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La (J It's (inil Gc.Htlemcti : I fiiimo liHre at. your invitation, l)eoausH I liatl read tlie nol»le and pafrio'io resolu- tions wliicli voii had adopted, and \w- <!ause on Mie green flag of Irtiland, wiiicii you love, you here in <Jhio;if;o liad written, " Liberty to all and jus- tice to all." It is a noble and patri- oiiu motto, and it thrills uiy heart. I (!la.sp the hand of every man as a brother who proclaims that noble sentiment in our land. I shall talk to you now briefly, in the few minutes in which I shall ad dress you, of the recent course of the Administration In regard to tho Irish invasion of Canada. What was the conduct of Great Britain toward us when the storm cloud of war burst upon our land I There was l)ut one .army of rebellion in existence at Fort Sumter. All the guns and the n)uskets that they had, they had sto- len from the arsenals of the United States; but then, when the rebel: banner floated at but one place in our land, when but one rebel army was arrayed against our country, be- fore tho American Minister could reach the shjres of Great Britain, tho British Ministry hastoiied to issue theif proclamation to the civilized world, saying that there were two belligerents upon the American soil. They proclainjed cijiial rights to both of them, and after that proclamation they gave aid and comfort to these traitors. When rams were about be ing fitted out for the purpose ot prey- iiig upon our commerce upon the high seas, and when our .Minister laid testimony before the liritish Ministry, they spurned it. They submitted the testimony to their law officers, and while they were engaged in poring over it, the rams started on their patii of devastation ^M out- rage. Wherever on tho globe the British flag floated, these pirates, m mned with British crews and bearing Brit- ish guns, could sail in, and in every British colony obtain whatever they needed. Everything that could tend to in- crease the resources and prolong the existence of the re!)ellion, came from Great Britain, and when, at last the war was over, and we submitted re- spectfully to Great Britain our claims and asked her to look at them, she spurned them from her presence and treated them with contumely and insult. Even when we asked her to ailov; ^:.^.m to be submitted to the arbitration of any friendly neutral power, she kicked the claims out of I her ante-chamber. i 1 do not believe in the iron rule, which is that might makes right. I believe in the golden rule contained in the words, "Whatsoever ye would that others should do unto you, do ye unto them." But I believe in my heart of hearts in the silver rule be- tween nations : " Whatsoever they have done to you, do ye even so un- to bhem." When the hour of England's trial came; when the Irish army was up- on the Canadian line ; when the brave men who had left the Em- erald -Isle of the ocean, who came here to enjoy liberty, showed that they loved their native land so much that they were willing to go forth to bleed, sulfer, anel even die to procure Irish independence — when they, I say, went to that Canada line, if the President had issued a proclamation, he should have taken the proclamation of the Queen, and liiivc said, " Here is an army of reb- \! tfls against (K'eat Britain upon the Oanaila line" — ^Justus tliere was hii army o!' reijels ajjain-^t us at Fort Sijinter — "they are an army with ilis(jliarf,'f(1 t.licm from llieir Cdurts, just Hs (<reat Hri'ain did 'he pirates of the Shenariddali wiien they to- turned to Kn^iami after years of do- giius, not stohm fri»m any one, but vasfalion. paid for at our arsenals" — tht-rewast 1 confess tliat I was Inimiliated an army just lilie it at Fort Sumter I when our army was sent there--an . — "I declare them hotli l)e Hi ire rents, army to support wliicli we are taxed iL is a fair fij<hl. We will let them '—to ai-t as poliiie ollicers upon the J^'o on." Cana<la line to protect the Uanaili n proviiKH-sof the Britisli C^ueen, and ()u the oontrary, as you luiow very Well, the proclamation was issued, and he wet.t out of Ids way to .speak of these men as "evil disposed per- to be in the worlc of spies and detec fives afiainst the Feidans. I know that some peo|ile .<ay that this Uana- sons!" Evil disposed ! heci'use they dian insa-iion was a fool's errand, Itiii longed to release llieir land from the thraldom under which it had (or cen turies groaned ! 'l^U(^e a^rainst vyhom they went to light Were those who had exercised tyraniiy and despoMsm over Ireland. They were the very same men, as (iovernor Oglesby told you, who sus tained and sympathised wi'li the re- hellion ay;aiiist liberty in our land of America. if you read llie, spMcurht-s i-ecently made in the (Canadian l*arliamenl. you will st-e that they acknowledge that Canada is us defenst'less to day a-* she was two ino'it'^is a^o. and if ii, had not been lor the inter|)Ositl,ui of the Americait army which intervened, notwil hstandiiivr the out ra^'es of w iiich (rreat Britain liad been fiuilty, (Jen- eral O'Neill, who stands here by my side, would to-day have been ai .Vlon- You have .stood to;,'ether on the , treal, and the green fiai^ would have b t tie-field. Now stand together at | waved over (Jai.ada. the ballot box. If you believe in j And now, my friends, I ask you liberty for Ireland, you must, go to l why should not Ireland be free.'' woik and speak for liberty in Ameri ! They had a Parliament there from ca. The true way to aid your cause i the thirteenth century down to tlm is to liglit as ttie great Union ilepub- j opening ai the nineteenth, altnougb lican organization does, fur human ! during the last, three centuries, down rights and impartial jir<ti(!e, and for i to the close of the eighteenth, it was the downfall of tyranny and oppres- under the tliralblom of (ireat Britain, sion wherever it may e.