Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-16


latter being in more than usual force, "a
II the fact Of a contribution TO tle Caus,
Of Ireland. i'm the way Of an admission
fee had nerved them % brave the IN.
cIemencies Of the exceedingly cold
weather and % prove their reliance on
the men that are yet unsupported in tht
gan. and % encourage their friends q
rush t) the rescue. An excellent band
of music was in attendance, which
stirred hy It's strains, the enthusiasm oI
the vast as~emblage, and when the band
struck up the air Of the minstrel Boy,
ir burst 0ut in loud cheers and waving of
Lauikerchiefs.
Land ar song. ~.liJ TIE warrior bard.
Though aIl the world baIrgv tlee.
tf1e -Voul at least thy rights ~.iili Zlaril-
Uur faithful heart shall praise tIe-.
The muSic-the OLD loved air stirred
the hearts Of the people, and a; times the
strains We're lost IN the cheers which
spoke their feelings and enthusiasm.
The meeting was called to order hy the
appointment as Chairman oi Mr.. John
Rafferty,.
REMARKS or lIR. MEANEy.
The question now was, l. It Ireland or
Cauada-O Nahony or Roberts, Cries
of Nah0uv.n "Ireland for ireland,
and Canada for Canada He was not
one Of those who believe the longest way
round was the shortest way home. The
HIfCFs corpus act was suspended in Ire
land. Did they know what ID meant -
that every man arrested on suspicion
Kent him twelve months in prison That
was au evil 10 De- wipei ont Bat there
was another. Those men arrested viii
be- discharged ia March, l~17, but there
are men iu P-utouyuI- prI~uu-neu who
leriIIel all for y0u-Ilen Of lrelaud-meu
who have toiied for you, and Tonight,
three fhou.ahd miles beyond the At
Iautfe. the men lie in the cold cells
looking for the day of liberation
at your hands. They D have it, VIII
v1u realize their hopes VIII you stand
and pr8ve their sutieFings have not been
-ufferiugs for an uugratefui people
t"Ne--r3 He knew what the hdbe0s c0f-
IJliy was. lie was arrested, and for eleven
months he was iD Jail He knew the lH-
diguities 10 which patriots were subject
I'd. He knew WhatIhey lad % feel they
were a.-Gciatrd with fri9H-. Think Of
that Cheers VIII you allow tu4t %
continue ono, no. How is ulat
negative Of yours to be fulfilled lt Is 10y
putting down your greenbaeks for green
b1gd--that the Green Flag should H0at
again over Old Erin. d" Yes, ye=."j ]
bind vuu % that l"Nes.'9 / want o.
organize a system Of dealing-that you
refuse 10 deal with your grocer, your
butcheror baker, except they prove ~ you
that they are boudhOlders Of the Irish re-
public Great cheering.l
A N0ICE-NoU'u see one in my window
tomorrow
AN0rHER VoICE-Yes, and0He in mine.
CONTINUED eheering.l
am speaking To men who are strong
In the cause; but 1 have before me wo-
men-God bless them-I have women,
the true~t patriots in all countries; and
the more depressed a country is-the
more subservient men are-the stronger
are the women in the hope Of country
and freedom.
Hurrlh Tor the men who kept Limerick waH,
But LGrrHl Tor tine women, t.- hrIFeot OF all
REMARKS or CHARLES A. w00DEAN-
be did not feel As much enthusiasm for
the cause in Whieh the sympathiesO of the
audience were engaged as the audience
did. ard he proposed ID speak o. much
10 the native American citizens - hs did
% the Irish Americans. Il was only a
short hour age that he learned that any
particular subject was t0 lac discussed. IL
i- very easy 10 discuss the sugiept Of pop
uIar revolutiOns, for amy one ihai bad
any idea Of history can speak Oh that
subject. but the expressions that Lad
been perperrated on ireland render al
address on popular revolutions iH regard
10 her particular easy. In any country
had the right Of popular revolution more
than another, surely that land is
Ireland. She has that right nov 81 she has
had it for the last seven hundred ysars.
