The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-01-06

searched me rom head to fo0t-he was bound TO
nave the naked truth. lLaughter.l told them that
IT was most bare-faced transaction. Cheers and
iaughter.) then penned my nrst protest. They
American citizens. what was the necessity for this
law making you citlzensS 1t was a. much as TO say
that you were not citizens before. This law has been
by Charles Sumner. This Is the firm, or which Chas.
sumner Is junior partner, got up TO sell out the
snIife irish and German races IN America. THIS oill
mas been prepared In London TO dsfranchise twenty
three millions OF foreigners. 1t was the intention TO
dlsfranchise Ireland and enfranchise the blacks.
blacks-and they win do the other II they can. While
In my cell in Cork wrote letter OF twenty pages
but the Dundreary governor or the prison demanded
this letter. refused to give 1t to him. After some
discussion We compromised the matter, promising
to leave the document on the table till the next
it on. During the night / condensed the twenty
pages into an epigram Of twenty lines. At
last ! was liberated, and / lectured in Cork.
before the people. lectured there, and i've Thousand
people could not get into the building Fifteen
but they are talking ana discussing among them.
selves, because they know the sentiments am ex-
pressing here. lectured another night-every-
thing, you know, within the Northumberland
that night ten thousand people could not get IN.
spoke again the next night and twenty thousand
people people came 70 hear me- and the moment got
on their shoulders and carried me three times
round Father Mathews monument. lCheers.) No
police came near us, for they knew that had all
Cork at my back and that could have lead tens of
thousands against their barracks, their prisons and
their bastiles. SAID to the boys, keep quiet be
good Fenlans and 1t Is all right. (Oheers.| 1 went
from Cork to Youghal, and Father Murphy gave me
great dinner there. This frightened the authorities.
The patriot priests OF Yougha not the Cardinal Gull
len Morlarty set. General groans and hsses.) You
are all sound boys and any one that takes you for
fools would make great mistake. Cheers and
laughter These patriot priests are fun OF Fenlansm
lCheers.) went TO Dungarvan, where the Jackmel
boys landed-the boys who proved that Fenans can
go from one port to another without detection.
(Cheers.) The patriot priest Father Anderson met
me, though 1t was on Sunday. (Cheers.) They
adjourned the whole mass-the whole thing-to
come out to meet me- and instead OF mass in the
chapel we had the masses Of the people OF Dungar-
van. The people met Dan. O'C0nnell three miles out
miles to meet me. Cheers.l have with me book
Of epigrams, which are only ten cents apiece, to be
purchased up Tor the benefit OF the Fenlan Brother
Dublin, ana all do In this line do for nothing
Every one who buys the book puts his m0ney-ten
centstowards the Fenan fund for the liberation Of
Ireland. Each epigram is worth ten cents. You
cannot find anything like them In the American lam
guage you know. Cheers and laughter.) There
down. Dungarvan was the place where the jacSne
men landed. Maggie and the rest Of them. seven In
ALL are here t Sass cheering
Nagle and Nugent stood forward, when the whole
audience stood up and cheered the Jacknel men,
@ New Du 70 as Sod 10
In front OF the British Consulate-don't break the
law, but go there and groan down the English flag
and demand that unless Costigan and Warren are
sent home In sixty days that you will tear down the
men Dc sent home in British man Of
war. And I ask the Fenian Brotherhood
through this little mysterious rosette to send this
news through the other cities, in every city where
British consul resides. to do the same thing and also
to ask the Fenians Of washington city that they viii
surround Thornton, the British Minister'S places out
not to break the law, mind you, because Costigan
and Warren, you know, are only mere lrishmen.
Don't break the law; you must not break the lay:
but you have the right to gr0an and to express your
opinions, so that the people OF all the world will un-
derstand what you mean. want you to distinctly
freshmen. vociferous cheering ana applause And
what ia more, tell You that IN 1872 intend TO be
the President OF the United States tAppause.l AL
and laughter.) am going to the White House sure,
aud there Is any one here going on the same track
aey mus. take the ira Tram a re ,vsd u Lon
the name Of Fitzgerald. He was not afraid Of his
life. He was ready to sacrifice 1t for Ireland. He
mans Journal And there was man there whose
name was Francis Higgins No one ever knew his
name 1ntil sixty years alter. This was the sham
sixty years He was the Judas who sold Irish
liberty for thirty pieces Of silver. Irlshmen you
who Is ready to sell irish liberty for thirty pieces OF
silver. / have been handed paper In which two
columns were devoted to your speaker tonight.
That paper should have. been circulated ali over
New York this morning, but 1t vas suppressed.
Only this. copy came out, and rot hold OF 1t.
Z
there are two columns devoted to me
which come under the line Of libel; but this Is all the
attention 1 have time to give it now Gearing the
paper in pieces). TThe audience Kissed and num-
Der OF those on the platform got up and stamped
on the fragments OF the newspaper as Mr..
Train threw them on the noor "This editor Of this
New York. What he writes about is In the line or
llte for he accuses me Of putting the Fenian funds
In Dublin true to the Irish revolution and such
an one shall be published In New lork-applause)-
Ine speaker then read from paper the names OF
number Of Irish patriOLs-O' Connor, Murray, Fitz-
gerald and great many Others. These are the
men, said. who had the pluck 10 meet England at
home. simply say that Mr. Mehan has placed
himself in the line or libel; but cannot afford TO
stop for one man. only say, don't allow the sham
squire to lead you astray and make you instru-
the eplgrams. 1 see these reporters look serious.
But | must say something OF what my
people think o. irislme ,n 1t Is time you
never knew a native American 10 speak OF you
Irlshmen except with sneer. on Fifth avenue you
are called damned lrishmen. never yet heard this
but turned upon them like tiger and said the
Irish were not here by sufferance. tell lyon some
plain truths IL Is time you should know them. |
told them that lrlshmen rocked the cradle OF Ameri
can freedom; that Anthony Wayne and other
brave soldiers were Irishmen that nine IRISH
that the Declaration OF independence when
received from the hands OF Thomas Jefferson
was read BY an lrishman, and It was first published
finest society In New York-Father Mathew Tempe
rance Society. ! showed them that an freshman
gave the land on which the Capitol stands showed
them that II was not Puritans who settled this
try. nor WAS II by the men who landed ut James.
town. nor did Columbus discover America. II was
st. Brandon who discovered this country In the
sixth century, and he was an Irishrnan; and
yet, freshmen, they speak OF you ~ drunkArds
aud liars. say II u time you understood this, and
want you 70 remember these American newspa-
pers which stand BY lri.hmen tn New york-the
World and other papers thas defend the Irish peo-
pie All IN favor Of supporting these papers say
sryer Unanimous vote, and cheersl WIN you
support papers that call you the scum or the earth
emo" .nsver.'1 You sec how little care for your
81 the aps and twenty ri%su v Sds turn ~
say the men Of Tammany simply buy and
sell you 81 every election. but forget you
At last say n u costs one hundred and ity thou
sand dollars 20 Eet nominaeon for Congress, when
the salary n only nve thousand dollars where does
the money come fromf Out q your pockets. the
speaker here read an anonymous letter, "a fol-
iows:-"Mr. Train, You are IN American shut up
your mouth and do more work. You make . per-
feet OF yourself by all thls talk about the Irish
people" ms LANGUAGE; ssid the speaker, - that
OF Horace Greeley used about me. llilxsc-l Ihayc
put four editors In an cpsgraIni--
Greeisy, Bennett bryant. WEED.
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