Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-16
GEN. SHIELDS IN CHICAGO.
Il Great Reception and In Interesting Lee
tire In the Tabernacle.

II Great Reception and IN Interesting Lee
tire In the Tabernacle.
On Monday evening Gen. Shields gave
relation of his "reminiscences at the Taber-
nacle in Chicago. Long John Wentworth
introduced the speaker to the audience, which
was largely made up of men distinguished
in their various callings. The Times gives
the following sketch of the lecture:
''The veteran arose like an uplifted lance''
as he was introduced, and, Selling his cane,
for wound in the left log renders him quite
lame, moved to the railing facing the audi
ence. He was received with deafening
outburst of cheering, which was again and
again renewed, and which evidently stirred
the grand old soldier to the depth of his
heart. At the outset he expressed his liveli-
est gratitude for the noble manner in which
he had been treated by his fellow-citizens of
Illinois, and by all America, for throughout
New England and the East, his course had
been on ovation. He was proud of this in
double sense, because he was Irish by birth
and American by adoption. Loud cheers
He was glad that Americans had accorded
him reception so splendid, because it re-
moved the impression that foreign-born men
could not be appreciated by the republic to
which they rendered service. He was thank
full to the high-spirited American press
which had placed his cause so plainly
and fearlessly before the country; and as
On 1rish-American, he was doubly thankful
to that press for the attitude which it had
assumed in placing the Irish people right on
the sensational nonsense of Fenian invas-
ion of Canada. He was glad that, through
the press, his fellow countrymen, the Irish,
were unit in denunciation of any attempt
to modest Canada, for what in jury had Cana
da or the Canadians ever done the Irish or
their cause7 But while he said that, and be-
lieyed that the Irish element would be guilty
of no act unworthy of adopted citizens he,
at the same time, hoped that every Irishman
who heard him concurred in the sentiment
that when the fitting time came-when the
goldenopportunity arrived-every man Of
Irish birth and blood would be
READY TO STRIKE BLOW
for that dear old island of their youth-where
the bones of their fathers were laid. Tire
mendous oheering.] What would be cause
worthy of Irish manhood and of race which
was not an impotent or miserable race, but
one devoted to noble passion-to patriot
ism-and not to any silly, mischievous raids
mto the territory of peaceful and harmless
neighbor that had never, as he had said, done
injury to Ireland or her people. Applause. ]
In two wars he had shed his blood for
that flag, (pointing to the stars and
stripes) and it was his pride both as an
Irishman and an American soldier that he
had never brought stain upon its folds.
["True for you,'' and continued cheering. !
In defending that flag he had received four
wounds, the marks Of which he carried on
his old, worn body-wounds he prided in be
cause received in proud cause, maintain
ing the supremacy of the greatest and freest
flag on Gods broad earth vehement ap-
plause] and he would say that if the oppor-
tunity came, as he hoped it would. come, old
as he was, he would be willing to take -four
more wounds in making that flag (pointine
to the Irish colors) free fag-to float above
country and a people free as the great land
they lived in. At the utterance of this SEN
timent, full half the audience rose to theil
feet in wild excitement and cheered until the
echo cracked itself hoarse, while several
minutes elapsed before silence was again re-
stored.
And, continued Gen. Shields, no man car
be true to the American flag who does not
honor and uphold the flag of his country.
Among other things in the course of hie
remarks, Gen. Shields said that if the mil
lions and more of Irish in Ireland woulc
unite for their country and their own inter
e5tS, as his nve hundred men did at Churu
busco, they could hold the island against al
the force England could raise to fight then,
The old gentleman then branched off int,
AN ACCOUNT OF ELS CAREER,
saying he was born in Tyrone county, Ire
land, in the year 1910, and came to America
sixteen years thereafter. He gave an &C
count of his various civic employments-
Illinois until the breaking out of the Mexi
can war, when he headed the Illinois brigade
and fought at Cerro Gordo. Churubusco an,
the City of Mexico. He described these bat
ties to some extent, particularly Churubuscc
where he fell upon the Mexican resery
under Santa Anna in person, routed Their
and followed them at the head of the Illinoi
and New England brigades and the Palmett
regiment right into the City of Mexico
which they captured. There was only on
thing to do with a beaten enemy-when b