The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-30
Great Meeting Of Loyal IrIshmen.
HMM ENsE ENTHUsIAs Nj.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED.
DIsLOYAL FRESHMEN REQUESTED
TO LEAVE THE CITY.

Pursuant to the published call, the loyal
Irish residents of the city of st. Louis gath
cred at an early hour last night at Biddle
Market. About two thousand pers ons assem-
bled.
The meeting was opened by Judge Young
being called to the chair. DR.. OReiley was
appointed Secretary. 7. S. Nelson then pre-
sented the following resolutions
WHEREAS, Certain persons iu this city,
numbering between two and three hundred,
and claiming to be 1rishmen, have sought the
protection Of the British flag as British sub
iects, with the view of obtaining exemption
from their obligation to take up arms in de-
tense of the American Union against the re-
bellion, initiated and waged by native Amer
lean traitors and, whereas, this is the first
and only instance that has ever occurred of
such infamous baseness on the part of Irish
men domiciled in this cocntry and, whereas,
the great mass of the Irish residents of St.
Louis the naturalized as well as the unnatur-
allied, have heard with profound astonish-
ment, and with feelings of humiliation, shame
and disgust of this disgraeeful conduct on the
part of men claiming to have been born in
Ireland therefore, be If
in mass meeting assembled, That we denounce
the conduct of those men as eowardly, base
and infamous that they are unworthy Of the
name of Irishmen, and have entailed upon
| themselves dishonor which will survive their
wretched existence, and be visited upon their
children to the remotest generation.
Resolved, That we, the Irish residents of st.
Louis, embrace this occasion Of renewing the
expression of our unalterable attachment and
| loyalty to the government, institutions and flag
| of the United States-that as our countrymen,
during the American revolution, in the war Of
| 1912, IN the war with Mexico, and in the pres
emit wicked rebellion, gloriously attested their
devotion to liberty and their fidelity to this,
| the land of their adoption, by their sacrifices,
| their labors, their yalor and their blood pro-
| fusely shed on every battle field from Con-
| cord to Shiloh, and from New Orleans to the
| city of Mexico, so do we freely and proudly
pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred
honor TO the maintenance and defense of this
great nation against the attacks of every foe,
whether foreign or domestic.
| Resolved That the allegiance claimed by the
| British government from an 1rishmen in the
country of his birth, is involuntary and CON-
PEELED, and that for centuries no true man
who hated oppression and loved justice, and
who was willing to strike for the one and
| against the other has profered to that govern
ment in Irelandl allegiance as voluntary
| act.
ResoIued, That after the affection which has
been endured by Irishmen under tho British
government, for ages in their native land
Affections that reached not only the property
and the lives of the people, but were aimed al
their hopes of "the life to come, with cruel
| ty and determination practiced only by 8
! British government, the Irishman who, il
l N
and man, enrolls himself voluntarily under
ated and drunk with the blood of the best
men of his country, forms the exception to hi;
race and is born a slave
ResotUed, That until they purge themselve
of the crime of hatred to the land of theil
birth, which they evidence by sheltering under
flag that never foated over that land but in
conquest and in death, this meeting of loya
Irishmen-equally loyal herein to the land o.
their adoption and their birth-proclaims tbs
old Roman interdict of bread and salt
against those recreant Irishmen in st. Louis
who claim the certificate of British subjects
and as their hand is thus raised agains
America, so every mans hand in this assem-
bly, is raised against them; nor shall they b.
deemed Irishmen henceforth, nor purged o
the crime of parricide until they enroll them
selves in the ranks of the citizen soldiery O
the country.
Resolved That shall England attemp. any
interference in our domestic concerns, we vii
one and all arm TO oppose her, and shall urg'
on the United States Government to aeknow
ledge the independence of ireland.
Resolved, That the names and birthplaGe
of those Irishmen who call themselves British
subjects, be furnished to the Boston Pilot anc
New York Frsemans Journal, with reques
that they be published.
Resolued, That the military authorities b
requested to prosecute all those who hav'
exercised the privileges of American citizens
Samuel Waters then offered resolution
which was unanimously adopted, viz: Tha
the guilty Irishmen be notified to leave tn,
city within twenty-four hours.
The assembly then pledged themselves Il
carry out the objects of the resolution in good
faith as fast as they could discover the obnox-
ious individuals.
The meeting was then closed