\isi. and was nut allowed to bold iis ses- Let lue say one thing further. I ' sions except by the consent of the remember that Canadian line. The i Lord Dputy of Irelaid. recollection of the outrages that we But at last, by the ehjijuence of suttered there during the rebellion Henry (iratian and his brave and pa- are burnt Into my heart. In those I triotic assot^ates, they had for ><'Vttn- days of ours which were witliout teen years at the close oi the last sunshine, ai.d nights without a star, ' century a free and independent Par- I know that Canada, was the hiding | liament in that isle of the ocean. place for traitors. 'IMiere were I VVcmld to ( ioii they had to day ! But hatchdd the jilots against our be- British gold has bought the union by loved land. Tl" v they plotted the wliich Ireland has been harnessed to sending of pesu -nee into our cities, the wheels of her conqueror, that thereby they might depopulate, I reiueiubfr the beautiful language our States. There they plotted the of (Jrattan wlurii be uioveif, in I7»U, poisiiiiitg our wells, that thereby our, the declaration i f rights in the lii.^ti" people luighi be deslro.ed. Not Parliament. I copied it yeslei iia> . content with this, theV sent their and I want to read it to you, for it is emissaries over the Canadian line for imbued with the true sentiment that the purpose of Ituniing our towns animates efery Irish heart today. and robbing our l)anks. I remember those facts, and 1 re member further that when we ap- pealed for justice, and when men were arrested who were guilty (»f these outrages, the Canadian autho '■. rities never lifled their finger to se cure iisjuslir.e. < )ii the contrary, they In tnoving Lliat declaration, wirch was to give them the exclusive right to h'gislate and judicate over the Irish people, he said : ' " I wish for nothing but to breathe the air of liberty, i will never be satisfied so Ituig as ttie meanest coi.- taL"M" in Ireland has a link of a Brit- * V ■Uh oliaiii clanking against his rags." Hu is dead, but bis iaii^^ua^e livus l(» day, full ut' the same spirit, that aMilIliUu^ our niilile I'niot). or^ani/a- lion. Two years afterwards, in 178ji, he again moved the Deolaratiou o( llitrhts, which was a(iupt(id unani- mously witli tremendous enthusiasm, and (Ireat IJritain.humljled hy the svar whi.ih our revolutionary fathers had fonduoted suooessfully in order to gain their indepeudenoe, had to yield, and did yield for eighteen ye.rs. He fipokf tiien in llus luugU'ge of tri- umph : "1 am now addressinj; a free peo- |de, and have only to admire hy what heaven direuied steps you iiave pro- ceeded until the whole nation has to rejoice in the act it' our deliverance. Vou have sought the liherty of your own memhers. .See the Preshvteri an.^ of Bangor petiiiou f.»r the Catho- lics of the South. I am not afraid to turn hack and look antiijuity in the face." There can be no nobler plea for Irish independence thu,u this glory which blazed out on the last years of the 18th century. I read the other day the foMowing incident which occurred in a Dublin (cemetery: — The graves of Tom Steele and Daniel O'Connell are <;!ose together, with only a marble slab to denote wiiere each of them lie. An American gentleman, speak ing to the .sexton, said ; " Mow hap- pens it that these two men of such diverse creeds sleep together in the same cemetery i" The old man, leaning on his crutch, said, "Tom .Steele was for Irish liberty, O'Con- nell was for Iri-fh liberty, and liberty makes brothers of us all." liutherethis Deuiooratii' larty.that used to claim to be the friends of Irishmen, have gone down to Phila- fii'iphia There they are to surren- der their party name. They are to receive their creed, as this u.orning's papers say, Irom Andrew .Iohn.son, who acted under the diotaiion of the British .Minister. Bit the ITnion party in Congress, 'aithful to those priniiiples upon which it is based, sent to the Pres- ident asking him to deiuandofthe British authorities the release id' the Fenian i)risoners in (.'anada. That resolution the President has |>ro^nised to nbey. Then, un moliiui of Mr. Spaulding, a Rep .blicun, it wa.s unanimou.sly resolved by the House, in which we have an overwhelming majority, to ask the President to release the Fe- nian prisoners whom he had him.self taken and locked up in jail upon our side of the line, or whom he had re- leased on bail. I grieve to say that resolution has not been respected or obeyed yet by the President, al- though it came from the represen a- tives of the American pertple. And here t,oday stands (loneral O'Neill with the bonds of the President of the United States upon him, and this be- cause he loved Irish liberty and struck for its defense. rinding the way in which British neutrality laws had worked, under the lead of Mr. Banks an attempt was made to scale down our neutrality laws, so that we might mete out lo them such measure as they had meted to us. Then, too, when General Roberts, the President of the Fenian Brotherhood, a i)atriotic citizen whom I am proud to call my frie>id, spoke to a multitude at Washington, in the hall of the Soldiers, and Sailors, Fair room, and