The Irish standard., 1886-07-17

roll call. They all looked bright and
trim. Breakfast was served at and
then the guard was mounted. at 1880
the soldiers attended divine service at
St. Joseph's and st. Patrick's Cathe-
drai. Captain Murphy OF Washington
was officer of the day, and Lieutenant
Curran of the Kearney Light Infantry
of Rhode Island, and Lieutenant Dunn
Of the Emmet Guards Of Washington
were officers Of the guard. During the
morning the Parnell Guards of Eliza
bethport marched into camp under
command of Captain Walker and Lieu
tenant Kealy. They were followed by
the Sarsfield Association Of Passaic,
under command of Mr. j. Walker. The
Hibernian Rifles Of Pittsburg and the
Hibernian Rifles Of St. Paul Mimi,
sent a number Of delegates, who par
ticipated i'll the great procession. At
about 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
park began to fiji rapidly, aud an hour
later fully 5000 persons were present.
Bayne's Sjxty-Ninth Regiment band
gave a concert during the afternoon.
Then came the speeches. MIR. Joseph
Atkinson, president of the Newark
branch Of the National League, opened
the proceedings by reading a number
OF letters from distinguished persons
VINO are in sympathy with the cause Of
Ireland. Among the number were
Governor Albeit, ex-Speaker Randall,
Senator Mcpherson, Mir. William Elar-
rigan, Mr. Algernon s. Sullivan and
Mr. James Redpath. After the read
ing Of the letters Mr., Atkinson made q
speech OF some length.
E,N-IINISTER A. III. KELLEY
was the next speaker. On coming for
ward he was greeted with loud and
long continued cheers. In the course
oi his speech he said: *I4arge as is the
continen tai scope Of this country, cur
beloved country, we are here IN a cause
wider than the Union, of greater scope
and interest to you than any other
cause on the earth, for we stand here
to-day in the name Of that liberty OF
which Henry Grartan said, addressing
Castlereagl OH the last uight of Ire
lands freedom, in the last century,
when by bribery and corruption her
Parliament was Wrested from her, Sir,
you are trying to buy that which Can
not be sola--buman Iiherty' AS |
stand here confronting this vast audi
ence. under this magniicsnts sky, under
which we enjoy those privileges which
we know not the worth Of until we
compare them with the state Of those
vino have them not: my eye and my
heart pass beyond these happy confines
to another country-to g green isle Oh
the eastern margin Of the North At
lantjc, AS lovely as any spot, as fair and
bright as any place On the surface OF
the earth, to-day the pity and the para
aox of nations. With soil the mcst
fertile, she is the only spot where
famine has a familiar hold. With q
climate as salubrious as any country Oh
earth, she is the Only spot where de-
vas ating and destructive disease is q
co1nalon occurrence. With a larger
water oower to her acreage than any
SPOT iu ChristeDdom, she has no manu-
features. With a coast SO indented by
the sea that there is no spot III Ireland
forty miles from the splash Of the
ocean, she has no commerce. With
coyes and harbors ten times as numer-
GUS and as capacious as those Of the
mistress of the sea herself. she has no
navy. With a people SO brave and
valiant. she has no army. How comes
il. INV friends, that such a state Of
things exist in Ireland? l answer in
the language of a man who to-day 's
antagonizing Home Rule in Ireland--l
answer in the language OF an English
Tory, who said: 'Tbe calamities of
ireland are the creations OF English
lau7s.'' AT half-past four in the after
noon there was a dress parade. In 5he
evening the pavilion was crowded. Tie
Arion, American and Liberty singing
societies Of Newark gave several beau
tiful vocal selections, and the Sixty
ninth Regiment band played uumerous
selections.
ON THE THIRD DAY.
there were fully 10000 people at the
park. In the morning there was q
grand procession through the city which
was gayly decorated. First came q
platoon of police and then Grand MAJ
shal James Cummings and his aides, r.
McCabe, jeremiah Riordan and John
Fitzpatrick Of East Newark, and John
Slattery and Z. j. Mathews Of Newark
Then came company A, Irish Volun-
teers. Shield Guards of Danbury, CT;
Emmett Guards Of Washington, Emmett
Guards of Worcester, Mass; Rhode Is
land Light Infantry, Sarsfield Guards
of Danbury Ct.; Hibernlan Rifles OF
Troy, Parnell Guards OF Elizabeth,
branches Nos. /, q, 3 and 4 of Newark,
and 10 of Jersey City, and No. 2 Of
Harrison. ST. Patrick's Alliance
brought up the rear. About 1909 men