Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-11-18

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iSouth-the MasOHs, G0bbS, Hunters, Sill
delIs, Prestous aud BreckinFidges-Woul6
have to reIinquish their monopoly Oi
Washington, and take fair chance, II
the contention for public honors and thl
magistracy OF the nStiOu, with their lesi
pAtritiEn fellow citizens Of the North and
West. Rather than submit to this, they
must set up q republic for themselves, il
which they may rest assured Of an uudis-
tusbed enjoymeat of official power, and
prOiong far into the autumn of their days
their mid.summer,delight aud diplomacy.
| Aud for this-to realize this selfish and
Unsuitable amhitiou-they draw the sword
across the national domain, seize the ma
tionaI forts aud ships, plunder the custom
houses, sub-treaSuries and Rrsenals, reject
and viola,e the rational flag, tear ssunder
the republic With violent hands, aud pro.
ceed 10 erect q h6stile government upon a
fragment Of Il, amid the cheers. of course, ,
et all their friends cross Abe water. Think
what catalogue nna folio Of selhshuess,
greediness Of notoritty and dominion, ra-
pacity and treacherS, irreVerenee and abGn.
donment Of all that was most sacred and
imperative In the past, recklessness of ell
that was promising aud inspiring in the
opening vistas Of the future, this Southern
coup detGt sutiieed 10 publish 70 the world
No wonder that il hSs had the sympAthies
Of the imperial pGFUeRN whose eagles leave
their unfinished work in Italy, where they
were promised full swoOp from the Adri-
attic 10 the Alps, to Whet their beAks and
plume themselves anew, high up amid the
sun blaze, on the torn entrails of poor
Mexico. No wonder that it has had the
backing of that old tory monarchy. whose
magnificent rival on the seas Is promised
to cut down to a manageable size, and the
example and inspiration Of whose liberal
government, improved code of public law,
system of political action, and ever accu-
mnlating estate, presented so unsafe and
overshadowIaE contrast to the hereditary
burlheus, the stingy franchises. the domi-
nation Of privileged classes, the monopO-
liked lands, the snrfeited church establish
ment, and sIl other gilt apd blOased folies,
nuisancss, boasts and falsehoods over
which the Lion and the Unicorn rSmpGntly
keep guard.
Thank God l there have been thousands
Of Irismen in New York, 10 Massachusetts,,
in Ohio, in Pennsylvania, In Illinois, Indi.
ana, Vermont and Maine, to rescue the
Irish name from the disgrace Of being In
YoIved in the scheme to rend asunder aud |
reduce to the condition Of an unstable and |
the proportions Of an inferior power, that
great aud benedcent nation which has
been for eighty years aud upward, the
sanctuary and renovation Of the imPoyer-
ished and oppressed of Europe. say
nothing against the IEishmeu who have
fought under lee and BeauTeEAFd. 1t Is
hard for men of generous aud WARN ma
tures to break away from the associations
in which the fDd themselves, At such 4
crisis as civil war, aud steFuly do their
duty In spite of their social relations and
Elections. aud the infueuce which the
ehOsen scene or their labors, their home,
heir friends and TneIr sUcSess0S naturally
Ind powerfully exercise. But without
sritine one offensive or unkihd word IN
llIusiou to them-and / have never done so
,nce in all have ever written OF spoken
lbout the aar-I turn with pride aud ex-
1ltAIiOn TO those Of our race who stood
rue 10 the Government of the United
States, and In the viudication of its honor
and prerogAtives pledge the FIRE Of their
hearts aud the Vigor OF their arms. II it
vas q noble exploit to plant and consoli-
late this Government, ii is surely An un-
deserving of equal, il not great
er, praise, applause and beuedtstion, to
defend and preserve it to the last. shall
not prOlOpg this letter to Viudicate, on be-
half Of Irish soldiers in the Federal armies,
\ course of action which their impartial
intelligence dictated, their gratitude
their love of genuine liberty in-
5pired, their clear sense of justice saneti-
Gee, their oaths Of citizenship enforced. In
the bonored graves in which many Of them
sleep to. day they are not on trial for their
loyalty aud heroism. Their services aud
devotion, their willing self-sacritice and
death in the blaze Of battle, lett them high
above the arguments of the living crowd,
investing them with q glorE which no crit
cism should be suffered to approach,
aud from which no criticism, however pre-.
can detrAct.
Believe me to be, With sincere regard,
your faithful and aGectionats friend,
THOMAS FRAXcls MEAGHRR,
To P. ). SMYTH, Esq., Editor of the Erisk-
UsGR, Dublin.