The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-03-28
A Great Day for Ireland.

Thinking you would be glad learn how the gallant Irish
of this place did their duty Saint Packs Day,
true who ready to show their love for Ireland
in speeches and whskey, rallied round each other and
formed committee for carrying out great splurge on
great scale and make this memorable seventeenth another
great day for Ireland The poor country is afflicted almost
to death with great days and great These great days
do any goodto relandnever do good the sim
honest people who themselves line gazed
at and commented for several weary rampng hours but
they sometimes do good to those who ride little chink
lets in much light 1t is wonderful how the the patriotic
market is gutted with shabby limitations of the immortal
Dan If only two of be got together one Is sure
to be orator of type there therefore any lack
of talk. We every bit fond of those before
dragged horney heels out of the bog and have
the brazen erontry to tell to his face that he
renegade and Irshman if he refuses do his duty
less fellow gets killed in attempt to crush the tyrany of
which the victims his shade is consoed by hearing
from sympathetic lips that he id fool Duce
est pro patia oq We have improved the good old say
ing to suit modern wisdom.
The Fenians opposed the parade altogether because they
consider their duty Ireland demands something than
marching and drinking year in her honor and the
honor of her celestial patron but of they
borne by the osho and their crowd of gazing admirers
and yielded with the best grace they could The post of
marshal politically speaking is worth re and suggest
the propriey of auconng them off to the highest bidder in
future This would bring the expenses of parade and
shows celebrations and forces the shoulders that ought to
bear them.
IT. politically speaking, it were worth trae to stop at
home and not be marshal then would have cele
bration.
We in Nashville turned out anyhow and had glorious
time. In the language of of orators,
everything went off beautiful" The saloons did
raging business In spite of the hard times the green
backs flew the counters of the groggee
Andy johnson, and all the spirits ndscrimnately
toasted ad hbitum. Don't imagine Mr. Editor that all
drink free trade and whiskey sraigh 1t conden-
TALLY whispered among the drinkers that Napoleon and
Spain going coasce to muvather England and give
the ould sod to the Holy Father and then every Orange
the sod would be shrung by the toes and gred
slowly turf fire. This bit of intelligence discussed
pro and con, and after the ftyh repetition passed into
law for the ensuing year. to be renewed annually like the
suspension of the habeas corpus in Ireland This is comfort
mott enough cheer ones heart and make ones shirt
collar stick up with pride to hear the emphatic bang of the
cenched fist and the unanimous rattle of the glasses the
rne of Ireland salvation "Le have another drink
the head of it-give yer hand Mickey"
We great men, certainy-a the nea descendants of
old kings every mothers son. and there is of
any of kth kin, seed, breed generation
rope round waist roasted hins the hob
We have the ould blood in veins
We marched and Haunted our banners and played our
national airs and drank national draugh and cheered
national loud takers to hearts content and
to bed happy-singing.
Saint Patrick gentleman
And came of dacent people,"
Publish dons Mr.. Editor and let the world know we
are alive and kicking.
CORPORAL MURPHY,
Seventh Aid to the Grand Marshall
General Terry MacAlune.