Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-11-09
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Gen. Meagher on MOGleIan---The Senti-
ments Of Real Soldier.


GENERAL THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGH-
ER, the Irish patriot and soldier, deliver
ed an address for Lincoln and johnson,
last Thursday evening, October 9th, in
the Capitol at Nashville, Tennessee The
most brilliant portions of his speech, and
those which elected the heartiest and
most enthusiastic applause from an audi
ence composed largely of soldiers and
Abolitionists, were those in which he re-
ferred to the character and services of
Gen. Geo. B. Mcclellan. Gen. Meagher,
true and heroic soldier himself, has the
magnanimity aud courage to acknowledge
in Mcclellan those merits and qualities
which none but the basest and most reck-
less politicians have the tenacity to deny
MIN. With one sweep Of his eloquence
be brushes away the cobWebs offalsehood,
Misrepresentation and SANDER, which
Abolition tools and Lincoln toadies have
labored so sedulously to weave about the
name of the first General of the Repub-
lie. Here is an extract from Gen. Mea-
gher's speech, the effect of which was,
according to an Abolition correspondent,
to carry the audience away in a frenzy Of
enthusiastic applause:
Pronouncing in favor of the Baltimore
Convention and its nominees, as a matter
of course I pronounce against the Chica-
go Convention and the nominations ema-
mating from it. Hear, hear, hear This
I sincerely regret being compelled to do,
for 1 widely differ from those who assert
that Gen. Mcclellan personally is unwor
thy of occupying the Presidential chair
Loud cheers for Mcclellan Highly
cultivated, refined in manner as in mind
deeply imbued with a reverence for all
that is virtuous, wise and heroic in the
history of the Republic proud of his ma
tionality and sensitiveIy jealous of the
honor of his country, I am satisfied that
no man could bring to the discharge Of
the duties Of the Presidency a better
spirit, nor to the position itself, exalted
as it is, more appropriate gracefulness
manliness and dignity. Loud and con-
tinued cheering.
In his truthfulness, in the goodness Of
his heart, in his disposition to serve the
country faithfully and earnestly, whether
in civil life or in the field, to the utmost
of his ability. I have the fullest faith,
rloud cheers and this faith not only re-
pels but resents the imputations against
his loyalty and courage, in which those
who do not know him have seen fit to in
dulge. Loud cries of hear, hear. The
firm gentleness with which he has borne
these aspersions, confirms in my mind the
belief, that a temperament SO well dis
ciplined as his, nature SO magnanimous,
demeanor so chiValrously decOrous
qualify him personally, in a superior de-
gree, for the highest Office in the gift Of
the people. Loud cries Of bravo, Mea,
CHER, and enthusiastic cheering As to
his evasion of the dangers of the battle
field, all I shall say is this-that if Gen.
Mcclellan was not under fire at Fair
Oaks and Malvern Hill, neither was the
Irish Brigade, tremendous cheering,
and this I should have said before the
Committee on the Conduct of the War,
had I been examined by that Committee.
! Loud and long continued cries of hear,
hear, and deafening cheers. An up
right and exemplary citizen, an accom-
plished and judicious soldier, true to his
men as be was true to his flag hear,
hear, hear, indefatigable as he was soru-
pulous in his work, honest and fearless,
[hear, hear, hear, nothing, I repeat, can