The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-20


as follows;
LADIES AND BRorHER FESIASs Il have
ridden fifty miles to-day to witness tho
presentation OF what you are pleased TO
call an "Irish FLAG. Whether it be
really one or not, you nor !, alas, alas !
can tell, for where it should be
planted and unfnrled, il has been
banned and forbidden, and in our day
It has been treasonable not only to
manufacture but to speak affectionately
or respectfully of it. Irelands flag,
nationality and history, are older and
far dearer 10 me, and to 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
failed or neglected to profit by. Carried
TO Ireland a slave, he severed the chains
that bound him to a tyrant chief, thus
practically illustrating the sublime
apothegm that resistance Of tyrants IS
obedience to God We were born
slaves, and in time became the slaves
Of slaves-the slaves Of 2 people who
robbed Us Of our inheritance, our laws,
our language, and our history-and over
the graves Of our fathers-the ashes Of
your martyred dead-hoats to-day a
foreign flag, q aag every fold Of which
is heavy with the blood Of our murdered
people
To plant tbs, or a similar flag in Ire
land, IS, if 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 injury and wrong
and woe urge you to the goal Con-
WINGED Of the sacredness Of the cause,
and conscious Of the purity of your
motives, heed not the sneers Of the
| Indifferent, the jeers of the cowardly
and thoughtless, or the enyenomed
anathemas Of poGtico-relgiOus dema-
/ gogues Put your trust in God and
stand unwaveringly by your chiefs
Stand and step together, if you mean
more than word5-if you be honest in
your asseverations Of righting the
wrongs Of the land symbolized in that
JaDner-that land whose memories and
niseries are ever present to your minds
that land whose undying faith in
glorious future has outlived the most
brutal persecution, and whose ray of
hope grew brighter as her night Of bond
age grew darker.
Let 10 sectarian differences, no po-
litical asperities, no miserable obstruc-
tons, ALLEVIATE or sever your affections
Unite at the shrine Of that sanctifed
creed bequeathed YOU from the grave
Of Sarsfeld, the felon cell of Tone, and
the gallant Emmett Ireland is our
hope, and 10 e1laneipate and defend her is
orr religion" cloud applause)
| am a soldier and citizen of the
United States, and in common with YOU
all, owe allegiance to it and it only.
The Republic Of America is, as it were
our welded wife, while Ireland IS our
widowed, woe-Worn mother An I'M
grateful son never made a fond father
or a kind husband, and he who would
forget the one would dishonor the 9TH
or. No good wife would forbid relief
to a virtuous and distressed mother,
and | would consider myself unworthy
the confidence Of America and Amer
leans did l refuse to do for the Irish
flag what I am now, and have been do
ing for three years, for the glorious and
imperishable Stars and Stripes. Zap
plause.)
As you march along the streets Of
this city to-day, my friends, under the
shadows OF the flags Of America and Of
Ireland, remember that the martyred
dead who have persisted for our cause
in ages past, look down from heaven
watchfuliy and hopefully upon you.
Those who wish you well and those who
pray you harm-those who would lend
q hand to help and save those flags.
and those who would trail and trample
them in the dust, will measure your
manhood by your conduct Bear your
selves as men and patriots, that you
may do honor to Ireland and to your
cause, credit to these fair and Yirtuous
ladies who have given you this flag and
warn your enemies that being able to
govern yourselves, you arc capable of
achieving and preserving the liberties
of Il nation. With upliited hands, then
l ask you al to pledge anew your de-
votion to the Fenian Brotherhood"
and may tho God Of nations and of
battles pour blessing upon your Gag
Tremendous applause, long continued.) !
The applause which followed this (
speech was really deatening, and the
boys seemed unwilling to cease until
some one proposed three cheers for /
Miss Callahan, and then three for Major
titzZibbcn, both Of which were hearti- |
ly responded to.
The President then introduced Faith /
er Tracy, former Chaplain to Gen. Ro- /
secrans, who said he had come here /
merely out OF curiosity, without any /
Of taking part IN theproceod- /
lngs After complimentary Major Fitz-
gibbon on his able speech, and his ster- t
ling patriotism, he said he heartily ap- /
proved OF the objects Of the Society, and 1
wished it every success. Heed not the /
voices raised against you. but let Your /
motto be--"Your God, your Country
and Truth. Our Redesmer command /!
ed Us 10 render under unto Cesar the (
things that are Cesars, and to God the
things that are Gods. perseyere in .
your efforts Those Bishops who have T.
denounced you have dono so only BIZ
cause Of the secresy attaching to your I
Society. If there be no sccresv, then
the denunciation goes for nothing. So :
far a. ] have observed in the army OF 7.
the Cumberland, yours is no secret so
ciety. 60 on, then; tho voice of one 4
Bishop is not the voice Of the Church; /
his denunciationS are not the denun- I
ciatiaas of the Church Let Truth be |
your motto and God will be with YOU
Three cheers were then given for the
ladies of Nashville, for Father Tracy,
and for Capt Case
HEApQUARTI rs COMMISSION FOR THE0
OEGANIzATIoS or L. S. COLoRED TRours,
Nashville, Tonn., Nov. 4, 1868.
Circular No. /.
In accordance with orders from the Presi-
dent OF the United States, the following re-
cruiting stations have boon established for
colored troops in the Department Of the
Cumberland
Nashville, Tenn, CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.
" Bridgeport, Ala.
GallGtln, Plkeville, Tenn.
Nartrace, Fort DOnelsou, Tenn.
Clark>viiie, MeMinnville, Tenn.
Sbclbyyiile, Pulaski,
Columbia, Lynnvil.e,
Stevenson, Alabama.
All claims by alleged owners Of slaves
who may be enlisted, viii be laid before
the beard appointed by the President. and
consisting OF --
The board viii hold It's sessions al Nash
vile, Tenn. Role and recruiting lists viii
be furnished tho board for public infor1na-
ton, and on demand exhibited 70 any per