Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-03-18
GREEN. ABOVE The RED
THE CELEBRATION OF ST. PAT
RICH'S DAY AT BISMARCK.

An Enthusiastic Meeting Held Last
Evening at the Court House.
}4 Able Addresses by Prom
inent Local Orators.
- ST. PATR1CK's DAY.
The 18th of March is as dear to the true
Irishman as is the 4th of July to an
American. The green ribbon IS as in
spring as the stars and stripes. In no
other city in the land is there as much
patriotism to the square inch, among all
cl asses, as at Bismarck. The supply of
green ribbon was almost entirely ex-
hausted, and even the small DO y shouted
himself hoarse and wore huge rosette
of green, emblamatlc of the beautiful isle
across, the sea. In the afternoon the band
played some old favorite patriotic airs and
were conveyed about the city with a four
INLAND. The streets were crowded with
people and more jolly GRO wd was never
seen. The land league had foreseen this
and had therefore secured the court house
for its meeting in the evening. The
COURT HOUSE WAS CROWDED.
Col. VIM. Thompson, president of the
meeting, announced its object and intro
duced as one of the evenings sp eakers
Rev. E..r. Miller, who spoke in an enthu-
siastic and eloquent m amer He sympa-
thized deeply with oppressed and down
trodden Ireland, and he was glad to see
this evidence of the milk of human kind
ness in The bl casts of Irish men who had
left the land of their nativity. He had
heard much of the sufferlngs oft he Irish
people under English rule; they had been
in the hands of bondage for. centuries,
against the will of nature and natures
God. He was certain that the prayers Of
thousands of Cypress ed and suffering wo-
men and children would be needed; be-
lievcd that every true American could but
sympathize with the cause of the land
league, which was now agitating every
hamlet in this great country. He thought
it only matter of a short time when
America'would become aroused at this
inhuman system OF white slavery, and
once aroused, every Irishman knew full
we'll whst she. could do.
.SJOHNsA. sTOYELL .a xss4, xss4sss;.'.y 49,
followedN N.n an eloquent address. He,
also, wass;n full sympathy with the cause.
He loved the Irishmen. St. Patrick was
a great man and his memory ould be
as dear athousand years hence as now:
Same of the greatest poets of the world
had been;Irishmen. Tom Moore's works
were the favorite Of any library. America
owed much to the heroism Of Irish SOL
diers, both in the revolutionary war and
the late rebellion They had shed their
blood for the country of their adoption,
and the sympathy of the American peo-
pie was but a small item compared with
what the sons OF poor and oppressed Ire
land had done for them. He hoped to
see and was certain the time was near at
hand when the chains imposed by Eng
lisl tyranny would be broken, and Ire.
land be free and happy country.
REV. J. NJ. BULL
was next called. He did not know much
of the land league, but from what he had
learned, was certain that it was a good
cause-a cause aiding humanity; lib
erty vs. oppression. He dwelt at length
on the valuable assistance rendered by
Irishmen in the late war. Many of the
bravest generals, from Phil Sheridan
down. were sons of the Emerald Isle lie
did not approve of Nihillsm. but was glad
to sec right triumph ov er wrong. The
oppressed people Of Ireland had been in
bondage long enough, and now he saw
cloud, no bigger than a mans hand, yet
it would soon develop into storm that
would revolutionize the tyranny a. pres
cnt practiccd in Europe. The principle
of humanity should be equal rights;
there should not be any strife between
capital andslabor, but when capital bound
men as slaves, the hand Of justice and
equality should appear. God had or.
dained all men equal as far as life and
happiness was concerne d., and He would
help put down this oppression. The time
was coming when every man should have
a fair show; life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness were the fundamc ntal prin-
ciLles of this government, and he was
only too glad to give welcome hand and
a Wiling heart in the aid of Ireland's
freedom.
HON. J. F. WALLACE
followed in q few we'll chosen words of
sympathy for the Irish people. tie gave
his nearly @SFllpa paluy ~ tAS Sa""", NV
because it was for Ireland, but because 1t
was for the good Of humanity IN general.
He bel.evedin liberty, whether it was in
Ireland, England, Russia, Spain or any
other country The Car of Russia had
been killed, and he did not feel sad: 1t
was a terrible thing for one man to hold
in his hand the deslinies OF 80,OOO,0O OF
people; Siberia was full of exiles, ban
ished by this despotic government. Rus
sia was military despotism, and the
same could be said of Prussia and Ear.
land, the mistress of the seas. She had
disregarded the common rights OF Ire
land, and now a poor and oppressed pco,,
pie ask aid. Let America but speak, and
England would listen; she dare not but
respect the flag which is as dear to Irish
men as ts Americans. This country ls
composed Of oil nationalitles; no lines
should he drawn, but it should work as
a whole and demand the liberty Of any
oppressed people who ask it.
P.sH. O'sULL1yAN,
q bright and eloquent young orator, was
next called He was glad to see the SYM
pathy which America had for Ireland,
but thought that the Irishmen had earned
it by their blood, shed freely and willing.
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