The union Democrat. [volume] (Sonora, Calif.) 1854-1946, 1871-04-01

our native land. But soft, are we not talk
ing treason? Treason against ler malest,
the Queen of England ard Ireland liza
ha ha We are talking treason-treasor
according to the British law, but we stanC
upon the free soil of America. and NAV snaI
i our reasonable fingers in the very face O
royalty itself. Then we may fearlesslv tax,
oar vow. There are none of her majesty.
uinions here, and if there were, they wouldn I
he long here. | ask you again. are you ready
for the question ? But why go through al
this formaIity? Does any one acquainted
with the Irish character. for an instant i'm
agihe. that there would be dissenting voice
among the Irish present, certainly not
| The desire for his countrv's Independence il
breathed with the breath of life into the nos
tsis of the infant Hihernian, i. grows xitt
bis manhood and only departs with his dying
expirations. Distance affects it not. Ii il
written in characters as full and 1ndimmeG
amid the savage forests of Southern Africa
as upon the inspiring sod Of his own native
isle. Time wears it not out. Though de-
eades of years may have rolled along since
last be saw his own dear Shore Hiberbia son s
glowing desire for his countrv's independence
loses not a spark of its original fire; and
could the hearts desires be analysed after
death as can the contents OF the stomach,
among the first and strongest desires of each
lrishman's heart. would be that for his coan-
trv's independence. Then it would only be
work of supererogation to make that vow.
1t is already made 1t came into your souls
with the dawn of intelligence, in fact, it was
born in you.
BUT WE MAY RENEW 1T TO-DAY.
And hear US hear US, We usurpers of Ire
lands rule Hear us, We. who style your
selves the Kings and Queens. or whatever the
gender may happen to be, of England and of
Ireland Here US, | saw Hear us, in the
fiery language Of the patriot Priest.
And we'll by the blood which the tyrant has she'd
And We'll swear by the wrecks which thro Erin lie spread
And We'll swear by the thousands who furnished unfed
Died down in the bitches. wildhowtnC for bread:
And we'll by our heroes. whose spirits have fed,
Aud We'll swear by The bones in each ooiiness bed
That we'll battle the yrant through danger and dread,
That we'll cling to the cause. which glory to We'd
Till the CLEAN of our steel and the shock Of our lead,
Shall prove to our foes that we meant what said,
That we'd lit mp the Green and we'd tear down the Red
Now my friends, our duty to our county,
as far as contemplated by the exercise of to-
day, is done. We have renewed our vow
with spirit and with earnestness-we can do
nothing more. We send it to join the thou
sands of others that from every town and ham
let, between this and the Atlantic shore as.
cends towards Heaven upon this day. We
send it to accompany them as they sweep
across the Atlantic, and hurl their accumu-
lated strength against the battlements of the
Brittons, causing the inmates to tremble at
the storms Of Vengeance, being hrewed by
Ireland's exles abroad. This being accom-
plished, my friends, both your task and mine
| .--ls L.. H. j. L
retire from the hall, with the consciousness
of having satisfactorily performed our dnty,
as far as these exercises are concerned. But
before retiring have some objections to meet
objections to what the cynical language of
the object would style.
ALL THIS wcRDY PATRIOTISM.
What cares the notion of Great Britain for
you. handful Of men he may say. low RI
diculous and absurd. he may continue. for
you to talk of your little voice, here. from out
a canyon, among the foot hills of the Sierra
Nevada mountains. even helping TO cause a
nation like great Br;ttian, or any other nation.
no matter how insignificant to tremble =?
Sir. he tells me, they have nov and likely
never will have the slightest knowledge of
your existence. / admit, that deldually,
and alone we are hardly drop in the bucket.
Still we are drop or part of drop at least;
and we help towards filing the bucket. The
army that conquers nations is composed Of
individuals. The hundreds of thousands Of
votes which regulate the Government of this
republic are made up of individual votes,
But, he answers. you are neither going to
swell the ranks of an army, or increase the re-
turns of an election. Then indeed indivdu-
ally you might count. You are giving vent
to mere talk and nothing more. Pause. and
consider, hiy friends. There is something
more than mere talk in all we say. We are
contributing individually towards the erection
of
MIGHTY POWER,
By this mere talk, and this assembly here.
Yes power that commands both armies
and navies-power. which commands even
the Kings and Emperors, who commands
thenI-a power. which sent Napoleon from
his throne, and makes Republic of France
tn-day-the power, which made King Viii.
liam an Emperor, and the only power to-day.
which he dare not defy-a power which in
these days of intelligence has taken the des-
tines of the World in its hands,-a power
which no one individual commands-a power
which belongs 10 the people. springs from the
people. and is Of the people-that power
which makes even the individual tremble,
who does not fear his God-that mighty
power. that irresistible power commonly call
populrr opinion. or the voice of the people.
We are contributing to the formation of this
mower on behalf of our native land-and it il
the duty of every lrisbman to-day, no matter
where be may be to send up bis little voice to
contribute to its effect. Ia order to enlist
that power, you must have truth and justice
upon your side. We have truth and Justice
on our side. In order to secure it we must
make our cause known, and in order TO make
our cause known. We must aeitate it through
such meetings as this, and upon such days as
the present. So you see our meeting here is
not merely for the purpose of empty talk.
1t has an object in view, and a direct practi-
cal one too. But after all puts in
NY oBJECToR AGAIN.
What does popular opinion amount to in
our case? Will 1t knock the muskcts out of
the hands of the British soldiers. Or will it
place weapons in our bands with which to do
these things? 1t will do none of these d.
rectly, and vet il has done much and will do
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