The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-25
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MAJ I'm the Brookiyn Academy
orsste-Aadr~ss by Jsmes stephe"'-
Tstp.eeting fsesoived into com"sssoe
of Scenes ana inc'-
der, Sc.
Forveral days past the Fenians Of Kings county
have 70 making extensive preparations for mA<~
mee.i. 4 wh.ch-to Qsots the language OF thsss crcu
ars-au.dred thousand welcomes were TO no given ="
the gri organizes. Jsmss Stephens. and 70 near ms
vtewsn u stuAou and Bd hum God speed In tho great
work rcSsm oonclkasiou and action. Tho saais cams
or Ia cin,ng In The Brooklyn Academy Of Music
Erhto'c.kk was the ume anaounced for proceed
,sgs odmence. and my cents the ipsicc charged
for ADHESION. Al hslfpass sevsa The doors
wcrc ppeud, and men, womsa end children oonmsnosd
70 euIer building Ths Zoe band Of The Ssxsy-ninse
rer,neulls.ooal 0uart siAls Now York discoarsed
pop,Isr eutaa sir, which vsse loudly sppaaudsd and
prsve.s the audience poting No fight Of uuA
shess after eight o'clock James etsphsns, q l. u,
Ac aptased on the stage. and was greeted with sosd
..,,ar bv the audience and music b. The bod. The
houss Bas we'll nllsd and after the sppsAnse bad sub
stdcd Mr. John Kerr, chairman OF the Committee
q NasgemsnsS said thai In any public conDc-
wosl1sss vssaSouds always wssksd .hoir way . |
tho lsurfspe. On the CONTRARY, .whess oasees
have men stepped forward and encountered the
Ssrjss ihs workings Of Irish politics q home and
los tbs last few months had been no exception %
*: s IN Ireland Z yes sso dScres iSsre
The nfosst Of tho noble stepped forward and encoun
s:s = s and sso .A S the ns
erumeh more than any other man, and was now looked
70 a. rs capable than any Other man, was James stc
Nrbrxrnxm Was greeted with great enthusiasm, and
aid non was the duty Of the hour Il TO effect thai
gop hss % had com. 70 me An aso b saIe aas
eveS possible advance compatible with his duty, and
he I'd No. effected a 70, he though. no part o. sss
unbn 70 the cause OF Ireland In every way They owed
Il the men who were pinins in prison because they
h faith in a' people o fsy '' owed
10 thsir character, which had bean sadly
reduced by the dssenssons among them. hs
masses were favor Of the cause Of ireland and no IN
dividui must stand In tho way OF the union. Would
the Irah people allow any individual 10 staDd In
tbs way Ok that essential unions He believed thsy
would not He expected very 70 all Irishmen
on thu continent rayng round one standard and trusted
they would not be disappointed tApplause II he had
10 ten his friends In Ireland that the union was I'M
possible, II would be the saddest word ever spoken
up without cnccting the liberation OF Ireland,
tho nation Was doomed TO disappear from the
face q the earth. In twenty years they mad iost
three million OF their people, and In few more years the
entire population would entirely disappear On this con
,nep the Irish people doomed 10 be absorbed 10 tho
s@s ss% yss thus disappear from The EARTH
"a vsrc-"No.'D Would they look calmly on while the
Brhh olgarchy bloted out their racer They would be
Of that's so.'9 Mr. stephens then appealed
to lhcm TO stand by the men 'in tho
stand Al orator recently observed that Ireland was
M dead a. corpse the dissecng table; but Henry
Gratln said not dead but sleeping" aud tho |" men
in III. gap" were those who woke IL up--tappaassl:
They looked only to the Irish FOE support and by
unIoi he union OF tbs people, NOT Of the lead
sr-appiauseL Certain individuals stand IN the way
Of th, union and later than Wednesday last It WAS
proposed that he should meet representative from
both parties, although no himself DID not belong any
posed that no definite or decided step.
should be- taken until the men at home should
cours 70 settle I'll present dssonsous Mr. stephens
then spoke OF the prospect OF success which would
any outbreak ia Ireland and citing the recent rsbeson
nsnt that merely question Of numerical strength
Ireland can he ad put one hundred thousand men 10 th'
toned there and wonId tsks her from forty % sixty
DAYS 70 inssss Sesss any tneus.nd usn
the art few weeks and then they could make green
backs for themselves He then spoke Of the remova
Of o'hahony and other officials, even down 70 she
doorkscpors saying that with his consent they should
never aga occspy ofcia position In the organsa
ton. After few additional REMARKS he announced biz
mite Of inquiry and ask him any questions they thought
d and he would reply TO the bcst Of his knowledge
plaass, and from the bark srss came The inquiry 'wha
shall do with Mabonyy' Loud laughter and ap
plause greeted this question:
Mr. SrxrmExs said, "Iie has boon set aside, and no
longer holds any postoa In the organization
The second question was. Where did no put tho
money" 20 which Mr.. stephens replied II answer
that ke bad lIlilo 70 do with IL A committee Is now
investigating the matter, and viii report soon loud
in answer to question from tho gallery about the
Mofa mansion ocals he said that KlilAn and all the
other ofic.as had been SGT aside.
y 20: % os .ns
Documents" 70 which Mr. Stephens replied he did mot
that he Old sell them" and amid roars o, laugh
ter gave an imaginary account Of hoe they might have
Tho questions wer- nov asked at the ruse cS score
once but amidst the huoeab one man " persistence
hear that he wanted 20 know whetncr OMahcny trans
mi,tsd him The amount raised by q subscription o.
he could say What he received and that he though
Mr. O'Mahouv and others had spent the money con
veasoss and oshss foolish matters tAppiause ono
men came, sharp and clear, from tho dre~ circle
How masy thousand stands OF arms DO you wan, y
Mr. ssephsna Yankee fashion. answered. ''How man,
does your c,rcls propose 70 give =" Voice iron IN
dress circ.e-"As many are able y Mr. Stephens
'very well; ! VII sst - msny = J am sole"-vou.
Il wise for me 70 sssAs hew many vsnt u have
depo, Of arms II vii not be ssixed" tcheer.l
that the doeamen,s ics By Hesn:n ana Dunn were III,
immediate d the arrests sn irslsod, and tim wsn
to state that the total amount u money which had
20 600 which IL thought would b. recovered IA vocs
from the p,t-"Ssvcr mind, we'll throv IN our mite
again. ~
Mr. Stephens refused tell how he should &c, arm,
into Ireland but said he would undertake 10 got 100 90
rifles and other munitions OF war safely into the ooun
try
After answering several other questions OF smils
nature Mr. stephens took bis scsf and The meeting
addressed by hes~rs Robinson and % Donnsi, who's
remarks we're received with loud and frequent bursts
applsnse.
Mr. stephens then closed the meeting BY advising al
present enlarge their circles. and II possible torn
ne
Grass Opera Troupe.
fFrom the Chicago Tribune, May 10
The opera troupe whcn gave air weeks season herr
last winter under the suspccs Of Grsu probably ths
best abused troule that sang anywhere fs abus<
al tune. almost reached villincsfcn Al that time
had the temeYty clxln that there artists M
men, IN tho troupe and that only time needed u
develop thoss merits for vhich came In for sbar'
n the abuse. since then the trOups has sung in Va
wsh the greatest succe~ on record Gran canynI