The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-18

respeetsd chairmep, Col. Mageveney,
had his birth. They hsd ilom op-
pressions which they could not IN sci
with arms, and all along the route OF
travel TO the west they towed the
seeds Of that embi'tered and embit-
tsring public sentiment that was the
essential life Of the revolution, One has
only 10 recall Andrew Jackson's early |
| life 10 realize how bitter that was. In |
the States founded by these men, and /
which they helped to found, there /
may be found an answer to-day COM
pleie and vindicstory Of the !
power Of Irishmen TO govern |
/ themselves. But not alone in these |
| their Western wilds were Irishmen |
conspicuous. New England had her |
Sullivan, New York her Montgomery,
and Washington himself has borne
willing tribute to the PARROT
ism aud gallantry Of the Irish
men who we're soldiers Of the
Revolutionary War. No Irishman can
| Look back TO that period in which
originated the reign OF the common
people without feeling OF pride, not
only for what his countrvmen
had done for he indepen lence
of America, but that here was erected
a barrier to stay the hand OF oppres-
sion, and give the people time to as
sert through self-eovernmen the dig
nifty OF personal liberty and popu-
lar government Not lrishmen
alone, but English'speaking men
all over the world beyond
the limits of the United States
were proud of the government estab-
lished by Washington, JEFF ,rsop,
Adams, Livingstone and Marshall.
We are the heirs and the benedciaries
of every effort on the part OF the
Anglo Saxon race for liberty that ante
dates the Revolution Of l776, and
the most thoughtful Englishmen are
moved bv the example this govern
ment affords, to sustain Mr. Glad
stone, the most illustrous OF English
speaking men, in his effort to abolish
caste aud custom and PRIVILEGE in
England and make way for the estab-
lishment of n federal republic
in which English, Scotch, Welsh aud
Iriehmen shall find their best oppor-
tuuity for individual government.
"Ohw exclaim d recent English
, writer cf international fame, ooh y
he exclaimed, that we could
enjoy federal form of govern
ment. with a written constitutol
! like that Of the United States with
out undergoing the pCrlls Of revo'u-
, ton, and thus IL is tia. Engishmen
of to-day justify the rebellion OF
; Washington in 1916 and do justice to
themselves by clnceding the strength,
, the conservatism and the Patriotism
: OF the American people. They cannot
! fail to contrast the andard OF citizen
: ship both in this country end theirs,
the standard that makes the greatest
\ intellectual force of the century, Mr..
!, Gladstone, secondary in the social scale
: to the Prince of Wales. And here II be-
4 comes me to say rs an lrishman that
= honor the grand old man. | cannot
. find words TO express my estimate Of
10 what he is, not only to his own coun
try, but to oil the world besides. Ii
. this country only Webster, the
,, defender OF the constitution can b(
: compared with him. And what WI
. think Of the immortal Dan" doilinl
y his hat 10 any one nan or owning
i the supremacy or sway OF any
" rover or potentlte less thar
!, the people Of the United States
J, And this brings me to the youul
y statesman, who has grown up within
:, a few Year,, and ills to-day the eye o
= the civilized world man who's
] 81
i challenged the admiration of ever
y his most intimate frien1e. Ne
- | say | refer to Charles Stewart Par
=, - nell? But this you will not wonder a
~ when / recall the fact that he is tn
~ grandson Of old "Ironsides," OommC
:, dore Stewart, one of the founders q
4, the United States navy. Fired b
~ the exampls of the native Ian
- = of his mother, how much les
- - could Parnell be than lover Of lib
u =. erty and the advocate OF the freedom
~ OF his native land? What could h
y do, once embarked in sta.esmanshiI
= but taEe up the cause e'
~ poused by Emmett, by OOonnel
/, O'Brien aud Butt, aud urge nc
~ with imprisoned fervor or iorensi
a eli queoCe, but the persistence Of
~ man who believed in himself as
20 guided by divine mis- zion, h accom-
y. plish ana make reality OF tho dream {
o. all Irishmen, the legislative indl
W pendence OF Ireland. And thus it
~ that the land of our adoption has q
80 fected Ireland and Irishmep. Rich
a. the blessings Of that liberty which h.
~ Ssxons preserved through all change
~ and chances of life. From the wit 3,
~ angemo ole to the town meeting M 81
~ chusetis and the public gatherings Q
- the South, all through the centurie
~, from the days of Alfred th
~ Great until these days Of GlsC
stone, that liberty thong
~ obscured hes never been wholly los
., It has been with US like the unaee
81 81 spirits cf our foreflthers, an inspiri
NJ ton TO urge us forward
the preservation OF these Stat.
10 and this federal government as tn
80 very bulwark Of liberty and guide I
N all the nations OF the earth. Ever
w Irishman q citizen Of the Unite
90 States has reason to be proud of tn
" privilege thus conferred upc
/ MIN 10 huhEb III llDEAAl llu
10 80 proudly conserved. II
~ lust such liberty as tbs
~ that the men OF Ireland to-day d,
ooii' maud, and it is just such liberty &
en- that that the Englishmen who al
~, called Radicals intend shall be COT
o., or fened upon Ireland. They belisN
~, VI in the right Of selI-governmen
~ and though robbed OF 1t f
VI awhile have at last, by II
acyt superb craftsmanship Of M
VI Gladstone reached out and seized
for the common people Of the Britie
IN realms. 1t is to these English Rad
Gals that Irishmen look as to brOlhe
in common cause; and
81 lie with them, under the gui
IS, auce of Mr.. Gladstone, that the
will overturn caste, privilege, sta
custom and the Established Churc
ed and, perhaps, sooner than We CT
ol. hope for, accomplish for the philos
gd nher Of Cambridpe Uniyersitv q