Evening star., 1866-08-13
THE EVENING STAR.
LOCAL NEWS.

At Odd Fellows Hail. A large audience was
present. Mr.. James Regan presided.
Mr.. Train commenced by stating he had lust
received a dispatch to lecture in Philadelphia
Tonight for the benefit of the wives and chill
land and Ireland, which in yitation he had ac.
Cepted. He said
aAs Philadelphia will have about 5aOOo
strangers in 1t on that night. (the largest body
of men that ever gathered together in any ma
tion,) and as there are 10000 Irish in Philadel-
phIa, will have the whole crowd and the
whole Convention to myself the night before it
meets. will talk as coming from the people,
leaving the Convention as the representative
of the people to attend to the great matters of
the day in their regular course. / will speak
then as L do to-night-for Ireland and the
Irish Now, there are seven millions of Irish
IN ireland. about five hundred thousand in
Australia There are at least one million of
irlsn IN Canada, and six or seven millions Of
ihe Celtic race in America, half q million in
Scotland. and two millions in London. L will
Just Judge of their force in that city from the
1act that the other day, when the Government
said that they should not speak in HYDE Park,
they marched in body and tore down the
ratings Of that park without firing shot or
killing man. Now, as there are altogether
seventeen millions of the Irish race, have got
3 large theme TO speak upon. For long time
nave been friend of the Irish people. 1t
seems TO me but the other day since Smith
Brlen was on his way to Europe. L was
then in Melbourne. and never shall forget the
excitement when O'Brien got MP and proposed
The toast of America. The Irish rose, and
as if repeating the four lines that O'Brien
wrote on the back Of an envelope when in an
English jail
Whether on the galIows high,
Or in the battles van
The fittest place for man To die
Is where he dies for man
England Is now shaking. She received an
attack of apoplexy during the CrImean war
The second attack was the Indian mutiny: and
the third is an attack of paralysis by the or
ganlzation of the Irish societies and the Fenian
hax laa
hear sneers against your race, such as. .sWhat
have the FenIans done ~ say that they have
terrified England into nightmare Nova
Scotia, Newfoundland, and in fact all the blue
noses along the border, have turned pale
Canada will not soon recover from the terror
and the amount expended on her volunteers
Tor their defence against the Fenians. What
have the Fenians done in England They
have succeeded in bursting up twenty. thirty.
ave, forty OF the oldest established banks In
England. The Fenians did that, and II is saiu
they have done nothing. / say they have done
more to elevate the Irish character than all the
other Irish societies throughout the world. l
think II is something won to accomplish these
things IN England. think II is something won
tC make the entire Radical Congress come
down upon their marrow boxes and admit that
the Irish are pover-Gcaeersl-wh these
men, who sneered St your race, T.sthat's so "
are now become so polite to you. 1t is because
they never knew, or seemed to think before
Ihai there were SIX or seven millions of the
Irish in this country.
'lreland l cannot speak of without also
speaking of England. When once spoke be-
fore showed you she was rotten to the hearts
core. with an old rotten navy. and a disaffect-
ed army, and a rotten debt. 1 would not give
81 for the consOls OF the English Government
to-day. Her whole system is full OF gangrene
ana corruption.
After telling a number OF amusing anecdotes
he contin ued :-''Of the population of England
there are five millions OF white men who have
10 votes The entire voting Is in the hands of
one million. OF these sixty thousand die of
drunkenness every year, and there are six
hundred thousand habItual drunkards in the
country When once addressing an English
audlence-an audience of the people, said to
them, Who are youl Go ask the aristocracy
and you will find that YOU are called the mob
y Hou are spoken of as the mob Their fathers
called your fathers the mop, and so their sons
will call your sons the mob. There are twenty
eight millions in your national debt. Have you
any OF that! No: 1t is in the hands OF three
hundred thousand bond holders You the
people, have 10 do the work, while Your conn
Try, England, is mere pasturage for the aris-
tocracy. George the Fourth one said, t.Shoot
them down; damn the people, the monarchy
at has lasted: but to-day the news comes
flashing across the wires of the great cable thar
Ten barrels OF gunPowder have just been dis
covered under the British Parliament hsuse
ICheers. Old Guy Fawkes is at his tricks
again Laughter England is on the eve of
great revolution. Then Is the time for Ire
iand and the lrlsh- day OF retributIOn is
coming. England is now but a third class
power She used TO go alone; but now she calls
IN all the petty little Kingdoms 10 her aid as
allies. But she has not a friend in Europe
Asia, Africa, or America But what have
tired TO break up is the tOadyism of our own
race TO England. i have on former occasions
SAID that England ruled us by two halls-Exe-
ter Hall and Free Trade Hail. Exeter Hall
would take pinch of snuff and all the AboIi-
tion party would sneeZe; the Free Trade Hall
would lay an egg and all the Democratic party
would cackle. [Laughter.l The other night
at Growers Theater there was a large meet
ing-an Irish audience. and everything ar
ranged for an Irish affair. 1 was invited, and
he audience, when they saw me, called for
me TO speak. i had nothing to do with the
affair, go i said nothing. Another speaker
came, and then another, and finally seven
different speakers were on their feet and the
audience calling for me. But il was a dress
circle affair, and as / belonged TO the Dit had
OF course, nothing to do with it. But what
astonishe me was that several speakers got
up, and instead of making il an Irish meeting
made 1T meeting of the Democratic party
and when Mr.. Norris, eulogiZing the Demo-
cratic party. said that they patrOniZad the
Irish, thought il was time to set the matter
right, and say that instead OF the Democratic
party paironiZing the Irish, II was the Irish
that pauoniZed the Democratic party. i have
frequently spoken in the very heart OF London
and brought cheers for America When i
returned j fought the AboIitionist party, and
the Irish all surrounded me and even some of
the Democrats; and the other day. when the
Radicals asked me, why don't You come
over TO u.s. i said, thank you, but there are
too many of you in one bed this hot weather
Laughter. In order TO get the rights OF Ire
land we mus have our own country per-
fected first In order to have Irish nationality
we must first have American nationality
Perhaps you would like me TO speak TO the
question as it stands. T"Yes," s1yes''l Well,
let me ask you TO go back a little and remem-
Der that Abraham Lincoln said that 1--WE must
have reconstructed country" He laid down
the programme that the South could not be
out of the Union. President johnson did the
same. Every official act OF the two Presi-
dents plainly set forth that the South could
not be out of the Union, and every official act
Of Cen gress said the same.
ain 1776 the Irish helped 10 fight our battle
on the question tnat s'taxation without repre-
sentation is robbery" and now we have taxed
the South some fifty or sixty millions, and yet
they have no representation il the country
Andrew johnson said 10 the people of the
Southern States, abolish slavery, repudiate
your war debt, and repeal the act of seces-
sion." They did il all. Are they back, or is
there any chance of their coming back How
then, unless you vote 70 bring back our own
States, can you have an IRISH nationality :
Assist us TO have American nationality first
The reconstruction plan of Abraham Lincoln
Is nothing more nor less than the reconstruct
tion plan of Andrew johnson. He has not
changed single point. Where he stood at
the commencement ne stands now 1 lock
upon him as the great head center OF constitu-
fiOIal liberty thrOuO tho uorld raraat