Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-07
AN FRESHMAN TO IRIsHMEN.
Address OF Hon. 3. J. meany. the Fe-
nian Prisoner. TO the Democracy of
Philadelphia -. .

Address of Hon. g. J. meany. the Fe-
nian Prisouer. TO the Democracy of
Philadelphia
Hon. Stephen J. Meany, on the 26th
ult., addressed Democratic meeting.
He is the Fenian who was convicted in
England to fifteen years penal servitude,
but whose Imprisonment was repealed
afterlong months of legal proceedings.
Mr.. Meany was greeted with cheers and
great applause, and after this had sub.
sided he said: 85ee .ErifaigQ 10 ~.
Mr.. Chairman, fellow citizens, and
fellow countrymen I say fellow citi-
zens, because I stand in an assembly of
American citizens; I say fellow coun-
trymen, because see the map of Ire
land in many a face before me! Ap-
plause. ,,s,,, .7s-s....-, =, ..,f.4.I-I,35-, II
], recognize in those ringing cheers,
some of the Celtic sounds that were fa-
miliar to my childhood, and recognize
also that you and I come from what
once was ''a land flowing with milk and
honey" but that is now degraded into a
position oe thralldom, by oligarchical
rule. 1t IS well, my friends, that we
should understand each other at the be-
ginning. 1t is well that we eshould know
this fact, that / stand on this platform a
co1ge's Tg 20 "a ,Ne .e1nns y De".1o'uoy1 &c
onuefs .iss stnes innqerce u lne cary .n
Presslons OF wnicni ca'e peen sp1SAiS
10 you 1 Always 1eit IN my oiu' oiu
lano' tnaI man Prvpel'5 m man wa. q
crime L never peiieveu IN. In lug isens "
man 70 keep IN slavery any ,nah oecause
OF ms color. was an Acoii'ionls'' anu
eoited newspaper IN ohio' WHICH, our-
ing the war, was oeVoteo TO tne interest
OF tne hepuoiican party; 0@s az Me ~"'e
adHvocateea HIf - 1ee anterest a'o oecote@ my
pen ana ra'seG my eoece Io1 tee e"''oa"ctl'4-
t,on o. me 0tacs man. 4 neoer, co1teo'- n1'
PtdtAe0 tnat ena0nceP0ts0n meome e1eo@-
t'on! ins0er cafc~sated tnat' aoeen ' Aerf-
Wg 70 ssraSe the nsanactes from s"e negro,
should he.P par the" o" Me a0ra'es q
my a0nate fei1oa09 cstssems! l never cal
cuiated that hePuoiicanism wouio grow
into reckless Kadlcallsm! 1 never sup
posed that military despotism was 10
take the, place OF CIVIL war! l never
supposed tnat the white man
should be placed under the 1oot
OF negro rule ana earpet1paggers
never contemplated these 5nings, ana
wnen l found these these occurred tnen my
gest consistency was 70 pe lhconsis'en'. s!s
I was consisten' 70 Tue cause o. iioer.y
Dy 1e,pg snconsls'eh' WIN the parry
wnlcn 1aa Ioresworn ana oegraoeo i'seI;
say l sta stand mere ana give wnat y, VIII
and energy that l. possess TO the cause
OF the true ana SOUND democracy OF tnls
land Icome now TO ask yon' sDs Itlsn
ana Ger%an iriends--frlenos Of nation-
aiity-wnas is tne worm OF american
cinzensnlpI s Does american cltlzensnip
mean 'nat @nen you are ,, naturailzeu az IN
tn1s Iano' you assume az .ne RESPONSE
oill1y ol citizensnlP, you pay your oe .sAgs' .h"
you contribute 20 'ne saPpEas II s,.. sis 10
;s1a osase = tvery way, anu on. .no i b1ood u
o"r uU1vu ,;xss ~ wa we" i;mhs J snn nd % tben % sn;on
~ ~ of ~ ths 1r;a;,saasr;rh,ia @ , I ronrs - + =
any y, th the ss la;nfes NY nhy,SSsorSn SI :. and y
morsIitv that where there are dmies there
are r;aIts and where there are resnonsi.
biIities there are privileges OF these, in
the case Of the men in the Britis b pris-
ons, the Radical government of this