The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-03-20

have learned obedience and endurance, and have
been free from the enervatine influences OF III
dolent youthful years. Life and it's response
bilities for them came hand in hand, and they
would be false to the memory OF theIr
fathers If weak and careless now. What
they find to do, they must do win all
their might, and from beginning to end the
Southern press must encourage and cheer
them on. For them there will be an inspira-
tion in every rusty sabre, in every broken rifle.
in every name that is halloWed and ssnctiied
in the South; for them there will be the re-
membrance Of . thousand pains and joys; all
prompting them and animating them to be
true young soldiers Of the. South, fighting the
arch-enemy despair with pen or plough, scythe
or reaping-h hook, axe or hammer, crying out
ever
IT'S not in mortalsto command SUCCESS,
Wen do more-desarye 1t
One moment more and have done. This is
the first time that have appeared among you
as . member Of your body, and while my heart
is warm with the remembrance Of what Irish
men were, and with the knowledge Of what
Iishmen are-whie am filed with hope for
the future Of that dear motherland, whose for
tune and welfare are your desire by day and
your dream by night, allow meas the young
est Irishman among you-to ask You to join
With me in the one simple fervent prayer
God bless Ireland!
The last regular toast was:
Woman: Earth without woman is scene
without attraction-a desert without flower.
Loud calls being made for Mr.. W. D. Clancy,
that gentleman rose and responded as fol-
lows:
In rising to respond to the toast which has
lust been offered, 1 am sensible, Mr.. President,
that no words of mine can add to the enthusi-
asm with which the name Of woman has been
welcomed by this company. To the G1shman
the sentiment of womanhood is the synonym
Of all that is lofty in thought and generous in
feeling; for, and wheH, he mourns, as he must
do, the oppression Of his unhappy country,
what metaphor 80 aptly illustrates the tender
ness Of his grief as the idea OF his suffering
mother. Around that sacred name centre the
holiest affections of his being, and the uncon-
scious spell with which maternity charmed his
babyhood is the allegiance which bis manhood
acknowledges 10 the sovereign power OF Love.
In venturing few words more, will not
speak of those heroic women who have played
conspicuous parts In the worlds great drama,
and whose names are forever linked with the
fame Of empire, nor Of these milder but not
less heroic natures, that, following with mater
nal soicitude the tedious march Of armies,
have appeared upon the field OF carnage as
ministering angels IN the hour Of death, and
white robed daughters Of charity, wherever
human suffering could be relieved. The great
heart of humanity throbs in grateful acknow-
ledgment of their services, and the pen OF the
historian will make their names immortal. But
I turn aside from these to speak OF woman in
that humble but far more endearing relation
in which we find her as mother, sister, wife,
and friend. What O marvellous power of love
and tenderness God has implanted in their
gentle hearts, and how our stern natures relax
snd yield submissively to their imperial sway?
Where shall We find such manipulations of
faith and good work as women exhibit in their
loves and in their lives.
In brooding over that irrepressi BILE power
which women exercise in the economy of life,
I sometimes fancy that discover in the strong
man, struggling with adversely, the same de-
pendence upon her love and sympathy which
prompts the tired and troubled child to put his
little arms about his mothers neck, and pill
lowing his head upon her faithful bosom, to
be lulled into forgetfulness OF his ills, by the
words OF love and tenderness which fall from
her faithful lips. Woman's instinct is mans
highest wisdom, and the truth which he fain
would seek for in the stars, her intuition dis
cover living at his feet. That same love and
tenderness which gives life to the boy, strength
and hope to the man, and comfort and conso-
lation to the decrepitude OF sge-what is it
but foretaste Of that divine affection which Is
to be the great bond Of our future society when
We 6uau pe SasHcAoo w 'ao Sooooa Va 'AAe Sl0A.
nal pity.
Speeches we're now made in response to
toasts by Rev. W. B. Yates, Rev. Father
Croghan, Mr.. W. A. Kelley, Mr.. Grace and
others, and handsome song, with encore, was
sung by MIR. T. O,Neill, one Of the members OF
the society.
The festivities were continued until late
hour, speech, and sorg, and story following
each other in quick succession, and lending
their varied attractions to the evenings enter
tainment.
The sixty-seventh anniversary Of the Hiber-
nian Society will long be remembered by all
who participated in it's celebration as among
the pleasantest and most spirited Of Ill the
pleasant associations Of the past.
LETTERS TO THE SOCIETY.
A number Of letters from invited guests
who we're unable to be present were received by
by the Committee Of Stewards. Among them
were the following:
LETTER FROM GOVERNOR ORB.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT s. c.,
CHARLESTON, March -, 1868.
To Messrs. s. G.. Courtenay, W. E. Rowland, 7.
S. O'Brien. VIM. Knox and D. B. Gililand,
Hibernian Society, Charleston, &. G.
Gentlemen: am IN receipt Of your invita-
ton to dine with the Hibernian Society on
Tuesday, the 17th instant. regret very much
that official engagements will preclude my &C.
ceptance OF the same.
Your annual reunions upon this connecrated
dav have ever been graced by the hig hest so
cial and intellectual enjoyments, and would
gladly have avalled myself of the opportunity
to have participated in them with you on this
festive occasion.
The Irish people have cause to congratulate
themselves upon their lineage, and If no mark
had been made upon the moral and intellectual
world in the Old Country, the Irish and their
descendants in America have achieved sutti-
cient in all the walks OF life to have distin-
guished their blood.
A long series Of expressions have driven
from home millions Of their people, and
crushed the hopes Of millions more who have
never abandoned the "Green Isle;" but the
material prosperity Of old Ireland within the
last few years, and the universal agitation per-
yading the civilized world, and demanding that
Ireland shall be rehabilitated in all the rights
and privileges Of independence and citizen
ship, will, l am sure, Wrest from the British
Government concessions to that now unhappy
country.
Trusting earnestly that her ancient rights
may be restored at any early day, and that the
march Of progress, improvement and prosperl-
ty may be upward and onward for the land OF
our common nativity, beg leave to subscribe
myself,
Very truly and sincerely
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. ORR,
Governor Of South Carolina.
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