Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-02

ts'a. Dear sIr:-l cannot be present At your
meetIng to- n ght, but fully agree with ITS OBJ
| Jeet a. eNprsssed in your letter.
| Respectfully yours RIOEsRDO. GORdAN.
| Also, a letter from A. NJ. Kelley, editor of
uSe Petersburg IHder, endorsing the object OF
| the Sueetine
Hon. John Hogan, OF No, was introduced.
| ana was greeted with loud and prolonged
/ cneers. After speaking OF the satisfaction he
| elL ~ seeing SO large mum Der of lrishmen
| present, ne said that in every period in the
| history OF this Government the Irish have
t,t ueen actors, ana have materially aided in
| Iuou'ung lls pohncal sentiment. a Voice
| lie Teh. Banks an lrishman' Mr. Hogan-Not
| nuch OF one Latterly. there has been rather
| ~ ~uIs'I Sine eienent thrown into their associ-
atlSn oy lne use men make of it He alluded
10 fenlanlsm, and said there were men with
| sinister motives seeking 10 make n the means
VI h.s SHn asgrahdizefnent not caring
| whetner every lrishman in the hand was sunk
IN ruin, 80 they rode on lrishmea's shopldarS
| into power. Cheers
| Mr.. Hogan here stated that for the trs, ,;roa
In bis Efe he had reduced a speech TO UrifInr
before ns delivery. and after apologizing 70
the audience tor using spectacles. re proceed
"a 10 read n. Speaking of the invasion OF
tanad2 he Shld that at the time aEd under tha
circumstances a did not meet the kearty con.
currence and cordiaI support of all the friends
OF Irlsb Aoerty and nationality, either in this
country or Al hCme. Applause Indeed
many OF the most thoughtful FeniaRs IN this
country themselves deemed il rather Ill-ad-
VlSeo ana lrematEre. He was an Irishman.
ana felt As keenly As any one for his native
laho but De come 10 speak about the action of
fhe President IN relation TO the Canada IN "a
SION and ihe nse certain persons are seeking to
make OF mat action. What had President
johnson done IN reference TO the FenIaus
"A yoIce.-He refused ID let them 60 10 Cana
ia. Mr.. Hogan.-Now, every one OF you
knows thai n tie IRISH element had been al
lowed 70 go 10 Canada there would not have
been grease spot Left. Laughter and cheers !
he issued proclamation OF neutrality ana
forbade The invasion of Canada. You ask why
drd he this Why not let the Fenians go and
wipe OUT the British power on our northern
border SIMPLY because he WAS sworn IN
execute The laws, and he must do il, while
they are on the statute book. If he had NOT
done n, the very men who are seeking 10 get
up a bad feeling among the FeRians against
MN would have denounced ham, and no doubt
nav" taken measures TO impeach him for fail
ing 10 enforce the laws. IApplalse
We were at peace with England al the time
IL Is frue that IN the late struggle she failed TO
enforce The neutrality laws and the conse-
qnences are that this Government has a goou
cIalln OF damages against her The Govern
ment ne was certain had demanded payment,
ana Wouid enforce il. If pending the neco-
mons, We had hot enforced our laws couId we
now enforce onr claims And this invasion
was therefore AL advised and inopportune, and
for this reason the President must forbid in
He dare not at that period allow the ad yantages
possessed by us TO be wrested from us by any
BODY OF men. And am free 10 say that il looks
little as II some OF the prime movers in this
matter only labored 10 thwart the purposes OF
The President and bring him int. a dilemma for
ms own injury. Ii he had failed 10 enforce
iHt idNs iutI ne WOulQ nave been accused of
great error and weakness, dereliction OF duty,
malfeasance IN othce, &c, and the opposition
could and would have impeached him The
President Interposed 10 pre- vent the effuson OF
blood, ana, instead OF blame, should, in his
opinion. receive the thanks of every dIspas-
slonate lrlshman in all the land. Ii England
make no reparauon for the damage done us
make not TO us ample Justice for her recent ac-
uon or want OF actiOn-possibly Andrew
Johnson may some day inform her, as once
andrew jackson informed France - Our
will lrn
reparatlon At once, or else-ltremendous an
plause by the Eternal you must take the con.
sequences" He would ask them was not the
President right They had recently found ap-
parent supporters, and had been enlosized by
the Radicals. He would assure them that th-
president had no wish 10 oppress. The order
ne gave would have led 10 prosecutions I'M tn
Courts of course but there was no arsn trear
ment or unnecessary severity contemplated.
