The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-23
Fenian Demonstration in Algiers.
IRISH NAr1oNAL1sTs IN COUNCIL.
SPEECH OF MIR. BRkNNAN.

large and enthusiastic audience. assembled
last evening in st. Georges Academy. Algiers, to
hear Mr.. James Brennan, OF New YorbS dshyer bis
second lecture on the Fenian question About "a
O'Clock Mr.. Brennan entered the hall accompanied
by several prominent members Of tlSsorjer and
was received with applause. Mr.. CheaSier acted
as chairman Of the meeting, and intrssiuced Mr..
Brennan in few appropriate remarkss intimating
to the audience at the same time that fesSanism
must be revived in Algiers-that hishnteni In the
South must rise up in full force ard h.ye'al the
aid in their power to strengthen the slhessnent.
and give England to understand that Shae there
was a crop of Celtic blood c0ursing iysr6ugh the
veins Of an lrishmsn the outsawed q u would
never be furled.
srrucH OF MR.. BRENNAN. ~.
Br. Brennan, on coming forward, bagSdin ac-,
knowledgnent of the hearty spps4dne with
which be was received, and said: -
Felloao Covnhymen-The cordial yreeiIneSwhich
l have received from You this evenly end on
lsst Monday night from our coun.ryssa across
the river, satisfies me that the cause ofsEtberand
IL rot forgotten at the South. (ApphisSD lam
not vain enough, however, TO imsginS-thst this
manifestation of warn friendship Wll.t,you 40
generously offer, is Intended as o ccnAAS ent to
myseK, personally. On the contrary, F7iow Il is
intended for tho holy cause of lber-fsnd eelf-
government. (Applau0e) II ia giye..fei recog-
milton of Irish manhood, Irish iustce$t dsh han
esty, Irish chivalr7, Irish faith that wsSneyer yet
broken, with friend or foe. Great ;asrJause.)
IL is given in memory of our martyred >s 5sd and
for our brothers who arc now pinng SSEagsh
dungeons. II is given IN honor of ,ss Fenian
brotherhood, which represents all ths: .s great
and an noble IN the Irish race at home aR4ssroAd.
(Renewed applause. ~,
This being SO. Continued the speaker s'7et the
glad tdings be waited upon the wir v or the
nignt' over the mountains and across ~ alleys,
10 the snow.clad hills Of the North, wis; sthous.
ands of our brothers are to night in core1nl ear.
Destly working and aaxiousy waitins's,- that
blessed hour, when Ireland viii call th,SStriotic
children of her scattered race 70 the bxlXs feld
again. (Applause.) When from Cork hRs6or all
round to Lough Foyle, the island will a. X . with
the firm tramp of armed clans, ready ~ Aourge
out the plunderiDg Sassensch, who has y SS,5fiated
fathers. (Cheers.)
Let this be distinctly understood T-,e our
brothers in the East and in the West. H. not
withstanding the misfortune which civtIfar has
brought upon the sunny South, 20 des.&s6 and
lay waste her fair fields, you are yet IN , sition
TO aid them in q combined struggle forxs.sepep-
dence and national prosperity. That ttS3Sis vet
rich blood left in the veins of Irish veteIfh who
fought under Lee and Stonewall JaoksoS. fsd up.
held the Southern banner with bloody @&hs on
many field OF carnage and death. (AsNysuse.l
And that that blood will be freely sh.s,;u an
effort to regain the lost liberty Of OF. u .atiye
land. (Applause.) Let them understaEsvfa at in
any and every emergency they can dep'H upon
your earnest support and &C, i've cO-operx&bs; and
that they may rely upor you, az you ~ upon
them. Can tell them in your name w;G.s, re-
tnrn that your lives and fortunes are pa yAd TO
lreand's cause Can send this meessekSe your
confidence and devotion to cheer therS3a the
road in their labor of love (Criss OF "ysE ran,-
and keep the old flag TO the breeze") ~
Mr.. Brennan then, after alludiDg to thu l5plish
or knayish objections, he did not os$hich,
raised against Fenianism, and delivelj4 some
heavy thrusts at a certain class of IrislTE who
were ever a drawback and an impeding Y,0 lib
erty and progress, except II was sure t.2sneht
themselves politically or financially, pre- 4y6ed
contrast between ireland in '4S and lrelsxfN '6s.
giving some terrible pictures of the famtni Years
and showing how the famine was naugu.Ae i aud
carried through by the British governusSH thus
killing two millions of the Irish people, N(Sthout
expense and without the public odiurl. ga mas
saere. The dead, said the speaker, lay. .SExut as
thick as flies in winter-the very eeriS r. "a the
very heavens seemed black with desg &Com-
Portable farmers, plundered by goveriA1ksSs Of
every atom Of food. built up their doorsS9A win
doWs, and with their families perished Ns$yaestic
animals ran wild, AID dogs and swinS Vfarved
and hideOus-lO0king, herded In packs tiY&her,
and fed on the corpses of humanity. J~ birds
in the cir ceased to sing and perished.s. ~ lntc
men, reeling with want pursued VII Wlaked
hands starving vermin aad birds of prey-1 fwhat
they had eaten. And this N a nation wkSAtactu-
ally produced sound food for twenty -fv4fs NoDs,
and which was supporting twenty-five Il s,jksns in
England. AsN
Of '6S Mr.. Brennan spoke in an enzkaging
strain and attributed the progress msdxtSS two
decades TO the labers Of the Fenian BrosSf sood
especially for the past three years, since S peo-
Pile drummed out the chiefsn and thsy'Stanch-
men. He rejoiced at the new era v4bSl was
opening at the Soath for the cause of IreiA{S and
believed from q close knowledge of the, Stking
power of Fenianism he could see the d. kef
brighter and better day for that land on grows
they all loved 80 well. rs
Al the conclusion Of Mr.. Brennan's sykSress,
which occupied over an hour and halE5ks de-
livery, names were enrolled and large N{&.e or.
ganized which promises to do good wor W. Ire
lands redemption under the constitutigs n con-
junction with O'Neile and the Senate oe Ne Fs-
MAN Brotherhood. :ek.