The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1862-01-07
From the N. Y. Times.
Exciting Times In MOrtreai.

A public meeting OF lrishmen was held,
on the Esd inst, in Montreal. TO take steps
for the organization Of an Irish battalion.
The hall was filled. On the motion OF
Mr.. McGee, NJ P. p, Marcus Doherty, Esq,
Presi lent OF st. Patrick's Society, took the
chair.
The chairman, on rising, said: Fellow. .ci ii
zens. Lave very great pleasure in responding
to the call that | should take the chair on this
occasion. Kisses and cries Of order. This
meeting has been called in accordance with an
advert isemeut which appeared in the uewspa-
A Vo.ce-To defend, the flag of England.
Cries Of order.
The men who called this meeting felt that
il was their duty to do so. There is no one
OF them military me not single man Of
them, probably. ever dreamed Of being COM
missloned officer.
A Vuice-You want to be Colonel yourself,
do youG Laughter.
This Is n meeting Tor the simple purpose Of
laying the question boforo you. We may
have peace and we NAV have war. avn sat
isied, and so arc you, there is no place iu the
universe where our countrynen can expect TO
settle with better hopes and encouragement
no place where they can enjoy all that il
worth living for-no place, say, to be com
pared to Canada.
A Voice--You may thank the United States
for that. Cheers.
l know, you know, we all know, that The
Unled States, with all their boasled sdvsn
tagcs, is not the best place for lrsbmen.-
Loud cheering groaning and Kissing; cries of
"McGec, McGee" | know, and my con-
science tells me- ths, there is no country in
the world preferable for liberty, civil, religions
aud political, to Canada.
A Voice Sit down. Cries of order and
loud calls for Mr.. McGee.
Mr.. McGee, on coming forward, said Gen.
tlemen, if thore IRE any persons in this hall
desrous of expressing lheii opinion, let them
here rne out, and when have flushed l will
hear them out Cheers. But before com
mence TO lay before YOU the reason that have
called US together, must protest against
Great confusion, yelling, groans and LiSses.
A Voice Three cbeersfor the United
States Loud cheering
Another Voice-Three cheers for Thomas
Francis MeagLer. Tremendous cheeriug.]
The people.o OF Csnads will advance DOT one
step beyond their frontier 10 wresk vengeance
on kin red people, but they will not allow
no man uor body Of men to cross their from
tier. The only brother have is "a captain in
the Federal army, and if he
A Voiee-Tnree cheers for him.
Another Voice-Three cheers for Col. Cor
corsn. Great cheering, grosning AM confu'
sion
We want the people beyond our borders TO
be forewsrned that VIC have ample se'Egov-
ernment, a magstracy that even they them.
selves wish they had The like Of. Cheers and
grosns. And thus forewarne1, let them un
derstand that whoever comes here to invade
us will meet the fate Of a foe. Cheers
A Voice-Three cheers for the Sixty Ninth
ADD Col. Corcoran. Great cheering and up
roar.
am not d:scomposed by sounds like these
Il All old hand for that; but if this
meeting has come here with the same inten
ton Ms / bave-lcries of "ob OH" and up.
roar 10 consider seriously our circumsta aces
th y may have no cause for future regret.
Now, gentlemeE, if we are to have war,
which l mos humbly pray God in His mercy
may avert from this land, it shall not 90 forth
TO the Province o. Canada or to the world,
that when the Scotchman is arming to defend
his home, and the Engli.hman, the French
man and the German are loing likewise, when
every man is really to fight for bis adopted
couutry, the Irishman a'ohe, Loud interrup.
ton and cries Of 'Put them OUT uproar,
cheers, yells aui hisses-in which tue remain
der o. the sentence was drowned There are
HUNDREDS of thousands Of the broad acres Of
this land, hundreds of thousands OF pounds,
representing the aggregate wealth of the Irish
inhabitants Of this Province and city; there
are very few miionaires among us, very few
colossal fortunes, but there is large num Der
of small proprietors.
A Voice-You will get commission
Laughter.
There are twenty millions Of people in the
Northern States, with a navy, an army and
treasury; and in order to punish Great Brit
ain, they come to apply the torch 20 the roof
trees of Canada, and sink our nation in the
blood Of massacre. Cheers. What have
We done TO them on tho other side Of tn lines
that, so soon as they have national quarrel,
they begin 10 threaten usl
A Voice-Wc know you, McGee. up
roar.
Another Vo:ce-Three cheers for Mcaghr
Let me tell you ths, that card will ia !, aud
those who play it will fail also [Groans and
yelling.
a Voice-The Stars and Stripes will rule
when you are dead. Cheers.
The people Of Cauada, strong in the unity
OF race and creed, strong in their attachment
to their own free Canadian Constitution, and
he Imperial connect on which insures and
ratfes it, the people Of Cansda will 60 through
this war VIGOROUSLY. Tremendous cheering,
groaniug, aud Kissing
A Voice-Three chees for the men Of
Dublin and '4s. Uproar.
Mr.. DAILY then ca g forward. He was re
crived with cries Of "Sit down." "Shut up"
and mingled cries, Kisses, yells, and groans.-
lie delivered long aud very dull speech f,
Urging Irishmen to fight for England, which
was continually interrupted by groans, yells
and cheers.
Dr.. Kingston said that, according to the
last cersus, there were 100000 people in Mon
treal, of whom oue-fourth were Irish. 1t was
proposed to organize regiment for the de-
fense Of the country.
"A Voice-This in not our country-we