New-York tribune., 1876-10-02
IRELAND 70 AMERICA.
CENTENNIAL CONGRATULATIONS.

CENTENNIAL CONGRAIlLAIlONS.
THE ADDRESS 10 THIS COUNTRY WHICH WAS
ADOPTED BY 10000 PEOPLE ~ DCBIy-NR.
o'CONNOR POWER TO PRESENT THE DOCUMENT
To PRESIDENT GRANT Tus WEEK.
Mr.. O'COnnor Power VI. p, of England, now
at The Fifth Avenue Hotel is the bearer OF series Of
resolutions passed in Dublin the Fourth of July last
cougraulatng President upon the Centennial Of
American Independence. Sixty thousand people were
present at the meeting The address, which was ti,n
adopted by accllmation, ia handsomely cngIoas d on
parchment in old English letter with Illuminated border
aud initial letters over the tor is q representation Of
the National shield and standard while below s an ale
gorca picture OF the genius Of Erin with harp il hand
welcoming the dawning day Of Irish liberty. Tie adj
dress, OF which the following is condensed copy, viii be
presented TO President Grant by M Power during the
early part Of this week:
10 NE FreSidentof the Uied States Of America, me Pe0
pie Of ireland greeting:
SIR: While the mighty republic over which you p,c-
side commcmOres The centenary OF it, deiNcrdncc, the
irish nation. universally moved by kindred sympathy,
desires TO mngle It's accents Oi cuHcTtuatun with the
eAu INT lubatiOn Of victorious, great ana free
people America has now enjoyed one hundred years "i
freedom preserving with unrcmitting fidelity The sacred
trust contded to her care; ireland has borne seycn cen
tulcs uI oppression without having Tor single instant
forfeited her fcrvent love OF liberty. This, know,
would afford ample and sufficient 10 authorize
addressing your august nation, for we are wciI aware
that century OF happiness has but made freedom more
dear to y0ur hearts quckcncd your sympathy with SUI
leilhG ana rendered dcspolisn more dct' stable. Yet
other reasons there are which venture tO recall, bc
cause IN fectng theln 10 seems though rc
ing 'ut tle y eteIDus designs ol Providence when lash
Oned betweed ms bonds OF mystic brotherhood drew
closely together m heart ana mind aud SOUL in order
tlat the sunlight OF liberty, which America enjoys,
should also Iuinhc thc sOrfowng bat uphed ana cH-
OF Old when the most adventurous Of the Aryan race
had penetrated even 20 this our island, they climbed our
western mountains and bchcd the nmcnsity Of ocean
which seemed ~ debar them from further daring The
material obstacles could control their bodies only their
eagle minds pecred lar beyond the raging lOws and IN
ina dnatOn they discovered aud woHdrOus land.
Ihey imagined the existence Of world which after
tunes made manifest Jhey believed IL possessed Of
virtue which uausigures all It tOuchcs-and such is
Freedom they beheid ~ ii the pTOItOus and-aud who
shall them nag f-wuere many many of the ancient
race OF Erin were destined 10 renew their youth, like
the eagle and arise strong prosperous and nvmcnle.
Inspired by this prophetic vision, their souls have
time when ireland, winch ike Zion has be-
come tributary, was once "grcat among tie
nations, "a princess among the provinces" Three
centuries Of European civilization belong eXeus ely 10
ireland"-such Is the testimony Of foreign historian.
During the long lapse OF time from the sixth to tie
ninth centuries many Y0yagcfs went torih from our
shores spOn the Atlantic Ocean, and IL is told that some
OF them reached the far fair land of America.
When IN later times tho Colonial Assemblies OF America
resolved no longer TO endure the heavy yoke laid them
by Britain, 20 what else assign their uudoubtng
trust III Irlsh sympathy than TO tnat instructive con-
muuity Of sentiment between the two countries which
appears from what precedes To have been Oreordaned
OF Godf The words addressed by America TO Ireland
call them, remind Americans of them (Or they
need no such remnder but to prove To the world that
Ireland Americas friend Ia The day VI her hery
trial. In l775 the Continental Congress wrote saying:
Accept our most grateful Acknowledgements Tor the
friendly disposition you have always shown us" In
10 France wrote declaring the deep concern OF Congress
with respect 10 the wrongs OF Ireland owing 70 "a com
bnaOn OF rapne treacheTy and violence such as would
have dsaeed the name government in the most
rary country III the world" IL is needless. though II
would be proud task TO relate with what fervor the
Irish threw themselves into the contest aud made sacr
nre OF ife 10 the triumph Of liberty.
In recognition Of the services Of lishmen, the Gen