The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-15
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had thus far done (all of which is known to ou1
readers,) and in warmly urging those who had
either refused to assist the enterprise at all, or
had only partially done 80, to arouse them
selves and heartily espouse it. The statement
concluded as follows: England tell us that
Fenianism is not failure, and we willbelieve
our enemy sooner than the men OF our race,
and who have shown their patriotism only
in their doubts, and even in denunciation OF
our enterprise. Fenianism ia success, cries
out our hurt and wounded adversary. Fenian-
ism is failure, smpers its pretended friends.
Patriot Irlshmen, leave it to you which OF
the two is more likely to have given the cor
rect decision, the cold and Indifferent friend,
or the bitter enemy smarting under the lash
of defeat? I nee1 not ask. Fenianism has
been great success, and it is for US to make
it q greater, complete success in the full
achievement ofIrish Independence"
At the conclusion Of the reading, the General
thanked the audience for their kind attention
and begged to be excused for any awkwardness
that might have been apparent in his reading,
saying that he was soldier, had led soldiers
life and was at home in the field, but not on
the platform. He was not speaker and only
spoke through necessity-olly because be saw
that this was the only way to arouse his
ccuntrymen an bring them to the point which
the English people would only recognizable
point of the bayonet.
Ipredict that very shortly, although there
is not much appearance of it now, the Irish
| citizens CT Charleston vii be fully aroused to
the merits Of the Fenian cause, and every one
| will be ither in active communication with the
Fe nian head or be in the field battling
with their bretheren in the grand old cause OF
Irelands liberty.
In February, 1866, q few Fenians assembled
in Pittsburg, Penn, and determined to invade
Canada, from the United States. And, by the
way, I'll meet right here the obj cotton so often
urged that we had no right to invade Canada,
because her people had never interfered with
Us. I admit that they never interfeled with
| u. Neither have the masses OF tho people OF
England, whom consider more abject slaves
than wore the negroes in South Carolina ten
years ago, and I would gladly aid them in
throwing off the yoke Of their tyrants. I con-
tend that wherever the English fag floats we
have right to go and pull it down
and smite those who stand ready to de-
fe3d it. The flag is the representative OF
Eneland's tyranny, which for the last seven
hundred years has oppressed our beloved coun-
Try, and caused thousands upon thousands Of
her citizens to die OF starvation. We have
right to tear down that flag wherever it floats,
and to trample il in the dust. And besides. in
Canada the people claim to be the subjects OF
Great Britain, and those whom we met in our
brush there, in 1866, and mads scamper, had
rallied to support that emblem OF tyranny and
called themselves the Queens Own-f they
| lad not run 80 fast, they would have been Our
Own.
As have said, We determined in February,
| 1866, to invade Canada. Then we had not one
cent iu the treasury, no muskets and no mill
tary stores. We invaded Canada with small
force-the remainder we're prevented by the
United States from going over. Had that frat
party been thoroughly successful, nothing
would have prevented thousands from rushing
over and joining their compatriots. In proof
VI uy ctut0u0ug L Cth yum oII0uttOu W VIC
report Of General Meade, OF the United States
Army, to the President in May. 1866, in which
he states that the "Fenian organization num-
bers thirty-seven thousand, the finest men
ever saw"
The speaker again called the attention Of the
audience to the beneficial results the Fenians
had caused-had mads England grant Iceland
rights never before listened to; had system
atized rebellion; bad awakened the attention
aud enlisted the sympathies OF the civilized
world to the sufferings and wrongs Of oppress-
ed Ireland; and concluded with another earn
est appeal to his hearers to bestir themselves
in behalf OF Fenianism, which, as he asserted,
would exist as long as Ireland had wrong to
be redressed, and would be disorganized when
the green dag foated in the free air Of the free
old Emerald Isle.
In the speakers remarks about Canada,
(the capture Of which by the Fenians. be ar
gued, would be fatal blow to the commerce Of
England by fitting out privateers to prey upon
it, and this would occasion suspension OF
manufacturing establishments. throwing out
OF employment thousands who would engage in
bread riots, and demand and make England
grant 10 Ireland The liberty her sons battled
for,) he said that there wa much talk among
the Southern people about the Irish having
fought on the side OF the oppressors OF the
South, depriving her Of the very rights which
the Fenians we're now urged to con-
tend for in their owa country.
Said the General: "It is we'll known
that the Irieh ara true to the people they live
among The Irish living North fought as
zealously in the Union ranks-where fought
myself-as did the Irishmen for the "Lost
Cauee." II the North had it's Corcoran, the
South had its gallant Pat Cleburne. had
there been more Irish men in the Southern
army there would have been more fighting, for
you know "where Oh Hishmsn is there is
fighting"
At the conclusion OF the Generals address,
the audience appaudsd him heartily and quiet
ly retired.
We are fully aware that in the above report
we have only given general outline Of the
Generals speech, which was frequently ap-
plauded.
TIE MUNICIPAL MUDDLE.-It is reported
that caucus OF the Pillsoury party was held