Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-01
TIE IRISH AND THE WAR.
srIRRING WORDS TO IRIsHnEN
Thomas Francis SIeagheris Speech In
BOatom.

iouuQ eloquent e1PESssiOu ~ aHS sP~SS"
delivered in the Boston Music Hall on Moa-
day evening by Thomas Francis Neagher.
We make few extracts: @
Why fnE iRIsH EIoHr AGAINST THE SOUTH.
As for the cause Of Ireland and the
cause OF the South, TO these same apollo
gists OF the South, these peaeemakers,
these apostles Of submission, these Propa-
gaudfsts OF national diShOnor and rnin,
when they AK me how It is possible that
while eontended for the Independence of
The south, / answer this land trust there
| Is not a single Irishman here who will
gainsay it-had Ireland been under the Gu
joyment of such privileges and such rights,
and such a guaranteed Independence as
South Car0lina enjoys, | would not have
been here 70 night. the sea fold would not
have been stained with one drop Of mar-
tyr's blood, and Ireland would have been
spared many generation Of misery and
defeat. - -
But not only by the aPolosists of the
South, but by Southern gentlemen them
/ selVes,- by Writers, arguments similar to
thoae which have been mentioned, and yet
more personal, perhaps, have been adj
dressed TO me. Il wonld seem from state
ments which appeared in some Of the
Southern papers, before the postal COM
munieatiou was cut off, as IL l were nader
some obligation to join the South and
pledge to them my sword. Ny friends
know that | have a somewhat reteutive
lnemOry, and have tasked and vexed this
memory to know by what means have in
curred the slightest obligation to the
South, unless indeed IL Was this-that one
waters dag took the steamer from New
York TO Charleston, and there gratuitous-
ly delivered q lecture which added eight
hundred dollars 70 q fund for the erection
Of "a monument TO the memory Of Calhoun.
] Perhaps, indeed, that act of mine in at
hesitation of my respect for the character
mud abilities of John. O.. Calhoun i'm.
posed an Additional obligation on me, aud
| must also give my blood, whatever value
Ihere is in that As the South have dis
tiuguished themselves OF late by their
fnRueial transactions, | will not pretend
to differ from them on this question of e.
nance, but am not prepared 10 draw my
sword with them. ! shall only do so in
lone contingency, and that is wien the
South joins the North. [APplnuse.l /
have bad, indeed, many true and devoted
friends in the South, aud have spent
many pleasant days there. Some of my
eountrymen had done me the honor there
10 enrol themselves in a military company
under my name, and the moment l organ
lied company in New York in favor of
the government, they passed a series of in
dignnnt resolutions, stating that, inasmuch
as had proved reereaut TO The principles
which had endeared me to my fellow-coun-
trymen aud the world. the name of the
'.Meagher Guards" wOuld he blotted out
from the colOrs and the books of the com
lpany, aud that of the "Emerald Light
GuarI' be substituted therefor. The "Hi-
herman Benevolent Society OF Charleston,
saw by n paper, passed n resolution eras-
ing my name as an honorary member of
the Society, which was the first intimation
had that such membership had been
conferred upon me. Il must have been
very honorary, iuasmuch rs on one or two
occasions, when in Charleston professions
ally, bad to pay n considerable rent for
the use OF their hall. ] speak of these
things in perfect good huuior. must add
that no hospitality or honors which could
be layished upon me would justify on my
part even Inactivity, where the Federal
Government, stricken at by Southern
friends, was IN peril. In such a case my
duty to the government supercedes all 9th
er considerations,
Hence il is that have appeared inarms
for the national government; hence it is
that have already and do now invoke my
countrymen to take up arms in the same
righteous Cause. Will they not obey this
invocation? viii they not press on and
initiate their gallant counlrymen who re-
cently under the gallant Mulligan, with
only 900 men, sustained themselves for
four days against 1000, and surrendered
at last because for. two days they bad had
no water, and who thereby gave the most
convincing proof OF their fidelity TO their
country. Ought We on. theeastern border
TO be less decided in our devotion TO the
county, or less generous in our evidence
\ of it. 40
WHY IRIsHMES SHOULD FIGHT.
IwilI not appeal to tile gratitude of
Irishmen in this invocation TO arms, Twill
not remind them that, when driven from
their own land, when their huts were felled
down or burned above theirheads, when
turned out BY the roadside or into the
diteheb TO die, vhsn brVRep In foftiae,
and when All hope vas lost, the lrfshrnen
came here aud had q new life Infused into
thom, a fertile soil beneath their feet, a
fIvuring sunshine over their heads, and
fouud thousands TO give them sustaining
hands. 1 will not remind my country
men Of the sympathy aud substantial uid
which the people o. america have given
them in all their political struggles. Twill
not remind them OF the sympsthics then
eloqueatly aud enthusiastically expressed,
what thousands GPou thousands Of dol.
lars then showersd into the populae ex-
ehequer, When, under the championship OF
4 a mighty tribune the great contest for
Catholic rights aud the removal Of 0atho.
lie disabilities was raging. will not re.
mind them that while Brasil. Buenos
AyT0s, New Grenada almost any country
With q fayotius soil or climate Il equally
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where the Irish people can reconstruct
| not remind them that, whilst At home no
trlshmah however bold. dare speak IA
public the name Of Robsss Emmet, 70 do
Haat name the sacred honor which It de-
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