The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-10
REPRESENTED BY DOLLARS.

ucpCIluCuCc. WI 1Iloulucul LII Odu COSc,
Mark Bradley and Captain Jack, who
have contributed to Rossa's Skirmishing
fund as much as their neighbors have,
offer to form two Of ten thousand who
will put in one hundred dollars each to
1.-The Million Fund" Very good. Here
is another, who writes this, who will do
the like. SO let the names and addresses
of the .'hundred- dollar men," be taken
down, and when, say, a hundred of
such men shall show their hands, let
them meet in New York and pay in their
cash, appoint a small Board of Trustees
and call upon the Irish race all over the
world to come on with their cash. They
will come if the affair is boldly and
promptly taken up.-From ANnntic's
Letter IN The IRISH World.
1t is a most excellent idea to repres-
ent Irish resolve by dollars. Five or e
millions of dollars lodged to the credit
of the Irish cause would show TO Mr..
Bull that we are in earnes. over here
and that our love for Ireland and deter
termination to win her freedom are some
thing more than what Disreali calls a
romantic sentiment ga million dol
lars" Why there are, it is calculated
about two millions of dollars spent in
this country every St. Patricks Day. Let
the receipts for this day, in the future be
applied to a national Irish fund to be re-
served for national purposes, and we can
rryrkHvr n fnvy nar nnfhnr CnyJr0QJ hn-
ing made available likewise, have a fund
that in its total will impress Mr.. Bull
with our thorough earnestness.
Now, there is plenty of time to have
this matter arranged and understood be-
fore the next 18th of March.
GETTING ASHAMED OF COMPLAINING
There is nothing more interesting or
mysterious in physiology than, what we
may term, the Spontaneous development
of the same leading thought, in various
minds at the same time at, some particul-
ar period.
The last time we W ere at Faribault we
were speaking to Mr.. VIM. O'Neil, in
regard to Ireland and her cause, when
he remarked. II should think so many
people, (the Irish at home and abroad)
ought to be ashamed Of being always
complaining" Now this was a perfect
" original idea with Mr.. O'Neil; he had
not heard it from another. he had not
read it in a newspaper, he had not al
ways thought SO it came to him, as it
were, by Intuition, as it has come to
hundreds OF thousands of Irishman Just
at this particular period; they are
thoroughly ashamed Of complaining and
whining and have turned their minds to
action.
The rator who heretofore could make
the tears chase down their '.innocent
noses" as he depicted the grievances OF
Ireland.is now regarded rs a blatherskite,
(pardon the word it is sc expressive)
and they no longer 90 home from his
lecture. after cheering and weeping with
u placid. melancholy CONFECTIONERY
soothing and self decieving-that they
have by their tears and cheers performed
their whole duty as patriots and Irish
men. In OConnelrs generation it wa
agitate. agitate, agitate. ard the story o
ireland was sent to every land. told in
every tongue. and we Irish felt q kind o
maudling satisfaction in the thought tina
the whole world sympathized with us
our orators and newspapers told us so. Ian,
we believed them. although there wa
not a particle of evidence to sustain til
assertion.
Ne have nothing to say against O
Connel,s policy: w would cut off on
right hand before WI would say on
word against the great tribune OF tn
people. Peaceful agitation may hav
been the better policy in his day; let u
say, that it was the thought OF that era
But \ new generation has sprung up;
new era 10 date from and with it q ne,
thought. the thought that a good Irish
man, our friend VIM. O'Niel. gave ey
preston to. 1t is a shame for..so man
people to be always complaining"
With this thought has come the de
sire tor action. 1t is no longer. agitats
agitate. agitatc but. strike. strike. strike
and we Irish. are rudelv but healshfull
aroused to the fact that we have won. no
the worlds sympathy but its con,emp
Hence i, is that any plan, no matter ho'
faulty it may be in its inception. whic
has Tor its leading idea not a pie
against wrong. but \ blow against th
wrong doer. is sure to command > no
Of followers. from among those WI
think THAT it is 3 shame for so mar
people to be complaining
This spirit. this desire tor action. th
contemp. for mere agitation. have the
source deep down in the warrior hea