Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-08-23

| country. L confess | was Inundated that
our army was sent there TO act as police Of
fcers on the Canadidn line. | was bumili-
ated when our army was sent to do the dir
ty work of spies and detectives against the
Fenians. Great applause.
Know some people say this Canadian
invasion was a fools errand, but if YOU read
the speeches in Parliament where they ac-
knowledge Canada is as defenceless to-day
rs twas two months ago YOU would know
ifit had not been for the interposiiion OF the
American army, General O'Ncill, who
stands here by my side would TO-DAY have
been on the soil of an Irish province while
he would have been at Montreal and the
green flag would have waved over Canada.
They Know full well what the result was
Now, my friends, | ask you why should
not ireland be free? They had Parlia-
ment there from the thirteenth century TO
the opening of the nineteenth century, and
although during the last three centuries
/ Ireland was treated as a conquered nation.
and at the close of the eighteenth century
their Parliament was i'm the thraldom of
Great Britain, and was not allowed To have
a session except by the consent of the Lord
| Deputy of Ireland: vet al list. by the clo-
qucnce of Grattan and his patriot associates.
they had for seventeen years AZ the close of
the last century free and independent
Parliament in that isle of the ocean. Would
to God they had il to-day. Great applause I
But British gold brought through the union
by wbiclr Ireland was crushed and Opprcs-
sed. i was lately much struck with the
spirit of the language of Grattan in 17SO.
when he brought in the declaration of
rights. | copied il yesterday. ! meant
To read ii to Won. for il is imhucd with the
true sentiment that should animate the
Irish heart to-day. GApplauSc. He said
that thcv should have the exclusive
right OF legislation. and to do jus
tice in their own land lie said: Il wish
for nothing but to breathe The mir of liberty.
never will be satisfied so long as the mean
est cotta@,r in Ireland has link of the
British CLAIM clauking To his rdcs. He NAV
be naked--hc shall not he i'm irons. | see
the time at hand. The spirit is gone forth.
Il though great men NAV f'.n ~ =. - -.
cause sn..u l:rr, snd iho"--', he who uttcrs
this should die vet the immortal fire shall
last and Tie breath of liberty. like the end
of the holy man. will not die with the
prophet, but survive him
He Is dead, but his language lives to-day.
full of the same spirit which actua,cs our
noble organization. and two ycan after
wards. when the bin of rights WAS adopted
unanimously with a spirit to which Great
Britain. humbled Ivy the result of the war.
and by the course of the revolution bv
which our independence was Siscurcd. had
to yield. and did yield for eighteen years
he spoke in these words: Il am now To adj
dress a free people. and have only to adj
mire by what IIcavcn-directed STEPS YOU
have proceeded until the whole nation is
hrared up To the act of her own deliver
ance. y on have sought liberty in her own
principles. See the lreSb' terians OF Ran
cor petition for the Catholics of the South.
You with difficulties innumcrahlc, with
dangers not Il few. have done what your
ancestors wished bu; could not accomplish,
and what your posierily may preserve but
will never equal. am not afraid to- tum
back and look antiquity in the face" and
his poStcritv will strike another blow for the
renewal OF tliat Irish independence. ZAP
pause.
| was reading "a few DAYS ago an incident
of much beauty developing the feeling of
the Irish pcop!e Tone Steele the Protest
an friend of Irish freedom, and Daniel
O'C Conncll. the Catholic lover of Irish lihcr-
Il. are lying in death near together. n
marble slab states where they both lie
cnc who was viewing the ground said.
How happens il these two men of such
divers crccds sleep together in the same
cemetery" The sexton. an old man lean
ing ON Lis Cru;ch. said. Tone Steel WAS Er
Irish liberty; O'Connell was fer Irish libcr-
iy; and likcriy makes brothers of us all. =
LGrcat applause.
But now when this Democratic party.
that ceased to he the friends of the Irish
men. has gone 10 Philadelphia there to sur
render IL name. and there to receive their
word. as the paper this morning tell YOU.
from Andrew Johnson himself. who has
thus acted at the dictation of the British
ministry. the Union party has stepped for
ward and the Union party in the Congress
OF the United States has shown YOU its de
votion to the principles of liberty. You
remember The resolution of Clarke. of Ohio,
a conspicuous Union member II was TO
rcqntSt President Johnson to- demand the
release of the prisoners taken in the late Ca
nadian rebellion. He acqrieSccd in that
On motion of Mr.. Spaullin~. of The Clcave-
land district, he was asked. and unanimous
". too, by that House 10 release the Fe-
nian prisoners he had himself taken and
locked mp in Jail upon our side Cf the line
or had ont on bail bonds. regret 10 say
that resolution has not been respected by
Il
O'Neil today. with the bonds that he gave
upon him, to resume his attendance upon
the courts at the close of this month for
striking for Irish liberty. And on motion
of Mr.. Banks finding what kind Of nue.ral-
ity we should expect and had had from
Great Britain. we scaled down the nIetral-
ity laws and determined that me same
measure they mete TO us shall be measured
to them again. IGrcat applause
had the honor of introdr .mr nj Wash
ington, Marshal Roberts ne President OF
the Fenians, who g, proud to call my
friend, to the asss .n',icd muliitudes at the
soldiers anu sailors iair for orphans of our
soi'.rrs. and there he spoke for liberty for
: AL men and Justice for all, and he stated
/ that he intended to demand of those that fol-
lowed him to advocate the principles he
enunciated. Afterwards they proposed to
have another meeting at the fair and the
Mayors Police of the city of Washington
drove them off. Thcy came to- Congress.
They found responsive hearts there. Mr..
Allen of Ohio. offered resolution that the
Irish people are hereby authorized when
ever they shall obtain the consent in wri-
ting of the Speaker Of the House Of Repre-
scnfativcs, to use and occupy said building
for the purpose of holding public meetings
for every proper and lawful purpose, and
particularly in reference to the liberation
} of Ireland lGreat applause.l We want
ed to show to Great Britain that il she had
on her side the Administration of Andrew
Johnson, this denounced Congress, thi:
Radical Congress, this Union Congress:
svmpathized with all their hearts with meI
struggling for freedom. That resolution
went TO the Senate. Senator Jane,
Guthrie, of Kentucky, prominent Demo
crat, opposed it, and after debate, il
which Mr.. Johnson, of Maryland, partici
r paied-let me read one single sentence t.
r you. ''Mr johnson OF Maryland said:-
! This seems to me singular resolution
I 1t proposes to open these halls TO the dis
: cussion of those who are called Fenians