The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-14


that they represented seventeen millions OF the
Irish race. There we're six millions of Irishmen
here, half million in Australia, halt million
in Canada; there Is a million in Scotland, two
millions in England and in this country from
six to seven millions of the Celtic race; and in
the name OF the Irish OF this country propose
q resolution for the platform for this Convention
to morrow in these words:-ResotUed, That we
pledge ourselves our incomes, and our honor to
maintain the Union, the Constitution, and the
laws. (Checrs.)
proposing that say aye. (AYeD That was
short, and to the point. But what want is to
get first in the country is American nationality,
and when you have that you will soon have
Irish nationality. (Cheers.)
The organization OF the Fenian Brotherhood
has done more to aid the IRISH people than all
the Saint Patrick and Hibernian Societies of
the world. The Irish are no longer sneered at
in this country. For few years war and peace,
through every newspaper of the country, has
been tcemiCg about the Irish, and it is thus
that they have been enabled to get themselves
thoroughly advertised. (Cheers.)
Now, then, regarding your hold in Ireland.
England is shaking as with the palsy. They say
the Fenian Brotherhood have done nothing!
largest banking firms of the country. l came
over from England eip ht years ago, to survey
the Atlantic and Great Western Railway. They
all said was wild in building broad.guage
railway. l remember then, ii was when got
my first 100000 Since then over hundred
millions of dollars would have been spent in
Pennsylvania If it had not been for the Fenian
Brotherhood, and now over twenty OF their best
houses have failed, and Consols have gone down
from 80 to 86-and even the Bank OF England
has suspended specie payment! Eh they are
on the eve of a revolution, started by the Fenian
Brotherhood.
Notice what happened the other day. They
asked that hyde Park might be opened. The
Ministry refused, and half a million of men
tore down three sides OF the Par6; and it was
only the other day the Ministry said, LET them
nv a'Wp WaV.O said the Fpniln
Brotherhood. (Cheers.) Yea, over the waters
there came the startling announcement that
ten barrels of gunpowder were discovered under
the House of Parliament lCheers) Yes, this
revolution must come to England unless the
Ministry do something; and chat, too, in not
less than ninety days. revolution Is on the
people, and Irlshmen are free. (Cheers.)
You can readily see that the people are
reused. These reiormers told the ministry that
these injured men must be redressed; and there
is no logic like the yell OF proud defiance; even
kings can understand this. (Cheers.) England
to-day is the tavorcr OF aristocracy. You know
those terrible statistics, that where there is
rich man in England there are sixteen paupers.
People with pauper grandmothers and pauper
grandIathers, who married pauper wives, who
have borne pauper children. There are one
million iour hundred thousand paupers in the
country; sixty thousand drunkards die every
year, and there are over six hundred thousand
habitual drunkards in the country; one out of
fourteen is born outside of wedlocK, and six
millions of white people have no vote at all; and
yet these very Englishmen have the impudence,
when these SIX millions have no votes, to ask
the American people to give four millions Of
black people their votes (Cheers.) There are
only one million OF voters in the Coun-
try. The British Parliament represents 50
many acres of land, and so many black cattle,
and the whole territory occupied by three hun
dred thousand people; and yet when in England,
IN Hyde Park, addressing an audience, said
something like this:-You have seventy millions
expenses 10 paw and that IN English rates; but
it goes into the bands of the people who call
you the mob, as your fathers were called the
mob by their fathers, and their grandtathers
called your erandiathers the mob, and their
sons will call your sons the mob after you. |
told them the seventy-ive millions did not enrich
them-tWenty.eigh millions for the national
debt. Have you any OF the debH No. How
much to the army and navy? Twenty millions
more-have you any interest or any sons in
either? No. England was the pasturage for
proud aristocracy, and why are you rolling up
such an enormous national debit / asked you
what right have you to mOnopolize the debt OF
the world (cheers), and l told them that we
would have a debt one OF these days that would
make them ashamed of theirs. lCheers.) When
they spoke of our taxes turned upon them and
reminded them of Sidney Smith; you are taxed
Tor every thing which comes from abroad; from
the rch ermine of the Judge TO the rope that
hangs the criminal from the shroud on the
coffin TO the ribbon OF the bride.
In fact, everything is taxed. (Cheers.) Now
that is the weak spot in England. The rate of
discount is ten per cent in England while in
France IT is only four per cent, and Ireland Is
to-day only biding her time. All we have to do
is to keep up our organizations and pay in ten
cents per week. How much is that? Only one
glass of whisky. Keep up the organization.
There is gigantic power in 1t, and one of these
days you will see the moral power of speaking
with million of votes in this country. One
million OF votes will give you hundred men,
bers Of Congress, and a hundred members OF
Congress will say, 'Pay the Alabama claims !"
(Cheers)
Paw the hundred millions for DESTROYING our
ships upon the seas, and we will elect a Demo
cratic Congress that will repeal the neutrality
laws and not try and fail, as did the radicals the
other day. (Cheers.)
We want no wars with England. All we have
TO do is to do as England did, remain strictly
neutral. Undoubtedly we did not want war. L
wanted her to remain strictly neutral, aud at
Philadelphia, Boston, and New York, fit out fast
sailing vessels. (Cheers) l wanted no war in
this Christian age. All wanted was to remain
strictly neutral and put aboard these private
vessels Parrott guns, revolVers, and man them
with Irishmen, volunteers of the Fenian Bro
therhood (cheers), and to send them out. But
everything is going smooth. We are bound
| TO win.
There is a man at Washington who is head
| and shoulders over every other man on this con-
| tinent He is an earnest man. he has been
| misunderstood. You know as well as do that
he coui0 not preak Jne law on tnis neutrality
! question. You know as well as do, that he
| was obliged to do what he did. But he did
more, he offered them transportation home
again. | think the President, perhaps has been
| misled by his constitutional advisers about that
| question. II they were in earnest, why did they
not advise him to issue proclamation before
| 10 wait till the act was done, and then
| pounce on the whole of them. In less
than three weeks this member was kicked
out of the Cabinet. lCheers.) was surprised