wife and children, his
fine stock of bales ofmeschandise, when the
steamship has met with collision, threat
ems to go down, must he cleared of every
embarrassment and dead weight, and all
hands arc summond to the rescued Hear,
hear. You know well. assert it without
! fear of contradiction from any quarter, and
those who had most latitude and impunity,
were they frank and generous, would be
| the first to own it. The National Govern
ment has suffered more from the patience,
the lcniency, and maguanimity it has prac-
tlscd towards its enemies, and those who
arc in sympathy and league with them, than
| il has done from the courage, the science,
the fierce energy of those who have taken
the field against it, and vctorously shaken
the banner of revolt and repud'ato i'll its
face. Cries of "hcar,' "hclr," and loud
| applause. The masked consprators of
the North are infinitely more criminal and
mischicvous than the bold and armed rccu-
SAINTS Of the South, renewed shouts of hear, "
hear" and Democrat as | am cnthusias-
tic cheers --spurning the Republicanism Of
| the Chicago Convention AZ spurious creed
- Ioutbmsts of applause having no
sympathcs whatever with the men in power,
| other than those which should subSist be-
tween the citizen and his government
| Ihcar, hear, II would promptly and cordi-
| ally approve of the scvcrcst measures the
President might adopt TO paralze the treach-
cry which, in this and other cities, under
various liberal and bencicicnt prctcnces,
! has been and is still at work, to undermine
aud overthrow the legitimate maGistracy Of
the nation. Great applause, DO ! not
speak in the name of the lrishmen of New
| York--and they arc counted by tens Of
thousands--whcn speak these sentiments,
and declare in favor OF these rigorous but
imperative proceedings. Enthusiastic
shouts OF THAT you do" Were met with
q negative, | should reni I'd my co mtrymen
| that En- dish aristocracy- terrific groanS
and yells which is the domestic class in
| EngIand-to which the Navy, the Church,
! the Army almost exclusively belong, and
which is in fact, the political opinion, the
Parliament. the sceptre and the sword of
England hear, hear, II should remain
my cOuntrYmen that this aristoCracy is array
ed against the Government at Washington
= removed cries of hear, hear, and that
as Il was dead against the Revolution, out
of which arose the liberties and nationality
of the United States, so is it now in hot
favor of tho revolution which sett at nought
those liberties, and against that nationality
directs fraticidal blow. Shouts and inn
mense cheering A revolution that has tho
Aattery and patronage of an aristocracy to
which for generations Ireland has ascrbed
her social wretchedneSs and political disor-
ders, and which has scotled at and scande-
lzed her before the world, can surely never
have the heart and arm Of any lrshman who
has learned the history Of the Stars and
Sripes-(hear, hear, hear the bles'
sings and protection they insured, and who
in the Illustration of the schemes Of this
ncorrigble arstocracy, its chastlsement
and downfall, foTesees a healthier and
stronger life for the England, and the liberty
Of Ireland.-tLoud and reiterated choeringl
Be it with Irishmen at all events, the lesson,
the incentive the an,mating conviction, the
rallying battle-cIy in this tempestuous time.
Every blow that with the shot of Feac an
Observation-Disclosures cheering ng)--clears the
way for the Stars and Stripes, and plants
that flag wherever it has prescriptive right
to float deals TO this English aristocracy q
deadly modification and encouragement
depriving it of new allies aud resources