The Irish standard., 1888-06-09

Albert Lea, Mccarthy, of Swift, j
Callahan, of Winona.
THE EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
About 1870 o'clock Divisions and
respectively Of St. Cloud and SauA
Rapids, together with delegates from
abroad, formed in front of the Grand
Central Hotel and preceded by the
Union band marched to the Opera
House, which was filed to overflowing
in short order. On the stage were the
clergy, Chris. A. Gallagher, Esq, OF
Minneapolis, P. B. German and Owen
O'Boyle from the local committee OF
arrangements, and President w. j,
Murphy, of Division No. ] of Saint
Cloud. The latter gentleman, in a
neat speech, intr oduced Rev. Father
Stemper to the audience. who heartily
welcomed the people present-from
abroad and from St. Cloud in we'll
CHOSEN words. Mr.. John s. Donahue
rendered most pleasing socg and was
heartily encored. Miss Emma Hagerty,
of st. Paul, sang kathleen Mayour-
neen" in a most captivating manner,
and was not allowed to retire until she
sang s'Come Back to Erin'' to the great
delight of all. The Union band again
entertained the audience, after which
the president, in brief speech, intro
duced
CHRIS A. GALLAGHER, ESQ.
of Minneapolis, who delivered the adj
dress Of the evening-an address that
was rapturor1sly applauded throughout
it's delivery.
He opened with the following quota
tion from Moore's beautiful poem:
''Erin, Q, Erin"
The nations have fallen, and thou still art young
Thy sun is but rising, when others are set;
And though slavery's cloud DER thy morning
hath hung,
The full moon of freedom shall beam round
thee yet.
Erin, 0, Erin! though long in the shade,
Thy star will Shine out when the proudest shall
fade.
He referred at length TO the trials
through which Ireland had passed dur
ing the past two weeks, and went on to
speak of the methods OF England's war
fare against Ireland. He said it was
easy to meet an enemy in open battle,
but not the Indian and barbarian. But
no barbarian is so vindictive as the
English government, without bravery,
Justice or honor. This is the same
England that employed the Indians
against the colonists; who bound the
Sepoys to the cannon's S mouth. She can
face anything but an honest people. 1t
was agitation that stripped off her veil
of hypocrisy, and the one-armed patriot,
Michael Davitt, was thrust into prison.
[Cheers] Next the chosen leader of the
Irish, Charles Parnell, Was imprisoned,
but the clanking OF his chains was like
q breeze over Erin's harp. [Cheers].
For the first time in history England
was unable to sngender a feeling be-
tween religious factions in ireland.
The speaker paid high tribute to
Wendell Phillips. the great friend and
adnirer of Daniel O'Connell, man
who devoted his whole life to the cause
of humanity and whose voice could al
ways be heard in behalf OF the
DcWNTRODnEN PEOPLE OF IRELAND.
He quoted as follows from Phillips:
"You may imprison leaders Of the Irish
people, but you canuot imprisOn the
cause they represent. You may shoot
down their leaders, but you cannot
shoot their ideas or principles" The
speaker then showed the effect Of the
union of parson and priest in working
for the common cause Of Ireland. They
have not only built up the Nationalist
platform in Ireland, but they have
CARRIED THE WAR INTO ENGLAND
and won over to their cause the greatest
statesman Of centuries. A man who has
endeavored to enforce coercion laws,
and who now grasps the hands Of the
political convicts, Parnell, Davitt and
Dillon, announcing himself in favor of
Home Rule for Ireland-Right Hon.
w. E. Gladstone. May just and
merciful God spare him to consummate
the work of his declining years, and his
failing eyes close in peace on a free and
united Ireland, The speaker then paid
glowing tribute to the Irish priest
hood, shown in their devotion to their
flock; often throwing themselves in the
face of English bayonets to prevent
them from being maddened into hope
less retaliation. He spoke of their min.
istrations during the famine; their
nights of care and watching at the beds
of the sick and dying, and the patriotic
hope and inspiration they impaired to
the men they had prepared for the scaf-
fold. He spoke of the efforts England
had always made to separate priests and
people, and said: "England can forgive
the Irish people for everything but their