The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-11
TRIBUTE OFRESPEcT.

Alta meeting OF the Irish Volunteers, held on
Monday evening, November 4th, 1872, the follow.
iug preamble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted, and ordered to be printed In the daily
papers OF this city:
The survivors OF the Irish Volunteers are called
to mourn their commander. The man who bravea
death 80 often and in 30 many forms, has la!len
by slow and wasting disease.
For those who die on the battle Held the monu'
mental shaft is raised, their sacred dust is gath
cred and enshrned, their memory Is halloWed,
and their names go down to distant posterity In
halo OF glory; but for the victims OF the BATTLE
neld the nations gratitude Il dumb. They can
boast no hunored scars, and the shrunRen and
wasted frame, the feeble voice, and the tottering
steps may tell of duty and OF SUFFERING but not OF
plory won. How many like Captain James n.
Mo,yaney have yielded to the slow approaches Of
disease contracted In the faithful discharge o.!
their duty, and have gone to their rest honored
only by the few who knew themf
With the fortItude Of q truly brave man and
the resignation OF Christian he saw the tide OF
life ebolDg slowly away. he knew that his days
were numbered, and he awaited In patient hope
the stroke that was to release him from his suf.
feripg.
The autumn OF life had scarcely commenced;
the fruits Of his early sbors, his ability and his
merit ripened when he was called away.
The 1ower OF the 1eld Is r0bed In beauty, ful1ls
Its appointed task and fades away within a sea.
son; but the majestic oak that slowly rears its
head will be whltened by the anows and sw8yed
by the storms Of many winter before 1t reaches
its true proportions and full development. Very
much 80 ia 1t with men. Some develop very rapid.
". and are full blown almost before they reach
the wears OF manhood; others have to conquer
;ner progress step by step. They find their
pathway beset with difficulties, and only the
possession OF some OF the nobless qualities
that adorn human nature win enable them
finally to succeed. Captain Mulvaney was one
OF the latter. From early youth he had to
rough hew his way through life. There was
nothing 10 aid, nothing to encourage him-neither
education nor wealth to smooth his path; and
ouly by his own industry, his integrity and his
merit could he hope to find the green spots in the
apparently unvaried waste before him.
The Irish Volunteers need not bs told OF his
record az their commander. His heroic bravery
In action, the generosity and genial warmth Of
his disposition, and his kindly regard for the vel
fare OF those under hls command, will be remem.
bered long afer all that is earthly him shall have
mouldered away.
The expression OF our regard for him and our
respect for his memory will be fitting conclusion
to the life OF one whose best days were spent with
us, and whose deeds have added lustre to the
already historic record Of the Irish Volunteers,
which time cannot impair. Therefore bel
Resolved, That we tender the widow and family
the assurance OF our high esteem and respect for
the deceased, and onr sympathy with them 10
their great lUss
Resolued, That page in our Minute Book be
inscribed TO his memory, aud copy OF these reso.
lutions be forwarded to the bereaVed family.
Extract from the Minutes.
D. a. J. SULLIVAN, Secretary.