The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-09-20
IGREAT SPEECH 0FTIIOMAS FRAN
CTS MEAGHER.
READ IT DEMOCRATS!

On narsuay, festival, Tor the Dene
! fit OF the sick and wounded of the gal
liant Sixty ninth Regiment, was held a,
Jones woods, New York. Upwards o.
| fifty thousand tickets were sold, and eve
ry thing passed off in the most pleasan
manner. Captain (now Colone) Mea.
CHER delivered the principal oration
extracts from which We give below.
ask no Irishman to do that which
myself am not prepared to do. (Cheers
My heart, my arm. my life is pledged tc
the national cause, and to the last it viii
be my highest pride, as l conceive i! tc
be my holiest duty a4d obligation to share
its fortunes. (Applause.) 1 care not to
what party the Chief Magistrate of the
Republic may have belonged. (Hear,
hear. l care not upon what plank OF
platform he may have been elected
The platform disappears before the Con
stiiution. under the injudction of the oath
he took on the steps of the Capitol. the
day of his inaug guration. Cloud cheers.
The party disappears in the presence OF
the natiou-(applause) land as the Chiei
Magistrate, duly elected and duly sworn,
is bound to protect and administer the
public property for the benefit of the ma
ton. SO should every citizen concur with
him in loyal and patriotic action, discard
ing the mean pursuasions and maxims oil
the loca! polIticians-(hear, hear, hear,
and substituting the national interest,
the national efficiency, the national honor
for the selfshness, the hucksterine, or
the vengeance of a party. Enthusiastic
cheering.) To me, at all events, the po-
tency of the National Government, the
honor and glory of the National Flag, are
Of infinitely more value than the Regen.
cy of Albany, the Tammany Wigwam,
Mozart Hall, or the Pewter Mug
(Cheering and laughter.) Nor shall out
cries on behalf OF the liberty of the press
or the liberties aud immunities of citizens
restrain me III the active allegiance 1 owe
to The nation and lis Executive, now that
the rights and authority Of both are jeop-
ardized. Hear, hear, hear. The integ-
rity of the national domain, the potency
of the National Government, The reputa-
ton OF the national arms, the inviolab;litv
Of the tranquil system of election, with
out which no popular government can
have Legitimacy, consistency and force.
These considerations are far dearer, and
OF far more vital consequence TO me, than
the liberty to promu' gate sedision or the
liberty to conspire. Great applause. i
Such liberties must succomb to the de-
mands OF the crisis, the public safety, the
discipline and efficiency of the army, and
the attitude Of the revolt. [ Hear, hear |
Within the range Of the laws, the police,
the courts, the properties and interest Of
the community, let them have full swing
in the days of peace. Such days have
their peculiar tities-more than this,
they have their recognized and favored
abuses Of popular institutions and prero-
gatives; an the fercest or foulest sheet,
that is scrubbed in the coal>hole or the
garnet, as well as the most faihless cili-
zen among us, may be permitted, the one
to scatter broadcast and the other to drop
in crevices and corners, the seeds of dis
affection to the Government, without the
Commonwealth iucurring any detriment.
Hear, hear. But in time of war, above
all in time of civil war. the supremacy Of
the Government should be the sole object
Il loud cheers, --and to this end mar ;.
tial law should be the higher law, and
the only one in undisputed force. Ap-
rlause. Who speaks about his right as
a passenger--about his bag of money,
his chest of books and cloths, the pho
tographs Of his wife and children, his live
stock OF bales of march andise, when the
steamer has met with collision, threat
ems to go down, must be cleared of every
embarrassment and dead weight, ano all
hands are summoned to the rescue? You
know it Well. I assert it without fear of
contradiction from any quarter; and those
who have had the most latitude and i'm
punity, were they frank and generous,
would be the first to own it. TIE Nation
al Government has suffered more from
the patience and leinency, the magnanim-
isy it has practiced towards its enemies,
and those who are in sympatL y and league
with them, than it has done from the
courage, the science, the fierce energy oI
those who have taken the field against it,
and victoriousiy shaken the banner Of re.
volt and reputation in its face. Cries
OF hear, hear The masked conspirators
Of the North, are infinitely more crimina
and mischievous than the armed recusants
of the South renewed cries of "Hear
hear. and Democrat, as I am-Een.
thusiaslic cheers, ]--spurning the Repub