The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-18

cusson should forever be prohibited In the 90
cety. and this rule had lived ever since. For
bidding only these two themes, these twin sia;
ters and promoters of dlscord, they lef! all the
rest to the honest impulses of the Irish heart.
and 1t has ever since overaowed In an abun-.
dant hospitality, which has welcomed to the
gatherings of the society many of those men
who from time to time have been great In the
arts Of war and peace, In The councils. OF the
State and of the nation. He therefore ex.
tended cordIel greeting to all their members.
and cordial welcome 10 all their guests, and
he announced as the first regular toast Of the
evening: .-
The Day we Celebrate-Dear to the hearts
Of IrIshmep, and the sons Of IriBhmen. Its
return rekindles the flame OF love, faith and
patriotism In their b0soms, In every region OF
| the globe. We send our voice and cheer to
our brethren, scattered as they may be, who,
| like US, assemble this day to do 1t honor. ~
The band appropriately played "st Patrick's
Day In the Morning" and the president called
upon the Rt. Rev. Bishop Persico for the re-
sponse. Bishop Perslco responded; sftar q
round of applause with which the announce :
ment OF his name was greeted, as follows:
"The Day We Celebrated Is st.Patrlckis
Day day-dream and nothing more MOI
gFsft nos a0f Ss s%oRs and
vanity. 1t is a day OF mighty slgnincanoe--a
day, indeed, full OF proud memories Of the
past, and on which the Irish nation loves to
dweil-a dsylwhicb carries with It the whole
history of race. It Is Ireland's day Nor
does this day blind them 10 thes duties ofihe
present or Of the future.-t On thecontrary,
those recollections from which this race
L IA- L..
Thoughts and high resolves for the future.
Every nation has Its peculiar character
d5ttcs, which are shown III its religious turn: /,
as well as In every other point. In fact, my
friends. tbs most precious, the grandest In
herItance of people, is that people's history.
Ali that forms the national character OIL
people, their tone OF thought, thelr deVouoH,
| their love, their sympathies, their language-
all this Ia found In their history, as the effect
| is found in liz cause. And the philosopher
who wishes TO anslyze peoples character
i and to account for Ito account Tor the ma
strong sympathles that sway peopleImnst
90 back to the deep recesses of their history,
and there, In ages long gone BY, Will he
fnd the seed thai produced the fruit that ha
attempts 10 account Tor. Aud be Will nnd tnag
the nation of to-day is but the child and the
| offspring of the nation OF by-goue ages.
Hence It Is that when we come 10 consider
| the desires Of nations, We md mat every peo-
Die is most strongly deslrous to preserve Ito
| history, even as every man is anxious 70 pre-
serve the record Of his life, tor history ts inc
record OF q peoples life. Hence 1t is thatin
The libraries oil the more ancient nations We
find the earliest histories OF the primeval
races OF mankind written upon the durable
| vellum, the imperlshable asbestos, or some:
! times deeply carved In mystic and forgotten
| characters on the granite stone or pictured
rock, showing the desire OF the people 70 pre-.
/ ,hnt, xph Ia nrpqarvQ tlA
memory of them in the minds Of futnre gene77
| ratIons, But besides these more direct doeu-
mentary evidences, the history OF every nation
| is ensbriued in the national traditions, Ia the
national music and song; much more ID Tim
printed In the annual celebrations, public de-
| mopstrations, DC. -. h'r'
And with regard TO Ireland-the dag we now
celebrate is an ample illustration Of the past:
On this day the Irish people can exciaim with
Virgil: "Que regio 10 terris nostrt, non plena
laborls !" This was the exclamation OF Aneas,
the Trojan exile. when he saw the. deeds OF hls
nation celebrated on canvas In astrange land
Much more appropriately can the Irish people
of to-day put that question: ''What region ia
the whole world is not filed With thefen6wn
of our deeds 7" Look abroad on 6t. Patricka
day In Italy-ln Rome, fret OF all. where Ire
lands apostle was glorined, and Ire!sndS peo. 20
same story is repeated. In England itself;
nav, throughout the length and breadth OF
the whole OF Europe, the gl0ries OF Ireland
are made the theme Of every song and every
speech. And leaving Europe behind. We turn
our eyes to this land OF the West, the same
passing In magnlacence. confronts u.s.: From
lhe Atlantic to the Pacific, from Michigan 70
Florida, In the North, In the South, 10 the East
and In the vet untamed West, St. Patricka
name Ia glorifed, and Irelands historic scroll
Is unfolded Aud 80 It is everywhere. Along
In .Nh hxn n
tho Hindoos, and at the antipodss-
where the same. The sun, In his elfcllng course,
usners In the day In all lands; end 10 every
laud among every people that have'tse hahitas
ti)n and q name,m Erln's banner Oh emerald
aRd gold salules hls eye: Truly tb!s is day
Jake possession OF every man; the whole world
has turned Irish on this day.
And Is not this race worthy OF place 10
song and 10 story, which In ltS poverty ana
humiliation challenges such admiration me
more we know this race, the more we study
the history of It's trumphs and its suherlngs,
Its childlike docillty In accepting the faltn OF
Christ, and Its unshaKeu attachment to that
l faith through ages Of persecution; its achieve
ments on thousand battle-helds, and lta
equally victorious career In peace-the more,
saw, we think on these things, and ponder
on them, the better We appreciate itnas peo+
For seven hundred years that Island has
been In chains; for seven blood-stained Gem
iurtes that race has struggled against might.
During that time other nations nave peen
oyerthroWn, enslaved, absorbed by the COM
oueror, or crushed utterly beneath his neei.
But that race is imperlshable.' They have
been CONQUERED 1t Ia true-they nave oeen
made victims of brute force; but they are SUI
upslbjioQted They are YET one people, pos
sessIng their own individuality, their fnde.
struotible faith, and their traditions; 30 tnet
Of her we may Say ,.a. sn
.sThe nations have fallen, but. theu stu arc
Thy sun is But rising when others have set; -
And though slavery's clouds 'reund sny morning
The fuIl noon Of Freedom shall beam round
theeyet.n ....-....-.-.,.. ,-,
At the conclusion of Bishop Persico's re-.
sponse, the second regular toast was an.
nounced by vlce.Presldent B. 0'Neill, as fol-
lows:
Irelaad-The land of our fathers, the home
of our ohildhood-sweet and beloved; though
her past and present are suffering and sads
dear Is the hope that the morn Of ner luture
will be gilded by the rays OF returning great
ness and glory.
After the performance by the band OF "hlln
is my Home" the president called upon tne
Hon. NJ. P. OConnor TO respond. MI. oCof'
nor was greeted with long and loud applause,
and made most eloquent address. He SAID
that 1t was In no spirit OF adectation that no
said that the sentiment just proposed called