The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-28


people are mors than
the aons 1t tho EmoIald Isle. They
have coneeor1ted their live 60 tAelE
country with red-hot blood on the
feld Of battle. Ia America they
proudly carried the bright C0loFs 81
the star-spangled banner upon the
bloody deldo Of Gettysburg, Antte.
tam, fredericksburg. and even we're
foremost IN the ranks OF the Rsvolu-
tionary wal with Washington, the
father Of this = ct country.
People AK II they are ignorant3
MOI They ara elected and hold pO-
sitiOnS Of honor all over the country,
and lend . valuable assistance In the
framing Of its laws. They arc IN
intelligent and liberal people. In
the abolition Of slavery in the South
ern States they were foremost In It's
cause, WELDING . helping hand In
this grand and noble strife.
It u again asked why are they 20
patriotic, and why fight against Eng
land, VINO gave the country Of their
bir:h its h,st breath >of existence :
It IL beeause they have been de-
prived Of their liberty and the full
enjoyments IT Its rights. They are
willing to fight, bleed, die and be
come degenerated before they will be
disenthrOned. Hence, they can bear
no love for the British government.
England has no right to Irish soil.
Ireland never was the recipient of
one single cent from England. Nei-
ther does 1t belong to her by right Of
conquest. LELAND, although often
fated TO death. wa never doomed to
die. Year after year and century
after century England has robbed
our forefathers, aud Is yet robblng us
ct the present day. Her ablest sons
have come forth In the dock, about
to be executed and exiled, and e
belled against these wrongs, and 1t
was q G0d-given gift. The rights of
Irish legislation have been restricted
and repealed by English laws. Eng.
land stole the very parliament of Ire
land, transplanted it nm English coil,
aud then made laws to bind them In
chains. Ireland will bear this no
Ireland has sent herr nobleet SONS
to beg for the rights which belong to
them and the rights which emanste
from on high. The only request she
ever granted Ireland was through
fear. She has paraly xed every vein
Of the siuews Of trade given by the
Creators hand.
Again, the English aristocracy and
nobility have exacted enormous
rents. History, in its eloqusnce,
protests that by the means of the
landlord system the blood In Ire
lands veins should be drawn away
and spent In q questionable manner
IN other countries, shaving the Beers.
Arabs and other people. The Irish
frequently pay the price of their pro-
duce for rent, and even on q bleak
December day with the wolf of star
Walton ut the door. having not the
wherewith to drive HIM away. She
has consigned the irish people TO q
premsture grave. because sue has
denied to them the right of free
thought and liberty. They even TAI
the dogs, and were it not for the Irish
Land League, would tax the very cat.
Now, then, ssk why the people are
patriotic and why they fxht 90
hard against the country that rave
them birth. It ii the Inspiration of
q noble and pure freshman to do 40.
When the great Irish Statesmen.
Parnell and O'Connell, demanded
IrtlAnd's rights, they were thrown
int , prison. Then men threw them
selves into an ocean of agitation. and
liberty was proclaimed from the
mountains to the aea. Burning with
t 70 fire OF lib.Itv, to-day this axi,a.
ton Of mems rights and Freedom are
taken np by the Irish Land LEAGUE,
with Parnell at its helm, aided b.
trusly lleutsnants. Never was an
agitation more constitutional or legal,
and to this every Irishmau should
lend bis heart and hand.
Tue Land League has ameliorated
the wishfof the people. 1t has united
them. 1t haa given interest to the
Ilish soul aud viii compensate them
for their trials aud lahOrs. MAY we
live to zee not the uncrowned mon
arch of Ireland but the crown of Ire
land, over which waves the green
dag, making flowers for ITS native
land.