Activate Javascript or update your browser for the full Digital Library experience.
Previous Page
–
Next Page
Full Title
The Irish People, v. 1, no. 7, January 9, 1864.
Contributor
O'Leary, John, 1830-1907. Luby, Thomas Clarke, 1821-1901. Kickham, Charles Joseph, ca. 1826-1882. Stephens, James, 1825-1901. Irish Republican Brotherhood.
Date Added
24 September 2015
Format
Newspaper
Language
English
Publish Date
1864-01-09
Publisher
Dublin : Printed for the proprietor and published at the office, 12 Parliament Street, by John Haltigan
Source
Joseph McGarrity Newspaper Collection
Topic
Ireland > Newspapers. Ireland > Politics and government > 1837-1901 > Newspapers.
About
More Details Permanent Link
Disclaimers
Disclaimer of Liability Disclaimer of Endorsement
OCR
108
‘(here a cluster of leaves shaped a cluster of hearts
an lovingly ti‘:-;:i-lg Ivzollwr.
We httapetl on their tombs, for the love of the land
The: tit.-lent": or time, cannot sever,
Wllero the fresh face of nature isbeautcolls and bland,
And tllli tweet dew is falling for ever.
i t ' vit.
We wentvawny in xtuetydaight,
Frniii nutty hill and dell-
I-'roin every pliiin'ilid valley green,
I-‘roin fountain and from full-
We went. upon ihs'tra:.i.- and trace
01 every Itish (‘ll1lX-
We followed the oltl Celtic rate,
To share their tlirall and ball.
If
v i.
In the brown woods of Kentucky,
By the Salt-lielts, and the Isles
“'lit-re 1ll0Il’l‘lIVL‘l’ builds ller plilacv,
And the nslerutl iiielidow smiles;
“'9 have met the Irish straying-
“'a have niarlted their lonely graves-
“'e have lielirtl thciii aigliiug-pra ' 3
For tllcir'lloiiies beyond the waves.
IX.
whrrs the mighty forests shiver,
lleuuttlt the nxctnnirs blow,
And the emptied Illdinn quiver
llus left the wildliligs low,
“here the fluiiislled Hunter, lying,
llenclltli some lofty pine,
Ilears tho vulture o'er him flying,
And the'gnunt wolf‘: anxious whine-
,We have met the Irisll roaniing
lrenrlrst-hopriul-st-tr more,
In the morii-- at the gleaming,
(hi the lake’: deserted shore.
, X.
In the glow of sunny Soutliland,
And its unnrn eniboworetl voles-
“'here tlle treasuries of flowers
lliehen throirgh the laden grues-
“'hcl'e the woodliiiitlstet.-iii with venture,
and the p.-nriy rice liboilnds
And like sliowrfiills foster, fondly,
All the wide ilngilardcd grounds-
“'hcro tho Juguur, in tile moonlight,
'r'rut-its the wild deer to the etrentn
And the streaked owl, from her cover,
Uttcretll horrid cry and sci-ssnt.
'lVhere the (‘iwalier goes hunting -
'J.‘llrough the woods the whole night long,
And the ccllot-s woo the burden
or his iticllow tree-born soiig-
There u-u't-n met the Irish straying,
And have nillrltetl their lonely graves;
Tllert-, we heard them sighilig, praying,
for tllcir homes beyoild the waves
xi.
In the criilisolied fields of colubnt,
Where the starry bnulier.-l spread,
rnnhingiinu-n, with fiery uyc-balls,
On the living and the dead-
Where the cannon pealed its thunder,
And the riilu'a ring was rif
And the vaiiipire-War-win gloating
Over liumlui lore and lift)-
Thero-wliern the fray was tiercmt-
The two mighty hosts between-
In either army-i'lo.'.ltad-
An unswerviilg tiug of Green-
In tho van-they ever fluttered-
Evor met-and ever clashed,
And wofclt the tlllocl: of battle
< ‘vllllll that radiant colour tlaslicd-
Oh! we saw our Irish iightiiig
, In it glorious warrior build,
anti their us..nz.u.-.rt'- gt-urully lighting
The brolid war-plitlis of the land---
Liltn to glnriug serpeilli, twirling,
with their proutl crests all nilame,
' “lhilst the armed hosts hehiutl them,
Like thuir trailing bodies came. ,
‘There-we new oitr Irish glowing,
.IIec-dies of the iron hail-
Whilst tlleir Will‘-CI'l(’S,fl‘0llI the wclkln,
Come back Ecrccly on tho gale-
There we saw our Irish tuning,
As the rich grass falls in June,
The deer Irish we were calling
To l.‘0lllIl back to lrelnndsoou.
xii.
