Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-13

tant when she will be sirippe0 OF them
and CONTRACTED to narrow bounds.
Had We have been able IN sixty-six. to
have gained a f0nthcld sGd held il for ten
or hftsea days, tens OF Thousands Of Irish
would have coaae to cur aid Al a. drmiy
believe Ca8sda would not only have
been in cur power, but the green
flag would nov 5e Il aijHg ever
Dublin Castle, and ireland Tree and In
| dependent. According to the statistics
| Of Gen. Meade, in the War DspartnanE
! at Washington, here were rot less than
l37tOy { Iwsrt IL : mao o o IL rorthern
borders reads 20 Dig I rIr land P1ere
were men from bOgi q MES there rom
the North and the sub. Fifty CT my
braveAt men were m0n whO had been in
the Southern army. [Applause.) l em
sometimes asked why Irishmen fought
against the South in the late war. re-
ply the Irish people have always been
True to the p6OpIs among whom they
live. The Irishmen in the South fought
a. gallantiy as thsir brethren OF the
North. The men under Cle6urne tire
msndOus eheering) fought rs calamity as
under Mesghar and-(the nam was
drowned in the cheers .-REP.) I trust
and hope none OF the Southern people
feel that The Irish people have fought
against them.
The speaker then detailed how, when
the war vas over, he was solicited by
Irisbme1 who had been with the South,
to Join in fighting England, vino basely
deserted the South ia the hour OF danger.
He cited the ectiOn Of the people of New
York and the United States towards the
patriot CUbans, to show that all that was
necessary for the Irish people 10 do 70
have the full sympathy of ths American
people was 10 deserve It. Cnba, he said,
had had seven revolutions since 1923, and
the psOpls showed they were in earnest.
How much more so ought the Ilish peg
pie TO be,
Thslspsaker next passed to what the
Fenian gi gauizzTiOa had accomplished,
add said th5t il had restored hope to Ire
land-lGst since the surrender st Liner
ick-snd had placed the irish people il
a better condition to make war than they
had been since that time. l. has forced
the people Of gland to discuss Ireland.
They call it the church guestion, land
question, etc, but il is the Fenian ques-
u0n. Gladstone and Bright are only
trhing. Tbs church question is not the
caIy grievances. My Lord Bishops are
the only lords that the Irish people
complain Of The landlords Wers the
kind OF lords they we're going for, and
will never cease to go for until they
leave the land Of ireland. He said the
Fsnians would be satishsd with nothing
short Of absolute Independence.
He said from that date the downfall of
England would be dated, and Is q Ger
tainty, and showed the superior advant-
ages of ireland il every way, aad said
that freedom to Ireland, freedom to man
ufacture, 10 enter iatO Commerce, sto
meau5 ruin and aisgrAee to England.
The shezt history Of Ireland from 1882 tod
1890 proved the fact that ireland, free
and independent, would sOon outstrip
England ID everything. He recited the
deeds Of perhdy Of England, and how
she hr0k8 her faith ia 1852, and WARES
heF that the bait thrown cut by them
EOw will not be swallowed ss it was
then. EaglaUd tried 70 make cut thst
this vas q religious gght, bat it was not
80. L WIS q fight for absolute freedom.
The speaker alluded to the English
" slaves IF the mine" and said the Irish
people we're ready to help them to indie
pendenca.
In conclusion he said ne had bsen !
travelling all night the night before, and
speaking q great deal OF late, and had
con5t queHtly become hOarse. He would
therefore c.os9 by assuring sTs hearers
thEtthe Feni2n organization We. stronger
than ever hsfore, aaa - they were called
upon "a ls51 70 ssad men 20 meet their
2b0isnt enemy 20 Bcf0Fs long they would
again % 5si4sd on TO send q few more 20
meet them on ths battle field aud ight
for qMHreland.
Ahu prolonged cheers the speaker
took a ssst, and loud sails we're made Tor |
Professor Mitchell, wn0 was addressing !
the meeting when We left,