Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08
manExT EnMKT.
address ~ Hon. ". r. White % the
ssattls Branea Of the Irish National
IsaOae. delivered March {, ls15

A 70 sddnSss your so1isty upon it's
character 0f one vii0<s taost bot nsss3-
arakds life. inh1msEi and tragic nestb
haa furnished an inedssssbls pfsgs q
glory 10 tbs history Of Irsisnd'a p4trs5s
dead. For one, sia6 particularly a.
Aaeeriean. 10 satisfactorily discnAfEs
sach q ssrytee requires 10 iiitle ian4,f.
A vesk, AID tnai, t1o, distraeiins3Y
broken ia upon ~ pFsfsasssoEisi 91tlss, y
far from being tisis sli0HRn. ~ nI1'
my inclination YES 70 essiiE1e TIE npi-''f-
brSt ir,s4antiy my mio went back - Esf
togbsss,d dsvs and recalled these words
Iesrned by me IN the school r99aa
.s Whsn nav Spirit stall bavs gJinsd
,..Iae hands OF raartsrsd keFOss, wa0
hmva shsd their haBod on the sasn9id
and "a ths field in dsfsnss Of tS'ef
eoausry. toia ~ nv hope--tbs; ny nietn
ofy and name Hnay serve - animate
tboee Who survive ne TIE reiSe'h
hraues Of these words decided Tor ne
and 4 aceeptsd the tsvItaEton- lhe a1f
kas come When Americans, ~ vel! ~
Irishnen, sh0ald spsak oat. There -
wide spread stssInp. at the present iI1is.
among q certain class WHO have DeFef
learned, or Sho have forgotten ths eh
pegisnes Of the fathers Of tnis kspno
lie, 70 Greats Sentiment OF rtsp,,ei 80
xsssyxtiou for Rnlz4and and EnQiist
ideAa. Fer years this short has Desc
ooin0 on, and % boil has II become
sbat We now have discussed IN Amer
can newspapers the subject of an Tag
ii.h- Axaeric.a alliance. In vIsW Of
tbess facts II IL th.s duty Of every true
Annsricau xesisratinz the name OF wash
ingtop, Monroe and Jefferson TO ha8o
No for smulAti0n, that tue lovers Of
fYne institutions may be animated
thereby the name and memory OF sueh
heroes aud patriots a. Robert Emnsi.
He ID as much the production OF Amer
ioau installations rs is Henry Clay, Wen
dell Phillips or Abraham Lnooin. Had
he lived q feU years earlier, and had
fate fxed his birthplaes On this side 81
the Atlantic, his maine and fame would
have been vrTItsu With washington :
and WAYren'a, The oausis for which the
ons died on tho Rresin sRafd OF Banker
Hill. and the ether successfully warred
for seven years, vas Identical With that
for which Emmet wears martyrs
srovn-freedons fran English DONNA
tloa.
Ia the sixteenth csntary a mighty
reyolutiou in Europe shock from mems
minds the shaekls which had been
forced around them by kings and priest
after the fail CT the Roman Empire.
The frnit Of that revolution was the
triumph OF tho right of individual
iudgrnsnt ia matters affecting religious
belief. In the latter part Of the eight
sonth century, In the New World, one
stsp more was taitsii In she ever onward
and apward march OF maukind-the
right Of the individual 10 q voice in the
selection Of his political rulers, the
accountability Of tie government 20 the
governed. For mAhy centuries previous
10 that time. with bat few isolated eIx.
eeptions, the doctrine had been promal-
gated, si1d generally scduiesced in, that
BY some mysterious and inscrutable
way. God. rs the Supreme ruler OF the
usivefse, had appoiiitid and annointeSi
s6lect few as kings agad raiors over The
remainder Of mankind. That the peo
pie we're accountable to their rulers and
their rulers only 10 God. The divine
right of kings IL eniinaritly an English
idea. II IL true is prevailed III other
parts Of EoE0pe. BHt from Henry VIII.
even 10 the present time tins has been
q thsne upon with Anglican diyines
and BnRlish statesmen have delighted
20 desoant, aud the idsn has been BY
kQNEn ufDtC GNtNktttJAlA1 A1A A1AbSAtA
oualy inculcated thitn by any other set
Of men in Europe.
