The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-10-10
TO IRISEAIEN.
a Brilliant Specimen Of Oratory.
From the sprinefeld ans JouyDa,

FROM tne Springfield IN journal,
One Of the eloquent speeches Of the
times was lately delivered al Middleport
Ill.,, By DR.. j. L. Keo.h. The sui lject
was The Fooi prints Of tie Celts, and
towards the close, the speaker made the
following brilliant ailusion to the politi-
cal condition Of the country, which We
consider quite equal to NIeagher's fa-
nous sword speech
Before the close OF the present yearl
you will be called upon to exersise the
highest privilege which the laws Of your
adopted country can confer, that of vot
ing for he election oif its future Prcsi-
dent. Without Introducing the matter
Irreve!ant to my lecture, or yeutilating
any opinions tn which you might be
slow to subscribe, | .ael that while trac
ing the lives OF those Of our countrymau
who have climbed the steep sscents ofI
FAME, on "the sands Of Ginic have left
their footprints, | may not inapprop pria te-
" allude TO the course which, in my
opinion ought to be pursued by those
who are willing to emulate their deeds
and follow their noble example. You
who know me know that the grandson
OF old John keogh Of 9S would as soon
cut eff the good right arm which gives
10 which my heart did not throb respons-
lively, or council an action which might
tarnish the character Of cur lace, which
seven centuries have left unsullied.-
Cheers. To no men had the issues at
stake in Il e coming contest been clearer
or the result Of more paramount in poF
tarce than to ourselves. ''TheY Jest at
scars that never felt a wound, but we
who have been, and our fathers, the
victims Of every ladignity and degrada
iiou pertaining to slavery, can or ought
10 itiy estimate and honor the labors OF
those who etaced that foul, dark blot
on our institutions which Inverted the
| DEGREES Of God and degraded the nature
Of his landmarks, who imperilcd life 20
| preserve the integrity OF this glorious
| Republic, for whose Independence. with
| 4 Spartan haroIsm, the New Engiaaders
| IN 1775, fought and blcd. ECheers
/ GU, | repeat, OF all in the world, ought
10 honor and prove whose stout hearts
| and strong hands struck the fetters Of
millions Of fellow beings ere they burst
| themselves, and ID tie ruin OF the com
monwealth armed themselves with the
! fragments. Great cheering for iadepon-
dence. Ny counirymen we have many
| faults, we lack many virtues. But oue
vice no man ever charges US with, one
! grand national virtue NC pre-emlGentely
| possess, and that is gratitude to those
who held out TO us q helping hand in
the hour of peril. And now, If you are
true to the cause Of liberty, for which
Owen o Neil and Sarsield fell. for which
our fathers blood t.adc Wextord's har-
| vest grow, and enpurp led Limerick 5
historical Shannon; if you are true to
| the great land ofyour adoption, you viii
i turn with q loa;hiug from the Inen and
ca use which are kept afloat by the puff
fng OF a few literary Iootpa3s and cis
lappoiuted politicians OF the Sumner stamp
who lise cry alike s!avish aad con
tcmptible against the President, whose
clear brain and keen sword saved the
| Union. Hear 'tbe head and front OF
his offending" lie Is only a seldier,
they say his military habits and mar
tial training ur6t him for the Office
Hear it yen descendants Of Hammond
and the Plymouth 5 pilgrims. Hear it
you sons OF men who held Limerick )
ramparts aud Eerry' preachers, and
what IS your manly and Indignant ans
wer?
Do you lls;uk ;lsat the man " ho bears
the soldiers 9a'sutless breast canuot pos
Se$S TIE metal f0I I statesman! DeSfiSe
the soldier .uler What was it that
made Greece the pa.agon Of obedience
to laws ana excellence OF arms but those
who drove the Persian hordes Of her
sacred soil. and raised at Marathon 4
/ moral monument for posterities Yeuera-
ton. the SoiaieS conSuis, I.eoni&as ana
MiltiaIes. DeSpise the soldier rular
Who was it that moI.!ed the motley
mass, vagrants and outcastS from every
land that constituted the population o:
ancient Rome into nation that bscaiae
the mistress ofthe world ? The so,siieI
consul Julius Caesar DeSpise the s0f-
, der ruier Who was it that placed tie
shield OF his genius as j statesman over
the menacd freedom OF pooF P4laud
and al whose faH freedom shrieked 2
Tie soldier statesman. jot.n S5biaski.
Despise the soldier rGlerl Nh9 Rs.s ii
that gave the worl1 the celehrnted c8ae
q Laws thas hears his name. bus he Vhl
! broke lliever The sway oi the wanda
, basbasians, he whose lie was On .thg
tented tield2' The soldier Eiug ,TaStan
iao. DespiSe the S3ldier rGieri Nhe
was it that conceived the Norolesni.
5 c,de, which is the basis Of the French