They were falling on ellcli other,
Eauli, ulivonquereil, in his prillb,
Gallant brother upon brotlicr,
I)yirlg, sadly, tiitle by side!
at it it
at at at at at
xru.
All! we lieiird the Irish musing,
When the furious fray nus anur,
As they shelltllod (leep tlle sabre,
Or leaut upon the gun;
Anti they spoke of soon returning
To tho land they loved the best,
Anti we uinrittti tlieit dashed cheek burning, s '
And the lict'n'l1tg‘ of their liraast- '
THE IRISH PEOPLE. '
And the hard clinch of their weapons
Till the iron liuggetl the bone;
“Ireland I" was their husky whisper,
“ Out beautiful! our own I"
Then we tliought wc‘tl come before them
To (aid Ireland mire ng.liii-
And soon we'll see the Sunburst flash
Above the western main.
“ Si-rs.”
. MERULANS soxa-i:ooi'.
(Page 2.)
THE I.All()l'Hl:Ii.
Air-“ crnnut wt-nl."
i, V
i labour lllltl sweat for the poor shilling foe,
Through the (lays of my niliiihooll, butIvliat’s that to me?
“'hen rigs btellls upon rnr rut left in thn lurch,
Fallen, wrttthcl, tllltl. poor as n Iiioilse in a church:
Then the laws must he rotten-tho lien in the isllnm
Of state-craft that leaves rile to-day u'liat 1 aml
If I make of the desert a fair rlririlitrg inua,
Ily the sweat of lay brow and tho streiigtli of lay hand,
Than the rent it is raised, or my cabin and all
That I've built, and I've plaiilictl, by the crow-bar must falL
For the laws they are rotteii-the tlt-'il in tile sham
Of state-craft that leaves me to-day what lam!
ll .
The rich they are made of the line pnreclaiu clay,
And I of the Cuff-lllttllltl plcbciau they say-
But the tall, graceful frame, and the clear lhtslting eye
Of the poor Irish Tuiler will fling bat-lt tllo lie-
‘Tia the laws that are rotten,-the doll in tile illlllll
Ol state-craft that leaves mu to-tlliy what 1 mill
iv.
A little bird sung in my car one line iIl0rli'-
“Poor Toiler, arise from thy bonllnge forlorn,
You're the tree whose vil-li fruit iilahcs the wealth oi the gre:lt-
You're the strong, slnrtly pillar that pl-nus up the state!”
So the laws inust be rolteu, . do-‘rl in the Sllflnl
Of state-crlift tlultlcavt-s me ttmlay uh:it I illul
L
l .
Then I'll look to myself for the remedy true,
And over old Irclsnll strong brotliers, to you,
For while curst by disseusioli in hnniingn we grnsn,
But when l).’tI1llEtl to;;etlwt-, the state is our own!
Yes! I'll look to myself,-for the de‘il's in the sham
Of state-craft tllet leaves me to-day what I am I
T-
OIEIGINJL C'0I.‘I.’E.SPt)NDENCl-L‘.
LEAVES I"l‘.OlI A JOURNAL
(Cmttimml from our lat-I.)