demanded that those who followed his standard should be in favor of <qual rights to all, they re- fu.sed to allow him to use the hall again. Then, on motion of Mr. Delano of Ohio, it was ordered thai on the order of the Speaker and President of the Senate, the Fair r()rm might be used for such meet- ing Of the .seven Democrats in the Senate, six voted against it. Sen- ator Johnson feared that the passage of such a resolution would offend the British Government. But we passed it, and under my order as Speaker, they met in the room from which the VVashiutiton police had ejected theuj. This Irish laud is famous for the statesmen, orators, and warriors it has produced. It has a noble recrrd. Now may you learn a lesson from our recent war. We failed all through until we reinforced ourselves by the Divine artillery of justice. At last we struck out slavery and wrote liberty upon our banners, and adopt- ed the constitutional amendment, and banished that national disgrace from iiur land, and then victory came to us and the great rebellion was crushed. Do you the sauke. Stand by liberty wherever you find it a.ssailed, all over the world. Rebuke oppre.ssiou. Rebuke despotism and tyranny, and give to every people the same rights yon claim tor yoiir-^elvPH, anil. thii^» reinlbroed by the pulillt! opinion of the worlil you will sucoeed, uiid we .shall rejoice in seeing; again, a< onci! Iielbre, an Irish i'arliainent on Diilt- lln (}reen. [Great applause.] «jciii-i'iii O'lVi-iU'H M|H«><li. General O'Neill , ilie hero of Fort Mrio and Mniestonu Uid^e, wa-< then introduced to the audience, and said that he did not know why ho should I»e called upitn to speak except that .his countrymen thou},'lit that, aa he was hravo enoufjfli to ^n to Canada, ho would bo Ijold enough to stand up before them and make a spe<'ch. He had seen bullets and he would rathor face them than to address them; he was not a speech maker. He thought that was an Irish fault. 'Tliey did that too much and aiited too littl •, and to do so after listening to the eloc[uont and beautiful disc(nirse> they had hoard, would bo presump tion. The cause of Fenianlaiu was a great and glorious one. It must be so when the Governor of the State, General Logan, and Speaker Colfax had expressed their sympathy with the order. The cause which those men were willing to advocate was that of human liberty for all men, black and while, who had been made after the image of God. He was willing to lay down his life at any lime 10 secure the victory of those principles. He knew Abolitionism was not a popular theme with hi.s countrymen, because it had been denounced by a party who would deceive and scd them, and traffic in their votes and patriotism, yet would not aid the men who struck for Irish independ- ence. But it was beginning to be popular even with his own country- men, and a treacherous party would hold them bound to them no longer. What others, and among them the President, had said of their frioi.d- ship to the Irish wan false. He had broken his pledges to them. The speaker's friends at Nashville had urged him not to assail the President, claiming that he was a friend to the Fenians; but /hough he had nercr hrj'uie ndcil, he iak'niJctl hcrciijler to ruli' for Ihi: purlij (iHil iht men ichu by their deeds- and nut words hud shoirn their stjm/Ja/hi/jhr Jrishme/., They had been deceived often enough. l'resid"nt JoliiiHon had canvnysed Tennessee against the Know Noth- ings, but that was merely to become C'overnor. He did not love Itish- men. Of late, that man constrmd the neutrality laws in such a man ner a;i to ruin tlieir hopes, while if he haU given them a fair chance ihey must have been successful. .Many men did not believe they could put, lo.ooo sjldiers in (Janada, but if it had not been for the great vigilance of the I're.-iident and his sMbordinaics, •iOO.Ooij men would have been there, and they would in u month havt» held every fortified position in (!ana- da. Those Demornits irho hud jtretr/id ■ ed to he their life loiiij:' j'rieiids had lietruijed than, lie believed I'rcisi- dent .Johnson would turn him (the speaker) over to the liritish if ho dared, but the Ameriijan i)eopli! would not permit it. Their prett^ml- ed friends liad sold him, but he trust- ed they would be disappointed nu longer, and while he did not intend to become a politiciyn, he was going tor the party that would assist them, and he hoped thut ererij Irishinun there icoidd do the same. They had been deceived and ca- joled long enough. I'ut that Demo- cratic party had showed that when the Irish were prepared to strike otV their chains they would not allow it, fearing that they might lose some- thing thereby. At the time when the freedom of their land was within their grasp, it was snatched from them by the President and ins asso- ciates. Tlieir army was not a purely Irish one. Hundreds and thousands of Americans who had fought North and South were ready to join in striking a blow Tor Ireland. Many ollicers were ready co go with them, but the President had, in his great spoediness, stopped that. He was probably afraid to let the Irish go to Canada let they would not be ])res- (Mit to vote the l)('iiiocratic ticket. Had those men been allowed to stay in Canada, the English would have been on their knees to the Fen- ians. With < "anada tliey could have fitted out privateers, destroyed Fng- lish commerce, and liefore two years have brought her on her knees. It was his opinion they could have liberated Ireland without striking a blow there.