The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-21
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thousands dying down in the bitches. Wild.
bowling for bread, and 10 endsayoring i
rally and march to their succor, men stop
on the way to quarrel about two kings,
James and Militant Protestant England
and Catholic England Ireland was perse- |
cuted by both. May Gods whitening curse
fall on the heads Of the witches who thus
separated noble people Mitchell thought
that it was time for pixies and pitchforks,
mnskets, rusty and clean-the time for an
Irish Lexington. an Irish Concord and an
Irish Bunker Hill. He knew it was Eng
land 8 foreign com piications, and an indig-
nant- people walked to national life by
I0'Connell, and not desire to do Justice,
that gained emancipation, as he and every
Weilinformed man has known since that.
/ Il was James Stephens, Charles Joseph
keekman, John o Leary and 0Donogan
Rossa, and not the forty Irish liberal mem
bers of Parliament, that disestabhshed the
church. He returned to Ireland after
twenty years of involuntary exile, his body
dropped his frame weakened. his eye
dimmed, but mis- glorious Irish heart as
dnconquerable as ever, and, in last at.
tempt to wake the slumbering energies of
che people, gave up the CHEST. More
fitting death could Dot be. Magnificent
Tipperary, in the face of hostile govern
ment, returned him twice to the British
house of commons. and .-... r .t,-
1.-THE same land that gave him birth
Has caught him to her breast" - -
Well, the lessons to be used are, to my
mind, that love of country, INTERVENING it
self as it does with mans best nature, that
next to God he should honor it-and, it
being free, sacrifice present comfort, fu-
ture prosperity, everything that makes
home happy and hope delightful, personal
liberty and life itself, to keep it go; en-
shaved, to dare to fight, to suffer, to die,
to redeem it, Teach the lessons of the
past to your children; teach them Ire
land's history to hate her tyrants,to love
her friends,to follow in the footsteps of her
patriots, until at last that beautiful little
island of our fathers is as free as the
waves that dash in ecstasy against her
coasts Teach them with their prayers to
raise their hands when the patriots star
lis fixed in the national heaven.an ex-
claim, Promise for me, Mitchell! Prom
Use for me u b.. 49,, 81. ..... H..
The speaker was loudly applauded as he
closed. Then came some stirring remarks
from + .,.'..- 5-'' ... 's =.
GEO. H. PARKER -,'
who was summoned forward. Mr.
?. spoke of what he himself haG
witnessed in Ireland-evidence brought
| to the senses, of grinding oppres
preston. Yet Ireland was one Of tn,
most beautiful lands on earth. But h,
t believed the day would come for her de
: Iiverance. It may not be near, but COM
e 1t will-when with one grand concentrated
: effort the Irish people will shake off tn
British yoke they wear, and be free. Mr.
P.'s remarks and eloquent delivery raised
the audience to great pitch of enthusi
asm-and he was heartily cheered,
i RESOLUTIONS
we're offered by the proper committee, an
adopted as follows: $3.50
WHEREAS John Mitchell and John Martin, two
the purest, bravest and most honest lrshmen
this century, are dead, and.
WHEREAS, Irishmen, the world over, regret I'll
death of those men as national loss. Therefor
be it
Res0E0ed, That we tender to our countryme
everywhere, our heartfelt sympathy and be II ia
:, ther HI - D..
H. ffesotved That we will teach orr children to re
erence their names, and in the Irish cause folio
in their footsteps And be itfurther -
= ResOIUed, That we offer to Mrs. Mitchell and far
~ ily the expression If heartfelt sympathy al
the same expression to the friends OF John Marti
ST. The meeting then gave three cheers II
= the flag of the United States, and was di