New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-17

common sfrosss purpose VIII surely check our
madonna proges. applause SO large representation
is found Of tho rseo which in all sages fSpt eat
li has done much to MAKE r OUT IoStnsly TO their
wnoSS who Ssa sscs for the blessings which s
here enjoyed know that re1eiynSo 800 nth heart
slt ep pesponse HppIsse HOe, reGdless o. pLaS
OF birth of former allegiance we 10 her inter
ssts and pr5spery AMI wishing With ,a freedonn,
those favored the s spRn STe sn in the
| the strength and the peace winch ~'o ''
! United States. (ApplauseJ ,.o,ino ,vas
| when Mr. Cleveland sat down the cheering ""s
| continued for some time. When IL nAu ,'.I
President O,Donohue made little speech ID WHICH
he said :" George Washington was tns nl'T nata.
airy member of this society. Henry war; ~.
| was the second, and why not make oro'er 80
land the third (Cheers) All those In laFOl =,
| ing him so please say Ayr" The mouon woe Tr"no
| mously carried, and the chairman added lns[o
is mn use ot putting the noes" Then turning 10 r.
| Cleveland he said congratulate you" 'CheersJ
JOHN s. wIsEs ELOQUENT SPEECH
The chairman next introduced John s. WISE OF
Virginia, who answered to the toast lreiana.
MIR. Wise made an eloquent speech ana was Gu
| Enthusiastically received. He said
voice that new arrival Was h"V TSe TI
s Ss r Of my esSSod those wch had sung
the ana babes sasn Of d tSs he
Of me nursery :; r.S tales r 81 m sSpS Sd GeSa
fas %om lssep gave the first noo to my youthful
conception of ana heTOs%a " SOOal
vd In & Sss Eeas e famous @S virginia SS
Involving The siv r and , SgOukS SeS party
Under the misapplied name of American was com
sS vss5s u S 1 roah ~ eta
WITH sS 70 be aTd
re- 1s,tT was cnieny directed against Irlshmen
and Roman Catholicism Flushed With n Elot or Oh
R0S ga%S to to s sssS 0e 9sn
eiy and religious liberty; tg -,b old 70 giFs4tiSs he
thoughts and d' TO the ms%s upon Which Daniel
in 1899 he'd @nGS bis s0 declare sa st he
MASSAGE Of the act Of Irish was necessary
y0 Sy war in EoTSnd Sssved that
IN the Old Domion, the mother Of our glorious UaITn
asylum for the r scSs q to pT ny
was chosen as the standaCdoearer OF the opposuOn
at time %he srs me oG Tour cause and his OF
that long and bitter fight you know as much 1, S
Through many % mon sass w aSd sSsn after the polls
had closed acknowledgement, always eoasnni' p Pro
claimed its triumph But Its boasnss weTs tSa
Il had met with wltherng, staggering dssohssR [s
which checked IT'S 81 S.d ndn %ns
glorious Victory for great principle II placed upon
lmprcgnsbe foundations the support anu s1tiod
the question q ciy and religious S n moeT TSunS
rsGpSrs in the oR ~ ssneancs but not
ysnpv 10 remember the hosts Of Irishmen who came
with band and banner to my fathers home % newer
four the burst Of irish enthusiasm which met the
sentences Of his snS Sh S visor
down and his shield and lance arc orohen' kso~
that be could not Withstand the pIorSSo S opIs o
V IHs TMt '0'' u 'H' INV W
THE TRIUMPH STILL REMEMBERED!
Years have rolled by since then-years CROWDED
with events enough to fill the pages OF century Oh
history but the memory Of that glorious triumph Is
seu green I'm the hearts OF Irshmen and binds us To-
gether as did the glorious day Of Agncourt tho hear
of highlands Harry and his chiefains. lApplsosel
With such an Inspiration ynrS O Sresnses What
must man NOT fell How little OF what 10 feels
can he express when called upon to respond to ohe
Beloved, generous land, what words shall atly
frame thy true ap9strSpa,S 9 sv
monuments erected when Brt9ns were eArban . :,
D5 shs land w and al lakes an and
lovely and bewltchlngl Shall NC dweu on your
%SSer or SsBS YOU S enSs
forth an unfating stream Of pioneers In eiyiiEation
sP psGs Of your sru Which stamped on every
page with the elevatng story OF ohvary which must
dwell upon your poetry whose burden is tho ennobling
love Of woman untapted by the baser strain Of thought
bring IN every famous batteGeld EdTopo and
Aorld 30 70 euIoSiSs matchless beauty from whose
gray eyes has ever besned Just conception ,S o.
| comnromisinc languor OF less favored chimes. To
spcsE Of your love Of home Is 70 tell the story Of
oh vet slammed ere they loft their birthplace with
an individuality lost and bound 70 thrr motner
irish character is the Gull stream q the Ocean Of
Humanity, making the circuit OF Jus ~nU n H eInr
welcomed. ever cheering uies mariner, ever mingllng
with Hfes tide; but never disappearing ana ever
!, finished at the spot where ITS journey round the
world was begun. ApplauseJ
| AMERIcA's DEBT TO IRELAND.
Shall speak Of what America owes 10 Ireland
To do 3o would be tale Of work and labor done ana
services performed long for detailed recital With
the birth of this land the Irishman. not as a
drone or yagrant, but earning his living by mo
sweat OF bis brow and contributing his muscle and
his breln to every step in our development On inc
Strtppcd for toll. In the thoroughfarcs Of our
great Cities on every work Of public improycIen,t
sturdy strokes swels the chorus OF the song Of labor
which America sings TO ell The nations By me ca. am
Silence Of the Northern woods mid the waving grasses
Of the boundless pralteeverywhero In our land even
sSado Ne ptS cwS q backward f from the west tho irish
man bears his part of Americas toll with cheerfulness
| and aids his noble contribution TO her material
progress with conscious smile
OTHER EXAMPLES OF HIS POWER
But not alone IN the humber fields Of our industries
have we felt the power Of the Idshman. Tho cio-
quenee Of Grattsn Curran, Flood and Husssy Bergh'
are scarcely less familiar or inspiring 10 Americans
than the most exalted uttoranees of own states
| mon. No martyr of our own has ever by his death
| given us higher example OF moral heroism IMAM
| Emmett. McDonough's guns upon the lakes, and
Jaekson's nncmen at New-orloaps, sherdans twenty
miles ride nom Winchester, and Pat Ceburne's dead
body upon the bFesstwurbs Of Franklin At tho head
OF bis division the Irish brgades, both Federal and
Confederate and Irishmcn innumerabe either SIDE,
have INTERVIEWED your name and history with our
own, taught us Irish valor household word,
that on St Patricks Day, turning 10 Ireland Emerica
With oustretched arms, can utter from her heart IN
your own mother tongue, Caed mile fanthe.'
| iCleefs.) -s-'-'
OF Irelands struggle for liberty aud tho right of self
government must speak word before close. IL Is
impossible for Americans 10 understand the minutae Of