The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-07
MR. DOOLEY's REMARKS.

Our great Iafi0D's heart with love viii TOW DER;
| Irtlape's cry viii be answered
America has heard.
MR. DoOLEY's REMARKS.
Dir. Dooley was the next speaker. w
are here tonight, saio he, In response 10
call which never falls ccfdiy upon the hssrt
OF the good people OF Richmond. II Is tb,
call OF disinterested humanity, senGan.
forth its pi,iiul wall from The famish G,
throats OF millions OF men, women, aBt
children. IL any OF YOU, nv friends, hz
perchance been witness TO the recent sac
fate OF the ill-starred steamer Borussia,
which sunk at night in mid-ocean with
one hundred and eighty-fve souls on board
II you bad seen amid the intervals OF the
peas OF thunder, the lightning flashing
and darting around her tottering masts.
the waves rising mountain-high. then
dashing with fury over her decks
II you had seen the baIf-clad
passengers cinging to the spars sub
merged. dripping in the ice-cold waves
IL you bad heard the deep-boowing cannon
sounding repeated signals OF distress, and
seen supplcating hands stretched out to
you for succ0r, would not your very blood
have curdled in your veins; would not
your very souls have been stirred with
pity: Who in ali this assembly 1850 hard
OF heart that he would not have gladly
rushed to their relief, brought forth his last
crust to feed and his last blanket to warm
the half-drowned sufferers?
Well, my friends, there Is out in mid
ocean, but a few days Journey hence, an
island rowded-freighted down to her very
bulwarks-witb human souls; az island
around which and against whose sides all
summer and all fall the pitiless rains have
driven, the raging storms have beaten. the
thunders have shaken, and the lghtniugs
baye riveD, until now, in the winter Of her
dark despair, she hoists the danger-signaI,
and from her deep and hollow lungs sends
forth the prolonged boom OF distress.
Stricken by famine and power OF cold, she
holds out her supplicaling hands TO the hui
name, to the Christian OF every sect, no
matter in what part OF this habitable globe
he may claim his parentage, bis birth.
place, or his home. And what an island
it is.
- Beautiful and fair, yet from her her sons n.y.
For in the golden autumn-tme. when comes the
reaper plNing.
Her but the cleaners rs the yellow harvest
yields TO the sickle that he wieds."
That is the trouble in Ireland. Her
sons are but the cleaners; they own
not the soil which they cultivate. Daily
and weekly and monthly must the poor ten
ant stint himself and his wife and his chill.
dren TO hoard up the rent for the bailff OF
the absentee. Hence 1t is that when the
crops fail, when Mother Earth-under the
influence Of unpropitious seasons-refuSes
TO yield with her accustomed bounty, Fam
inc comes on apace. Her companions, fever
and pestilence, stalk through the land; the
tenant has nothing saved; the ineX0rable
landlord is unpaid.
Major Doolcy then proceeded very elo-
1uently with his remarks, concluding
- Ireland is to is no stranger. To us she is
no mendIcant, but she il as parent in her
old age, stretching out her arms TO her
young and vigorous children for food. We
will not reiuse.it. We will give wha we
can, and our only regret will be that we
cannot give more" [Applause.l
MR.. JOHN s. WISE.
Mr.. John s. Wise was next introduced
by the Chair. He was greeted with immense
applause. lie declared very pleasantly that
he was not an Jrishman; but he had con-
cluded, after hearing Mr.. Armstrong; adj
dress. thSt Iref5rrt -,IlIst-be his mOther-in'
law. Laughter and applau>e.]
After an appropriate Introductory TO his
in wbioh no declared tDat Ills
heart throbs respOnSiyely to every Irish
woe. he said. therefore my friends, greet
YOU OF every race and cline, filled with an
enthusiasm for the objects OF this gather
ing-an enthusiasm begot not only by in-
herited affection and gratitude, but by pro-
found conviction-the result OF study OF
her national history and OF the wit, the pa
thoS, the music, the romance. the eloquence,
and the yalor with which she has filed the
word--,hat it contains no spot wOrthier OF
the love or sympathies Of mankind than the
Gren Isle OF Erin.
After beautiful allusion to her history
Mr.. Wise said: wherever they fought the
foeman felt that it was Ireland still. Wher-
ever they fought the campfire cOmrade
knew that although thousand leagues lay
between them and her green shores the
glory that they won they lonSed to lay at
the feet OF Ireland. But-crowning beauty
when silence broOded over the lost COnfed-
eracy, and noueht but groan came out of
the stiffness and Dlackncss OF darkness, a
voice, tender as the blue-bird's note at
break OF day, soft as the music OF Il flute
upon the lake, solemn and soothing as the
Il
of love and hope, that chapted the requiem
OF the dead and brought balm TO the minds
OF the living-an Irish voice--sung the
true story OF Confederate devotion and
embalmed the Confederate flag in the
immortal lines OF "The Conquered
Banner" To the Virginians Mr.. Wise
said You who rejoice in the name OF "Old
Dominion" conferred for loyalty to your
lawful sovereign-a loyalty that oozed per-
cepribly at the sight OF CromwelPs men-of-
that two hundred years
ago Ireland made common cause with you
upon that issue, and remained constant to
the last through the blood and suffering.
Remember, also, that iFyour native State
produced a Henry 10 rouse his couDtrymen
to wade through blood to freedom, Ireland.
awakened by such examples, gave birth 10
a brood OF orators and statesmen Grattan,
Flood, Burgh, and Curran-to witch the
world with eloquence: and, backed 10y
two hundred thousand Irish volunteers, 10
win a bloodless but no less decided victory,
advancing Ireland from insignicance To a
high. proud position as an Independent nd
ton. And forget not that other bOnd
springing frem your common victories over
religious prescription, when that mon
strous error had consumed the life OF Ire
lands O'Connell in struggle from which
he never shrunk. 1t dragged It's broken
BODY across the STA and flOnrished until,
upon the soil OF Virginia, that soil which,
of all on earth, it should never have pOIlu-
ted, il died by the stroke Of one who loved
and reyered the name OF Daniel O'Cennell as
the fearless champion OF religious freedom.
By these memories; by these great themes,
and great men and sweeter memory yet ;
bv the recollection OF these true lrishmen
who have lived ami died among us; by the
memory OF brave and generous John
Dooley; brilliant and accomplished VIII
Ham f. Watson, dead.and gone from among
us to their rest, men loving and beloved,
~ ho nale the name of Irlxnmln The sHnO.