The national Republican., 1866-11-10
Aatipual 4epnblifau.
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
MAss.MxxrISa or IRISH CrrIxESs.-A large
and enthusiastic meeting Of Irish. American citi.
sens was held last evening at Odd Fellows Hall,
Seventh street, sor .hs purpose Of prsssn,ins u.
before the sommunity, In order TO prevent, By the
potent rcmonstraues Of the American people Al the
seat Of The General Government, the contamination
Of the unjust and wicked sentence lately passed
upon our fsllow-oitissns at Toronto, and TO adopt
measures for the protection Of Irish American oit
zens from British despots and tyrants.
Az an early hour the hall was crowded, there
being very large number Of ladies In the audience
Malone's band was In attendance and enlivsnsd
the occasion with music. - -.
Meauirs, who nominated as chairman DR.. Antissli,
and he was unanimously elected.
The following named gentlemen were chosen
as vice presidents VIM. Forsyth, P. J. Bsllsw,
Thomas Donohue, Colonel James Mcclure John
OMssra, DR.. los. 8. walsh, p. 0'Hars and James
MoGrann. 1a-.H
On motion, the secretaries Of the executive oom.
mittee, (Col. J. R. 0'Bsirns and Ne J. P. Brophy,
were appointed - secretaries.
The call for the meeting was read, after which
Dr. Antisell said that IL becoming the Irishmen
In this District to express their opinion in fearless
and bold manner Meetings had been held In most
Of the large Cities and II proper that this meet
ing should be held. On the score Of humanity We
plead that unjust punishmsnts and unfair trials
should not BE- had, and he protested against this
action In . foreign country upon oitisens Of this
land, and every American must feel Il was an out
rage upon the whole nation. He had no doubt the
President and Cabinet viewed IL a. q question Of
men in Canada had been illegally held, tried and
sentenced. We should walt our Time and II the
Government should fail, then comes the rest
The secretary here road the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted, with great ap.
plauss:
Re,olVed, That In tho manner in which the trial
and conviction Of Col. B. Lynch and Rev. John
McMahon has been carried out In Canada, the
American citizens Of Irish birth recognise the bar
barous and vindictivs spirit Of British rule; the
same eov.rdly impulses Of cruelty which England
has ever shown towards those who have unfortun-
stsy been her prisoners Of war; indicated in these
trials by conviction without evidence Of guilt, and
9 sentence far exceeding tho nature and extent Of
the alleged crime; England thus aiming to repeat
on the American continent enormitiss similar to
those which have characterised her rule in every
portion Of the globe where she claimed held pos
session-whether on the old battle fields Of Ireland
or the moro recent wars in Scnde Afghanstan
Dude, or New Zealand, or during peace in the parti
san judges, bribed informers, packed juries and
mook.trials Of Ireland and Canada; and thus view
ing the unfortunate position Of our countrymen We
enter our protest against the whole Canadian pro-
ceedings, and pledge ourselves that We will, II
necessary when the proper time arrives, aid our
countrymen In every effort to prevent the sentence
being carried out were 1t needful In 90 doing to
separate Canada from English rule.
Resolred, That in this action Of the Canadian
Government Is involved not merely the basty trial
and unjust sentence Of our countrymen, but an in
dignity 10 Indicted on tho whole American nation
through the insult and cruelty heaped upon her
citizens by foreign power; and the question as
sumes importance In proportion not merely to the
condemnation Of few Of her people, but to the
disregard Of American nationality and to the slight
shown regarding the will and ability of this great
nation to sustain Its own honor through the pro.
lection Of Its citizens
Resoiced, That the timoly and unprompted action
Of the President Of the United States, and of the
Secretary Of State In interposing the shield Of na-
tionsl power between the Canadian authorities and
the prisoners Of war 10 eminently worthy Of the
thanks Of this meeting; and We trust that the same
bold front and decided stand against British in
humanity and oppression will bs sustained by this
Government to the close Of the present international
imbroglio.
Rs,oiVed, That while this meeting expresses the
ardent hopsthat out Of all struggles Of Irishmsn,
ultimate liberty and happiness will accrue to Ire
land; and while the Irshmen present yield to mono
In the earnest discrimination to take every step
which may further such result, they yet believe
that this being an American question in its essen-
tial bearings II should in the FIRST be left to
Executive diplomacy and national power to effect
pacific solution; and this. meeting therefore calls
upon all friends Of ireland and others who may be
unwilling to have border warfare carried on in .
guerilla Spirit to- discountenance and oppose all
aggressive movements Of our countrymen as prema.
ture until such time the action Of the President
and his Cabinet shall have proved powerless for the
safety Of the prisoners.
quet was thrown to Col 0'Beirne by q lady In tho
audience.
Tho hrst speaker was Mr.. Francis McNerhany,
who said that England took counsel Of her fears and
not Of her love of merces when the lives Of Amer-
can citizens were thus impsrlsd, and they imprs-
oned for crime. Whom that socalled British JUS
tice seeked to wreak its vengeance on American
citizens who committed no crime, 1t was tho duty
Of the Americans to stand up and denounce the out
rage It was the duty Of our Government to stand
American people, and he thanked God we had q
man In the Executive chair who would see to It,
tapplause that neither Of these prisoners In Can.
ada shall suffer tho penalty Of death unless the rec
ord Of their trial shall conclusvsy show that they
had committed an offence which was justly punish.
able by . forfeiture Of life. The American people
would not stand BY with folded arms and witness
the execution Of two Of their citizens guilty Of
crime In this case, as In the case Of Costsr, tho
shield Of the American Constitution would be inter-
and that shield was strong enough to do It. Let
send forth from this the capital city Of this go.
rious Republic, the bold sld fearless declaration
that England shall not, dare not, consummate so
foul, bloody and lnlquit0us deed.
Capt. Gsyce, of Pennsylvania, was the next
speaker. He said he would be false should he not
respond to tho call Of Ihshmen at all times. He
pledged his honor. his life, and all to serve the
Irish people, and be with them in all their efforts
to free Ireland. Never, in the darkest hour Of
American history, had the Irish people failed to be
true to our country and our proved this
fact.
Gen. II. II. Heath, of Nebraska, was next intro
duood, and said: He was here tonight as an Amer.
loan citizen to minge his proteststions with those
Of the Irish citizens against the contamination oi
such an outrage by England. The speaker said
were he President Of the United States he would
take 1t for granted that those freemen had been en-
gagged In war against England, and yet he would
say to England, "You shall not execute those
men" It was enough for him to know they were
American citizens, and under our broad shield they
were free. American freemen should try American
frsemen, and not bloated British judges who knew
nothing Of law.
1t had pleased the Almighty to place in the Ex
ecutivs chair Of this nation man who loved and
appreciated liberty. Both he and the honored SEQ.
rotary of State had addressed to the British Gov.
srnment q paper which was stronger than ten mil
lions Of swords. The time has arrived when
Brother Jonathan dictates to the British lion, and
whom Brother Jonathan says, thus far and NO
farther the British tide will subsde and American
bonor he vind;,otsd Should thu efforts of the