Notwithstanding oppression aud ulisur-
c---lul w8r against ~ during al thai
time. her people, from the time Of I'm
Na,sol down b. James stephens, have
written their character a. IrishMeu in
undving letters; they have newer lost
SIGHT of their rights as ciizens of the
green island Notwithstanding all the
attempts from the time % The Norman
conquest 90 the present time, % crush out
her nationality, that spirit Of nationality
still lives wherever there Is an lrishman,
the wa.li over. Applause. ] don't
share now probably with you that in
tense feeling Of hatred which exists i'm
your breasts toward England, but any
man who has kept his ewes and ears open
for the last nine or ten years must know
that in Ireland. in the British colonies
and wherever the English language i-
spoken throughout the world, England
las most determined and bitter enemies
in Irishmen, who would rejoice st her
downfall or any injury which might
affect her power or her sceptre.
Now. such universal hatred must have
a good and sufficient cause. 1t has. 10
is grounded In the mind by the memo
ries Of the past What has made the
glory Of modern Irish hist0ry2 It has
not been a record OF war or Aood-hed.
Her glory j. In the long list Of her mar
tyrs, who have uObiy laid down their
lives for her nationality. II IS I'M the
memories Of the men who have con-
scented b die for her on English scaii5lds.
The Intellectual glory Of Ireland for the
last half century or century comes from
the records Of such men a. Currsn as an
advocate, Moore as poet aid Burke as
a statesman, who stood up for lrelaud
against Great Britain in their several Il-
lustrious spheres Of life.
am speaking as much % native Amer
leans as 10 Irish American citizens. j
propose 10 say nothing that is not bec0m-
ing I'M an American citizen; but 1 VIII
saw that ! believe IN the rights of men oi
every race and al over the world.
I believe that every man has the right
given him by the good God 70 make out
of himself an that he is. And whenever
3 government puts anything ia the way
of a nations progress, the country that
does il an enemyof mankind and ought
10 90 down-her sceptre ought % be- bro
zen Now. a. 1 was about TO say, lf any
pstion has had a right 10 raise any popu-
lar rey0lution against iUs 0ppressars, Ire
Ispd has that right The attempt was
11sds aeven hundred years ago 90 con-
gver ireland. Bands Of adventures
undertook to conquer aud divide
her among them, aud I0F iAal
purpase crossed over from England, lat
ibeV Ver. absorbed among the Irish peO-
ple. and became Irish Themselves, and
The Irish nationality was stlH pre-
served. and for centuries afterWafd, unlh
by the iron hand Of Cromwell she was a.
length subjugated. Since then TIE pot
icy Of England has oeen 70 crush hef
and her patriotic spirit ol haIlotailsA y
This policy has imposed upon ttela,iu q
form Of church government haleiut "
her people for the purpose oi dl flntAe
them. and she has established tbs hief-
archy IN the hypOeriucll naIae ol tnfts-
tianftv. for the base purpose Of q base pol
icy. This was not the way 10 convert the
Irish people 10 the Reformation or re-
formed Christianity. This was mly, liif
way 10 make them resist and deiesl her.
Men who come from that Island % Esq
land and mix iH the highest society aOI
London, boast that they have turned the
people from their homes and made The
country the habitation Of the beast and
wild fowl They take a pride IN this.
There is no escape for the Irish people ln
Ireland they may either emigfate on
starve. This Is the alternative. The
same policy was carried out not long ago
by England upon the Highlands Of Scot
land, where the ssme race dwelt that
now inhabit Ireland. IN The Highlands,
where the wild deer and fowl nov roam,
a very short time since there were many
inhabitants. This banishing has been
part Of England's policy. She gives
people who stand IN her way a chant,e To
starve on migrate. These Highlands are
now depopulated because Of this policy.
And in consequence Of it there are more