. Treasury of Irish eloquence, being a compendium of Irish oratory and literature . ippled Colony sprang into the attitude of a pioiidKepublic, — prosperous, limitless, and invincil)le. Abhor the sword — stigmatize the sword! No, my lord, for itswept the Dutch marauders out of the tine old towns of Ieigium —scourged them back to their own phlegmatic swamps — and knocki dtheir flag and sceptre, their and bayonets, into the sluggishwaters of the Scheldt. My lord, I learmd that it was the right of a nation to govern her-self, not in this Hall, but upon the ramparts of Antwerp. his, thefiist
. Treasury of Irish eloquence, being a compendium of Irish oratory and literature . ippled Colony sprang into the attitude of a pioiidKepublic, — prosperous, limitless, and invincil)le. Abhor the sword — stigmatize the sword! No, my lord, for itswept the Dutch marauders out of the tine old towns of Ieigium —scourged them back to their own phlegmatic swamps — and knocki dtheir flag and sceptre, their and bayonets, into the sluggishwaters of the Scheldt. My lord, I learmd that it was the right of a nation to govern her-self, not in this Hall, but upon the ramparts of Antwerp. his, thefiist article of a nations creed, I leai^ned upon those raniparfs,where freedom was justly estimated, and the possession of theprecious gift was purchased by the effusion of generous blood. M-y lord, 1 honor the Belgians, I admire the Belgians, 1 love theBelgians for their enthusiasm, their courage, their success; and I,for one, will not stigmatize, for 1 do not abhor, the means by whichthev obtained a Citizen King, a Chamber of Deputies. SPEECH BY V Thomas DArcy McGee, [005]. YOUGHAL ABBEY, COUNTY CORK. Speech Before the Irish Protestant Benevolent Societt, Quebec,May, 1862. p^ RECEIVED some time ago a warm invitation from my friend,^^ Captain Anderson, tlie secretary of this society, asking me to^ be present and take part in tlie proceedings of tliis evening,i It was an invitation given with great cordiality, for an Irishsocietys benefit, and the object was to enable the society to assistthe friendless emigrant and the inifortunate resident. It seems toone to be incident to our state of society, where we have no legalprovision for the poor, no organized system of relief of any publicgeneral kind, that there should be a division of charitable laboramong our different voluntary societies; and as I look upon themall, whether under the auspices of Saint Patrick or any other patronsaint, as being themselves but members of one vast society—thesociety of Canada — I did not fe
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