The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-18
MsrnInr S+.r and Catholic Messenger.
KEARNEY IN FANEUIL HALL.
u is FIRST SPEECH TO THE NEW ENGLAND
woRKINGMET.
unw OaLKANs SUNDAY, AUGUST Is 1879.

Keorney, in Faneuil Hall, the historic
GIQE Edle of Liberty" The audience, com
popod of all classes of workingmen and a
fafr .prinkiiug of me erchants, was immense.
Liz. Chairman, fello,o acorkingmen and
ScsEsn of Boston
On behalf of the workingmen of the Pa
eific Coast / thank you for this grand and
enthusiastic reception. in order to beat
responsive to popular will, the expression
that went up from this meeting tonight
when u certain mans pame WAS mentioned,
] too feel like bringing message OF greet
ing and love to the man who is lesser than
Macbeth hut greater than the fiery, uncon.
uuerable Rupert, to that chivalrous and
white piumed Navarro of the rostrum, the
gallant Batter (great applause, loud cheers,
and cries of "Say it againo. We bid him
to take heart and hope. l hope that he
will receive the reward fran the working
men of Massach usetts, which he so justly
merits, in behalf Of his outspokea action
in behalf of down .trodden humanity.
Mr.. Kearney then turned to the Chair
man and remarked, sit is quite hot, Dir.
Chairman" and took off his coat and united
his nectie amid cheers and great applause.
He then continued his speech.
am sorry, friends, that we are not rich
enough to be able to hire Beecher to
knock the bottom ont of hell daughter and
apPlause).
ple7 What means this tidal wave of
people7 What is the matter with the coun-
try that the workingmau is rising from the
North to the South, from the East to the
West 7 To do what 2 To take charge of
their osn tff,i-s. Here whore the Sun
CT tho Heavens first dawncd upon the in
FAINT power of liberty, here where the free
men and free women remind me of the
days when this far and happy land was
-. L Il u u
tries md lives were not oppressed by the
railroad robber or fecherous bondhoider
(applause y here in the second century of
the Independence of America We find
A. NATURAL AND POPULAR UPRISING
OF the people. This vast uprising of the
people, what does it meant i ask you,
does it not mean death to the lecherous,
thieving bondhoider 7 Does it not mean
death to the railroad roboerf And does 1t
not mean political oblivion to the ranks of
villanous political banners Cloud ap-
plausej
am sorry that see this meeting organ
ICED to night in the manner it was organ
lied. It is the fret time have addressed
meeting since this movement commenced,
organized in such q manner. Out in the
far West-but there, you know, they call
ne bArbarians Qaug call upon the
people to select their chairman. We call
upon the people assembled to elect all their
oA1cers to govern that meeting for that
night, thereby depriving
THE OILY ToNGUED ORATOR,
ahereby depriving the man whose touch is
cold and clammy, thereby depriving the
Shylockiau vagabond who spends nights,
days and weeks with wet cloths around his
head, studying q speech with which to
Psychologist bis hearers. Then on the
the following day. what do We
2nS this creeping, siimy serpent doipg I
We find him still scheming and planning
how to rob the meu that he addressed tn Q
previous evening (applause)
Ny fellow country men, as the humble
representative of the humble ciasses, the
poor working classes, appear before you
fO-right "a voice, Good " l have no
hovery phrases with which to garnish my
speech, h" classic language with which to
fool my Learers (cries of Good and ap-
plause). The English language, l believe,
contains in the ueighborhood Of sixty
tho1saud words. lam in possession of q
few hundred Of those words, aud l use
the1c, as this is free country, and the
people camor for liberty of speech. l use
my hum'hr, plain, unvarnished words to
extol virtue Ard condemn robbery (great
applause.
First aud foremost, 1 will pay my re-
spects TO the newspapers. daughter aud
applause) The newspapers from the
earliest days sf printing have been run IN
the interests of cut-throats, political beats,
pAYLIGHT THIEVES AND MIDNIGHT AssAs
SINS
daughter and loud applause} A news-
paper is an enterprise like all other busi-
ness enterprises. For the reporters of the
press have my respects The reporters
of newspapers are workingmen like our
selves, working for bread and butter but
for the ViiiuDous serpent like, shiny impt
of hell that owD these newspapers, have
the utmost contempt. AS l stated, the
newspapers are enterprises. These men
start a newspaper, and they want to make
money The fret thief that comes along
with their purse of gold stolen from the
masses, he offers it to the newspaper pro
prietor, and buys the columns OF news
paper. He uses that newspaper for his
own corrupt practices, and the newspaper
men that sell their columns to such mea
OBSERVE THE CONDEMNATION Or ALI
HONEST MEN.
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