Daily globe., 1882-10-07

work lnMlnnesOta. appeared and took seats
upon the platform. The venerable Bishop
Grace occupied the center, with Bishop
Ireland and Father Nugent on his right
and Mr.. Sullivan on his left. After the
music by the band Bishop Ireland arose
and after.a few explanatory remarks said
that it was his firm conviction that total
abstinence was the most potent agency for
the elevation, of the Irish people. We
have among uf tonight one of the most
illustrious sons of Ireland-than whom. no
one has better right to speak in her be-
half, and it afforded him unbounded ioy,
and it was an honor he should always re-
member, to introduce the Honorable A. M.
Sullivan, who would address the meeting.
. Mr.. Sullivan, being thus introduced,
arose and was greeted with round after
round of applause, which lasted for several
minutes. Quiet being obtained, he COM
menced an address which was listened to
with rapt attention for nearly an hour, of
which the following is but a brief
synopsis:
NIB. suLLIvAN's ADDRESS.
his esteemed and honored friend, Bishop
Ireland had introduced him in such flatter-
ing terms that he feared he would disap-
point the expectations of the large audi
ence before him. When he Ian ded in
America be had no expectation of visiting
st. Paul. but hearing of the great and good
work that Bishop Ireland had been doing in
10 0f fou, lae l.
Il will visit st. Paul." and my friends
am glad I have come, as I shall go back
to my home happy that I have seen Bishop
Ireland, and doubly happy that can car
ry back with me to my home the glad It'd
ings that large Irish population in what
we call the ssfar west' of America
have identified themselves with the cause
of sobriety and virtue (Applause.) am
rejoiced beyond measure that here in Min
nesota you have done so much to wipe out
the stain upon our nationality. It is
libel upon the Irish people that they are
addicted to drink. The Irish are not
a nation of drunkards. Their
peculiar mercurial temperament
however, shows itself even with moderate
drinking. The cold blooded Englishman,
the pugnacious Scotchman, and phlegmat-
ic German may drink three times the
amount that an Irishman will and scarcely
show its effects, Let an Irishman take but
comparatively few drinks, and almost
every policeman in even as populous city
as London will know it. The quick, sharp
intellect of the Irishman will carry him
farther than any other nationality on the
road to fame. and his indulgence in drink
will carry him equally as far in the other
direction. 1t does not need the aid of
science to demonstrate the fact that intox-
1cating liquors is more destructive agency
| to our race than any other known.
While temperate drinking might do for
other natiOnalities it would never do for
Ireland. Total abstinence was the only
safety for her people. Let this be the
rule and Ireland would shine out among
the best nations of the earth. Mr.. Sullivan
then in eloquent terms stated the under
lying causes for Irish drinking. He de-
MED that they drank from the animal de-
sire for drink. The Irish people were
hospitable people. They imbibed the hab-
it through good fellowship, neighborly
feeling and hospitality, each one anxious
to outvie the other in hospitable enter
tainment. Another cause for their drink
ing was the wretched condition of the
country, brought about by famine and the
mis-rule op England, when they sought
relief from their sorrows in the flowing
bowl
Mr.. Sullivan then gave very interest
ing account of the effort made by the cler-
gy in the three counties of Tipperay,
Leith and Wexford, to put an end to Sun
day drinking. The experiment. was tried
and it proved success in these three
counties and for years he balloted in the
British parliament to have the same law
applied in the other twenty nine coun ties,
and it was only few years ago-in 1878
that the law was passed, and the official
statistics show that for the year ending
| in 1880 over three million pounds had been
saved to the people. This three m illion
pounds did not go into the Golfers of the
brewers and destillers but was seen in the
erection of churches, school houses, and
the improved condition of the families.
.Mr. Sullivan then went into q more in
teresting disquisition as to the effect that
drinking had upon the people Of Ireland,
during which he said that the money ques-
ton was the least Of the evil. In 1877 the
statistics showed that twelve million pounds
had been expended in liquors consumed
in Ireland, to say nothing Of that which
was exported. Large as this sum vas,
equal to two pounds for every man, woman
and child in Ireland, it was far less evil
than others that followed in it's trail. Had
this amount been dropped in tn river
Libby it would have been better for Ire
land, for then the little children would not
fear the footsteps of their father OF the
being whom he had vowed to love and sup
port await in terror the return of her hus-
| band.
The eloquent speaker gave many more
interesting statistics resulting from the
passage of the Sunday law, and the benefi-
cial effects resulting therecom. He con-
cluded by saying he was glad that he could
go home and tell his people what was be-
ing done in far away Minnesota in the
cause OF temperance. and wishhd the audi
| ence to remember that Ireland sober, meant