The New York herald., 1877-03-19

head as he wod the ground haliowed BY the young
rebels blood The effect OF this spontaneous tribute.
combined with the mourniu music OF the hands 50
much unison with the scene, was sugulary touch.
ing, and many persons we're visbly Affected
AZ their OF progress the procession should have
reached destination before ave O'Clock. But all the
roads leading to the great cemetery. and the open
people desrous OF witnessing the closing scene When
Marshal Roanrec and his aides came up they found
no easy task TO maxe their way 10 the gates Much
confusion followed. There were some Ugly squeezngs.
but fortunately accident occurred last the funeral
car brought to tho gates The iastenings which
held the conin were iooscned, 80 10 allow OF W
being lowered Then
Mr. Charles J. Kickham mounted carriage TO deliver
the funeral Grafton. respectful silence fell the
crowi-and within that narrow space there could not
have been less than ten thousand people. Nothing
indeed could be but OF rpturned faces, all
hats removed respectfully Very few could hear .
IN his own person has suffered much for the cause
Of which the deceased WAS chieitain. was quito SUI
uclent 10 ftvct attention.
Mr. Kickham said was not an Irish custom 10
speak at interments, and he hoped this would con.
t,nuc TO be the usage; for tho cemetery, which "
Goods aero, seemed 10 him like Gods house" He
would have declined TO speak, but he did wish to
cmbarrass by refusal The committee who have
aborcd so hard and successfully TO organize this i'm.
posing manifestation OF peoples gratitude and
peoples faith This was really not proper occasion
to dencate the perfect patriot, the earnest worker,
the able aud prudent leader To speak or his Iabofi
and sacrifices in the undyng cause OF this unhappy
but upconQucred nation Although no
chans never knew the cructcs, the insults. the
told horrors Of British convict prison, nor was he
hanged from u British sibbct; but patriot
dured more prolonged suffering tho land tina. porc
him. The generous Irish people loah the csld.booded
suggestion that honor snail be accorded only 10 the
successful and victorious He wished to Ego home
and de.' But 10 this he was less happy than
Mitchell But he knew he had not lived IN vain The
movement Of Tone and Fitzgerald aud Emmet became
memory. The movement OF AS became also only
memory. But the movement founded by Dohony.
O'Mahouy and stephens IS not memory, u II an ex.
islng thing Great applausc) Tho proof Is tho way
In which the precious relics. which have been borne
hther the ocean, been received BY the Irish
people. lis has becn no wasted lie. Every man IN
Ireland to DO invited 10 join in honorng him,
all would be sharcrs In the freedom tho road 10 which
Az ELOQUENT AposTRorux.
The following eloquent apostrophe made deep i'm.
'You who expect to obtain from an alien Parliament
some oembIance OF sclisovernmcn some security for
tho tier OF the soil, some right TO educate your
children in way OF which your conscience ap-
prove--why can you not see. why will you not have
the justice to acknowledge, that you dare speak
with bated breath OF these things, " tho country
had not been lifted out OF the slough OF hopeless.
ness, into which vonaIty ana condoned treachery
had plunged her, by men who knew how TO dare and
suffer- their fathers before them mad dared and suf
fcred, and who have demonstrated TO friend and foe
alike that, thanks to the progress OF education, our
people are at length capable OF earnest perscvcrng,
Intelligent, selsacrncng cndoavor Tor The attainment
OF possibly remote end tGroat spplausel No, we
have laed! John O'Mahony has not lived and
labored In vain. tchecrng) Let us dry our tears,
resolve 10 watch and labor, and unite always trusting
In the justice OF God who has implanted the immortal
longing lot nutlOunOOu IN thO ucartS OF our poopj0
ana hopefully remembering that
Freedom hath risen
Oit from prison bars.
OFT from battle flashes.
OFT from hero's lips.
Oitenest from his ashes.
HIS travels all over, and gently h0 Will rest
In the bosom OF his mothcrland. which hc loved and
adored. As yondcr sun goes down, millions ard mil
lions o OF Irish will remember It's last
beams will rest John U'Mahony's grave, and will
JOIN our praycrGod rest the soul OF the and
the bravei"
II was worth noting that while Mr. Kickham
speaking Mr.. McAlister, tho Secretary Of the Home
Rule League. stood by his side, and Mr. John FerSu
son, the Vice President Of the Home Rulo Confedera-
ton oil Great Britain, close by THIS incident 10
quite sufficient to mark tho really universally national
the speech the coffin lowered from the VIII.
Ing bearers boro rovcrcnty their shoulders to tha
vault where the body OF Terence Bcllew McManus les
Into this was lowered and fresh flowers were poured
uron IT, Then the last pravors having been said-the
many thousands who had Gled the cemetery kneeIiug
with one impulse-the earth closed over the common
grave Of the patriots OF 1S4s And the founder OF
the Fcnian Brotherhood, the man who shook the
British Empire sleeps ~ peace within the national
cemetery, verifying tho eloquent words written scvon
luslrcs tho columns Of Gavan Duffy Nation, by
young Ingram, now Trinity College professor, but
then ardent friend aud shher Of O'Nahony'a
views:-
The dust Of Is Irish earth,
Among their own they rss.
Ana the same land that thcm birth
Has caught them to her breast