After speaking of the hatred OF the PuritauS
10 the Irish, referring 10 the invasion of Ireland
by Cromwell, and the burning OF CharIestoyyn
Convent, he said, a union between them +
impossible To show how the Radicals i'm
Congress have acted IN regard 10 FenianISIn
he said: Mr. Ancona, "A Democrat from Penn
sylNanla, introduced a resolution into the
House GtTecttHg the Committee on Foreiyn
Affairs, who are chiefly Radicals. with one OF
Inc ahlest OF their mum beT. Geceral Banks as
The chairman. 10 bring IN bill repeating an
those neutrality laws. 80 that there need BE- no
legal obstacle 10 tie invasion of Canada and
even Ireland, Of which they seemed so mucb
IN favor, and tOr preventing which they so
much blame the President. Did tae Radicals
OF the House vote al once Tor the repeaI On
mo- but one of their number pndPa yored IN sun
stItute some other useless proposition The
previous qesStlon was called and sU stained by
Them, and then the whole matter was referred
10 The Committee on Foreign Affairs t'to sleap
the sleep OF DEATH and this was done by the
RADICALS almost in q body voting for the refer
enc, while every Democract IN the House voted
against IT. Thus they lodged the matter. not
Wlthsianding all their professions, and there
ever since, the resolution has quietly sIum-
bered." lie had good reason 10 believe thar the
President promptly took measures 10 SECURE
the release of these captured.
He (Mr. Hogan with the hone OF having the
correspondence between our Government ana
England Oh this subject laid before the paople
and that rhe "fenans'' themselves might see
what the President was doing in THIS matter
asked leave on Monday. Jane 25. the day when
resolutions might be offered 10 " hIch no obiec-
ton was made. 10 offer 4 resolution req QuPsting
the President Of not Incompatible with the
public interests) 10 inform the House what
steps, II any, had been taken by the Govern
ment Tor the release OF the Fsnian prisoners IN
Canada. But he was not allowed TO offer that
resolution; objection being made, il would not
he allowed 10 be voted on al all Do you ask
VINO obJected 10 proposition SO reasonable. so
proper-one which would give relief 10 so
many despon0ent and bleeding hearts-One
which. by some means getting TO the OF
tne sGnerlng prisoners in Canada, would mti-
gate tier pain. by assuring them the great
Government OF the United States. although
compelled by circumstances 10 prevent The
peace, would still, as far as possible, throw
around those taken prisoners in the act Of IN
Naslon Its klndest care. and do all IN Its power
10 obtain for them all possible relief
who objected to the introduction Of the res
olutonl Surely it could not have been those
sure friends of the Fenians; those who have
been so Jealous lately TO induce the belief that
II was the President and his friends who were
crossing the path of the Fenlan progress ana
conquest IL must have been the Democrats
who o0ected But ne, my countrymen. the
objection was made by your late found frienos.
IL came from the Radical side of the House and
from them only. Came from those who were
unwilling the neutrality laws should be re-
pealed, so that you might have a chance 10
s'pitch into" England and redress the WRONGS
OF centuries. Came from those who have ever
denounced and mahgned you until now fear
ing the loss OF power, and seeking. by even
lalsp pretences. 10 win you 20 their support, so
as, II possible, 10 save them from annihiIation
Yer, unwilling publicly 10 fulfill private prom
lses, or even allow anything 10 be done for YOU |
n tntS can prevent IL, they object to even a |
IesOlUuon OF inquiry. as TO what the President |
Is DONG 10 mitigate tho suferings of your peo-
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