The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-15
Fathe, Burke's Reply to F,,oude.
HIS REMARKS IN NEWARK ON IRISH HTsTo-
RY-IREIhND's RIGHT TO FREEDOM
NEVER RESIGNED BY HER SONS.

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RY-THELAND's RIGHT TO FREEDOM
NEVER RESIGNED BY HER SONS.
The Rev Thomas Burke. O. P, the Irish
orator, lectured to an immense and enthu-
siastic audience, on Wednesday night week,
in the Rink, Newark. y. j., under the au-
spices of the board of government Of the
NewJersey CathDlic Temperance Union.
The Rev Geo. II. Doane. Chancellor of the
diocese, presided. The Rev. Thos Burke,
wearing the white robe and black habit OF .
his Order then advanced TO the front of
the stage, and. after the applause which .
greeted him had subsidized, said in the
course of his remarks
NY trends there is gentleman among
you who has come out all the way from
England to tell the American people what
he knows about Ireland [Laughterl, about
her peopIe and about her history; and one
thing relI the American people, that III
tracing that history. even with all the pref
udice of his race and of his Protestant reii-
eion. he may be able to bring home to an
Irishman many an impulsive and ill-coE-
sidered and foolish act he may prove us
guilty from time to time Of want of head,
but defy him or any other man to speak
of the Irish race and the Irish people to
prove against them want OF heart
ICheers.1 Your reception this evening Of
an Irish Catholic priest, whose only recon-
mendation to you is that he is Catholic
priest and an lrishman, and the cheers you
gave me, would be sufficient answer to him
or any other man if he attempted to fix
upon the Irish people the sin that comes
from want of heart. Applause.
Father Burke spoke at length Oh the sub
ject of Temperance" again towards the
close of his lecture returning to the govern
ment of Ireland by England. And you,
I who have been brought up i'll the tradi-
l., 3 ..rlr,v
Gus soil of America, which knows the
springing step of freemen, which you were
never able to lay upon the shamrock ut
home, you, | say, have realized the truth
of nv assertions This glorious and grand
J America, oh, may every blessing in the
/ bosom of God come down on her imperial
. head and heart. Enthusiastic cheers
! Our dear old mother, Ireland, she too
was and is a nation-a nation out of whose
mind two ideas have never perished and
never will, namely, that size has right TO
her freedom a nation, and that she viii
be until the day of judgment a Catholic
nation TChcers. Her history proves
that never did Ireland in her darkest hour
pull down the green flag and give up and
say am no longer nation. [Cheers.
Her history proves that all the powers on
earth aided by all the devils in he'll could
not tear Irish Catholicity from the hearts
of Irishmen. Irishmen, hear one who need
ter passion of my heart after the love |
have for God and my religion, is that love
for Ireland. There is no brothers love to
divide it, or TO interfere with it. There Is
no woman's love to come in to share it-n :,
my native land, as she was in all the
vicissitudes of her history, as she is to-day
in all her misery, as she will be on the day
when the world will receive her among the
nations (herethe; audience burst into cheer
1it1r.t taS L
the subject of my love, and therefore |
speak as friend, lover, and an Irishman
to my fellow-men. No doubt the English
gentleman who came over has come to
preach this gospel: ''Irishmen have been
badly treated, and they got what they de
served they did not know how to govern
themselves. and it was mercy of God that
some one took them in hand. Laughter.
/ tell you that no matter what arguments
this man may bring forth to-day on the
question of the hour, while he Is drawing
the attention Of al America to us Irishmen
the strongest and bitterest argument he
could bring against us would be TO point to
the drunkards and say, "There they are,
/ the men that are always prattling about
| their Erievances-look ut them 1t is true
we handled them without gloves, but look
at them, d rty, impoverished, del NC 81,
filthy drunkards-were they ever worthy
of anything better ?"
If were in Mr.. Froude's place tell,you
what 1 would do. Every evening came
to lecture l would try to get an Irishman
blind drunk and get him on the stage, and
then instead of tiring myself talking and
telling God knows how many lies about
Ireland hundred years ago, would give
! the drunken fellow a twist and say, Look
at him" CApplause.l Whenever sec
drunken Irishman reeling about in the
street, as priest | regret and weep for his
sin; but l declare, as an Irishman, l could
toke him and almost strangle him. Cheers
At the close of the electure series of res
olutions was presented by James ". o.
Brien, thanking Father Burke for his de
fence of the national history of Ireland and
requesting him to give a regular series of
Irish historical lectures in reply to those of
Mr.. Froude. The resolutions were adopt
ed amid loud applause.