Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-19
LOVE, VALnR, WIT FOREVER
Tbs 6rsat Picnic Of the HIbsFnIau Society,
Yesterday.
A Beautiful Possession Out 10 lanes Park
--.Ths Car Of Bsauty--SO8Hes at the
Park.
iadas Browns Oratioa .--F Festivities Of the
Day---Ths PlsasaHtsst Pi0Bls Of tbs
SsasUu.

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The pleassutsst picnic Of the season
was that Of the Hibernisns, yesterday, &C
James Park. The festivities of the day
were inaugurated by
PROCESSION
which started from the hall Of the Hiber-
I mans at the corner Of Adams and Main
street, The procession was ready 70 move
at ten o'clock, aud took up It's line OF
March down Main street 20 bealeg thence
to DeSoto, thence to Vance, and on out to
the park. 1t was ead8d by the Memphis
Band. james Reilly, the Chief Marshal
\ rode between the band and the EmmeJt
/ Guards. The Guards turned out in good
STYLE and made q very hne appearance.
After the Guards came the
GaEAT CAR
bearing along a living psrbere OF young
baautv. Il was deliberately gotten up with
aisplsndidicanOpy above, nde Wnlchg5at
l Inc GODDESS Of Liberty with her emble-
matte cup hanging o n q pole ent4ined
with rad. white aud blue ribbons. The
/ Goddess looked backward, while the Maid
i Of Erin, with her harp, sat toward the
front. Immediately under these
| chsrmiug girls sat four boys dressed
iu antious green and gold, with crowns
upon their heads. They represented the
| four old kings OF Ireland. still lower on
I the car sat t~hirty-tW0 girls, representing
/ ne oountiss Of Ireland. The following
are the names OF those who reds on the
Goddess Of Liberty, Miss Mary Ellen
Koran.
Maid Of Erin, Miss Jennie Boland.
Young misses representing the thirty
two counts zof lreland.-Hettle Kan
son. Annie League, Katie Reilly b. Tur-
Hsr. Lizzie Raw, Anna Martin, Barbara
/ Raw. Katie Martin, Ann BOland, Sarah
! AFnsH Smith, Anna Cunningham, Msrga-
! rsF Downgy. Margaret Murphy, Katie Cor
| bitt. Margaret Carter. Alice Msshan, Josie
I Malone. Matte Miles, Lstigis Whslan,
! Mary O'Conner, Allie O'DOunen, Maggie
HolOrsn, Annia Hoioran, Aalle WnlJe,
I Anna Reilly, Anastacia Burns, Mary
| Fitzpatrick, Lizzie Boland, Katie Nelson,
I Lizzie FsrrOw, Jennie TEhs.
I Young bows representing the four old
I kings Of Ireland: Master Stephen EitE-
I gerald, Munster; Master Willie Nelson,
/ LeinsUsr: Master Willie Archard, Con-
I uauEhE; Master owen Smith, Ulster,
CEREMONIES.
Arrived on the ground, the csre-
monies Of the day commenced at Onca
! The picnickers gathered round the stand,
| the Goddess Of Liberty uttered a cordial
greeting 70 al, TO the maid Of Erin, il
| particular. She spoke as follows:
Maid Of Erin once more on q festive
day 1 give you 3 cordial greeting Though
separated from your ancient land for
agss, I perceive with Joy tbs approach Of
q day whsR yOur country viii be prosper
Gus and free, and ths rightful ONE Of
liberty.
Year after year, though I witness the
sad sight Of the exile Of your race and
I kindred, I observe also that the banished
| children Of Erin srs uniting in expect
ancy Of q glorious future.
Already the CALLING chains that have
bound you are beginning TO break. Ih6
hand Of your yranuIcal Oppressorl is grow
ing weak and Withered. The hearts Of
your brave sons are become stronger than
ever; and the sunrise Of freedom and lib
srry is gliding the political horizon Of the
Celtic race.
