The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-03-24

and the blooming, chaste, lntei!e"'uai
countenances Of goodiy number, OF my
fair country women. assembled here IL
America TO celebrate this great day held
20 ioyou>ly sacred-so patriotcaii! dear
to The heart Of every Irishman would
tain point out to You the happy condition
Of our adapted country. ami compare II
with that upon which, 10 years gone by,
we TUNED our backs, and-g wing our lives
into The l. epirg Of linn VITO hode'h tie
ocean in the holow of bis hand journr,
4d hitherward Mos. Of Us remember thai
verdant i.Ie which the Infinite God has
raised upon the bosom Of the great tIue
ocean-far, far away from heIe-wlth
such bloom Of besutv that the very waves
which she ia. usurped worship the lowell
ne.. OF her intrusion. The snowflake,
ere il tails upon the cragged mountain
Top. is not more pure than the hearts oil
Ems sons and dau .hters Little lalard
,eas f,ct the glory of her landscape, and
her valleys smile from amidst theiI coro-
pets Of wild loses and bue-bels.
l}u; it is true that the sons and daugh-
te,s OF that lovely i.iand have rever-
NEVER. tasted Of the pure sweets at rei'
giuu, and civil liberty. Que Of the ruling
uait, Of Irish character is love Of lihert,
and yet, > rhap<, no other really civilized
nation has er H., Ell so ilttIe Of 1t. And
our history As people has been one OF
constant srugg'es against oppreselon--nh-
ayaiiinr tfnrIs To shake Of a voke ut gov
erument In which Tie people had no pow
eg or Iuiineuce-a government sdtulnistei
ell bv tNgll>hm-n, who had no s. tnpnihy
with the people they governed, rohbed,
ani desp'>el. Ia fact, no lr>hnan would
20 admitted TO share IN The aminl>'I alton
uf lis government Of hi> country. eXcep'
in subordinate position, and then not
until he had bu led his manhood and be
c,me an apostate from the religion OF his
fathers for the sake Of truckiin. to one .!
tie mranr>t, lat most lyraunicai govern
benls On ear'h.
This prescription Of catholics from Al
Offices Of trust and power, together with
tn. still greater outrage Of collecting tlthes
from tho people OF Ireland for the support
Of system o: religion to which their con
sciences did not sub-Crihe. ana uhuse lux
urious extravagauce, cuIduess and naughty
spirit thyir souls abForred, has, during the
las, one hundled ana tifIv years occasIoued
an exodus from our lovely land unknow n
10 modern times, aud ,ha, caD,ed George
the II. to exclairu, alter the battle Of fon
,enoy, where the hugli-h amy WIS de-
f.ated through the heaiioug vaIpr OF the
Irish regiments in the French service
"cursei be the laws tia. deprive HE Of
such subjects y
But peihaps, the strongest sentiment
Of the IRISH nature is the religions zeal
~i,h which ihey cling to the faith Of their
fathers through good ard evil report, and
nuld persecutions which would have over
come The religious convictions Of almost
ANY ether nation. Theirs is the on!y his
t3'y which shows people opposed to even
The outward observances Of the religion
established! amor 9 them by laws, and the
ministers Of which they were FAXED 10
support ana though politically occupying
the position of conquered peopIe-sho'
yieiclrg up their political privileges and
,heii personal Iiietty to The strong hand
Of power, Yet ,heir rights Of conscience
hey MAINTAINED, and refused 10 reinquish h
the observances of iheir religious faiifI, al
though by SO Going they might have re-
gained iheir personal aud poiica! rights
But, thanks be TO God, there is a laud
where lrishmen lnay be protected in All
their rights Of persons ana Of conscience
Though hope for our naive laud burns
but dI,n in The distant future, and her
SONS and daughters may never breathe the
air oi freedom in her green valleys and On
her mountains, and ler soil may never
more be free from the pollution OF the
Pra'en' Of her Saxon opFIessor-
. Though glory be gone, and though hope fade
away.
Thy name loved Erin. shall live in our songs
Not cen in the hour when the heart is most gay
VIII We lose the remembrance Of thee and thy
songs
Here IL this land consecraled to freedom
bv the blood OF The patriots OF the res oIu-
uon. amorg whom We're many sons OF
scd Ireland NAV rest secure ftom Iho,e
cruel IMPRESSIONS which wr-s, from The
human character all :ha, Is grea. aud no
bic leaving it robbed Of those 2oI>like al
OF speech aud conscien ca
notwithstanding that IN the experience
Of the last four ears nf this war An III
tempt WAS made to take from US both OF
those heaven born rights by the strong
hand Of the military power OF the naIlon.
Bun it failed, aid lhrse bie>s-d boons that
are dear As life itself. we hope. ant cUEti-
IDENTITY expec. 10 - Joy for al time beneath
The out.p.ead foliage Of Libefry's Asy ium
OF the Oppressed Of al nations.
Bu;, perhaps, it is hot meet that |
should enter in;o the investigation of The
rn-chanisrns Of the political machinery 10y
which our adopted conntri has been u,h
cred into the throes Of bitterness and strife.
OILY Introduce them al all As a reason
way cannot readily congratulate YOU
upon your present happy SITUATION. Sill,
IL is not IN the hearts Of lriskmen TO de-
sert Their country because of her political
disasters. Go upon The bloody fields sherr
tie IRON hail raiued most dreadiuly -
where tie carnage was raging IN its Wild
est fury-where hosis OF siam bloc kadet
The soldiers road 10 death, and caused
hun 10 slaggcr over the bodies of his
comrades, and there amid the smoke and
din Of battle behold The tens and hundf ed.
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