When Thomas Jefferson framed these
words" We hold these truths to be
eelf. evident. that all men are created
equal that they anl endowed bs thsir
Creator with ceFtAta ina.lsanAble rights I;
that among these are life, liberty aud
the pursuit Of happiness that 60 secure
these rights governments are instituted
among men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed that
vhsneyer any form of government be
comes destructive Of ths.e ends, IL ~ the
right Of the people to alter or abolish
ID and 10 institute new governments.
laying It's foundation m saoh principles
ami organizing its powers 10 such form
"a to them shall sAem most likely TO
effect their safety and happiness Not
only wrote the D,piaFatioE of lnde
pondeuos bat the charter Of liberty
everywhere aud foa. all time 20 GONE.
When the American revolution was
triumphant by the surrender of Corn
wallis sword 60 an Irishmeu. 40
officer OF the revolutionary army
deputed by Washington 90 re-
eetvs IL. skese words which I have
jnst quoted from tbs IMMORTAL declara.
tion, took upon themselves new life
and wider mission. They sped aersss
the Atlantic, foutld lo&Rment In
France, hurled froui the thFons divine
right king, demolished his BRAtils, and
today In Repnhliean France we Behold
the ripeRed fruit OF tha New Worlds
revolution. These words too found an
abiding place and we're accorded
soul-stirrlne EecoQni ton IN the Emer
aid Tale. They aroused the enthusiasm,
they pervsa the arms. and gave hope
and courage 10 Wolfe Tone and the
hand OF patriots oi Ninety eight, ard
eiGhtean hundred axsd three, They un
donhtsdly had much 90 do wsih giving
20 Ireland and 10 freedom everywhere
the illsIs,rioas and ever living embodi,
ment Of simple uuostentatiOus devotion
20 duty as exesnplifl,d in the eoeraeesus
death OF Robert Enamet. The history
OF the American Revolnsloia, the causes
leading MP to u, the barniag ntssrapo,,s
of her patriots. the sacrificing spirit OF
her soldiers. the ero,FRinR glory OF their
achievements, were - farailiar to Eu,-
net "a the history tit the WRONGS OF his
own native land. kta saw in America
the establishment Of free institutions,
and the divine right, Of u,en 90 eovera
N8otuataNos- IN AfeaAHu Ne saw tEcctf0dn
prostrate ifi tbs dust, and humanity in
shackias- With tbs example of JciseF
sou before him, and like bim, his con.
victions drove him 60 demand indepaad
enca tor Ireland. because her truest aud
best coeld no lopgtx live with honor
under The British Constitution. In the
purchased union he law the nationality
Of his country blosied from existence.
He saw the base aud tknoble honored
with place aud psSwer. lie san the
tsue, the brave, this chivalroas exil,ss
and wanderers upon the face Of the
earth, bus In all lanta wherever trusted
and IN every walk Of life adding new
lustFe 20 the Irish name. Evsn as
youth, While yet = siadent AZ Trinity
College. the one aosof'htng idea. 10 stss
his country free, Undergraduate and re-
pnblioln. psaaesaed bin. Ere vet the
years OF manhood had crowned hiua,
be resolved 81 devote hls fortune. his
life and his sacred llaneR % that ore
object. He might have been favored
and Battered NJ thu toreraoss orator Of
his day. The ApglAuss Of listening
meltltades snieht have hean bis
Wealth and the honors q thu ktngiy
gsxer be could have comm Ands.i.
home, wfth - fair lind ksSely = heisg
"a eka ana az kssfmfMA avtzr aisoaa uss,es