Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-06-09
STEPHENS sgEEoH AT JONES'

STEPHENS SPEECH AT JONES'
WOOD.
It was exceedingly interesting. 1t was
made on Tuesday, May 18th. 1000 per-
sons arc reported to have been present.
Among those present, on the stand or in
carriages in front of the platform were
Generals Hooker, Ruggles, Halpine, and
Lieu..-Col o'Reilley, Of Sheridan's Staff.
Gen. Hooker waited on Stephens in the
"Commiuee Room" and cordially well
coined him to the country. The slgnifi-
canoe Of this will be appreciated BY every
loyal American.
Mr.. Stephens address was more OF a
"narrative" than a speech, as he h'msei
said. In December, 1857, be was called
upon, in Dublin, by a messenger from
O'Mahony and Doheny. The messenger
had also an oral communication to make
and all was to the effect that an organlza-
ton was established in America, Of which
Michael Doheny was the appointed Chief
and Stephens requested to start an organi'
cation and direct it in Ireland. At that
time, he says, the cause Of Ireland was 50
low. at home as well as abroad in all the
world, that few men Of any brain or any
position could be got to take part in it.
He stated that his knowledge of the u
try was very extensive. On his return to
Ireland, after over seven years, OF exile
the first thing he did was to travel through
out the country in every direction, to
know the people and to see what could be
done. He devoted a whole year to that,
during which year he travelled over $500
miles on foot. With this knowledge OF
the people he answered the letters of his
friends in America, and on certain condi-
tons undertook to organize a force OF
10000 men in three months in Ireland
He undertook to do no more at that time.
The conditions were wo-fold-frst, that
he should, have the absolute direction Of
the organization. The second condition
was that he should be supplied with q
certain sum Of money monthly for the
6rst three months; after which time,
after having organized 10000 men, he
means to have made other proposals.
Stephens said he then sent a trusted
friend, who has since been in an Irish pri-
son, to America and on the l7thof March
1858, he returned. He had found no or
ganization in America-only a few devo-
ted men, at the head Of whom was Michael
Doheny. Such as they were then-those
20 or 80 men-accepted his conditions and
sent him q paper indorsing-so far as they
could indorse this action in Ireland.
On the 18th Of March, then. in 1858, he be-
gan the organization in Ireland. The fret
installment Of the money sent from Amer
leu was ninety pounds, and was received
on the 18th Of March, 1868 but the
months Of April, May, June went by with
out his having received anything. He
had to send out q trusted friend a second
time to state the case. The report he
brought of the organization in New York
was favorably received, but as there was
no organization in America at the time,
he found it very difficult to get the
necessary funds. They came to him in
installments. He continued to work, how
ever, drawing on the resources OF
friends at home in I~reland-for this he
wanted understood, that for every dollar
contributed in this country the men a,
home have contributed ten.
In September '5s he arrived in New
York. The first man he enrolled in the
organization was General Corcoran. At
that time the organization in America was
a secret society, as well as in Ireland. I,
has been found proper to change it here
since; it has been changed, but whether
for the better or not, the future only can
tell. He travelled through the States and
laid the foundation Of this organization,
On his return to New York, q documen,
was drawn up comforting on him the SUI
preme control Of this organization at home
and abroad.
Mr.. Stephens proceeded to say:
To be brief, during the first six years Of
this organization IN America, we in Ire
land received from you about fl,500. "a
voice, "Where did the rest of it go -
"Doran Killian 7" Laughter.) I have
come to America to establish harmony in
this organization, and woe to the man who
says or does anything to prevent that.
cloud and continued cheering and wav-
ing of hats.) Let there be no cries against
Doran Killian, John O'Mahony, Sweeney,
Col, Roberts ; let there be no cries here
against any man. If you have come here
in a spirit of brotherhood, we'll; II you
have not, woe to you, and woe to Ire
land. (Cheers.) Let any man who has
come here to bring di,cord into our ranks,
to widen the breach which so unhappily
has been made-let such a man 60 home.
tCheers.) Let him 60 the British Minis
ter-there he will be well received; bu,
let him not stand here with Irishmen who
have sworn before God and man they will
free their land or die. cloud cheering ;
voices, That's the talk.") ], for my sim
gle self, have had my trials, but I have
been infinitely more tried by my friends
than by my foes, and men who call them
selves my friends-who used to call them
selves my friends and 1reland's-have
proved themselves deadlier enemies to Ire.
land and to me than British tyranny
could ever do. (Cheers.) In the year
1858 I found there remained to me'three
courses to pursue. I chose one Of the
best men I knew in Ireland, and sent him
at once hero with q statement Of affairs.
That man has since been condemned to
twenty years penal servitude. He is now
a felon, with a felon's clothes, and doing
felon's work. The assassin, the burglar,
the scoundrel. the scum Of the earth, are
placed by British Jaw on the same level
with this noble Irishman. ("That's hard.")