The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-18

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| tellsent journalist who VIII admit mat
this power has risen 70 its highest hight
/ W hen We shall have religion without
| hypocrisy, law without pettifoZging. and
commerce without fraud. we shall nave
pure and honest press to proclaim
Ine news OF the worlds redemption.
The press was born Of a sentiment
which abhorrsd oppression. IL has been the
pioneer Of all reforms which have led men
TO larger freedom. l have met men who
Wero Lot able to take q newspaper, but
nave never met a u1aa Wno could not
tell how pspsr ought 20 be run. A free
ami unlicensed press has led 20 the achieve
ment Of freedom In Great Britain and other
parts Of the world. Tra century that wit
messed the death Of feudalism also witnessed
the birth Of the press, before which no
monarch could stand The greatest work
OF the press has been in arousing the VIgor OF
the people. The press cannot be muzzled.
The newspaper of to-day is an evolution
after many pulls and mistakes. IL began as
protest against oppression. 1t assails
pre1uotce and uph ids a free gov
eminent. Labor and society recognize
1t; even the criminal finds in it a
a more eloquent pleader than any attorney
when he is unjustly Condemned. The press
has done more for the spread Of knowledge
than all other mediums combined.
THE BENCH AND BAR.
The ninth regular toast was:
Tie Bench and Bar-The arch and pillars Of
the temple OF truth; upon their strength de-
pends the security OF person and property from
the storms OF passion sn1 anarchy.
Hon +. q. duBigno1, on res ponding, said
that in this Gay Of intense realism ami in
dustrial activity, our thoughts are too con-
cerned to appreciate tle force of the senti-
ment, 1.-The Bench and Barr The past.
with IFS r,lo nd traditions Sc
gotten. Fame and all high ideas lose their
value 10 shape the cond ct Of men. l take
no liberty in saying that Ireland, more
than any other English-speaking country,
is essentially land IF sentiment and tradi-
tion. No name is more worthy of undying re-
membranes than the judges who maintained
amid revolutions the dignity of the
bench and the privileges Of the b II. There
is no pursuit ia life that has behind it SO
many ideals as the bench and bar. 1t was
not Pericles but Scion and Lycurgus
that made possible the Grecian
power. 1t was Sir Thomas Moore. who
as Lord Chancellor of England, and the
chief justice who braved to tine block the
power of q king who recognized nc
power but his own, and showed
the people that men had rights.
When America first bloomed from q
province into a nation Ireland was then
wrapped in deepest gloom. 1t wss then that
Henry Curran came to practice
the first to give her hope, and tc
his country he was shining light to light
her on to resist the tyrant. In 1898 the
rights Of the individual were obscured
when Grattan arose, and he, too, was
a member of the bar. In another
epoch O'Connell, another member OF
the bar, emaucipated 100000 Of people
have stated before that the day of Ire
lands delivery is at hand. | still hold &
that hope. The world is becoming more
alive TO the rights of humanity
and the day must surely come when hel
people shall be free, a. the basic pri lciple ol
free people is home rule. Ireland must
nd she shall have home rule.
THE UNITED STATES.
The last regular toast, ''Ihe United
States" was responded 10 by John Temple
Graves of Rome. The speaker bsgar
by thanking the society for its hearty
welcome to him. Tia historic
hospitality of Savannah, he said, is known
in North Georgia. President Arthur hac
his artillery punch, Gov. Stephens had hi:
clam chowder, and Postmaster Genera
Wanamaker might profit by their exa nple
Mr.. Graves was happy 70 say that ht
had still survived to work for the liberty
of Ireland and the growth Of Rome. Ca
| 1t must thrill the hearts OF every one tx
| contemplate the present and future of thu
| United States. 1t is the wonder and admi
ration Of the world. In its tremendous
meaning it stands and has always stoo>
the asylum of liberty, the home of the free.
1t hes gathered the sons Of IRELAND
| to its bosom, and these irish.
mon have paid their last measur,
of debt which they owed to the govern
ment with a receipt in full. The republi,
| is grateful for what they have ne. tn,
| Fr9pchman tips his esp to the tri-color o
| France and the Irish heart beats high q
the sight of the banner of green
but we salute the flag that waves above us
| This is our country; it is the country 0
every people that loves freedom. The tim
has come whea we must have one flag, an,
that the flag of our country, the star
spaEgled banner.
THE LETTERS OF REGRET.
During the evening letters of regret wer
read by Mr.. PrendergaSt from Gov. Cor
don, Col. c. C. Jones of Augusta, BishoI
Beckwith. Gen. Henry R. Jackson, Hon
Pa rick Walsh of Augusta, Hon. Ruin
e. Lester, Judge Atkinson of Brunswick
| Hon. A. 2. Adams, S. B. Adams, ESQ.
Hon. w. D. Harden, Col. William Rogers
L. J. GuiImartin of Quebec. Canada; J. II
Burke, president Of the Charitable Iris
Society of Boston, Mass; Hon. j. c. c
Black of Augusta, David Mcclure of New
York, and Capt John Flannery of the Iris
Jasper 6. Gems.