The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-06
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st.,tist;cs a certain l,,1ro,,f,an scitiesa,
onlv 40 tha nnrnose Il iastifvinp one
- two on,clnsinns 4 n New \ ork city,
tba LAD 4 ~ i w.,s % 47 ner III and.
1 none the 5non,,,at;oni -of Iris,, birth II
was 90 IS IF Enol;sh birth u. "a: Of
{. ar,n 4 h;rth 1o'ae ,rhe fart there-
fora i -, l,o,,h ta,, that tha cnn,7ition 81
tho 5Tr;s1, i, !. roo y; ,as Gan NOT IA sne-
.essf,,,l ! "a rad With the Germans. 81
even Win The French, 81 the English,
r. tho q nrta1itv rate l,e 4 safe, index to
tba relative condition ,f yarions na-
tionalitias IN New YORK. II Is lust to
conclude that While thcu ara worse off
ttan Tia Germans and the French, they
ara bettar off than those al home. Thus,
While fnlIv roc ring the poverty and
vretch edness Of most. Of the tenement
irish il New York. IL is certain that
they have improved their condition by
i.rmmigrating. How much further they
might have improved it is q Wldes ques-
.tion The most fruitful direction that
practical philanthropy, having for its
object the relief Of the Irish in cities
and Of Irish emigrating, can take is to
be found IN colonization projects which
avail themselves Of the advantages of
fered by western states and territories.
I have now to consider the connection
Of our people here with the land and
repeal agitation which is now occupy
ing the public mind both in America
and in England. The Irish have, ever
since '4s, realized the Importance of the
aid which their, countrymen in America
might render, and have overtnres to
which the response has not been back
ward. Fenianjsm, which may be said
to have then taken its origin, miscar-
ried; butsthe seed from which ft sprang
was not without fruit, and to it the
land league Of these days owes no
small part of its existence. Stephens
may fairly be said to be the precursoro Of
Parnell, who has reaped SO nlnch from
his labors. Fenianism itself ! shall not
discuss further than to again remark
thg to- The
to-day among the Ameri-
can Irish. The Irish leaders Of '4s
we're reYolutionists IN the fullest sense
Of the word. Their creed meant COM
plete separation, and not merely, local
independence or reform in land ten-
llres. Yet even at that day one man
who clearly saw to quote his own words
:.that the land question contained. and.
the Legislative question did not con-
tain the materials from which victory.
Is manufactured. !, This man was
James Fenton Laln- fitted with
! faculty Of concise ana lacid EXPOSE
ton. His ideas. however, were not So
adopted to facts as to have been OF useI
at the time they were given ont. At q
later day they were adopted and be-