Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-25

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ets- You know that it il embelI;sh.d III
beats Of learn!ns with ttmple Of
pe.igipr, And t it has scouired
he name Of scholars AMI sain,s. YSn Know
hat even in the depth of its gloom owe sbe
dan shadows which have surroprl.S 49,, 49,
!icht Gifts intellectual glory has show s,r w
upoa the nations even As the bril,;o,., ,c =
, tar upon tho darkness e the .i~bt ~,
her sons end her daughiers-xo,ea ~ 81,
latter are here tonight, treat chssr;, =
a nd when ,iey smile On US. what r. 81
shall dare to u against US: Chesrsl You
know more t,.@i, 'i.S You know that IN
tie dark arl bloodv days in vocr revolu
.ionary s.russlc, when your tstbers fouei,,
for the liberty you nov enjoy. The valisn,
s,ns vf ireland ran l. Tie stand. ri ~ ,.o,.
dountrv and helped her through v;ctor, an. and
defeat to agloricus triumph Won rno~
that 10 1919, in the Mexican war and j. shs
late unfortunate struggle, the eloriou. .un,
bur,e Of Irslsq9 adyssced aide - ada rith
The ElSri66S ssaks a. a STRIPES All t.l,H ~
eitiseos, besaus you know these things, YOU
struggle tothrow oft bondage Of tyranny.
And fellow citizens you kcow more thar
this. You know that the frish r;t;,en 4.
devoted, heart and soul. to ths n"~srs sf
this Hniss. Yon know that h. rh"r;.hs.
the love Of this Union in his inmo.t h.srt
aud that even his aspirations have soucht
expression while blending our national ri,h
that Of his native land; + Erin PiDr1.,
Erin, Unus 90 Lragh. And fello, c;,;..rs
IN the iaseisiruggle through winch We have
passed, y.r snow how valiantly the sous Of
Of the Emfrad Isle rallied to the rescue of
an imperigcd Union. They thought when
they wsrc'hsntins this battle, that Congress
told the trntn when It d clared that III ,,.r
vas waged for no other purpose Of conaues,
or sucjusaiicn; bur that is waEed solely for
the purpose cf r. stors,ion Of This Union
and that when that purpose was accomplish
cd this w. ought to cease. and tne states
should bt readmit,ed Now the war has
ceased, a1i 70 use familiar phrase origin
ated " ~ rEnd. Col. Fiorehdr.f whom |
SIC in the distance, there is no, a rebel be-
tween tht Potania. and the Rio Grande. !,
but these ltsdicals who have lust deserted
the ma'H hall Of yonder Capitol, would to
God that, tho most Of them would never -.
turn! Ifheersl You ought to respond to
this senlment, and though thisiis not elias,
meeting bay amen. Cries Of Amen.
They BAY that this war has not ce.ssd
and it se,i not cease until they have OBJ
tanned aeother lease Of power. A voice
THAT en't DC til the Irish help them. u
Mr.. NcNerhany-The Irish never will
help thean IN this until they have degraded
the Irish character.
They ny the war is not ended that in
order ecary out the purposes they have
in view, they are determined to keep out
eleven q should say ten, for they have let
II one) II The former sebellious Statss.-
Whenever their parys purposes are to be
subser .tA these States are 10 be REGARDED in
the Union; whenever On emancipation pro-
clamatido 70 required 10 10 ratified these
States are in the Union but whenever con.
stitutionally elected representatives of the
people claim admission to their seats in
Congress, they are coolly told that the
States they come here to represent arc not
in the Unon. And thus the country is
kept in state Of feversh excitement. Las
Dor is at discount, trade is depressed. the
sails Of tommerce are furled, and We stand
on the btnk Of bankruptcy and ruin. And
while these Radicals are carrying on another
var, they make up a nssv, but false polslical
issue they hare fo'Aeukcd; Kept ALIVE, and
perpetuaed these struggles, and now they
wish to create division in the ranks Of tile
National Union Conservative party with
which they know the great mass Of he
Irish peoplf are allied, heart and soul. =
What is tht state OF the case? Let us look
into. this Bsnian Movtplent The Fcnian
organizatita-l do no, intend to tell any OF
its secrcts-i has been In operation several
years. 40 not intend to tell how many
1t has grosn IN power, and it has extended
throughout the exten, Of our vast territory,
till 1t has become great and mighty power
in the land. Unfortunately, however, the
foul spirit Of discord nas crept into he or,
ganixation that ioll spirit Of disun,on,
which has been the. most prolific Of
all tho ills Of eland-shat foul spirit
takes bold Of the Fenian organization,
and it becomes divided. There Is Z
Stephens wing and Roberts wing. Con.
tributiens nave poured into this Fenian or.
ganilaGon, aud in the course Of human
events i bscemes necessary that something
should be done. The great masses, the hon.
est masses, who contributed their meani
ana ~rc ready to give their lives-these
men demand that something sha be done
and the Roberts wing undertake the inya,
sion Of Canada | shall not go into details:
The soil is invaded and thcexpcdition turns
out what, in the language Of the newspapers
~ callei .tilso. or a failure. During sew
eral weeks, while these movements were IN
preparation, and when the Fenian organizes
ton, il properly armed, equipped, and pro,
visionei had time 10 SEIZE all the prominent
points in Canadl, and, 'is my friend from
Missouri has very eoqnently said, they had
force enough not to leave grease spot Of
Canada- notwithstanding this the Presi.
dent Of the United States, in the exercise o'
what dc deemed high and solemn duty, in
accordance with the oath he had taken t.
support the Consultation and the laws pass
ed under 1.-THE President, say, issued Z
proclamation for the preservation Of the ncu
trality laws.
Now, say if lie had not issued II, these
very men in Congress, who are now dc
nouncin, him, would bare oensured him
would have undertaken TO impeach him, Al
we know they watched for the oppori unity
to do, because he did not enforce the law
upon the statute books. which they altered
At the last moment, with the expectation Of
capturing few Irish Votes. Now, you maj
cay this country should MAINTAIN her seu
trality laws O England did. In reply. gay
beeause England did 1rong Il veald moi
justify ~ d filling tot 30 right. We car
dsaasnd redress It ~ Svsuee Baeland b.,
psepotgated, and ~ can insist in her doing
- sSeht. The Pyesids1a did right bscaust
be did bic duty - inpaosd upon hin BY I
eols0n oath. Where 10 there fight-think'
ing man who will blame him. and where il
not the Radical Who woold not have blamed
hin bad be failed 70 esseute To lawsi al
The antecedsnts Of Andrew johnson show
that he 10 The true friend A.d the eloquent
champion d the rights md interests Of th,
Irish people
Ifthero b . public nan upon The face o
this earth, asd sKclsin in the sincerity d
my heaft-and point 70 the record 4
prove it-if the4e 30 tublic man in th,
United States entitled ID The gratitude ant
lasting love Of the Irish people, tAas man il
Andrew johnson. In seerm and sunshine
In ptcspssity and In adversity, through
Ft4od and et1 report, At Oh times and ulsde
~ circumstancee. be has Stood W naniallJ
and bravely in defense n the Just Chains o
the Irish citizen, and Of every man, e
@hatever nationality, who bad sworn allesi
anee to the United States. "a
Do you not remember when, little not,
than ten years ago, the standard Of pcrsecu
ton vas raised against man because hi
eyes had opened In Another land. o. b.
chose to worship God in any ways Dcyo,