The Irish standard., 1890-08-16

Iher oppressor, and to-day even the
people Of England are rising up Ia their
might and demanding from the tyran-
nical few, who misgovern both countries.
that justice shall and must speedily be
done to Ireland. But this is MT the
time or the place to let our minds dwell
upon the wrongs OF the past, though in
|structive, is always sad. Let us then
turn to the present, to this country and
this occasion.
i We should congratulate ourselves that
when the hand Of the oppresspr rested
heavily upon our people at home that
there was such country for them to
come to as America. America! How
dear to the heart of every Irishman is
that name; the home of our emigrant,
the asylum of our exile. Search the
world over, scan all the pages of history,
when or where existed a country which
presents so sublime view of the pos
sibility of so grand future. What a
wonderful spectacle does she exhibit?
Breaking forth from the betraying EN-.
brace of European allegiance, declaring
all men equal before the law, she has
established the grandest example Of
government by the people that has ever
existed in the history of human govern
ments. She stands today the fountain
Of Democratic thought, already forth
from her have gone the maxims Of
equality and the hope Of liberty TO all
the people of the world and from her as
center the Democratic theory of govern
ment is forcing itself into the govern
ments of other nations and shall soon
encircle the globe. The oppressed of
all countries, the martyrs of every creed
and the unhappy victim of despotio tyr
rany may here find refuge, his industry
encouraged, b s piety respected and his
ambition animated. Education is with
\ in the reach of every citizen and educa-
ton is the great light in the armament.
Who can say for what purpose a mys-
ferrous Providence may not have design
ed her? When the scepters Of Europe
shall have been broken, when her crowns
shall have been rusted in decay, human
ity shall fashion it's future, it's civilization
and it's institutions after the splendid
example of America. She has been
firmly established and shall endure. AS
I have said, we should congratulate our
selves that there was such country as
America to provide home for the Irish
exile; America should congratulate her.
self that such men as Irish rem come to
her borders in quest of citizenship and
liberty And while we should use every
means and employ our best efforts to
mitigate the unhappy condition Of Ire
land and to give to her at home the
liberty that her sons enjoy here, we
should never forget that we are American
citizens. t'Ths fire Of liberty always
burns brightly in the human heart, but
duty and law should restrain it from
bursting forth into t. destructive com
hagration." We shall res ue the people
of ireland from the hands of the OPP
pressor in ireland and we shall see to it
that they are done no injusticein Amer
lea. And to do both We nefd but one
thing and that is unity. In the namesof
our countless wrongs, in the name of our
patriots martyred ia freedoms cause, in
the name of our patron saint and MUIR
dered priests, for the sake of Ireland's
past, for the sake Of her hopes in the
future, for the sake of the prosperity of
the race in America, be united! DO this
and the crown of national independence
shall again grace the FUR brow Of Ire
land. She shall rise emancipated and
again be proclaimed the ttMother of
Saints and the Home Of Sages,'' and we
the children Of her people. if we are
true to ourselves, if we are entitled and
if we make the most of opportunities
that surround us shall be powerful in
America and as citizens of this great
and glorious republic shall see Ireland
rise in freedom and we shall hail her as
the favorite sister of our greatness,
across the wave of the ocean.
Ironwood Mich.
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