The Goddess Of Liberty eagerly awaits
the event; for in every battle Of freedom
Erins sons have been among the front
ranks, fearless and valiant to the last,
and nOw al length, fair maid Of Erin,
their own time Of triumph is almost s5
hand.
To which the maid thus gratefully and
gracefully replied
Fair Goddess Of Liberty, I hail your
presence to-day with more joy than ever.
Your words OF cheer and promise fall on
my ear with wonderful sweetness and
pleasure, for st time times sorrow and
grief come over M as / see the UenantIess
homes and dssOlat8 hearths and deserted
villages Of nav fair land. Ny people are
vanishing from the land Of their birth,
INCREASINGLY they are going 60 every ma
lion under heaven and none ara supply
ing their places. The tyrsnt hand ls in
deed becoming pslsisd; but the manhood
Of Erin, ever departing, Is leaving her
p0werlsss too.
Gladly do I hail thee. fair Goddess.
The thought that Eriu's SONS may unite in
svsry land gives me hope. Earnestly
ana / yesrning for the day wbenl on this
continent, their disssusious shall die out,
snd a. brothers they shall unite tor the
sake Of their native land. Grant me this,
LIBERTY and I shall be content"
Cheers
The two ladies' then gracefully bowed
and retired, fully satisfied that 3 great
thing asd been accomplished. The prin-
cipsl business Of the morning consisted In
Sd cooling Of" tanning oneself IN the
shade o. the trees and taking soda.
About two o'clock, the crowd being nu-
merous, the orator Of the day, Judge 7.
W. Brown, was called upon, and prompt
" mounting the stand he was sur
rounded by every one in the park In q few
minutes,
THE GRAFTON.
He said:
Fellow citizens and my kindred in the
dssh:
In obedience to the promptings Of an
earnest love for that race, the blood OF
which flows in c~ommingIsd currents in
my veins, I taxed my already o7erbur-
Gsued time with the duty Of aiding n
festivities OF to-day. 1t Is q matter
Of profound regret to me that the COM
mitJee Of your society failed to allow me
that time for preparation which is 80 es-
Bential for the speaker who assumes the
delicate ONCE Of addressing an Irish aU-
dlenCe. For ameug the gifts that nature
has so lsvisbly bestowed on your race Is
an lntuitive senEiDilty 70 OrabOry, an In
hsrsnt capacity to understand and pro
ducs in its highest perfection the magnet
lsu Of the orator. The fastidiOUs taste Of
Greek as TO the work Of the
was the result Of long Gull
and Of nsces5ibV. Your
comes like the tabled 6rs hlcned
from Heaven by the force Of a ~nativsge-
MUS so sf1ueng as to be beyond exhsus-
ton, and so fertile as to be independent Of
Toll. Hence 1 feel deeply the necessity ia
advance, to put the blame for the msa-
gsrnsss Of my performance to-day on the
.ndiscreet confidence Of your worthy
President in my power OF sXJsmporaDsous
lttsrsnce, which delayed his invitation to
70 lste an hour.
Your society, Mr.. President, I believe,
founded, under q charter Of the State,
n lS45, and It's main design was to sUccOr
70 members in sickness, and provide for
be burial Of your dead, whenever the
iand Of poverty rested TOO heavtly-as,
lasi &C too often dOes-on the generous
ons Of Ireland. The history Of yOur op- :
~ratiOns, It would be both tedious u
.hsnsivs 20 the ssnhibiitiss OF IriHhmen :
o give in detail. Suffice it 20 say :
the ministrations Of the society :
ave been substantial and generous
d the hour Of Eickness aud death. They :
ave not been the mere dole Of a patron !
Eing charity, but The manly contributions
4 mutual sid-tbus, while providing
misf0rtuns, teaching 81 the same
inc 70 our too careless cOuntrymen the
Of prudent tbrfb. I am Rratihed
o learn that the Association to-day is
prosperous with the means and the viii =
o execute b. b~eDedcent dsginu OF Us q