Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-08-28
INSTANTANEOUS IN CHICAGO.

National Leagues at Chicago on the
18th inst. His introduction by
President ALEXENDER SULLIVAN
was as follows:
The distinguished American pa
triot who is to address you this
evening does not claim, like Mr..
Lowell, that he is English. lie
will not tell you, like Mr.. Phelps,
that the Prince of Wales is a prop.
er model for your sons. lie does
not believe, with some Americans,
that the United States Senate is an
annex to Scotland Yard. He does
not put on mourning whenever a
stone falls from the walls of the
modern Babylon. | have pleasure
of introducing to you Senator
Riddleberger.
Senator Riddleberger's Speech.
Hon. II. II. Riddleberger, United
States Senator from Virginia, then
came forward, and was received
with a perfect whirlwind of cheers.
He spoke as follows:
My COUNTRYMEN:-I | was to
inquire of myself why am here
to.night-why | am the recipient
Of such an honor and such a com.
pliment as an invitation to be here,
| would find the answer in the
single vote that recorded against
what was called the Bayard Eng
lish Resolution. Applause. And
/ didn't come 900 miles from home,
either, to apologize for the vote
that | cast. Cheers | believed
then, as ] believe now, that the
vote which | cast was such as he
would have cast who wrote the
Declaration of independence.
Cheers. Read, if you please,
that "alI men are created equal,
that call men are entitled to the
right of self-government," and that
"all government derives it's just
powers from the consent of the
governed" and you will find my
justification for that vote. APP
plause. For that reason, and for
that alone, | can be q friend of
struggling Ireland. Applause. |
can be more than that. can stand
on American soil and say to those
who came from Ireland, and those
who are the descendants of others
who came, that it is your first duty
never to forget your mother.
Cheers. Would you have other
reasons assigned from an American
standpoint? 1t seems to me that I
read somewhere that troops were
Quartered upon a people without
their consent, and therefore they
rebeled. Are troops quartered upon
Ireland to-day and have those peo-
pie no right to rebel ? Applause,
and cries of Yes they have
Judges, they tell me, once were ap.
pointed in a Government such as
this, and they depended upon their
salaries and could be removed by
him who appointed them. How is
it in Ireland ? Not only is that the
fact there, but even the Judge as
sumes the prerogative Of the jury
and tells them that the man who
is charged there with crime shall
be hung.
Ireland is a Nation and Should En-
JOY a Nations Right.
The American colonies had no
such reason as that to go to war.
Go through all the reasons why
the thirteen colonies rebeled, and if
you can find one that does not to-
day equally apply in the case Of
Ireland | will tell you where Ameri-
cans find a dozen more instead of
it. Applause. But from an
American standpoint that We are
here fomenting discord" in a
nation not far from us-uo, we are
not. do not want those people
to do anything that they them
selves do not want to do. But if |
were an Irishman would contribute
to the last penny that | had and
the last drop Of blood to help Ire
land liberate herself. Cheers. |
believe that Ireland ought to be
free. A Voice, $50 do L. APP
plause. And I believe more than
that. Now say that you agree
with me again, sir laughter =
that the only way to do it is for the
Irish-Americans to help the strug-
Cling Irishmen at home. THE
Voice, 81 So do ~ Laughter and
applause. l say more than that,
sir-that there are just enough
Irishmen in this country to tell
those people here who are called
American statesmen that they in
tend to do it. Cheers and a voice,
" Put Logan in" and another voice,
"Dynamite.' know what ridicule
amounts to. | know that when
man comes along and says that you
are in favor of dynamite he
means to ridicule you as some
kind OF an assassin. / live
in a country where they have en-.
franchised the negro. Laughter.
Nothing has any terrOrs for me
nOwl Laughter and applause. And
the best way to express your voice
or TO voice your sentiments is to tell
the American statesmen that the
Providence that guided the frail
bark of Columbus from Spain and
Portugal over here and made this
a great Nation and implanted here
the spirit of independence intended
that these people should do some
good to somebody else, if for moth
ing else, if you will allow me to
say it, to reimburse Providence for
the good lie has done us. Cheers.
We hardly know how we came into
the possession of the liberties we |
enjoy. Do you suppose they were |
given to you just as a mere |
gratuity? Possibly they are. Pos
slbly some of you will drop out.
But it was intended by that benign |
Providence who made this country
what it is that this country should
help to carry out the principle of
liberty in other countries than this.
Applause.
Now, gentlemen, only came
here this evening to testify the
that | have i'm the