For reasons which it is unnecessary to write down I left NewYoi'l<
abruptly; uiul hero I nut in chicngn. This great city of the
western prairie is one of the wonders of the world. The first wooden
house built in Cllirngo is a good wooden house still. But as a friend
has prttiiilsed me ll book, in which Isllllll (ind the statistics of the
city, and a full accouilt, or its rise and progress (it rise lllltl. progress
can be applied to ullllt appears to liavc lclipcd iulhgrouu into ex-
istence) I shall defer further notice of the subject till I shall liltvc
conned over the flirts and hgnrss in my friend's book. I iilay ineli-
tiou, however, that Chicago is 3 great centre of railroads. This I
believe is one of the roiisous why this Fcuialis have decided Ito hold
their tiibtgeneral colivention llCl'lL I find opposition railway lines
here as I have seen opposition cars or stenmbonts in Ireland. There
are at least two shortest and most direct routes to every place by
mi] from Chicago. Talking of railn-uyr, all the urrungemsnts cou-
rlocted with them appear to be excellent in this country. I gotovcr
my 350 miles from New York to ciiitsgn in tliirtynslx hours, and
with as little illcqiveliiciico as might be. You can have a bed iii a
sleeping carriage an it dollar, in which you may enjoyatolerable
night's rest, while making for your tlestiimtioli at the rate or a mile
arrninuto or therenhouts. The carriages-czirs is the word in
Alricrim-era very large, capable of acconlniodntilig about fifty
persons each. They are coiiifortubl y and even I!lt.‘f.',‘l'l.Ill.ly fitted up-
velvet cusliidiied seats, looltilig-glasses, stoves, private closets, rooms
supplied with water, hasliii, towels, &c., for wduhilig. There is A
door at each end of the car, outside which is a platform about two
and is-half or three feet wide. At each side of this platform are
the steps by which you gut on or off tlle cars. As the behind plat.-
form of the first car almost touches that in front of the second,
and so on to the end at tllatruiii, you can walk through all
the cars, even when the train is at full spae4L Tickets are
good for twenty days, so that if a traveller meets any
iildnccnlelit to tempt hhn tn loitcr on his journey he can
lie srrnt any point by merely npplying to tho ctlndllctilr for what is
cnllctl a stop-over puss. But the way they lutmogo the baggage
is most to be adlrifreti of all. here is n l.Il'.'l$1)l:.ll.0 ‘attached to
each trunk orbag, or wliiitever it is; you get R corresponding plate
(about the site of a halipcnny); and though you may have to
clinligo trains twenty tiiues during the journey, you never need
trouble yourself about the baggage. Ihesellt your cltet-ks at the
end of the journey, and you are sure to have your traps all safe.
Little worth noticing occurred tlilrilig my journey westward. I
wasrather disiippoirltcd than otllerwiso with the glimpsel got of tho
country. The wooded portions Iind nothing of the pi-iinevitil forest
about them; all the old timber having; been cut away years ago.
The reclaimed land has shalt cultivated appearance, which is not
i>1win.: to thceye. The iru-ut.ste:uls, llowevcr, are unit and tour.
fortable. There is nothing l.lto what we call ayavd athtclietl to
them. They appear to have been pitchctl at rniitlom in the liiiddle
of the fields or orchards ; the treex or corn, or grass, as tJlc case may
be. growing up to the doors and willdowsouevery side. I notice, too
that wherever there is aelusterof1loil>:es,lloli'erer small in Anrericu,’
there is sure to be it tapering church spiral in its under, from uhieh
.
Jixmr 9, 1864.
,,,,,,,.,.., 1 nm to infer that the Americana tire’ n highly religion,
ppppln. , As the greater part of my journey was by night I supper.
I missed seeing a good deal that was worth sceiiig. I recollect‘
being astollislied by what I pronounce the most brilliant display 01
(‘ll-eivorks I ever witnessed. Oil peering out through the darkness my
e,,c,,,.c,.g dazzled by millions of t-itam rusrliing past. It waslikg
,,'C,ng ,,,.,,,,,ed aim the speed of liglrttiing tllrough the tailtrt ,
,3m,,,.g, 119“-ever, it was only the firemen shovelliitg out the M
embers of the wood fire. The white smoke of this are is Yep’.
,3,-,,,,];g;ng in the day time, as it perpetually C0")-B8 lilteathirk
L-loud through which you have as‘ little chance at seeing the county,
astllrough a stone wall It is only I)!’ 3 E‘’‘’‘l 5”‘ 0‘ ‘ladzlng
from one side to the other that you can manage to gratify yum.
curiosity. So much for railvvlly ttnVElll"&
I was not many hours in Chiengo when a friend called on me to
say that a few good Irishman wished to see me. By ill‘) W“? Wills
of the best Ii-isllmen on the face of the globe are in Chicago. Ille-
colnpnnicd my friend, and instead of being introduced to some him
dozen routputriotr, in n quiet room, as I cxpectell, what was my
astonishment to find myself in n sploiidid brilliantly-liglited‘hall, in
the midst of a large meeting. The hall was the Fenian hall, and
the meeting was the regular weekly meeting of the brotlierlioad. A:
the latest arrival from their well-beloved motlierlaud, of courscl was
warmly greeted ;-buteuough of this. , .
