Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-01

that the American boy may be fred into
patriotism BY the recitation Of his words
and the remembrance Of bis death,
Ieheers-1 i will NOT appeal even to yonr
pride, 6T pointing olt the houses you have
built for the rich aud faEhionablef to the
liues of railroad you haze constructed, 10
the fields you have cultivated, and which
ding forth their golden stores, through
these iron arteries of railroads, and these
other arteries Of canals, fePleniEhing an
army at the moment % the Potomac.
will not appeal even 10 the pride Of Irish
men in the contemplation Of those great
works and ask them II the country shall
be dishonored where such industry has
been expended and such great works have
been accomplished.
II this and these are not worth Fighting
for-infniteIy better worth fighting for than
AL the kings and queens, than all the Gibral-
tars and seraglios, than al the jungles and
pagodIs which Irishmen have fought for
under Ruropean hags-then stand in a
minority. fCheers. But it Is not so. If
in \ minority stand Tonight, utteriug
these words and this inyocatior, It is in 4
minority Of twenty millions against ten.
1Applaase.1 This, too, know, that every
iFishman this side OF Mason and Dixon's
line Is With me. loud cheers and cries
of That's sol If there Is one who is
not, let him take the next Galway steamer
and go home Renewed cheering-l Aud
believe this-that he will not only lave
his expenses paid. but something left ID
his pockets TO enable him TO praise Eng
land when be arrives there. Laughter
aud applause. go
An IxcIDENT.
Let me mention one incident, which
may be taken as an indication of the ster-
ling devotion Of Irishmen, in this contest,
70 the government of which they are SO
proud met an Irishman to-day, w5n,
by his steady habits, his quiet bat Persis!
tent industry and attention to histduties.
has been onAbIed to put by several thou
sand dollars, and lie told me that, not only
because he had faith in the power of the
Federal Government, bat bpcause, even II
he had not such faith, it would be his duty
to support It vhen--it was threatened, he
would to -morrow buy five thousand dol
lars worth Of treasury notes. Applause
THE IRISH At THE SOUTH.
cannot find il in my heart to disparage
my countrynen down South bat here we
lIrishmen have the mercantile activity, the
Intellectual vigor, the professional proves,
and here we Iiishmen multitudinonsly pre-
ponderate. Never mind the Goldfish eaat
about "Irishmeu fighting against Irish
/ men" Il is not the first time they have
done 30. ILaughter] There is nothing
at all new in that feature of the case Re-
] uewed merrimeut.] That argument has
no weight at all with any attentive read
er of Irish history. or any one person
ally acquainted with Ireland. AT FOn-
tenoy they crossed bayOuets. In '93
brothers met brothers face to face and foot
to foot. Ia the American Revolution, while
there was one galIau: Fitzgerald ridiEg
side by side with Washington, there was
another charging against him, and that
was Lord Edward. The thing to be as
certained is fhe right eGuse. That ascer-
tanned, stand by it !; fight for it. though
your brother strike against yon /; die for it,
though One-hAlf of your people curse you,
while tho rest accord TO your memories
their tears and grateful benedictiOus.-
| loud cheers.l We have the right, for
| we have the Constitution which has come
down to us unimpaired from ihe day it
was first formed. We have the flag under
which this country has made such marvel
| lOus progress AId won such achievements
| We have all that constitutes national
! guarantees, national honor and = national
history. Then up, IEishmen, up Take
the sword in haudl Down to the banks
OF the Potomac. Let those who can do
So; aud believe ] speak consistently
with the views Of your esteemed Chief
Magistrate, when I say that every facility
will he accorded those Irishmen who wish
to enlist under the banner Of the State 4,
and have no doubt that somehow or 9th
er-indeed, with every ficility-the Irish
men rpgimented together, carrying the
green flag with the stars and stripes aud
/ IT. a. Enl
selves 10 the Irish brigade, under the Com
msud of General James Shields, Loud
cheers.]
IRIsHNES Is WAR. r54
An Irishmhn never fights so well-it IS
a prejudice, and if it is notR landable one,
il is, Mt oil events, pardouable-an Irish
man never fights so well as when he has'an
freshman for u comrade. An Irisbman GO
ing into the field in such cause as this
into any field-in any cause-has this rs
his strongest impulse, ms his choicest con-
ISOLATION, has this as his richest reward in
anticipation, that his conduct, if it be OK
capillary and courageous, will reflect hon
or on that land he will see no more.
l [Cheersl He, therefore, wishes that,
should he fall, it may be into the arms OF
one OF his own faith and blood. so that kim
dred lips may convey To his family and
i IeIhuNesi anu 70 Az WIZ StLS ~ peatL ol
him and how he behaved on the fatal day
that he died ia way worthy, not only of
the cause in which he fell, but of tbeeoun-
try which gave him birth. This is the ex-
i PLANTATION why Irishmeu desire-earnestly
and Pussionately desire-to be in the fight
for the stars and stripes; aud am sure
that there is not native citizen here, with
doctrines however adverse to this individ-
ualizing of nationalities in the great mass
OF American citizens, who will not confess
that it is natural, n beautiful, u generous
and a useful prejudice.
The only apprehension which gives me
any anxiety IS that the Irish Brigade may
arrive even later than their prototype did
az Fontenoy, They were the last TO come
up then, but they did the business. Loud
cLeers.l am afraid that the business
will be over upon the Potomae before our