The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-02-25


this as sufficient reasonwhy they should
continue to strive to gain their liberty
and they must eventually succeed il
their efforts. Some of his fellow.coun.
trymen wanted to know what good g
continuation of this struggle would dc
Ireland. The late elections in England
and Ireland had shown what it had
done, and before another year would
dawn over the heads of the men who had
assembled here tonight, they would
see what good they were doing. BE
said there were Irishmen who believed
in different modes of accomplishing the
liberation of Ireland; some were I'M ia
vor of attacking England from the Irish
soil; some were in favor of attacking
Canada. He said ofcourse they differed
in the mode Of procedure; but, he said,
though they had little connections
among themselves, they had one OBJ
ject, and that was the liberty
of Ireland and Irishmeti.- He said he
did net want to do the people of Can
ada any harm, but he held that where
ever the English flag foated over an
English province, the flag under which
Irishmen had suffered untold persecu-
lions and wrongs, they had the right to
fight and whip that country if they
could. He said their defeat in Can
ada three years ago was not the
fault of the Brotherhood, but the hold
ing back of apathetic Irishmen who did
not believe in the feasibility of the
movement, and were continually cry
ing "wait." He said, in conclusion, that
If the Irishmen would do their duty and
commence organization in the right
manner, it would not be long before the
Irish flag would be unfurled to the wind
by Irish soldiers on British soil. The
speaker was loudly applauded through
out his speech.
Major Hines was then introduced and
proceeded to discuss the questions con-
corning Irish liberty. He said he came
here tonight to claim the same freedom
for the green flag of Ireland, as was
claimed by Americans for the star span
gled banner. Hedemanded all the fran
chises for Irish people that Americans
enjoyed. He demanded it and would
have it,or there would not be two Irish
men left after their struggle. The loss
of 5000, 900 inhabitants in the last few
years, was enough to arraign England
as despoiler and tho worst of tyrants.
He said there was periodical famine
in Ireland, and why was this 7 1t was
on account of British aristocracy, OPP
pressing the agricultural poor of Ireland
of their rights. Let us reyolutionize
this country, and give their rights to
those who have made its soil rich by
the sweat of their brows; do this and
then you will clear the doom of Ire
land. He said Ireland had suffered
enough in this work of centuries, and
surely they should try and alleviate
their suffering now, and show our fell
low prisoners in Ireland that we are
neither towards or knaves. If they were
not able to whip England in America,
they were not fit to give liberty to Ire
land. Let us now construct out Of the
ruins of this oppressed country one of
tie best and greatest republics on the
face of the earth, and still protest
against the hell-born tyranny of Eng
land.
Major Hines peroration was exceed
iugly flowery and elegant, and on clos
ing his remarks he was enthusiastically
applauded.
At the close of the speaking, thirty
four persons came up and Joined the
military service under Captain Stanley
and forty under Captain Burke for civil
service. The meeting broke up with
three rousing cheers for General O'Neil
and Major Hines.