Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-04
THE CITY.
SYMPATHY FOR THE FRENCH
Meeting Last Night
Remarks, Resolutions, Etc.

Pursuant to announcement, quite large
and respectable meeting of our French cit
liens and those In sympathy with France
met at the Council Chamber at 81 o'clock
last night. Mr. F d Moore was called to
the chair and the members of the press
requested to act as secretaries. Mr. De-
Castro, who was unanimously chosen
| President, thanked those present for the
honor conferred In some apt and pertinent
remarks. He alluded feelingly to his ma
tive France, thousand miles away, and
| expressed the hope that all would be done
that could be for her sick, her suffering
| and her wounded.
On motion of Mr. Moore, the following
| gentlemen were appointed committee to
draw up suitable resolutions expressive of
the objects of the meeting: Messrs LoiseaQ,
Farrell, OSullivan, Wade and Bustard.
After consultation, the committee reported
the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, A war of invasion by the enc
mics of France, unparalleled in its atrocity,
carrying desolation in its path and bearing
famine in its train, now sorely af1icts the
loved land of our nativity, reddens its
grounds with the blood of her heroic de.
fendcrs, and its peaceful skies with the
flames OF burning villages and towns, and,
whereas, the wall of orphanage and Wild
owhood from many field of carnage,
echoes its plaintive cry for relief across the
ocean, to the shores Of free America, ap-
pealing to the hearts of Frenchmen for
sympathy and aid; therefore,
Be it resolved, That we, as citizens by
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yet natives of France, would be untrue to
ourselves aud false to the land that gave us
birth, did we fail in manifestations of hu-
man sympathy for the woes of our bleed |
ing country, and the Affections of its |
people, or were insensible Of and indiffer- |
ent to the distresses of the widows and or
phans of our countrynen and kinsmen, in
the calamities visited upon them by a cruel |
war Of invasion and conquest.
Resolved, That a committee be there |
fore appointed by this meeting, whose duty |
it shall be to solicit contributions for the |
amelioration Of the helpless condition of |
the fatherless and widowed of France, and |
also for the aid of these patriot heroes, |
manned and crippled in noble resistance |
of the invader
Resolved, That while we appreciate fully |
the circumstances demanding on the part /
of the government of the United States an |
honorable observance of neutrality between |
the belligerent powers, we tender to our |
fellow-citizens of America our heartfelt /
gratitude for their expressions of sympathy |
with our countrymen in their heroic de- |
fence of home and country.
Resolved, That the thanks of the meet /
ing be and are hereby rendered to His |
Honor, the Mayor of Nashville, and the |
municipal authorities for the use of the |
hall. ..
Resolved, That our thanks be and are
hereby rendered to those Of our American
fellow citizens who to night have so elo-
quently spoken in behalf of our native |
country and cause.
After the adoption of the resolutions, |
Mr. O'Sullivan, in response to loud calls, |
made speech of some length and much |
force and eloquenoe. His remarks were |
happily conceived and well delivered, |
abounding in historical research and show |
ing a discriminating and well cultivated |
mind The speaker was frequently greeted |
with the applause of his hearers. He was
well posted in the real causes of the war,
which he elucidated with much force and |
clearness. ....-
At the close of Mr. O'Sullivan's remarks, |
the following Committee on Finance was |
announced: Messrs. Mccormack. Barrett, |
Barney Hines, Reguin, Bulot, Ottenville, |
Thoma, and O'Conner. Mr.. Emile Loui- |
seau then made some remarks of an earn |
est and forcible character. He svoEed |
himself as Frenchman and Republican,
and,was not at all laudatory in his illusions
to the French Emperor. He said he liked
the Germans, but that in their ideas of
German Unity, they would be as badly de-
ceived in Bismarck and King William as
the French were in Napoleon. Paris, said
the speaker, still remained, and he felt
that in twenty four hours she would repu-
diate such dishonorable capitulation as
the one of which we had been advised by |
telegraph.
Mr.. Moore was the next speaker. Elo- |
quently he alluded to France, and paid |
tribute to French glory and French bra
very. France, he said, had always been /
the foe of the oppressor and the friend Of
the oppressed, and wherever, the world /
over, people had struggled for liberty,
they had in the struggle her sympathy, if
not her aid. We regret that want Of
space prevents giving the speakers truly
eloquent remarks en- erteIgSO. He closed
with an earnest appeal for aid, and COM
mended his hearers to the attention of the
Committee on Finance A collection was
taken which was quite literally responded
to.
The meeting then adjourned.