The Irish standard., 1889-11-30

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THE nANOHEsTER MARTYRS. M
Patriotic Address b. @ a. Gallagher, Of
Minneapolis
There was q large and enthusiastic
meeting Of Irishmen held in Central
Music hall, Chicago o, on Saturday night
last, Nov. @, to commemorate the
Twenty second anniversary Of the ex-
ecution Of the Manchester martyrs
Allen, Larkin and OsBrien.. Brilliant
and patriotic addresses were delivered
by several prominent American Irish l
men, among whom was Mr.. q. a. Gal
lagher, of this city.
Like many Irishmen in public life he
unites two of the chief requirements Of
an orator fluent and we'll moduiated
eloquence and a pleasing appearance.
His tributes to the three martyrs in
whose memory the exercises were held
was fine oratorical effect that found
the most appreciative listeners. Wheu
he referred to shat government OF
butchery and hatred worse than the
beasts of prey" there was an fnvolun-
tarY groan from many q breast. After
an eloquent introduction, Mr. Gallagher
recited the oft-told tale of the deed Of
Allen, Larkln and O'Brien. by which
Keely and Deasy were liberated. while
tne-rescuers paid with their lives for
their act. The story was told in PLAIN,
unvarnished language, perhaps so much
! the more impressive because there was
no attempt at hourishiDg in the recital
of facts. But the speaker grew elo-
quent again when he began speaking
OF the persecution Of the Fenlans that
grew out of Allen, Larkin and O'Brien's
deed. The trial of them was denounced
as a mockery, and the jury who served
during it was characterized as the
foulest mob that ever dlsgraced court
room. Their verdict sealed the doom
of English rule IN Ireland; it sowed the
dragons teeth from which sprang q
seed that will develop into a long and
bitter reckoning. When the British
government burned the bones Of Allen,
Aarkin and @ Brien by means of quick
lime, it also burned into every Irish
mans heart the everlasting memory Of
the martyrs. 1t had often been said OF
gatherings like this that Irishmen had
no right to air grievances before an
A Ru1f A me- w q
just the land where complaints of
wrong and inhumanitY should be heard
The Irish offered no apologies for meet
ings of this kind. America felt the
same lash now applied to lreland's
back. In all the troubles of America.
Irishmen had stood in the front ranks
Of her deliverers. Ireland was not deal
ing with an open foe. That foe was the
same government which debauched
Benedict Arnold to betray his own
country; that tied Sepoys TO the mouth
of guns; chat made education in Ire
land crime; that stalked through Ire
land with sword in one hand and the
hangman's rope in the other. Certain
American journals demanded that the
Irish Amrlcans should preserve the
neutrality law towards such govern
ment. This was absurd. America and
justice being synonymous. every wrong
inflicted upon a people belonged here,
for America was the tribunal of the
world. So long as English treachery,
bribery, deceit and cruelty continued,
so long must Irish societies exist. These
very Irish societies had been the factor
to make England's hypocrisy known to
all the world. as coercion had fallen be-
fore the grandest of all weapons--inrel-
ligence. No Irishman should rest until
the dawn Of liberty would rise over Ire
land'scoast.
"Now you're getting down to bust
ness" was shout from the rear when
MIR. Gallagher began to speak of the
necessity Of preserving unity Of action
in the Irish organizations. No man
who could not lay down self-ambition
should eyer darken the door of an Irish
national organization. AS no army
could succeed with more than one gen.
eral, so there should be but one Irish
leader. A man who would not support
his mother would not provide for his
wife. An Irishman coming to this
country who was not true to Ireland
would be a traitor to the United States.
AN ABLE PAPER.
"reminiscences Of the Catholic Centennial
in Baltimore.
Catholic Association Hall was crowd
ed last Tuesday evening to welcome the