The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-07
AN Eloquent Grafton In the Opera House-A
Timely Anniversary Tribute to the Irish
Champion who Preached the Doctrine
OfPoaceful agitation vs., Oppression.

who was well received,
Colonel Lucas spoke from few notes,
to which he rarely referred, lie had his
subject well in hand and felt 1t. With
his cOplous and graceful flow OF language,
his earnestness and eloQuence, 1t was an
easy thing for him to rlyet the attention OF
his audience, to move with indignation, to
amuss with wit, or calm with the pathos
OF q feeling touch. He sketChed briefly
the outline Of 0'Connell's remarkable
career 10 lay foundation for his remarks,
He dwelt mainly ON the great aim O'Oou-
nell had in view, the character OF his
efforts, his remarkable power as an orator,
and in spite Of all embarrassments and
disappontmenta his substantial achieve.
ments in behalf Of civil and religious
liberty.
A FEW or THE GEMS,
Said the speaker:
The voice Of Daniel 0'Connsll In bshalt
Of liberty and against violence was needed
for all agea. II was an everlasting toCsin,
and an eternal protest, 1t was to
oratory what the Marsellalse was to song
Nay 1t SURPRISES tho hymn OF France, be-
cause It's immortal refrain was not 10
Arms, but TO the tribunal OF Reason,
which Is first peaceable, and In time om'
nipotont!
Beyond question the browning glory oil
Daniel 0'OOnnsll's career consisted in his
great doctrine OF Pacific Agitation. 1t was
this which gives him rank as disCoverer,
and the author OF o new dispensation in
the religion Of political life, which is even
now slowly but surely working out the re-
demptlon OF Ireland, whose progress 10
only retarded when It's spirit Is violated,
and ita precepts departed from.
To transfer the battle from the plane OF
brute force 10 that OF reason and con-
science; to throw upon It's legally consti.
tutCd ConserVatOrs and guardians the
responsibility OF any breach OF the
peace; to cause the seli.restraint
Of the multitude toimpeaChthe impatienCe
oil. judicial tribunals; to assemble nation
in tents, and make the Rostrum greater
than the BarriCade; To raise up Theban
walls OF defence around ancient liberties
by voice more musical than Amphion's
golden Tyre which raised the walls OF
I'hebes; this was the great triumph Of
Daniel o Council
Betweel Wolfe Tone aud John Mitchell;
between Robert Emmett and Smith
O'Brlen; between '0S and rs, he raised up
by the inspiration Of this gospel OF pacific
a0itaGion tho magnificent continent Of
Emancipated Ireland, like Beautiful
Island risen out Of the ROa. Modern his.
torians and philosophers may talk OF the
froth Of oratory, and the decline OF tho
power Of elcquenCe; nevehhelesU, great
orator with great thought behind him, Is
still the most potent engine oil truth
which this planet can set In motion,
The pen 10 mighter than thesword, but
the tongue is greater than the pen. From
Socrates 10 Jesus Christ, tho Saviour OF
mankind from Pericles 10 Patrick Henry;
from Damosthenes to Daniel 0'Connell,
eloquenCs-spoken thought-has ruled the
world.
These then were the elements Of o. Con.
nell's Agitation; First, correct and sound
political principles associations thorough
iy organized, sitting with open halls, Tor
remous!rance, appeal, petition, discussion
and education OF popular opinion; mass
meetings addressed by eloquent aud de-
termined patriots; voluntary contributions
by the people to sustain the press and
carry forward the work; over oil, like
rainbow over the sea, The arc oil self re.
straint, ordor and submission to authority,
The lecture was frequently interrupted
with applause, as II deserved TO be, and
at It's conclusion there were general and
hearty evidences Of pleasure.
SOME RESOLUTIONS.
at the conclusion OF Col. Lucas lecture
Mr.. Charles Butlett Hart advanced to the
front OF tho stage and aaidi
Friends, one moment-oryo you may make
1t two II you will. 1t was thought by the
Parnell Club that after listening to the
eloQuenCe Of the distinguished orator OF
the evening-an eloquenCe which never
fails to charm, wherever and upon what
subject soever 1t may be heard-you would
be stirred TO such tever.hOat OF enthus-
iasm as to desire to say something for your.
selves. l hold It in my hand.
BY the partially Of my friends OF the
Parnell Club have been permitted to
prepare and submit for your confederation
some brief resolutions which It Is hoped
may BIO found to express however In.
adequately, the sense Of this gathering Of
Citixens. ! would that any voice that
may 70 out from here might reach the
heart OF every man who has O share In
the conduct OF tho British Empire, that
Justice, full and vitalizing as her wrongs
have been terrible aud long, might even
now be done 10 patient Ireland. II some.
times she has given way to the madness
OF despair, what wonder, when an English
historian must write that poverty was
added 10 the curse Of misgoverninent,
and poverty deepened with the. rapid
growth Of the native population,
TIL famine turned the country into hell"
As Spenser aRid In the time Of Elizabeth,
90 now II may be Baldi ~ do much
pity that sweet land, to be subject to 90
many evils as every day l see more and
more thrown upon her" It Is because
Ireland has suffered and Is suffering that
American men and women like 10 gather
together 10 send over the sea words Of
encouragement, and some Of their savings
as q practical testimony oil their Bympa.
thy. These are the resolutions.
ReSOlped, That Ireland, In her long and
heroic struggle for Home Rule, lays upon
all liberty.iovlns people o Just claim for
HlHphtIy anu UhIOulakChNUuh
RsJOlusd, That we do hereby extend 10
vroDgsd aud pluudered Ireland our fra.
ternal greeting, congratulatng her upon
the progress oil her cause, the awakening
Bense oil Justice 10 the breasts Of the Eng.
lish people, and the now assured realizS.
ton oil her hope--a contamination which
cannot much longer DO delayed by IL.
noranCe, prejudice and interruptions In.
trlgue.
ReIolred, That In the conflict Of "the
classes againstth masses" our sympathies
are and ever aught 10 DO unaltefably with
the masses, whose intelligence, virtue and
toll are the foundation Of constitutional
government and the safeguard Of society.
ReSOlred, That as American clLlEens, en-.
joylpg tho blessings Of well.ordered, Just
aud peaceful government, for which IRE.
land 10 Conlending, we recognize In Par.
nell, the 1tsh leader, and Gladstone, the
foremost English statesman OF his time,
two champions Of right whose tinselhSh
labors, sagaCiOuS measures and ConBpiCu.
Gus vAloE ontiGle them 10 The confidence