The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-01-24

or dying in the trenches Starvation and
bodily suffering never Induced Limerick
TO surrender, and if starystion-Ihe want
Of food or clothing, or of sleep, were the
only causes. Lexington would never have
fallen, All honor 10 The gallant men, who
in the cause not of their own native land.
but OF the land Of .her exile and the land
Of their children, for nine days KEEP! thirty
thousand f,he erelhy a! bay, and yielded
only when their las. shot was gone. Thess
men fought as Christian soldiers; a d
when you hear men speak Of The snpeFsti-
tion Of the Irish, tell them iha. The 6rst
duty of the Brigade at Lexington was each
morning to unite in worship of thanksgiv-
ing to their Maker; and strengthened with
eontidencd in 1ins, they went forth conf
-dently, and gave their time their strength,
their yalor and theil lives to the glorious
banner of lher adopted country. lst
/. But it IS unnecessary TO detail instances
of Irish bravery. The nation is wariks
one,-her people nre naturally soldiers
Upon every batlle field Of the !sst thous
aud years, lrishmen have been found in the
thickest of the fray But it is not alone in
her soldiers that Irelapd has been prodigal
in her gifts TO the world She has given
mechanics, physicians, astronomers, school
masters, priests, orators, poets, wits, auth
! ors, statesmen aud men learned in every
branch of science. To the study of tie
! heavenly bodies, 10 the exploration of the
stars, 10 Il emasterY oi ihe sublime lessons
OF astronomy, she points TO Rose who, in
in the centre OF his native Isle, with ins;ru-
ments not equaliei bv. those Of any other
nation, gives TO his race the results Of his
magnificent, researches. 10 chemistry she
has gixcn her Faraday; 10 music and po-
etrv, she has given her Calolan, her Moore,
her Davis, and countless host Of others
| of her child IN. 10 literature. she has
/ given her Sheridans, her Goldsmith, her
Swift, her Edgeworth, Maria Porter, and
the brilliant Lady MORAN. To orato,y
tan, Flool. Whitesde and Meagher -
With unseli>h heart she has sent out to
other lands her choicest and auiest sons.
In no SPOT of this broad earth where civil.
izat, has planted lis feet, is there
community that has not its Irish contribu-
ton? In tbs cabin Of Spain, in,the la
w Of Russia, at the head Of the British
force at Waterloo, in HE service Of the
Fre"ch, IN The college Of The cardinals, in
tie uIiver..t,e> OF Ill Europe, at the bed
SIDE in hospitals AVID pest houses; in the
| army Of France, in Fort Sum er, defend
ing the flag, ami in Castle Pinrkney re-
tusng parole /; in the American Senate
aye, even in the dark and gloomy days
Of lhe Revolution wien the fifty SIX sign
ers ne in cd independence Hall, pros
claiming liberty Throughout, the land,
ahi resolving to hang together for Amer
ican In dependence, Oil Ireland bad her
| representatives.
! Call lie roll of those that have adorned
patriotism without suspicion, and with
personal character witauut bleu,ish, and
ask The names Of the nobest Of these tho
men who sacrificed friends, home, family
| and life for the hai.owed cause Of their ma
lions freedom. and in the list 10 which
history will point with the finger of truth,
YOU will read the pames % Robert EN-
met and Lorl Edward Fitzgerald CaA
;hc roll of those statesmen who have made
the world hr'y!l'cr hv their light, who
have dispelied e.GoI AMI Ignorance by the
rtfulg lgence Of their intelligence and in the
long catalogue viii YOU lind I name moIe
worthy of letters Of goll than that Of the
salesman, sas", philosopher, ana ora!or-
Edmund Burke
Enlogy may be exlraus'el in leaking
o. Bnrke, Of Swift, Of GolI>nu IA of Fits
gerald, Emmet and others distinguished
IN various branches Of life, but when the
reuius OF Ireland selects The hero. comhi,
ming IN his own person all the several
qualities that made phe>e men blst,rlctl'y y
: great, she will indulge IN TO words Of eu-
logv. With tears runu rg over checks
gushed with exulIiug gratitude, she viii
>iieptIy point to the name, Of all names
around Which Irish glory end l,ish fame
is centereI, and that name is Daniel
} O'Conne!l. T. that name word, can add
nothing; and from thaj name words can
take none Of It's memories.
: In conclusion let me say. that Ireland
, and the lri>h present a strange anomaly
in the worlds history Her blood is run,
ming from her own soil, 10 uouri,h and
} strengthen peoples ana nations uninown
when she WAS 1T tie pinnacle
Of her glory. Biolted out Of pa;ional exi,.
tence she lives in the hearts Of her chill
Are, by memories that can never expire.
Having neither national name, nor nat.
: ional government. she send, forth her sons
7 and daughters to find in other lands a pro.
, lection and peace which she cannot give
then ut home. and 10 render TO other peo
pies, those gifts and !hass talents which
, are forbidden to be exercised III her own
, behalf
Her sons and daughters go forth 70
, other lands, there to have their identity
blerded 10y The waves Of time with strange
names and strange associations; bat ever
and anon in the surges Of mighty storms,
The good old Celtic sounds will ftiI upon
the Ear, and names that in time Of old have
run. loud aud clear in defiance TO the Dane
and the Briton, vii, be borae in the land
5 of the stranger, ami whose natural ale
, glance Is TO another than TO the flag oi
; old Erin In this way, though generation
. a'ter generation NAV pass away, aud men
! may have 10 trace their gems doggy through
Z a dp7an cbanp.s yat throupii Dut ALI tlua