The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-19

NO. 2s2

III YOUR nafusr feauF anu Wllling III
need be, to die in her defence 1his
being true, as we believe, when the war
cry is. borne upon the. breeze, let this
banner, with It's ft emblem, be found
whore the oppoScrs shaft flies the
thickest Let no tyrant's foot ever
sully its beautiful folds, but bear it
proudly On, to victory or 10 deathI
Mr. McCarty replied in a brief bat
exceedingly happy speech, which drew
forth lou5 applause He then intro
.dueed Maj. T. c Fitzgibbon, who spoke
as follows:
LADIES ANB BROrHER FENIASs s:--I have
ridden fifty miles to-dayto witness the
presentation of what YOU are pleased to
call an Irish flag Whether it be
really one or not, you nor l. alas, alas
can tel, for where il should be
planted and unfuri6d, it has been
banned and forbidden. and in our day
It has been reasonable not only 10
manufacture but to speak affectionately
or respectfully Of it, Irelands flag.
nationality and history. are older and
far dearer to me, and 10 YOU. hope.
than the. mere remembrance Of the
death day of the. Christian Missionary
whose life you commemorate to-day.
and whose patriotic virtues YOU have
filled or neglected to profit by. Carried
to Ireland a slave he severed the chains
that bound him 70 a tyrant chief thus
practically illustrating the sublime
apothegin that resistance Of tyrahts is
obedience to God" We were born
slaves, and in time became the slaves
of slaves-the slaves of people. who
robbed us of our inheritance, our laws.
our language, and our history over
the graves of our fathers-the ashes of
your maFtyred dead-hoats today
foreign flag, a flag every fold of which
is heavy with the blood Of our murdered
people.
To plant this, or a similar flag in ire
land, is, if j understand you right, the
mission of your future lives, the pur-
pose of your souls and hearts Be
firm and unfaltering in this holy task;
be not driven nor intimidated from IT,
for ages of insult, of iniury and WRONG
and woe, urge You to the goal Oon-
vinced Of the sacredness of the. cause.
and conscious. of the purity of your
motives, heed not the sneers Of the
Indifferent, the ieets of the cowaraly
and thOughtless or the RnveHOmed
anathemas Of pOliticO-religiOus dema-
gogues. Put your TRUST in God and
stand unWayeringly by your chiefs
Stand and step together, If you mean
more than words-if you be honest in
your asseveratiOns OF righting. the
wrongs Of the land symbOlized in that
banner-that land whose memories and
miseries are ever present to your minds
that land whose undying faith nt
glorious future has Outlived the most
brutal persecution, and whose ray Of
hope grew brighter as her night Of bond
age grew darker
Let no seetarian differences, no po-
litieal asperities, no miserable obstruc-
tiOns, ALLEVIATE or sever your affections.
Unite at the shrine of that sanctified
creed bequeathed you from the grave
of Sarsfield, the felon cell Of Tone, and
the gallant Emmett {" Ireland IS on.
lone, and b cmancipatc and dfsnd her is
oar religion Cloud applause.)
I am a soldier and citizen Of the
United States, and in common with hyou
all, owe allegiance 10 IL and it only
The Republic Of America is, as il were,
our welded wife, while. Ireland is our
widowed, wOe-gorn mother An m-
grateful son never made a fond father
or a kind husband, and he who would
forget the one would dishonOr the 9th
er No good wife would forbid relief
10 q virtuous and distressed mother,
and would consider myself unworthy
she confidence Of America and Amer
leans did l refuse to do for the Irish
flag what / am now, and have been do
ing for three years for the glorious and
ner The Don is the sister ship % the
Dee, lately run on. the beach and de
strOyed She is fine vessel, built al
London last June, 244 tons British reg
ister, has four engines OF 10 horse
power each, driving two screw propell-
.eys The vessel was built expressly for
blockade running purposes, and IS
thought 10 have cost about f23, 900,
equal. nj present rates, to Sl85 900 Her
captain, officers and crew are all or
nearly all, EHglishman, and are a. fins
looking set Of men,.
her EXPLOITS AND OWNER
The Don has cleared nine times for
Wilmington, but has succeeded in get
ting IN only four times, having had To
return to Nassau or Bermuda on the
trips with her original cargo Captain
I Cory reports that he found blOckaders
50 plentiful on approaching New Inlet
! that he was obliged t0.put to sea again
. 4. a. - u , a l.. a a
DacOtah, and ran within a boat s.length
Of her twice once on the evening
Of the 2Hd instant, across her bow,
and on the morning of the 3rd
instant under her stern, but escaped
unharmed each time, although fred al
repeatedly The Dacotah. being under
sail, was taken aback each time, and
could not follow. The captain Of the
DaeOihh says that Captain Cory dis
played splendid sesmanship and de
served to GET away. The managing
owner Of the Don IS supposed 20 be
Francis Muir, Of Pudding lane, London.
Her complement Of officers and men
is as follows Eight officers, thirty-six
men and one passenger. about whom
there is something mysterious, as nOOne
oA bbAIu hntW MS name OF Az llllnE
about him-as they say lie gives his
name as AlOnzO G. Craggett, says he is
a Southerner, and has been in Europe
The Don is said 70 be able TO run four
teen knots; but Captain Cory says her
furnaces were clogged, 50 he could not
get enough steam The PequOt logged
twelve knots while Overhauling her, and
with the ordinary head Of steam. We
al feel proud Of the vessel, for she has
proved herself to be splendid craft
She has made over fourteen knots with
steam and sail Captain Quackenbush
has shown his excellent searaanship and
tact in handling this vessel while cias-
ing and firing / should have said that
he completed the capture az eleven A.
Mn Just one hour and twenty min
utes after sighting the smoke on the
horizon. Acting Ensign George Lamb
goes. home in eharge.of the prize The
Don's officers are gnests Of the ward
room mess, The crew is. az present on
board the Pequ0t
There is a tenement-hOuse in New
York city having sixty-eight rooms,
eight by ten feet, containing seventy
families, Of one hundred and fOrty-lOur