The New York herald., 1867-03-14

sncies but the illumination ala not present tue ePPo
ance would have done II the weather had been moro
propiious many Of the lights were extsnsuisnea oy
the rain.
General D. r. BURKE Of tho Irish brigade, the chair
man Of this stand said that it Lot necessary Tor
him to explain the object of tho summons which bad
called them together They had come y signify, by
their presence their sympathy with the brave men In
Ireland now struggling for the sacred cause q iish in
Dependence 70 pledge their support to the struggling
but aiding their 6ghting brethren in Ireland They were
fighting in Ireland and there was no doubt OF H. no
matter what dispatches the British government might
transmit this country and IL was the duty OF evry
of Ireland 70 strike in unison tCheers) No mat
ter where they struck, wherever there was British
dependency there should the blow ialL There
was no reason why Ireland should not
aud could not be free, Look at the
Creans they were brave people as the Irish,
yet they maintain their struggle against the might ot
government; and why, he asked, could not tne lrsbs
The Irish people called on the whole American nation for
corporation for they had fought with and for the Amer-
cans all through the bloody fields Of Virginia Iney
called on the American nation 10 help them as the
British helped the South; they wanted duplicates OF tne
Shenandoah and the Alabama tCheers.l The British
government had done all in their power to break 1p this
governne and they should be repaid for Their euofts
English arstocracy and ogarchy would then 80 down IN
nvn'is, ana Il the Irish would do their duty they
with Sherman at Atlanta, with Meagher ut FAIR 0las
with Sheridan at Five Forks and with the aid Of such
win. CAppause.)
The chairman then introduced Captain oRRHs
dsSemDiage
said that the brave men 10 Ireland were in arms. aud
had commenced the fight relieve their country
the IRON heel OF English despotsm. and IL for those
who were assembled around him to say wheiher noy
worthy of the distinction of being called lrsben
II the illus'rious Emmett and Fitzgerald were among
them would They acknowledge them rs lrshmen IL they
did not forward at the OF Ireeni's
oerty9 iCheers II was to the Irishmen in this
try that the brethren home looked the Atlantic
for d. and lrisaman who would stand aloof then
deserved 10 be brand I'd with the OF traitor. zap
plause He appealed 10 the Americans If there were
I'M here n gfa nd nv tha hoy hah in
Europe during the iate warrends who stood by them
TO aid them against ali attempts 10 break up. tins gov
ernment Tney should not forget the attempts made 10
destroy the commerce OF America, but by aiding Ireland
should help to break both the and the exist
ence of the Br tish iyrant
Mr.. j. COSTELLO the nex' speaker He said IL was
somewhat surprising TO find them assembled as they
were ON that OCCASION IL was not time for monster
meetings; II vas time for action fApplause Let
them not confne themselves 10 empty boast; let the
show the the other side Of the Atlantic that they
would not stand idly by to them Dutchered by British
tyrans They must not shirk the duties imposed upon
them. They must help the men In Ireland protect
their homes and their organization. and prove that
Irshmen In America earnest. 1t was by the
sword, by the musket and by the cannon that they
wiring their independence from the British lion
(Appause) They nal IL in their power TO create
passes would make England feel mat they thu,
and and prolons war that Brtasn must fear.
The men who were Struggling 10 the mountlin
yet, and did not intend to give up the fight. There
were eight hundred men IN the Wicklow mountains,
unaided. Fenians were made Of splendid stnG, and
should igh. it to the bitter end If they could not
material aid and sympathy with mile Re tte
(cheers.) IL was in their power TO send those men,
poversh them. they could do llstlc, and should
leave that little undonc 10 have therconscionces scared
AZ the last moment by the conviction that the
failed because they failed to support it who able
They shoud not 10 by round ABOUT ways; they NEST
not s~erve from the path Of duty. They had duty
perform IL show England that they drank from
the fountain Of liberty, and would maintain the prn-
ciples Of the sol! whence sprung i.oud checrs.)
