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

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agitation in Ireland. Is it not the same
hydropilobia that Patrick Henry and
had? that Lincoln, Sumner
and Wendell Phillips had! The hydro
phohia that cures millions. Let the
dog return to his vomis, the slave 10
his master and Mr.. Stack with them,
but Irishmen will never return to the
woke and the British cattle.
When [ commenced I did not intend
to sign my name to this, but as 1 have
talked plain to this man Stack | viii do
40. THOMAS CAVITY.
In the morning Tribune Of Thursday,
two columns Of that paper were illled
with the statements of q Mr. Stack, and
as those statements for the most part
are false, whether through the writer's
ignorance of the subject under discus
sion, or his willful prejudice, he per
haps knows BEST; and being well ac-
quainted with the facts in the case, !
feel called upon to refute them.
MI. Stack says he is an Impartial OBJ
server and practical student OF irish
history, past and present. | don EnoW
what history OF Ireland he has studied
for in no authentic history OF that
country will he find anything TO cor
roDorate the statement that ireland has
been part of the British Empire Tor
100 years; for, while one country is IN
a state Of warfare with another, 1t can
not be part of the other. Ireland never
had any sernblanee of being part OF the
British Empire until after the battle OF
the Boyne, 1880, or a little more than
200 years ago. II fact, Ireland never
became, in reality, part OF the British
Empire until 1900. when the two parlll a-
ments were united by the frauduiently
consummated act OF union.
Mr.. Stack says That Parnell and his
.'mob" means total separation from
England Now. any one with unbiased
Judgment knows that Mr.. parneli and
the Irish people have never materially
depressed from the Home Rule pro
gramne as inaugurated by the Home
Government Association, at meeting
held at Billion Hotel, Dublin, OH the
18th of May, 1870. The meeting was
composed OF the most prominent pro
fessional and mercantile gentlemen OF
the metropolis, and was made up OF the
most part Of heterogeneous elements.
Here are some of the resolutions
passed at that meeting, and none con-
Ricting with them has since been passed
by any representative body Of Irish
men:
cit is hereby declared as the essential
principle OF this. ASSOCIATION, that the
objects, and the only objects, contem'
plated by its organization are
To obtain for oars country the right
and privilege Of managing on own at
1eesi.s, 10y parliament assembled in Ire.
land, composed of Her Majesty, the
sovereign, and her. successors, and the
lords and commons of Ireland.
To leave to an Imperial parliament
the power to deal, with all questions at,
iecting the Imperial Crown and govern.
ment; legislation regarding the col
onies and other dependencies Of the
Crown; and relations of the United
Empire with foreign states; and al
matters appertaining to the defense anc
the stability of the Empire at large.
To attain such All adjustment OF tht
relations between the two countries
without any interference with the pre-
negatives of the Crown, OF any disturb
ance of the principles Of the Constitu
| ton
Mr.. Stack says: Irishmen have
never been slow to avail themselves o
the advantages of their union witt
England. They have plucked mor'
than their rightful advantages from
their position, as I shall PRESENT..
show"
Any man in this age making such :
statement as the above, in the face o
| the volnminous fact to the contrary
takes the best possible means o
demonstrating his ignorance, his big
otry and his hypocrisy. To say tina
Ireland derives any benefit from Eng
land is only equaied in preposterous ab
surdity by the statement that ''th'
/ South had far more right to separat
| from the Union than Ireland had from
England" The American Union wa
| like band of brothers; the English
Irish union was and is something likt
what Jesse James said to the mail car.
rier: i've me all the money and mat
ter that you have, then give me all you
clothes and your underwear, including
your weapons then tell me | have /;
right to do so, and if ] see an oppor
tunity of robbing you again / won
shoot You
Now. turn to Ireland says Mr.
Stack. '.and then you see the voluntar,
Adoption of every English manner ane
custom. to the utter ignoring of ever
Irish practice.
/ have lived twenty years in Ireland
inside of the pale, too, and, speaking
on general terms. [ have never seer
anything decidedly English voluntarily
adopted The people have to submit t.
innamerable evils against their will
While am expressing my OWL opinion
| think am reiterating the sentiment:
Of 50 per cent Of my countrymen when
say I am iusulted br Mr. Stack WHEN hi