Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-06-27

ley. tha Isish Duke Of Wellington. VINO
rule today issSpsin q An 1rishmso-
Ma hall Q1DopnelI. Who won The
gre(e ItaliG6 battle q 6tapd forth NC
Maten, Ne Irhh unke II Aageesa.
Who won the battle Of Winchester, out
the twice Senator, the shot-proof 1rssa.
man. Gen. James 6hieldsi And Who
rules supreme in Eoglapd, beloved. y
bis people? Have you forgotten sna.
Lord Palmssstoa u IN Irishmsn foor
IrelspdI How sad j. the, stpry, Of thy
wrongs; every page Of thy history IL :
record Of robbery, pillags and conquest!
(Oh. bosh J. The gentleman laesw.ee
interrupted me; let me Say 70 hun snas
when he applies that word to nay re-
marks il sieuifes talent brain ana 10.
selIectual power, neither OF which viii
any one accuse him Of possessing.
SECESSION APPLIED TO IRELAND.
All the speakers here tonight have
been arguing that the Southern Coined
eracy ought to be acknowledged. Oh.
serving this, am disposed, for argu.
meut's sake, to agree With you, and
apply the rule to Ireland. Ireland
would be better by herself-more indie
pendent, more free, more happy, LEES
slavery, and would open her ports TO oil
the world. You have no right to inter-
fere With her customs, her laws, OF her
religion. Wien the Romans made war
they adopted the habits Of the con-
quered people. England, on the con.
trary, tries to make them English. She
is not hlrpy, not couteuted; vegsts.
ton grows in her streets and misery
broods 10 the faces Of her people. Let
Ireland go; let America acknowledge
the Irish Confederacy.
AMERICA TUE FRIEND OF IRELAND.
You say, let the South 60. cay, let
Ireland 60. (Cheen; . voice: "Ire.
land is now prosperous.") Yea, said
Mr.. Train, but what has made her sol
America! Who have added wealth to
our land the Irish. Who build our
factories, our canals and railways! the
Irish. And in their well.paid labor,
because well.earned, they find large
sums of money, which they have been
sending back to their people for many
years Ten millions sterling since the
famine. A noble trait in the Irish
character. l like the Irish people, and
your attacks on Ireland on account of
the recent aerarian outrages, are most
unfair. Look over your criminal record
and you will find more brutal murders
in England during the last year than in
Ireland. Have you forgotten the Step.
ney murder, and the Road murder, and
that Of Nottingham Forest and Coven.
try! or even, last week, that at Man.
chester, and another at London! You
have IS dark deeds on your calendar As
Ireland has, and cannot bear to hear a
land like 80 much so unkindly spoken
of as she is in England. go
Let me say to the irish people, come
to America, where you are appreciated !;
come over in thousands and hundreds
of Thousands, where a welcome shall
await you, for Americans cannot forget
your deeds of bravery in the dark pages
Of our war. You have fought molly in
our army, you love our Union, and We
like your noble devotion to the land of
your adoption. ireland for the Irish.
Thomas Francis Meagher is now one of
US; and Judge Mclean was q native Of
Erin, that land Of fair women and brave
men. Edmund Burke was also an
Irishman. Would that You had anme
more Burkes and more O'Connells 10
speak for you in the nations councils.
The O'Donoghues, the Maguires and the
Hennessys are not asleep to your wants
but Irisbmen must band together to win
their rights. My plea for Ireland to.
night is more just than yours for Seces.
sia. If you think disunion in America
beneficial, how much more so would be
disunion between these two islands.
Let me candidIy say to the brave Irish
regiments who are fighting our battles,
what one of their countrymen said on
another occasion,
Whether on the gallows high,
Or in the battles van,
The fttes place for man to die,
II where he dies for msn.
Hurrab, then, for Mulligan, aud Ken
nedy, and the gallant Corcoran, the
worthy countrymen Of the shot-proof
hero Of Winchester.