. Memoirs of Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher, comprising the leading events of his career chronologically arranged, with selections from his speeches, lectures and miscellaneous writings, including personal reminiscences . on made them fast friends, and, after Bob returned toDublin, they maintained a regular correspondence until within a few weeksOf our meeting in such a singular way. Bob Ward had the reputation among his fellow clubmen of being oneof the most ultra disciples of the Physical Force doctrine, in Dub-lin; and in his discussions with the partizans of the old school, he wasever ready t
. Memoirs of Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher, comprising the leading events of his career chronologically arranged, with selections from his speeches, lectures and miscellaneous writings, including personal reminiscences . on made them fast friends, and, after Bob returned toDublin, they maintained a regular correspondence until within a few weeksOf our meeting in such a singular way. Bob Ward had the reputation among his fellow clubmen of being oneof the most ultra disciples of the Physical Force doctrine, in Dub-lin; and in his discussions with the partizans of the old school, he wasever ready to maintain his side of the argument in the most demonstrativemauner, as became a foster child of Law-defying Carrick. He was one of the minority who sided with John Mitchel in the ThreeDays Debate, and it was the result of that friendly contest that led tohis sudden resolve to go to America. Being an active member of the SwiftClub, he proposed that we should affiliate ourselves therewith, and obtain-ing our consent, he lost no time in proposing us at the next meeting ofthat body. Dan. and I were alroady members of the Confederate Club of Cappo-quin, which wa3 organized a year previously, by Mr. John Williams, a. PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS. 113 member of the Council of the Confederation. For this reason, and becausehe was the only gentleman of the central body to whom we were person-ally known, we felt it to be our duty to report to Mr. Williams at once,and be guided by his advice as to our future movements. Accordingly, we called on Mr. Williams at the Council Rooms of theConfederation, and were received by him most warmly. He fully approvedof our views in coming to Dublin, pointed out the leading members of theCouncil, with whose names we had long been familiar, but whom, with twoexceptions — (Mr. Duffy and Mr. OGorman) — we had not before seen per-sonally, and, before we parted, he invited me to visit him at his home inBlackrock, on the Sunday following, when we could talk ove
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