Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-18
Bishop IretGnd's address

The appearance of the bishop upon the plat
form was the signal for prolonged applause, at
the conclusion of which he spoke at cousidera-
BILE lie myth, mostly the best method of deal
| ing with the Irish question. During his re.
marks he gave, as he usually does, some very
excellent advice to his countrymen. The fol
lowing brief synopsis of it gives only the
| headings aud general outline:
| 81 am announced to speak on the Irish
question. Well, there is an Irish question in
| Ireland, and one in st. Paul | Will touchupon
| both. The question in Ireland is the olsen
| tiraIment of the old land from the fatal
chains of slave that have bound her for 80
many ages. Sad has been her story; who
without emotion can remember it? Still. with
! sill its sadness, what glorious story Bound
| hands and feet, the Irish people never were
slaves in heart. To the past we owe the fact
| that an Irish question is possible to-day. No
! other nation would, amid such dreadful tyr
amy, have kept alive the sacred fire of liberty.
| But better era is dawning. Never was the
| Irish cause so strong, 80 promising. The
| great lever OF the world is moral agitation,
and this lever the Irish people can render most
effective, because of their ubiquity In the
world. The English government no longer is
! confronted by the little isle near her, but by
the Irish race spread through many nations.
| How much has already been obtained through
| agitation Catholic emancipation: the discs
| adjustment of the Protestant church; the re-
| peal of many Of the most Ubiquitous features
| in the system of land tenure. More is needed.
| Our fellow Americans may at tunes wonder
| that we are no sooner the recipients of one
| favorable measure than we clamor for another.
| They do not perhaps, realize how much We
need. We began with nothing, except the
spirit of liberty in our souls; we are fighting
| step By step for our rights What next? What
| at once, without delay? The repeal of the
union.
This l consider the question of the day. If
the centennial of Dungannon should pass
without grand movement for the repeal of
| the Union, Ireland shall have lost golden
opportunity. The English government expects
the movement is preparing for it. Let us tell
| the world the iniquity of the act of the Union.
Only amid bribery and iniquity was it accom-
plished, and the English people themselves. /
verify believe, did they once fully understand
it, would free themselves from the disgrace of
perpetuatng such crime.
However, that moral agitation be success
| full, the Irish people must guard themselves
against all false principles and imprudent
acts, by which we might lose the
support OF an intelligent world
| The cause must be Just, and the means just,
and then triumph is secured. The grandest
| spectacle before God and man is a nation
struggling righteously for right. In European
countries to-day socialistic and communistic
| principles are afoat among certain classes, and
| no doubt efforts will be made to attach to the
Irish movement some such principles. Those
who bring them forward are the arch-enemies
of ireland; they are putting back for long
years her independence. We have an instance
already in the advocacy by few OF the doc
| trine of no rent absolutely. l do not class
with this obnoxious tenet the proposition
| that would make the nOn-payment OF rent
| temporary expedient, sort of war measure
allowable, perhaps, in extraordinary emer-
gencies. / am saying nothing of this propo-
sition, except, however, that 1t cannot be
classed with the absolute no-rent doctrine,
which is simply socialism.
| lam proud of the correct minds of the
Irish people in st. Paul, and trust that at all
times, while as patriotic as the most patriotic,
you will never endorse the enunciation of
one principle that would contradict the eternal
| laws of religion and equity.
| The repeal of the Union is the Irish question
| in INland-what is the Irish question in St.
Paul? 1t is to prove that the Irish
people are most fit for self government.
| Never were the eyes of the world upon Irish
people as they are to-day. Most important is
it that the judgment formed of us be favora-
bic. But people will judge us far less BY our
past history than by our present doings. Irish
people to day should, more than ever, be mod
els OF good citizenship. l can freely bestow
praise on the Irish people of st. Paul, Very
much have they done for the honor of their
! country. allude, of course, 10 their work
| in the temperance cause. You will say this
| is hobby of mine which 1 drag in on every
occasion. Be it so; but it is the hobby that
will save Ireland and cover the Irish
people with glory, and for these reasons, it
shall be my hobby as long as I live.
Something remains yet to be done. We have
in st Paul by actual count twenty-five Irish
saloons. See the results. Allow that in each
saloon $40 is spent in day-a moderate aver
age-we have in one year over 100000 spent
in saloons in this one city of st. Paul. You
who hear me are not the saloon haoltuss, but
have you done your full duty towards keeping
from them your more unfortunate country
men? Here is the Irish question. Let us see
what you can do for Ireland in st. Paul.
Make liquor traffic odious; boycotte saloons;
wrest from perdition the poor man who
visits them, and your fellow citizens
will declare you ten thousand times more
worthy of self-government at home here
| than the English soldier---more than the