The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27

the days of O'Connell. '.Ireland IS para
ding TIE soul out IF herself" It is fact.
The Irish used to be good soldiers at
home and abroad, before they became
SO fond OF brag and parade.
The Irish Volunteers won free trades
parliamentary independence in 1882.
and, in 1898, the peasants of Wexford
showed a bravery in the field that has
won the commentator of that bitterest
OF English historians. Froude. Since
that period, with the exception OF their IN
dscidual deeds IN the English army, and
their creditable military performances
in our late war, the Irish have been a
people of much show, loud talk, and no
determination. They have misused their
opportunities, and, as Davis remarked,
instead of sensibly working to elevate
their country and make themselves re-
spected, they have paraded the souls
out ofthemselves." Athome and abroad
they have become, more or less, nation
of braggarts. They do nothing like 9TH
er people. They 1lust:r about ireland
for day and 90 to sleep for a gear.
Now, if the St. Patrick's Day parade is
meant as u threat to the British Empire
by American citizens, it is more absurd
tnan ever. The English laugh at all such
demonstrations When people mean bus
mess in revolution, they do not indulge
in holiday walks around. In all the rank,
not fifty men could properly handle RI
tie, or tell the difference between a
breach and a muzzle-loader. Conse-
quently viewed in the patriotic light, the
St. Potrick's Day procession is both q
failure and b!under.
In point OF economy, however, the
business shows itself in the worst possible
aspect The membership of the entire
united Irish societies OF the United States
must be about 100000 men. Or these,
at moderate estimate. about 100000
parade in all the cities OF the
Union, each St. Patrick's day. Every
parade costs, on an average, $40. This
sum is expended on scarts, sashes. and
cockades. Here is the immense sum OF
81, 600 900 annually thrown away for
empty show. And yet the Irish talk
about revolutionizing the British empire.
At home they may yet rise to the
doubtful dignity OF semi-demi-inde-
pendent State. In America they are ut
terly useless in the Irish sense. As fox
their rare shows on St. Patrick's Day,
they are mockery and q snare, simply
deluding Ireland into the idiotic belief
that the Irish in America mean some
thing or amount to something. as re-
CARDS the quarrel between their country
and Great Britain No subject country
ever relied on so rotten a reed AS the
Irish in America"
What the Chicago Times insinuates
about the cowardice OF lack OF patriotism
Of the Irishuen of Chicago we know and
| we believe to be utterly false. Still, il
won't do to get in rage about it. The
truth is,-and we mag IS we'll acknow
ledge tour race is becoming conte mpt
ible in the eyes ofthe whole world. The
Irishman is not unpopular because he j:
an Irishman but he is despised because
he is a slave. Every ens!aved people
are always contemplate. The Chicago
Times only says what other American
papers that remain silent, feel We hav'
been asked to reply to this article. Wei
we really don't see the use. 1t isn't TO
the Irish World. but for the Irish people
themselves to indicate the Irish charac
ter for valor and patriotic devotion.
is deeds, not words nor empty display
that are wanted. When Iri,hmen max
reply in that form, the world will believ
them and il the article in the Clticag
Times will only have the effect Of sting
ing Irishmen ito sense Of their duty
in this respect, the writer will have per
formed, unconsciously perhaps, a goo