National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-26

were advancing rapidly and the nag Of bis reg.
ment In danger Of capture, he cried. Let me
down, boys, and save the nag ~,
down the Valley at viii. and made his boasts
OF one certain Union general being his commissa5y
and another being his quartermaster An I tn.5n
came out from Winchester and with his I'LL, MtnS
army offered him battle, and utterly d1 m 20
with pras sseISs is
the only man who ever whipped stone
wv When jackson forced Porter back from Me-
chaniceviile to Gaines Hill. and when the latter
wssin danger Of boins swamped IN Ohica oniny,
Who did McClell.n send 20 his relief: Why Wy
brigade, who were afterwards followed by
Trenches brigade. These two brigndes, when
POit.rs living oops; but aosSins Ssnntsd they
pushed up over the hill, formed line Of battle and
held the ground until next morning, when they
e. sss
q Michigan, to cover the retreat Of the army on
has.iso1 Lanai1g AFrsdsrIcksburg Msaghs,
advance on Mayre's heights was ordered was
found that the first7 line, composed Of . Connec.
!" many es
Ing a. reason that they were new troops, and
the Irish we're better used to nghting than they
ward, and he and his brigade marched over the
backs Of the gentlemen from the Nutmeg State
to face the leaden hail that left three-fourths OF
Ing fourth owe iher lives to IL mercy of the
enemy who, late In the afternoon, ceased to fire
on them from pity sake;
only three hundred strong, hauled ont, BY hand,
the guns Of a battery abandoned BY the Eleventh
Corps from under the very noses and in the face
At Coal Harbor the Corcoran Legion and
Meagher's brigade occupied one Of the hottest
positions on the field. and lost hundreds Of their
There arc other instances Of valor on the part
of Irish Americans that could be cited; but per-
valuable spaee but as the SUBJECT OF iriahmen
who had rendered services to America was treated
by 60 able an advocate rs Nv. Z. r." in last
that he would not lei the occasion pass without
calling attention to the omission Of such names
as Meagher, Shields, Corcoran, Smyth. OF Della
Kellys, Burkes, organs and others who had rem
dered services to America at . time when the So
called "m0ther country was fitting out prvateers
pendence, not that she loved the South, but be-
cause she hated the union built up by Washing.
ton and our foretathers, and when the press Of
the Dublin Irishman and other Irish national pa
pers for their defence Of the war against
In her policy towards other nations England:
it was fully illustrated by her conduct during our
late war, q circumstance that some Americans
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at the existence OF the republic she will do 1t, and
then America will have need for the five hundred
thousand Irish soldiers that can DO called to
arms in the United Staten within thirty days from
declaration Of war with the ancient enemy Of
their race
In the face of the fact that Irishmen have from
the days Of the Revolution up to the present day
fought on every battlefield where tie interests
Of free American Institutions were at stake, and
always in their defence, ON ashamed to say that
some Americans can be found to-day who will ac-
cept as q brother and companion in preference to
their Irish fellow-citizens an Englishman, who
never intends to throw of his allegiance to the
old woman that spreads her petticoat govern
ment over what IS known as the Kingdom OF
Great Britain and Ireland. What farce It's to
call the latter integral portion Of the British
Empire when the majority Of its population would
welcome the Ashantees If they were to Invade the
island as . happy deliverance from English rule.
Such Americans, happily they are few. vhotody
70 the royal customs of ''hould Hingland"ma "
one day see their mistakes: but the Irshman will
never forget the lan6ynGave them succor and
q home when drive Their own, Ame BY
Respectfully yours, 10Y.