'.r. CuILSs here came forward ami read the pro-
w mn in
Ireland, which was received with immense cheering
JAS d. MCCLELLAN was The next sreaNer. He said they
had heard the proclamation Of the prov oua
in ireland read and he would remind them that there
was no document in modern history superior to that
They not there for the purpose OF max
ing speeches; they were there in the OF
human heart The most atrocious wrongs that
ever disgraeei civilized age those inflicted upon
Ireland and they had assembled there Tor the purpose
OF expressing with ono voise their determination to
dress them; and though he was American there
Irs blood in his veins and he woild say, with all the
energy of his heart aud soul. 'Godspeed the :"
(Cheersl They had assembled for tho purpose Of ex
pressing their sympahies with the men in the gap He
knew that IN that aud there bat one pur.
pose the freedom Of Ireland and that the great
wish that pulsaed the great American heart The Irish
people were earnest, and people situated as they
were the gem victory almost within their grasp
going to forfeit it, They had read OF the rise ard
splcndor OF ancient Greece and Rome; but
glory greatness remains. Look at reen
Isle in the sea Seven long centuries of oppression aud
mlsrule had thraed her ener.es and what centuries
How they TEEN with the OF bloodshcd wrong aud
misery; but s,i ireland had the STRENGTH 10
j. destined to hold Il was alone The ire
prcssb!e energy and iudomabc perseverance, Of tho
Irish which has enabled them to brave the on.
sauebt OF such tyranny and winch characterized them
from their reignbors he the English: aud
when they strike tho blow that shall give them liberty
IT shall be elective for Opposition TO tyrans obcdi-
to God" fhe Irish people bad commenced their
struggle with the right which every heir possessed to
rid the soil OF his futher Of bloody usurper. The
prospects OF the Irish movement lie said were good
ard many had been crowned with success hicn
had the less prospect Of ultimate victory than
the Fenan movement. wlich had tended SO much to |
aud stimua the Irish character The Fc-
nan con piracy his English friends choose 10 call il
go mnc machine IL was one OF the most ssbie
organizations that has ever presented itself in history.
OTHER had ever hidden and concealed its purposes
in the camp But the str gge the other side Of the
water what demanded their attentions for there was
nothing left but the eeows for those brave f they
failed Bot IL hey succeeded the Irish Republic should
rise in its pcndid proportions as the result Of the
had made mp their hearts ard minds Let our |
public men express their sympathy Jet them |
open, subscriptions let THIN give ma
Let Mr Webb give ,he Dundcrberg the Irish rm-
nense cheerngaud take bonds Of the republic for her,
and every penny Of these bonds would be sdcemed |
Loud cheers.l Then they would show Great Britain |
what it j. 10 have her commerce driven from the
Inc Geld Thcy have decla ed republic, aud have IN
ured the green flag Of their nationality to tho breeze
Let the country give Us neutrality act, and accord
70 the south. John Mitchell In prison year ago
ut lie thought that the power that put him there would
now he willing 10 aid the Irish patriot and say God
speed you,n tonight. Then should Congress- after il
lad accorded them beIligerept riebts rccog-
lize the republic as a nation There we're 100 coo L
nca a Ireland, and with 10000 from this L
country under American officers they could |
their liberties from power the of the
siobc aud Ireland wond he the vanguard of liberty and
crubllcansm IN Europe, around which all the op
,ressed Of It's empires and ogarches would rally for
trength end protection.
'r GRIFFIN Central Executive of the renian Brother
.ocd next spoke. lie said they required now some.
hing more than talk. Ireland wanted substantial d.
Would they give IL They there 10 prevent their
,rotlers from being hung they were in l7es
lhy were told that the Irish could not succeed.
That was false. Thew were 5000 900 Of people
irmly united, and nothing Could prevent the
rom succeeding. They had men In Ireland soldiers
ind generals, who would write thor names In tho blood
u their foes tCbecrs) Thor best to-day were in
'entonvnie Mountjoy and Portland because they wanted
sho sought TO bc free was regarded a. worse than n
murderer The speaker urged the meeting TO give aid