, 1869-04-04
THE LIBERATED rEEIAES,
Grand Banquet In Cork fS CoIone
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| a grand baugue% was gives ia the 4:k@prum.
| Cork, On s. f.tnsx's night Much imr|rtane::
WAS attached to Il. As u was wtV undcrsoe.: that
Among the hbernted political pnsoner1 vno
@ Francis Ea,er o'gstsn, sa So@!niet Ashenys VI
| The Mayer Of Co<k, DAME. 0'Suiliyaa. prested-
Letters q apology .ere read from J. !, Aasutrrr
| y. P. Fatacr Ande!scn, Jcan Martin of khl.
| The Mayor ii Cork, "a pfopostts "Tne Eight We
celebrate" aler few preparatory remarks, hope,
} WIS not hts tot TO have done sucIteats Of arms,
a brought creHt on the lf!sh. name, sach
as those of thas Eallsnt lEtsh.Ame tsean solter.
Kate u nls eHz., ore Of the nue oil Celtic race
me-, as thcJ rere they seprtseptei m
anclsnt natton--1 nat7on whusc sons, ccppellcd
TO ny their na.ive land: asM on many kiatortc
for lsiaamen fonFd to isste their country, and
cary Wvh them tEto e1, tneir faith and thSi. M
IonA iervoE. ha! saood fort,A the tuzvuuss aarng
European statesmen md w1E1.or In their Eyrr;or
homcs- /. .hccsal Ihty hur hal examples il
span, n Aaa.l;a ~ lsasala, ncf Other soantr'es
nonA Thsse iliuttr sus men. who *rrr oi,ilsrd
to uy their county RITES the pa,rt0ts bit tlIAlA-
tscea siege Of Limerick, having tsllet i1t In yain
~ her faith nIS' her !il<y-hortanil .a': camps
ant courts Of :$sant lat,s but ,-1nt.o their
hreasts-the hcrstc motto IT the epSclls-"I Pro
nss 1.Tr ,ry r. ,hx|E % iApna1's ST. These
ilsved tho cnuse for which .hsy were sxn$ht>1 two
h1nhrrh Jears aSo was lht. saR1s fGalr country
lrtshtnen claimed to.lay the ra1hts tn sheh ~
fonc m "a TJrronncll struggled and suffered tHo
crnturFs before. Then the Catholics ar lrel AMI
were prosecuted, auh 1t was nov but fdytF ye4r1
s!ncc clnaneipatfon had been fort I'd from 4n91and
The Nairls battle VIA brtng tuEyhk s.,-s1nE, ANIL
N. iii Ieft Who loved thc iii i9s,, ,s % nd a n 5s
ncs ho did not feus TO haunt tho c4Eoe. o. tlp<tF
Colonel John Warren spoke In xasuer tc,:na
toast. '1lar Liberated Coun:ryn,er' lie MAIDS
tnost telling speech. He fatl tnns h. atofe uE4e~
prison. lie denounced tho copiact tho o1ctals.
who. on Fetsn4ry ", telrgraphrd to Washtngtnn
at IN sh ns sp ~ - u = T. s 5ss up y y osiosE
la1Dr. Ilu e1horted 1r1Ahmen u ur4tt anil to-
tss1 SS2 as e. Is ss'olTsa 10 ocsan me e
shs sRG s no vpn a. n nlss me- ssa eaIff s
date sf:r. 10 iae grand ei,nas. tn hcr w. Up
with herln God a name Lei it nc. ceass. We
as,,s, nss young I'D vigorous We have drawn nc
and prolonged eheeftne> ;1c: ns not he lutiniaAtel
By their guns md their cannana. We haye JUS
who has right Oh bis side, and asserts that ncht.
Is backed up By shas consciousness Of Right, enA Is
man In the true sense Of the word >1leaf, hear.
SGD cheera1 When We demand rrom cur oppErss-
ors nothing but our legitimate right wa must stand
!all,y before he world. u!ear, hear> Again,
itds, ia:s ana gsn'lsmsn m1st retaEn you ny most
counsr,men- tHcar, hexrl must also. on his
particular oecasson, aE1oRate to myself tho rghtef
returning 70 JOG M sincere thanks on the rast Of
my counll! zen In America [1car, heaEl They
viii net forge: you-they have NOT lorEu1rcn yo0.
tChecrA1 IT b futile to think thAt thc stamping
out Of 1TtsAmen from Cork, or Limerick, or any
other 1Ztsh city, l. getting Id Of them. No. they
will come hack with vengeance, II Justice be de-
nleti. Enthusiastic and prolonged cheertnHJ
Justice to The people of Ireland will keep the I.1h-
Mcn IN America quiet; but injustice will tnlaiu4te
them- lueal, hczrl They cannot see the gTayes
OF their fathers md the homes Of their boyhood
Bporrcd with BY those who hold everything In dts
regard because 1t is Irish. I}leat, htaEl Genie-
meb, have lntIuded uniustly upon you with my
feeble. addtrRa tSo, mol l aasure you my be-
lief is In 0ra1ory Of yerJ different stamp + be-
llese In The eoQueaee Of The sabrc- [Cacegs and
erica OF " "Brlvo.'1 The cIo9ucnce OF 6ns Hor.ts
may Be soothing and beauutul-tt NAY ring har-
on the tar; but it does not St Or els
sate doxn-trH1tu nation half 50 etlcacousIy.
[Iiear, hear, aud chxtss-l sun may be 4 ltttlc
To my opinions ! have been educated n
. rcpuhltcan country, and may BE- q little anead
tCres Of "So, no-'1 let claim the right Of e1-
pressing 1ny indiytdnal opinion, aud conceds the
Ea1ne right 10 erery M2n- lueaE.l Perhaps ,Wo
may combine my probably extreme feelings wifa
The moderate opinions OF our worthy MAJOR
cheers nnd lanehterHmora especially when can
lSsutc you we ARE the most warm friends"
The Mayor Enaie another speech during the
evening IN which he dsctalnned ply scal force doc
Lrtnes, and expressed some confidence IN the
8 Gladstone government