The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-08-01

sending Us new officers until the vacancies
now existing shall have been filed up by the
tried officers, commissioned and non-commis-
stoned, who are on the ground (Cries of
sThat's it."
Come, then, Irishmen, since neither insult
cient nor unsound food, nor insufficient cloth
ing, nor excess OF work, nor disease, nor any
Injustice, blunder or neglect have been the
causes of these red gaps in the ranks of the
brigade which this day, on the battle fields of
the New World, transmits the military repu-
tation of our race, and so redeemed, by page
of honest valor, the cotemporary history of q
people from whose political scepter, in the an
Gent palace, the pride and power seem to
have passed cheers )-since to their
own fidelity, their own courage, their own
utter disregard of life in the discharge of their
duties, the decimation is owing, which have
come here to endeavor to repair, and since it
should be the vehement desire and the intense
ambition of every Irishman, who has enc
chord within him that yibrates to the tradi-
tions of that old lyric and martial land of his,
not to permit its flag, SO vividly emblamatic
of the yerdure of its soil and the immortality
of its faith, to be compromised in any just
struggle in which it is displayed. (Cheers.l
Since these things are SO, here this night call
upon my countrymen in this city to throw
themselves forward, and pledging themselves
in life and death to it. to stand to the last by
that noble little brigade which has been true
to its military oath, true to the republic against
the enemies of which it strikes, true 20 the
promises of Its unfaltering friends, and true
to the memories, the pride and the hopes OF
Ireland. prolonged applause) Come my
countrymen, fling yourselves with q gen.
erous passion into the armed lines over
which waves with achieved and admit
ted honor the flag that was once borne in
wrath and triumph by the O'Neill beyond the
mountains and the fords of Ulster against the
statliest and most stalworth foes of the Irish
race cheers s)-the flag which few in defiance
from the walls of Limerick until neither tow
ers of granite nor hearts of oak could
avail for life and freedom--the flag
which Robert Emmet-(loud cheersl-
the last of the consecrated martyrs of our race,
lavished his wealth, his genius, his life, and,
above all, denied himself eternally the prom
ised happiness of home radiant with the light
and love of wife in harmony with his own
grand nature so that he might plant it high
above the stronghold of the enemy of his
country, and from that eminence announce to
the world, through the hashings of its emerald
folds, the redemption of what in history may
be one of the oldest, but which in resources, in
hope, in faith, in heart, in all that infuses and
perpetuates national vitality, will ever be the
youngest naLlOn OF tn6 Worlu. IumultuOus
cheering.l Come, my countrymen, one more
effort, magnanimous and chiyalrous, for the
republic, which, to thousands and thousands of
you has been a shelter, q home, a tower of i'm
pregnable security, pedestal of renoWn and q
palace of prosperity, after the worrying, the
scandals and the shipwreck that, for the most
part, have been for many generations the i'm
placable destiny of our race Come, my coun-
trymen, in the name of Richard Montgomery,
who died to assert the liberty, and in the name
of Andrew jackson, who swore by the Eternal
to uphold the authority of the nation. As you
exult in the gallantry OF James Shields
[cheers land us you point with the highest
pride to the staunch loyalty, the patient cour-
age and stern nerve of Michael Corcoran--
tremendous cheering gl-and as each and all of
you should emulate their example, as you are
inspired BY it, follow me to the james river,
and there cast your fortunes with that brigade
which, to the credit and glory of Ireland, has
already, on seven battle-felds, proved its devo-
tisn to this republic, under the command and
chieftainship of the fearless, the gifted the in
domitable young General of the army of the
Potomac-General George B. Mcclellan
tremendous cheering, again and again re-
newed Ito whom that army is thoroughly and
unanimously deyoted-[ renewed cheeringl-
and whose great and good heart has been its
inspiration, as his splendid genius has been its
salvation in the most critical of times.