The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-23

obligation with patriotic IerV0r 10 this oul
home by making better citizens for nation
to whom gratitude prompts all noble soul:
to concede much.
The accumulation of wealth or vast nun
bers do not alone designate our standing or
Importance even.in calculating mercantile
America. Even here
"A nations greatness lies in men. not acres
One master mind is worth million hands,
The elements of true manhood enter into
the estimate of individual worth. Hence we
should strive not sione for worldly gear, but
intellectual attainment as well, and cherish
with special zeal these virtues that perpe-
tuate the noblest type of man, and avoid the
enervating excuses that dwarf the capabili-
ties of the human soul.
By creating and sustaining for ourselves
an honorable and influential position, we are
but performing sacred obligation to our
selves, and performing with true patriotism
our allotted dnty as citizeas-augmenting
our power to assist our oppressed kindred
dwelling in the land of sacred memories !;
illustrating also the expansive power Of our
race when unfettered by ruthless oppression.
freedom is one that instances in striking
manner the vitality of our race. Leaving
land of such universal necessity, where pro-
scription's hand rested heavily for genera
tons. thwarting the development of manly
capabilities, inhibiting the growth of intel
lectual power, and marching hand in hand
with the more favored children of civiliza-
ton, augurs well Of the possibilities of the
future. No more convincing proof can be
given Of the natural endowments of race.
That defects in the stability of individual
character have been manifested only indicates
that we of the present have work to accom-
plish in the future, that the Celtic character
may appear in all the fullness of its natural
capabilities. The reform should be worked
out by precept and example-by the
industry of noble ambition and sobriety,
teshfying the value of worthy principle, till
our kinsfolk, influenced by the contagion of
a worthy existence, fOrsake every slothful or
vicious habit that may dwarf either the
physical or intellectual man. United by
the bond of common kindred. stimulated by
q universal desire to elevate the social
standing of our race, combined with natures
lavish bounty, and the success of the Celtic
race in America is no longer an uncertainty
of the future. The day is fast dawning
when the existence Of the weakling, deserv-
ing our pity, and receiving the worlds
contempt, who lives his whole life as an
apology for the accident of his Celtic origin,
will be but Renaissance of the past, so
rapidly are we expelling from the public
mind the prejudice created by Saxon mali
cious sel6shness. The success of the past
should stimulate US to renewed exertions.
teaching us that success is the reward of
true manhood, and not of servile yielding
to prejudice by disregarding the revered
tradition of our people, or repudiating the
national sentiments of our fathers. That
recognition and esteem must be preceded by
we respecting ourselves, in being members
Of society deserving the respect of man.
On anniversary days we should no longer
view only the sacred memories and fervid ex-
pectation Of our kindred in the Emerald
cradle of our race. OF much greater inter-
est is our present and future here in the
new homo for the greater family of Celtic
children. The influence the endowments Of
our people may have upon the civilization of
he future will exert Its most potent power
from the Celtic home surrounded
BY the institutions of liberty and brotherly
owe.
The rootlets Of Celtic existence have been
,trewn with liberal hand on this fruitful
'oil of manly development. The harvest
If that sowing will be q bounteous yield |
eeming forth with the golden grain of man
y power. adding lustre and new charm
even to the gifted race of future America.
The influence of the production is. even now
ielt, for the sentiments of our people give
spirited impulse to the beat of American |
bought. The oppressOrs of Erin's children |
its power to-day with anxious |
Tread, not only on account of its present |
extensive power, but for its promises in the |
future, when they see the great confedera-
ion of freemen of the western world united |
y sympathizing with the miseries of our
past, and extending strong arm of power
'ul sympathy to lift the cradle of our race
rom the miseries in which oppression has
Junk her, enabling her to become. under
regime of justice, the home of happy and |
prosperous people. The fastening of the
lawn of this day of effective power is our
most patriotic duty-an event to be achieved |
BY manifesting that nobleness of character
which impresses Its magnetic power on all
with whom we come in contact. In laboring
10 develope the greatness of ourselves in
BUR new home, we are making faithful |
advancement in securing the accomplish |
ment of that result. The lesson of the past
will not be forgotten in the estimate of our
influence on the future of our people. In
the forces that combine to give
potency to the voice Of people, the numeri-
cal strength. social prestige and political
power OF the Celtic children, true to the
traditions of their race, in America, will not
go Misunderstanding prestige to their
power among the enemies of our race, all
the more alarming that its efficacy has been
never accurately measured and still known
to be great-losing nothing in its fervor,
while adding new generations of power, for
the child of Celtic parentage reared in this
land of freedom not only receives as an
the physical form and mental
of his ancestors, but
also an abiding veneration for their
traditions, sanctiied by paternal exile. The
transition of this bond of kindred sym
pathy is strikingly exempli6ed in the con-
trast existing between the magnitude of the
forces at work now and half century ago,
when the children of Erin agitated for q
need of justice. Then the race, marshalled
by master mind, swayed by consummate
master of political tact, were quite impotent
to wrest from unwilling hearts the slightest
concession. The justice of their cause need
ed the burning words of no fervii advocate
to receive the appreciation of justice. And
yet, when supported by the combined desire
of peoples will, and advocated by the most
gifted of men through many years of doubt
and privation, how meager the result when
compared with the results of the last three
years Previously the voice of Ireland
alone was heard to-day the new Ireland of
the west accentuates the voice of the people
at home, infusing new vigor and augmenting
its power. The potency Of that accentuation
will increase only by time. if we be but
true to ourselves. And the life work of the
present patriotic and gifted leader of his
people, Charles Stewart Parnell. will outstrip
in magnitude of Importance to our people in
lasting monuments of justice and freedom
the achievements of his illustrious and
patriotic predecessor, Daniel O'Connell.
Urging to exercise, in favor of our Celtic
kindred, either our financial aid or sympa-
thetic support will, judging from the past, be
unnecessary, the warmth of our generous
natures needing no external prompting The
spontaneous outpouring of sympathy and
financial aid has testified in the past, as it
will in the future. to the warmth Of our
sympathy with the people that represent