The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-09-27

who is now Minister from Great Britain
to Greece, and there you will find, page
after page, in the appendix of this history,
testimony to the recognition of her de-
mands for religious liberty BY the United
States. cloud cheers)
With our Bar, with our judiciary, with
our Navy, with our Army-now l am u.s.
ing the words We" and "our - for l
really cannot discriminate between what
is American and what's Irish, for we are
really the one, same, and indiyisible peo-
dle-1 say if you 60 ointe an election in
New York, what are those names which
most prominently appear on the list o:
candidates.! Without going into an elec-
tion at all, you find, if you take up the list
of men in office, the McCarthys, and Con-
nollys, and Clanceys, and O'Connors, and
the Bradys, and the Donnellys, Qaughter,)
and the Kelleys, and SO forth. and they
are thoroughly identified with the coun-
try, and it is most false and falsifying,
and insinuating attempt on the part of
those favorable to the South, to try to
wean over the Irish on these grounds
The parties who do SO, do so simply for
this reason-their political power has
been derived from the Democratic party
that party has been some fifty years in
power; it has been Southern party, and
because an honest, frank, and legiti-
mate vote has ousted it, you find the par
tisans of this faction at work everywhere,
at the bar, in the car, in the pupit, and
through the press, simply to recover a po-
litical power which has been honestly lost.
(Hear, hear.)
Now all | ask is, that my fellow citizens
shall sand by this cause-stand by this
flag-shall stand by the supreme magistrs-
cy at Washington-shall stand by the
Government which has been legitmately
established, and has been legimately and
conclusively acknowledged by the repre-
sentative of the European and other for>
eign powers. The very first man pledged
to the recognition of this magistracy was
John c. Breckenridge. He it was who, as
Vice President Of the United States, de-
clared the votes which made Abraham
Lincoln, President. (Cheers) Ever since
this John G. Breckenridge has been the
most bold and splendid conspira,or against
that magistracy. And what say you! Is
this to be a question of party? Is this to
be question between Democrats aad Re-
publ!cans? If SOFT were better this coun-
try had never known its birth day of free
dom, bloody and terrible as it was For
my part, [ care not under what been cleo
ted, and for my part, care not what pro
jects or counsels the Administration may
have had-it is enough for me that the
man in power came and took possession of
the seat of Government, under the ere
dentials of the popular will, and under the
solemn sanction of the Constitution
loud cheers.)
That being done, I stand for it with all
my heart-wilh all the vigor that is in my
arm-with all the fire that is in my brain
with my life, if in that life there be any
vigor or vitality. (Great cheering y
Many time have been taken by the
hand and asked BY Irishmen, "Wby throw
your life away? Why risk it in this
cause!" My answer has been this: that
if the United States do nor assert their
supremacy, there is no hope for Ireland
Immense cheering and shouts of That's
it.) Every monarchy or individualism in
Europe, that has a commercial or sordid
interest to maintain, is banded against the
United states. The only one of them that
has spoken frankly has spoken nobly, gen
erously, magnanimously. What said the
Emperor of Russia the other day! "Be-
tween the Union and the States there are
reciprocal obligations. Whatever the
cause of this great and grievous difficulty,
not wound, not grievance, not cause
has been given to the South.''
Look to it, you Trishmenl You have
l know, your local grievances to complain
Of You have been insulted and aggrieyed.
What of itl Now you have the hour Of
vengeance and of victory. You can be the
saviours of the country and the chastisers
Of sectarianism. Look up from your cir
cumscribed localities. Look up from
your parishes, your wards, your counters,
your lodging-housos, and your States =
Fling away your counsellors of Tammany;
dash down the Pewter Mug; fling over
board your Mozart philosophers let the
tricksters and intriguers swamp See the
luminous flag above you, broad and splen-
did as the sky and earth, bright as the
heavens see the country which it typifies
and corsecrates-and swear with all your
heart. and with all your soul-and the
soul of an Irshman is as wide as the Union