The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-20


imagination may easily depict. The IN
/ creased magnitude Of affairs now makes 1t
I more imperative that l remain. and the
twelve or fourteen COnStables, who may ne IN
! terested in my movements. are not entirely
/ occupied IN keeping the crowd from a church
door. But is not necessary to go into details
/ at this late hour
And now ] reluctantly bid you good night
I While VIII not say al parting, with Hamlet
. IN thy prisons. BE all my sins remem-
/ hereu, for few memories are equal to the
I undertaking. l Will, indeed, be grateful to
. occupy "a place in your reCOuections and your
. prayers. II can rest secure Of your con
/ tiuued favor and affection / will not feel alone
/ and deserted in the face Of the burdens and
/ dIsappolutmentS OF life among a strange and
/ unfamiliar people Your personal fortunes 1
4 follow with undated interest. and / sympa-
/ thIZe with your anxious concern for the vel
/ fare Of your ancestral home. The succession
/ OF R9Sebery, il seems 70 me, promises fair.
/ While he may not be sincere in his anxiety
| 10 abolish the peers and efrace himself he
[ should be able to attract to his standard pow
! criul aoherents now at outs with Gladstone
J and. perhaps 4lsO cure the detection of many
/ liberal uuiOnists, whose loyalty to the tory
/ party has well been regarded as the most
/ perverted fidelity to be found in the annals Of
/ political apOstacy. However this be. no one
/ can censure your active interest in the llber
/ ties OF Ireland. for If a man really deems his
mother country in danger tnactiOn is not
! philosophy but species Of parricide.' In
! conclusion, drink your health IN hippo
creme. and once more say goodnight: first
invoking upon each and all OF you. during the
! next Twelve months. the sweetest aSD6rSlOnS
that the heavens e'er let fall.
GAZAwAY HARTRIDGE.
The letter was ably read, and was re-
ceived with frequent applause and
laughter. Everyone joined in the wish
that Gag was present.
Mr.. Prendergast also read letters of re-
greet from Gazaway Hartridge, Speaker
| Charles +. Crisp, Gov w. J. Northen,
Gen. Clement A. Evans, Hon. w. Bourke
Cochran, Hon. W. J. Bryan, Hon. John
$. Davidson lately deceased, Hon.
Clarke Howell, Col. John Screven, Hon.
Pope Barrow. Hon. r. E. Lester Hon. j.
G. G. Black, Samuel B. Adams, Esq,
Rev George A. Leaken, Hon. John NJ
Allen. Judge Samuel Lumpkin, Hon
David B. Hill, Davis Freeman. Esq. Hon,
j. r. Fellows Hon. John Temple Graves,
Senator John b. Gordon, Thomas Ryan,
Esq. president of the Charitable Irish
Society of Boston; Simon Kemp. presi-
dent Hibernian Society of Baltimore;
Hon. w. Y. Atkinson, Pat Calhoun, Esq,
Gen. Henry r. Jackson, Col. James Arm
strong and Col. j. II. Estill.
Mai. Meldrim congratulated the society
on its S1th anniversary, its long life. its
good deeds, Its future so bright in prom
Use, has only been made possible by that
vital principle of our constitution, which
1orbids any religious or political discus
sion. II seeks to teach the principle that
love for Ireland finds its deepest express
sion in loyalty TO America Fill your
glasses to the first regular toast, st.
Patricks day"
Mr.. Prendergast then read the toast as
follows:
AS the season which brings it to US
wakes into beautiful life the charms of
nature, so its coming causes the happy
memories which cluster about it to put
forth their green leaves anew, and delight
with fbailr fpo
Music: st Patricks Day" and Maj
Meldrim introduced Judge Robert Fall
CANT, amid storms of applause.
JUDGE FALLIGANr's SPEECH.
Judge Falligant said he responded with
much temerity. He began with those
touches of humOr which have made him
famous throughout the state. He spoke
of the younger speakers who were to fol
low him in whom one could hear the
thunders Of the future.
On every spot in the universe the Irish,
he said, always remembered their patron
saint. He had come to the conclusion
that st. Patrick never died How sub
lime, he said was the devotion of ST.
Patrick to his noble work For years when
stolen, he watched for chances
of escape The genius of Ireland had won
his young imagination. When he re-
turned to his native land, the dreams of
IAtlNS anu EJhllOCS AldQ lOSb lublT charm.
Religions, he said, adapt themselves to
the civilization of the age. He spoke of
the custom of the Romans in this respect,
saying when the Roman Travelled he wor-
shipped local gods. He referred to the
customs of old Druids in Ireland,
and said that overall was that
sublime longing for Immortality.
Above the ruins of pagan temples,
he said, arose in majestic simplicity a
true religion. The history of that great
church, he said, Joined together the civili-
zation of two great ages.
Under the direction of this grand old
church st. Patrick, at the age of 30
undertook his grand mission. 1t was that
the poor should have the gospel preached
to them He prosecuted his noble pur-
pose until Ireland was redeemed and re
generated.
Irish humor, he said, was well illustra-
ted in that passage between the priest
and his penitent which is
MY satchel is stolen"
81 pity your grief"
III contained all my sermons"
81 pity the thief
Those who drink Irish whisky. he said
never see snakes. The Irishman always
carried with him the doctrine of cleo
tions; whatever happens he always wins.
( He concluded with an elegant tribute to
st. Patrick, and Bulwer's famous poem.
There is no DEATH
OUR INVITED GUESTS.
Mai. Meldrim next introduced Mr.. J. E.
Hartridge, of Jacksonville, and Mr.. Prem
| dergast read the toast
Our doors and our hearts open gladly
! at your approach; entering either leave
hope of fight behind.
Music: Come Wreathe the Bowie
Major Meldrim referred to Mr.. Har-
fridge as one of Florida's most dlstin-
guished sons
Mr. Hartridge said he felt tonight that
if he could survive this dinner and make
a speech, he felt his constitution was
| truly great. When he saw this toast
Our invited guests, he needed not to be
told that the occasion was the nth of
March. He had been told that a speaker
at the society could talk upon any subject
that sailor could launch upon any sea so
long as his colors were green.
He said he turned naturally to Irelaud's
tutclary saint. When the sun went down
upon Germany it was to the universities
they looked 10 rekindle her national
light. Those of ireland, he said. had al
ways been her glory. The Irish were
ever as devoted martyrs TO learning and
scholarship as they were to religion and
As the Scotch lassie placed her ear to the
ground TO hear the music of the bag-pipe.
which would tell that succor was coming,