The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-07-27
MEETINGS, LECTURES, ETC.
Speech of Rev Geo. W. Pepper. at Raleigh, N. g.,
on Independence Day.

Most of friends trust know something of the
and character ofour distinguished counyman the Rev. Geo.
W. Pepper His truth to Ireland and the of liberty
should endear him the heart genuine Irish nation
as We present the following extract from magnificent
Grafton pronounced by this noble and gifted rshman
Independence Day, in the city of Raleigh N o. to an audi
ence of upwards of 5000 people:
We commemorate to-da abolition of the nonsrous crime of
american savThank God the great and guilty system of
slavery has persisted forever Let it be buried with all
and barbaes in the gravel let fade forever from
the recollection of man. The proclamation of liberty to four
million capves has rolled away great reproach from U.S.
and Withdrawn most serious obstacle to progress Let
the world call it the extravaganza of charity the
of equity it magnificent spectacle. 1t glorious
daya day in which years of shame and oppression
botted day in which long despsed and tramped
sprung into the grand proportions of day in
toward the White House and blessed the beautiful predc
ton of a splendid That page of history can never
make blush. That lofty deed can shame 1t
the resurrection of the great nation founded by the fathers
1t the awful march of Justceit the majestic front
of philanthropy ownng down oppression the sub
lime embodiment of Right treadng down the plots and
schemes of the of the bales and rice swamps it
Freedom clothing herself with the robes OF TO-
making her stately march through the and banners o
gallant people open the prison doors of the esaved and
to free republic No more will an English poet
rebuke
sas hammer wSf be other that bears reminds
SDS
man may be serf in Russia, peon in Mexico slave
Ireland but here he is redeemed disenaled and free!
Banded despos and kngy ruans tauntng that
in the hymn of nations The old empires watching for
DEATH and had made ready mourning weed and cypress
wreath for the burial they said that had set forever
But Abraham Lincoln the brightest of the bright and the
of the pure obeyng the advice of the millions of the
East and OF the great Northwest lifting his head above the
tempest the immortal charter of universal emancpa
ton The Bourses of Europe lost wonder when they
heard it. The crowned monarchs shook and they talked
of Coumbias faded greatness and PROSTATE might
Land of fathers land of benedctions victorious hast
thou been in battle potential in negotiations; fruitful in
anti Thy palm lifted itself its talles growthhy glores
eliminated in that godke The Edict of Freedom has
resounded through all nations of the EARTH Millions have
gazed upon with devou Joy and rapture has shook the
thronedos of tyranny and has made the mnions tyranny
remble 1t has reverberated from empire empire from
continent to continent from hemisphere to hemisphere The
Lapander has heard 1t amid the regions OF eternal snow
European has heard amid the fields and crowded cities
doc have heard it amid the gardens and spicy plains of Ara
bia; the peasanry in Wales in England in Scotland in old
Ireland in Germany and the uncumred jewellers in
ASIA have kindled with delight they read the anthem
the Free 1t is recorded of Faminius the Roman General
that when he proclaimed the hmean games that Greece
was longer tributary the Roman empire but free and
independent it said that the hearts of the pebeans
with joy that they could believe their
own ears for when the herald proclaimed their liberty they
desired that the sweet word liberty might be repeated
"Oh, catch its high import, We winds ye blow
From Pson Il fSat e the sum- vertical glow
AND May he b The The be
What splendid epoch does this grand deed constitute IN
the annals of this government The President was called 10
difficult and perilous position his influence extending over
broader land than the Roman eagle ever swept IN al ,ng
magnfcence of his flight By this browning act OF moral
duty the Springfield lawyer was silently lifted up before the
nations as Gods greatest nobest His name hereafter
will be emblazoned in the vast pantheon OF fTeeooms ena
pons How Just and beautiful the eulogy OF IN one
Of his splendid oraons distinguished BY lofty eq9uence
when he described assassnated President gong 10
bearing in his hand the broken shacKe Oh ioof iioh
savesl ,:oz - 5;a.
changeI many goe5b at different different
clouds for wears and wears will wilderness of mar
sunshine by Ws ana i thar s ierng
earth below into utfuness and oy-in this changef