The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1882-03-18

region where it is placed, it fears neither the
wants nor sufferings of this life. l stand on
the threshold of another world there l shall
be sheltered alike from the violence and inn
piety of this"
And now after all this sacrifice, shah Ire
land have no eartly reward Z Shall she re-
main for 700 years more IN the bonds OF po-
litical slavery Forbid ii. heaven, forbid 1t.
God The great question now agitated is how
shall Ireland obtain her independence from
the iron grasp Of England, for obtain It she
must and that soon. There are but two
means left. physical and moral force. Can we
fight England by physical means? mean.
can we meet her sword to sword and man to
man. | answer, emphatically, no. We. are
too week; she is two strong. Nor can II be
said that we are as well prepared to meet the
forces of England as Washington and the
Americans were when they whipped that old
tyrant, Lord Corvallis, at the battle Of York
town. There is no parallel. Thousands OF
miles separate England from America. Only
a few, comparatively speaking, separate
England from Ireland. We are sur
rounded at home by English bayonets;
we are unarmed, without an army or a ieet'
nor have VIC the means TO equip one, so that,
morally speaking, we cannot meet England
and measure swords with her on the ioYery
plains or green hills ofIreland. If | only saw
a prudent chance of success, ] would be the
first to raise the war cry, and with NJ Illus.
trious Bishop, Right Rev. p. MoL0gue or
Virginia City, | would exclalm, 10 arms,
my conntrymen, to armsl"
IL II WeIG' Why DOocl JIG, III lA1 UlFi uilBs i
would blow up the British Constitution with
u pound of dynamite, and blot her name out
from among the nations forever. In doing
this | would be only obeying the dictates OF
reason, the voice of God and the principles of
eternal j~nstice. But, as this is impossible,
there remains for Ireland only the victory of
peace. The power of great ideas. the worlds
condemnation of England. moral force, agita-
ton aud discussion are the peaceful means by
which Ireland shall be freed. The Land
League agitation. backed up with a little
peaceful dynamite and nitro-glycefln from
the labratory ofODonoyan Rosa will be very
effective as one of the resources of modern
civilization in obtaining the freedom OF ire
land. Yes, | proclaim before God, Heaven
and the world, to-day, that they are peaceful
and moral means compared with the blood
stained and savage means which England nus
employed for 100 years In destroying our
nation. They are perfectly JastIhaOle, for
every tyrant blown up Is a new gem added 10
the accidental glory of tod.
Never before was the force of such agencies
so potent or so powerful. Under their action
the throne and tbs aristoeracy OF England
have been shaken. Tue tide OF English optn-
ion is now turned toHard Ireland. Their
statesmen, Storey, Gowen and eYen the pseudo
liberal Gladstone himself, are noW beginning
10 think that Ireland ought to have her own
free and independent legislature. The signs
Of the time are very favorable for u. lug
lands retribdtion will be swift and soon.
We almost already behold the spectacle OF an
outraged people rising IN their naJestls
strength and pulling down the rotten pros
that have supported their erdel and t.raA-
meal prosecutors for centuries.
Ireland's dawning il near NJ hand. II shows
the influence of the forces | have limited at.
BY the era of broader and holier principles Of
democratic government, miorced by the civil
lied world, Ireland, under the guidance of
God and parnell, will soon enter upon her
earthly possessions, Illuminating with a neY
degree Of splendor tn dad m Of her celestial
triunphs. and which st. Patrick las added TO
the aureola Of her heavenly g%lories.
''Th nations have fallen, and thou art still
young,
Thy sun is but rising when others have set.
And though slayery's cloud DER thy morning
hath hung,
The full noon Of freedom shall beam round
thee yet"