The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-09-12
THE IRISH-AMERICAN CITI-
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Do you think the man who bears
the soldiers dauntIess breast cannot
possess the metal for statesman
Despise the soldier ruler! What
was it that made Greece the paragon
of obedience to laws and excellence
of arms but those who drove the
Persian hordes off her sacred soil
and raised at Marathon moral mon
ument for posterity's veneration, the
soldier consuls Leonidas and Militia
des? Despise the soldier ruler!
Who was it that moulded the motley
mass-vagrants and outcasts from
every land-that constituted the
population Of ancient Rome into a
nation which became the mistress of
the world? The soldier consul JUL
us Caesar. Dsspise the soldier ru-
Ter! Who was it that placed the
shield OF his genius as statesman
over the menaced freedom of poor Po-
land, and at whose fall that ssfree-
dom shrieked7'' The soldier states
man John Sobieski. Despise the
soldier ruler! Who was it that
gave the world the celebrated code
of laws that bears his name, but he
who broke forever the sway Of the
vandal barbarians, he whose life was
on the tented field p The soldier
king Justiman. Despise the soldier
ruler Who was it that conceived
the Napoleon code, whichis to be the
basis of the French constitution, but
that little Corsican captain who
bore her eagles triumphiantly into
every capital of Europe ? The sol
der consul Napoleon. Despise the
soldier ruler! Who was Tara's
king when Ireland's harp resounded
IN free halls ''to chiefs and ladies
bright" when she was the island of
saints and scholars, but Clontarfs
victor? The soldier king Brian.
Despise the soldier ruler Who
was that guardian and guiding spir
it over the cradle of Americas indie
.pendence on that memorable 18th of
July, 1776? Whose was the hand
that signed the charter of freedom in
1887 but the same who carried that
Constitution with his sword at Stony
Point, Virginia, Savannah, and
7 Yorktown 2-the glorious soldier
President, George Washington.
Despise the soldier rulorl Whose
was the head, hand and heart that
saved the Union in it's night Of peril
when reeling to it's center; who,
since the fatricidal struggle has
ceased, has watched over the pros
trate and bleeding form of his coun-
try till to-day her scars are scarce
visible, bat her soldier President
y. .. Grant. Tremendous cheer
ing, the audiesce rising to their feet.
Join the eanting parrot.cry of the
knaves VINO shout that he is only a
soldier. My countrymsn, do, and
you belle your past. you degrade
your present and you damn the fu-
turc In the land Of your adoption.
Do so, but then close forever your
glorious history. Go to the public
squares and destroy those statues of
men whose memory you desecrate.
Do SO, and the spirit of every hero
who hallowed the name Of anAmerican
soldier and consecrated with their
blood her sacred cause on every bat
tle-held from Bunker Hill to York
town, from Bulls Run to Richmond,
trowning on your shameless aposta-
cy, will exclaim HWe are the wit
nesses. - eaor aa8t aeaa aear-
The effect of this great appeal was
electrical the whole audience, num-
berlng over two thousand, rose to
their feet and cheered their gifted
countryman, and, making his bow,
he retired.-Dr. Keoy at Middle
port, W. .',.o,...
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