The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-02
ST. PAUL. THURSDAY, NICHE. 1876
ROCHESTER,, MINI, Feb. 18th, 1876.
DtlIes O'Brse,s Esq:

DEAR SIR: am subscriber for the
Auti-Monopolist; and am an Am erican
farmer and granger. l read your ar
ticles with great pleasure every week
and must say that l am pleased and
amused with them. But one thing l
think you are going it a little too strong
upon: that is, ''tAe aorongs Of the Irish.
What wrongs have they suffered any
more than any other people; any more
than the American colonists suffered be-
fore 1776? | don't know much about
Irish history but it looks to me that this
perpetual clatter about the "wrongs OF
Ireland" is all nonsense.
Yours, j. F.
The case OF the American colonies CT
ted by our correspondent. though in no
way parallel case with that of Ireland,
should be quite sufficient to justify in the
eyes Of an American, Ireland's contin ued
resistance to foreign dominion.
The colonies having been successful
mankind has long since justified by ils
applause theirsactIon in declaring their
independence, and the free institutions
OF tho great nation that is now prepar
lug to celebrate the centennial OF that
independence, have affected for good
every government in the civilized world.
A hundred years ago, in the city OF
Philadelphia WAS given to the world a
new gospel, the divine rights of people
and aY the sun rising in his majestic
splendor chases away the unhealthy
vapors Of the night, it has driven before
il, the foul, slavish heresy OF the divine
. rights of Kings.
And st. if England ever rightfully
owned spot Of earth outside OF her
own chalk cliffs, it was. where now Uses
the temple of freedom, over which floats
the stars and stripes, the flag OF free
people. The American colonies were
hers by the rights of squatter sovereign
fly ofpeaceI lepossesson fpurchase;
their wrongs were. taxation, to very
small amount, without representation.
Englands right to Ireland is that Oh
the. robber who numbering MS victim
would then claim his property. You
can not find III support OF her claim or
iginal occupation. peaceful possession
nor purchase; not even conquest, for the
war that commenced when the English
robber Henry TX invaded Ireland has
never ceased. IreIAnd's title to govern
herself has never been allowed to go by
default, nor Limitation Iar not one gen
GRAFTON has passed away since that in
vasior, that her cAildrun have not pro
tested against IT. written their protests
In their blood, and the blood OF the pa
triot is the seed oi liberty.
When there is not open war going on
in Ireland, there are conspiricies Eng
lud contpring to destroy tho Irish ma
ton, the irish people conspiring to tree
themselves of English usurpation.--a
vampire that has fed upon tho hearts
blood OF Ireland. "A nightmare scarcely
comprehensive in its dtaboltsr, that has
lain upon her. fruitful bosom, crushing
every flower OF lite, every spring OF pros
perity.
What wrongs have the Irish people
suffered more than any other peoplepr-
asks our correspondent. Why man. what
wrong il there in the catalogue OF
human wrongs that they have not sut-
fersd?
We can. even in = newspaper article,
give you plenty of proof in Justification
OF what You term 1.-The perpetual clatter
about the wrongs OF Ireland" but, this
perpetual CHATTER, itself. is the miracle of
history tho existence vi the Irish peo-
pie to-day. IS \ distinct nationality, win
ming glory even from pSle.taccd defeat,
neither exterminated. absorbed. debased
nor coued down by their enslayers; tut
still keeping up that perpetual clatter''
that our correspondent speaks OF; is the
miracle OF history and God does no. work
miracles without y reason.
TO understand English policy in re-
gard to Ireland, one must remember
that It was policy OF exteraination
rather than of conquest, else its merci-
less brutality would appear the very in
sanity OF crime
The followers OF Mahomet, r said o.
Council, with regard 10 their treatment al
their Grecian subjects. were angels OF
mercy. when compared with the Enc
ieh in Ireland"
liz the very commencement OF ENGLISH
usurpaiion. long before England had
even nominal possession Of one-thiri Of
the kingdon.all Ireland was given away
by Henry the III. to ten Englishmen. 80
nothing says the historian. was LET, 10
be gra''tc! 10 the na:icxss Tha, the
natives kept some that was not GRANTED