The distance to Waterford is twelve Irish miles, over the entire of which the procession stretched; and so dense was the crowd that Mr.Meagher did not arrive in Waterford sooner than three o'clock, next morning.

It may well be supposed that such a scene of excitement, heat and tumult, afforded but little opportunity for deliberation.

I was able to speak with my friend only in brief snatches; and I did not afterward see him until it was too late to take counsel for the future.
The meeting on that day, the evening scene at Carrick, and the arrival in Waterford, were relied on by the English minister, as a perfect justification for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.

Others and more powerful ones influenced the Cabinet; and foremost among these was the great meeting at New York, which too clearly evidenced the purpose of America, should the struggle proceed.

I had no communication, directly or indirectly, with any of my comrades after that day, save one letter from Mr.O'Brien.