The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-23

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to possess themselves of their heaven
born rights. He speaks of lawful !
owners, az though aryone can rightly
own the earth, which God made Tor
mans use and benefit.
The prophecy Of Mr.. Stack concern
ing .sciyil wal, Il free trade ''Ameri-
can protection and his 'sown opinion 4
about duty, I pass over as not worthy
Of notice, for evidently Nj. Stack has
not got the gift OF seeing into the
future when helis 50 ignorant Of past
and present. EN- &, 3.81
Now Mr.. Stack makes a deliberate
misstatement when he says that Par
nell wishes to raise a rebellion in Ire
land, or that he has no friends IN the
House Of Commons, or that he has only
eighty three followers, or chat Joseph
Arch is his enemy, or that he is trying
to carry an act Of secession in the
United Kingdom. All these statements
are false, as anyone taking any notice
Of the last session Of Parliament or the
good will Of the laboring classes in
England towards Parnell well knows.
H. I will have to consign Mr.. Stack IS
next attempt at prophecy to the same
fate as his former one. And as to this
is, OCo police whose duty is now to pre-
serve order in Ireland, ETC., ETC. Now,
how much does Mr.. Stack know about
those police and officials? BY his own
statement see he knows as little about
them as an Indian does about the police
of Minneapolis when he says they
would not submit to the new regime.
T emphatically deny that assertion; for
i have had personal association with
hundreds of the Irish abnlary,
and while they are the best educated
the best disciplined and by far the best
morally and physically Of any military
body in the world of their numbers,
they are, Of course, the most obedient
to orders. Their orders come from
English officials, their pay comes from
the English-Irish Exchequer; and while
they are sworn to do English duty for
which they are paid Irish money, those
same men would do Irish duty far bet
ter if they had Irish officials and their
pay came from the Irish Exchequer
controlled by an Irish Parliament.
These are personal statements which
make from personal intercourse with
both officers and privates.
Mr.. Stacks bosh about Canada and
Australia, OF course, no one will. notice;
| for If Ireland had geographical posi-
ton, as either Of these countries, she
would have been an Independent nation
long before Mr.. Stack was born or the
grain to make him was sown. But in
| no statement does Mr.. Stack make such
a complete fool OF himself as when he
tries to make such comparison between
THE expense Of running the proposed
Irish government with the billions car
Tried away in rents. / say billions with
Ia perfect knowledge Of what / am say
| ing--for no one man, no statistics, blue
books or government satchel can give
any: idea Of The four million cases OF
Individual suffer- ng for there are that
many suffering directly or indirectly in
Ireland.
| I wonder where MIR. Stack got his di-
ploma Of medicine, mo physic" he
says seemed to do them any good ,"etc.,
etc. Trya fewbuckshot Forster's pills,
and take few yourself, Mr.. Stack.
They'll give you a clearer understand
ing Of history. Sure, my dear friend,
lit doesn't necessarily follow because
France had to fight for peasant propri-
etary, that Ireland would have to do
SO. She may have to, but sure you'll
never give her any physical help, for il
your physic be as weak as your mind
and as tainted as your historical quota
tons, you would indeed be apoor speci-
men of Irish soldiery.
Again Mr.. Stack calls history to his
assistance, to prove that the Irish are
industrious, great agitators, that they
never had civil or religious liberty; that
Catholics could not vote. Those are
statements I would be ashamed to tell
achild 10 years old, for he would say he
kaewthem since he was Eve years old.
Mr.. Stacks little bit Of sophistry
about Irishmen fighting for an English
Empire, and then handing 1t over to
England, won't stop to contradict OF
comment on, for there is no one who
reads the Tribune but knows when
Irishmen were fighting with the Eng
| lish they were the victims of circum-
stances and not Of their own choice.
But / must contradict Mr.. Stack when
he says the soil Of Ireland is exhausted,
for statistics prove it to be the most
fertile country in the world. A soil
that produces 60 bushels of wheat, 80
bushels Of barley. 10 bushels Of oats,
and from 30 to so tons Of Swedish tur-
nips per acre, is not nearly so exhaust
ed as Mr.. Stacks brains. after the con-
glomerating statements and historical
epochs chronicled ia to-day's Tribune.
/ don't think Mr.. Stack gives Amer
lean readers any excuse why England
should misgovern Ireland. from the
fact that the Irish receive government
tai positions in the colonies, for Ameri-
cans are too well aware that Irishmen
are adapted BY nature to rule impair
italy, and in no country are there more
Irish in Office than in our own. And
everybody knows that it's not for love
OF Irishmen that the English govern