The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-27

icracy only; they trample upon the Eng
llish people just as they have trampled
upon the Irish people. and to-day the
Irish cause has no better friends ii the
world than among the English race. i
should be 10th to say one word against
the English race. because it is q great
and liberty loving race. Its laughable
to hear the English people talking about
their being an exclusive race. Why,
England is as much mixed up as Ire
land. Take the Yorkshireman, with
his yellow hair and large frame, and
compare him with the man from Kent,
who is small and dark. The purest race
to-day il, Europe are the Laps and Fins,
and they are the simplest race that ex-
8ist on the globe to-day. 1t is in the
mixed bloods that the highest altitude
of the human race is reached; and
thank God, my friends, this country is
pursuing that policy. (Laughter.) We
are the most composite race on earth,
and we are willing to acknowledge it to
ourselves.
Asa boy i went to Washington to at
tend the funeral Of Henry Clay. There
came past me a majestic figure, sallow
and dark as an Indian, the most leonine
face, and most majestic countenance !
ever saw; and as he lifted his hat I
could not doubt that my eyes fell upon
the illustrious Daniel Webster. There
was the celebrated Tom Corwin, gov
ernor of Ohio, the greatest stump ora
tor in the country, dark as an In
dian. He used to tell himself Of an oc-
casion, while he was governor, of being
introduced to an Englishman who said,
:. Governor, permit me to ask if your
tribe is at peace with the United
States Laughter.) He was
at st. Louis one day. The walters in
the hotel were all mulattoes. They used
to have a grand mulatto ball during
Christmas week. Many of the guests
would turn out to witness this curious
sight, and Gov. Corwin was among the
rest. The crowd interfered with the
dancing, and the mulatoes requested q
committee to go around and keep them
back, and one of these polite walters,
when he came to a mulatto would pull
him into the. ring ard when he came to
4. ,s.llJe man he would reql.csJ MIN to
step back, politely; when he came to
Corwin he said, Zone shade too dark,
sir step, back ( undertake to say
that the Irish race is not only the most
mixed race in Europe, but undertake
dertake to say that 1T is the greatest
and most generous race in Eu-
rope, and if tomorrow it obtained I'M
trammelled power Of self government
j have faith to believe that they would
exerciseit with the utmost benignity
and generosity to any community that
might dwell among them They would
take example from the life Of st. Pat
rick, which is 80 well illustrated by
John g. Whittier in his beautiful poem.
Ireland has been the most oppressed
country Of which we have any record in
human history.
They tell a story of farmer VIII ose
barn was infested with rats. He was
an ingenious man, and resorted to this
device to get rid of them; He first
placed barrel half filed with oats, and
the rats would pour into the barrel and
devour the oats. After the rats had
learned the custom, he removed the
oats, half filed the barrel with water,
covered the top of the water with oats,
and left a 4x4 block floating in the
water. The rats with that bold confid-
ence which comes from experience ran
peIl nell at their accustomed hour. with
their accustomed zeal into the accus-
toned barrel, where they anticipated
their accustomed banquet Of oats and
got-water. So furiously fast did each
hungry rat follow those that preceded
him that it became impossible for the
foremost to resist the pressure behind
and at length the entire colony found
themselves at sea. OF course, each
swan for the block. but as it could
only accommodate one solitary rat a
battle for dear life ensued,
and Darwin's theory OF the survival Of
the fittest's was finally and conclusively
proven. For, when this ingenious
farmer went to see how matters pro
crossed. lol and behold barrel Of
water crinsoned with the gore of In
heroic rats all had fallen,
save one, and he, the hero of 100 bat
ties, solitary yet triumphant held the
block alone! The Weaklings h ad gene
10 the wall. tLaughter.) Now that is
what has taken place in all Europe and
In Ireland. A horrible system of op
preston has been going on for ages.
What has been the result of this? Why
the weaklings have been killed Oft
is snIs the strong that survive. Now
il this country to-day, with
our high system Of civilization,
our highly developed medical science
we preserve the weddings. These
old stocks Of Europe are the survivors
Of the terrible battles Tor life. All the
v1gor that marks them ID the result Of
the great contest which has sent 70 the
grave all who were not able 70 endure
It. Ireland has been for 100 years one
horrible fight and struggle for exist
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