Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-03-18
MILITARY AND LrrERARY BAN.
QUIET.

uUStCu WIN Se
Hill, after tho parade yesterday, cal
ebra,ed st. Patriek's Day BY = banquet
In their school-room In the rear OF Sc.
Patrick's Church. After Justice was
done to the good things which were FUR
nislled. and the inner man Tor boyl sat-
i.fed, tho cloth was removed and the
literary exercises commenced.
The first toast. .'The Day We Gel
ebrate." was responded to BY Lieut..
WIN. T.. Hill, In n very appropriate
speech, In which he spoke OF b great
blessings bestowed upon the Irish race
by the introduction OF Christianity,
aud closed by cxhorting his young
hearers not to forget the faith OF their
fathers go where they may, or In what
ever climo they may be found.
The second toast, "trish Heroes
Living aud Dead" was responded to
by Daniel Quill In q feeling manner.
I'm the course Of HIS remarks, he al.
luded to the brave lrishmsn who Tell
In our late civil war, speaking OF the
love they bore for thelr adopted coun-
try, and closed with the hope that the
Union Guard mar eve forget that
dear old island Of saints, and DO al
ways found ready to defend her honor
against every foe. 1920.
The third toast, "The Martial Spirit
Of the Sons OF st. Patrick; may u
prove In the future a. Il has In the past,
tho delight aud hope OF the iri,h
Nation" responded to by Captain
Patrick J. Field. Of the Union Guard.
Address OF Capt. Patrick j. Field.
Mn. CHAIRMAN: IL Ia q most crafty
Ing sight for every lover OF the dear
old land TO see the good feeling aud
unity existing between Irishmen on
this great natal day. In every section
Of this great Republic. Not oniy, In
Nevada, or OH the Pacific coast, but
wherever we may cast u eyes, VIC
lind Irishmen assembled TO do honor
to the memory OF our Patron Saint,
and also to congratulate each other
upon the bright prospects looming up
In the dim horizon for their poor down.
trodden country beyond the sea. We
are young In years, and strangers
to tho land Of our fathers. yet that
love which so sways the hearts OF our
parents, has found Its way Into the
veins Of their children who have met
here to-day to celebrate In their own
simple manner = day held In reverence
nv everyone who has a drop OF pure
Irish blood In their velns. Here we
flnd ourselves far out Ia tho Western
world, almost beyond the pale OF civ
Ilizstion, and still duo reverence Tor
old Ireland exists In sur hearts, aud
when tho 18th OF March comes round
It finds Us up and ready with u ar.
NOR buckled on. to march forth u
prove to the world at large that Chris
%tlanlty, the same which good saint
Patrick preached from tho hill OF Tara,
does not sl6mber amid the sago-clad
mountains Of Nevada. To-day, my
friends, In every portion Of the habit
able globe are gathered together the
o u aud daughters OF Ireland, to hon.
or the memory Of her illustriOus Pat
ron Saint. On every side encourage
ment bespeaks the opening oil 4 glo-
rious epoch In the future his
tory Of ireland. Let Us look over
a list Of namcs OF tho great
men now engaged In one OF the grand
est movcmentsio Tor irish iioerty eve uu.
dertaken. Aud. my friends, think you
that England with All her iaine anu ~,
her cunning can resist tue Iolcc "
popular opinion now being drought 20
bear against her, heaueu oy tne yery
iirst men OF lrciandn IsAy en'Pns
icaIiy, no. EngIshu ; po"e. !" III
ianu Is inss Wan'ns a""! s,ns
sue ms nelu upon W., u'Ssn '.snJ
tne gay Is NOT :" ,.na. r.mr suanc
VIII axe he. P'oPy. NJ, ,ai..Je
the h'tiohs OF " eai.n. .aai
| do not inteI'u 20 oeeupy yoar ,.I !"
narrating tne lr.al' anu 'ue s
oil our race LOT TUG nss sa " %
centuries u Is SHOWN 1o "e'.y
each all OF US. WI, oi,cIy P'sN
rom the mass OF ls,'solo ni,.e'y "
lew orict sketches oil VIVA. our ~
suffered IN con'enu,ng 10. '.os0 s,S.
oase'y s'o'en i'oun nei ~ !" S,S.
nsurper. No pomes "" ~ 80 ~,
earth has SHOWN Worc uctothi'heu oo-
stinacy TO the power OF their 0ppres-
sor. than Ir,lnnd. and with that I'm. |
yo's"n. Iii, ,h., a.. Lrn,vn oh,
uohi'e'o's sP"'s '"ey nv Sao"" ~
world over TO posscss they VIII
achieve vet, with the help al God. that
great object so dear to every. irish
heart, n~amely-the liberation OF their
country from the tyrannical yoke OF
England. Ny friends, you may tell
me perhaps, that such an assertion Is
Of no avail, unless | give some proof
that such y glorious work SUI reality
going on. My friends, let US ior 2
moment glance 0 n columns OF
our Irish papers, n VIII not one
glance c%onvincs US INT q glorious
movement Is on foot, with men at the
wheel, to whom the saying, oil kic1.
ellen, "therc Is no such word as fail,"
might well be applied. Yes, ny
friends, every dispatch which reaches
US from that dear old isle, brings fresh
proof that a power Is working IN the
lanu' destined ere long 10 produce ior
poor Erin ths happ'es' anu most g'o'
rious results.
The welcome cry is now through the land,
aN va s, nA s,. SsI mem o eo%po:e our hand.
To get back our " again.