It": a mystery how a country, whose children are so passionately
devoted to her, has been kept in chains in. long. But then all this
pessioihlte devotion was allowed to waste itself away in sighs until
lately. The I-‘eniau ‘Brotherhood have set to work in the right way
to turn it to practical account. Iflnd the “Secret Society" calumny
has beenlevellcd against them here, lllsa. Oi course, nothing could
be more utterly unjust and unfounded than this cltarge. Ilow reason.
lug helllgsl could be got to credit such all absurdity isto me a niyss
tery. The attack upon the Brotherhood here was fierce and general,
but they have come through the ordeal not only uiiseathed, but ‘
stronger and more earnest than ever. The assault was opened upon
them in the early part of last summer. Wei.-k after week they heard ‘
themselves denounced ill one or more of the Catholic churt-hes in the
city. At last they resolved to make a tlemuu.-itration iii the sllaptuf‘
a pie-uic on the Fourth of July. Tlii.-I brought a broadside froln
all the Catholic churches together upon their devoted heads; the
bislmp himself in praprizzper.wna, raising his voice against them this
time. (I understand his lordship is related to a certain arclibisllup
in Ireland, who, as far as I can see, is the father of this lamentable '
prueeetlirig at home and abroad.) '
The bishop and clergy implored, warned, denounced ; and
concluded by threatening all sorts ' of I consequences upon the
heads of those who woultl attend the pic- ie of the Fenian Brother-
hood. The resultwas that tho pic-iiic was the most. splendid and
the largest affair of the kind ever seen in these parts. So successful
was it, that though everything was provided on the most expensive
scale, the treasurer found Iipwlirds of 11 tlioilsaiitl dollars in his
hands when all was over. This sum hits nddcd fifty splendid rifles
and llayonctsmore to the nrmoury of the Fenian Brotherllootl. Since '
the Fourtll of Jilly the faintest u-i.ispnr has not been uttered either
publicly or privately against the orgarliziitiou. They manage these
things better in America. As It sincere Catholic, I am convinced
that the real enemies of our church are those politicti-ccclesilisticld
autocrnts who attempt to throw dust in the eyes of the people,
iuid all who directly or IlILllI‘CClly aid them in the attempt. [do not
deny that the motives of some of these men are good. But it they
succeed in defeating this present effort, not only to free but to rare
Ireland-uiheii the grave closes over the Irish Nation, it will beapoor
consolation for the Irish people to reflect that their own clergy drove
a nail in her coflin-with the best intentions in the world. However,
Iam not afraid. Tllo people are not so ignorant as not to know I
that they have it perfect right to judge for themselves in all tem-
poral concerns. Here they see Catholic bishops and priests blessing
the banner of the Republic, and urging their flocks to pour out the
last drop of their blood in preserving the Union; while Catholic
bishops and priests on the other side bless the Southern flag with
equal fervour, and call upon their people to go forth and conquer
under its folds. So do tliese good men differ niiiung l.l'lelIISCIVE‘3, as
they have a perfect right to do. The Irish people in America have
come to the L‘0l’lcll.LllI0ll that tliey, too, have a perfect right to form
an opinion as to the merits or demerits of a cause. I don't think we
are so lar behind lialid ill this “':ly at Iiouio either, aslsonlo may
imagine. “'e begin to see that the priest as the lilinister of i-eligioi
and the priest as an ally of Dublin castle are quite distinct h-on.
each other. Many good priests believe this, tliculselves : it were
time they began to preach it too. . . . . . 41 have just wit-
nessed a procession upon u grand scale. It was for tllc purpose of
iuuugurutiugtt ‘‘fair,'' for tho benetit of it-nttttllcii soldiers. 'rht.-
procession was really the most imposing pllgetlltt I ever saw-but
I'm not going to attempt it description of it I flIllflSSlII‘(,‘t.I this fair
will produce it very large sum of -nioncy. Donations of every kind
have been poured in from all parts of the Union. Everytliiiig is
accepted-from a pill-cushion to at steam-cngne, from ti lntuch at
grapes to at barrel of potatoes, from u live canary to n tleatl goosn
The fair sex, ever foremost in the work of charity (by
which I do not simply lilo.-in alliis-giving) contribute most
on these’ occasions. Not. only do they ply their needles,
and exercise their taste and ingenuity in the production of
the useful and ornltmeiital lseforehnild-but they attend the fair, day
after day, as snlcswolilen, and even as auctioneers The principal
didereiice I see between this fair and tho buziinrs at home is the
t:art.lo:ids of fruit, potatoes, vegetables, corn, &c., sent in by the
tar:-ners; and the ploughs and ililplelncnts of all kinds contributed
by the llldl’ll1fllCtlll‘El‘S.' I believe the Ainericaii people are fond of
display, just as they are fond of talk. But out of this display
coiilce hard cash for good and holy purposes. And the “ tall talk,"
after all, is followed or accompanied by ni.-mly deeds at this side of '7
the water. All! it is only when men parade and talk and do
nothing that parade and tall: are ceatemptible. '
' To be continued)