The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-01-15

ing of the Repeal Association, which wa beld
IN me city ofDub!in on the 18th Of April, 1870
| IN proceedings that will yet DO memorable in
| the history OF orr country. Yes. this 18th day
OF April shall be memorable event in the an.
nails OF Ireland. IL shall be referred 20 MS She
day on which the asg of Repeal was uufnesRd
and shall fesrlessiy keep il unfurled till rhe
Gay OF success shali arrive, or the grave shall
scribed-He died q repealern (Applause.)
! With that declaration, O'Connelrs snbsS
qoent career was perfectly consistent, be
travelled from town to town diffosing . spirit
OF independence into all classes of his country.
men.
He assembled them in the market place, in
tne school room, sometimes in shs church
where the altar erected 10 the God of Truth
was also dedicated to the
GOD OF FREEDOM.
(Applause) Sometimes be assembled them on
the bleak hill side, and there told them che
story OF Eoglsnd's crime and of Trelauds
degradation, and stirred for the fret time in
cold and apathetic hearts the slumbering spirit
OF National freedom. (Applause)
We honor OCoupell as the champion of reli-
plause.
Speaking at another public meeting, in the
very morning of bis political career, in the
representative of race that you have been
told is stepped in bigotry-iah. that is 8
calnmny which must be nailed to the countef
of American oplnioDl, this representative of
ireland, par eIcsiterce, raid in the morning of
bis political life "If the Prime Minister Of
England were TO offer NE Catholic emsncips-
ton 'o.morrow condition that l should
forego lreiands right TO native parliament
would ding
CATHOLIC EMANCIPATIoN TO The WINDS
and would clasp to my heart the glorious
Independence of my country" Appliance
Every evidence was given in the life of this
Irish people. Bat bis human sympathy was
not bounded by the four shores of Ireland. No,
bis heart felt for the sufferipgs of common
humanity, and the dearest wish of that heart
was that victory might light on the banner of
the patriot wherever il waved in the breeze.
Applause
tbs safe, therefore. to cay that although
every other fond recollection should desert the
hearts of 1rishmen, they will cherish the
memory Of him whose body lies mouldering in
1iasnevin, but whose name shall forever
tory as the martyr of Liberty, the friend of
humanity and the defender Of the Christian
Church. Applause ]
With reference to
THOMAS DAVIS,
applause He was one of the young and
ardent followers of Daniel O'Connell, who
early grew tired of peaceful constitutional
agitation, and from the establishment of the
Nation newspaper, tn the day of his untimely
death, for be died at the early age of SO years.
when his brilliant intellect and noble faculties
were ripepipR, and he had given promise of
accomplishing great things for his native land,
j
Young Ireland Party"
The leading mem bers of that party, Meagher,
Mitchell, Martin. and even OCounell himself,
have left on record their uroualltied admiration
of Davis character.
He died in the year 1S45, justtwo years before
OConnell did, and when :he intelligence was
brought TO the Irish lIbsrator, he shed big
tears of sorrow tor Irelands loss-tears Of
gratitude for the services of her departed son.
(Applausej.
Aud if we are 10 be practical here tonight.
| w oh 0EE oil !, "A
ieach, who exercised commanding an in
huence amongst his compatriots. Well, he
| taught that our nationality should be con-
stituted that it should contain and D.
| resent all the races of Ireland; that
tt should not he either Celtic or Saxon,
but that it should be Irish; that Ire
lano's politics should not be regarded as the
property of any particular class or creed but
that al! classes and creeds should be asked to
Iecogr'Ze the sovereignty of the whole Irish
Nation. (Applause). That foreign domination
should not be allo ed to erect it's affairs on the
soi: that contained the ashes of the Druids aud
which was sanctitied with the blood of Christ
ian Manufacturing struggle of a Thousand
Years; aud, finally, Davis taught what every
! free nation feels. that liberty is worth the
sacrifice of all that man holds dear, and that
they alone deserve to enjoy its blessings, who
are willing, II necessary, to purchase them
With their hearts most precious blood. Gap
pfause).
have spoken of OConnell "a a friend of
universal liberty; So also Thomas Davis
It's friend under every sun, his sympathy was
on the side OF humanity III every oppressed
land. Do you want beautiful example of his
idea of liberty Then take his dashing poem
on! FOR a sTEED.
On for Oeed rushing steed and blazing seine tar
I"haHt from beaueous Italy tie Austrian red hussar
To mock their boasts
And strew their hosts.
And scatter their flags afar
Oh for steed, rushirg steed. and dear Poland
gathered around
To Ani'e her circle of savage foes and smash them
upon the ground:
Nor hold my hand
While, the land
a foreign foe found.
oh Cor steed rushing oteed, and a rifle never
failed,
And tribe of terrible prairie men, by desperate valor
mailed
Till Stripes and Stare"
A nd Russian CRArs
Before the Red Indian qualed.
Oh tor steed, rushing steed, the plains of Hin
dostab
And hundred Thousand cavaliers. to charge like
single man
I'LL our shirts red,