The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-04-11

gether. Wherever those two flags wonder
wave side by side, there shall follow the
longing eyes, the hopes. the sympathies
and the prayers of the Irish people There
is not steamboa. that carries he mail
across the Atlantic, that is not as shuttle
passing to and fro, weaving ever closer me
ties that bind together these two families,
now and for ever united 0oud cheers
But sir, let me pass from serlousness for
momen,, and discuss for little an arch
aol"gical question. need net say to so
ripe Scandinavian scholar as yourself
that one of the IceIsndic ssgas states that
in the year 9S2 mariner Of Iceland by
the name of Ari Knrsaon Of the reputa~
bic family Of W, the squint eyed, was
driven out of his course by storms, till a,
last he saw land rising in the west He
bore off to it and landed and there rs
the saga relates, he found a number Of peo>
pie carrying banners before them, shout
ing with a loud voice. and 10 his great as
tonisment, speaking fluen,ly the Irish lan-
guage The land ne reached was A,neri
ra-the shore of what is nov the state Of
Virginia. Ii was then called "Grea, Ire
land y and have not the least doubt but
that the ancient mariner hit on that spot
at the verv moment the Irish were ceIe
brsting ST. Parr,ck's Dav Gu the l7th Of
March, 9o2; anI thar joyful celebration
# which we have his very early historic
account has gone on ever increasing III
estiv,tF unt" this dav Daughter and ap,
l 10
tirlty Of ,his statement? Ii so, invite
him to lind saga for himself
Aud now. let mo tell story o. fanother
kind. Go back to a few year. before the
institution Of this society. The winter of
1850 lies heavy on The American land -
At Morristown, in the Jerseys, the little
army under Washington lies cooped up
IN snow and ice, and the neighboring farm
srs can scarce bring ia sufficient supplies
to scantily sustain the troops. The morn
ing Of the 18th of March dawns cold and
clear, The drum beats the reveilIe. aud as
the men tak1 their places for tie morning
parade, they see on the flag staff rising
new flag. a grpen flag, bearing thirteen
Stars upon il, in the centre au lii-h harp.
and underneath The words 'Independence
for Ireiand' (great cheering) that was the
compliment Gen Washington pal TO the
Irish troops tha, then we're in the Amcri>
ran army, and LOYAL and true to the cause
Of freedom In the order of the dav he
alluded 10 the Iri-i festival of St. Patrick's
Day; on that account, all fatigue parties
were that day discontinue !, and the Irish
soldiers were invited to amuse themselves
with .he prudent hint that it should be
done with the eleas' disorder possible laugh
'er anh applause While tat was going
on here, what voices in ,he English Par
lament were fighting the batte Of Ameri
can liberty! CONWAY, Barry and Burke
(enthuaia>tic cheeiin4) calling on England
to d. justice 10 her colonies, and allow t"
others what she claimed to assert for her
self, the sacred right OF men TO the gov
ernment OF their choice. The sympathles
of Ireland then, at home and abroad, in
tho senate as in the field were faithful
and fixed to the cause of America. So
have they been since then-so are they
now. Where are the old familiar faces
that used to gladden. the festivals of our
Society Where IS my dear old friend
Thomas Francis Meagher? (Cheering) Sir
he is at the head of bis Brigade beyond
action to show how we'll he can WELD The
sword that, long ago. he 50 eioquently
apootrophised (great appause). When
last | sat in tha. chair, which YOU now
fill, Mir. President, by my side sat an Irish
,aan, James Shields (cheering)- where is
Gen. Shields 10 night l-at the bead OF
ten thousand lighting men awaiting the
opportunity to add new lsure!s to TO the
wreath he won at Chepultepec, Cerro
Gordo and Monterey Continued cheering)
Whete is my gallant friend Mulligan, of
Lexington at his post cheers Aud
Michael Corcoran Enthusiastic and pro
longed cheering tie is not al the head Of
Brigade of fighting men-hot where he
longs to be but tretting away his weary
hours. prisoner of war, standing like
grey eyhound in the slip, straining upon the
start" while the great game Is atoot which
must make or unmake nation. All, sir
wins Michaei teruuran a. with US 10 night
S'e"% "pt'''o-" '''ih d iCiuCf'oc' ~
have heard somebody say once that Irish
men IN this couutry are very fond Of seek
ing for places well so they are now
but the places they seek are IN the Iius nf
ba,tls the farti,es, TO the front. nearest
to The foes of the nation cheers Our
lrishnen have gone into THIS war, not to
support faction nor theory not for n
section, not tor the North alone, bul for
the whole MARION, rs Integrity and sler>
asl hopes great applause We, sir
know no North no Sourb, no East. no
West. but the [ nlted S ates. the nation
one, Irit.i-bis and eternal. When We
caue bere We were invited To swear tieii
ty 20 the Constitution and the laws. We
swore tive have kept our oath-we
sLal. re faithful 20 il To the last fcheer,
have talked 100 long, SIT, go on,
"go Oh" commenced TO speak abou,
Ireland, and you see. by very natural
progress, [ AIN ending with the United
States. II is not f,r me, All lrishlhau, %
praise Irishlnen but this let me hope,
that when The hour comes in which we
shall all stand together triumphan, on
,h redeemed and r-united land, when