The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-03-29

ACaVH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. III I'D ~ 0lA
century and quarter ago in fraud and
blood it devastated the ancient civiliza
tion Of India. At the cannon's mouth
it has forced its odaum upon the people
Of China and Japan. Today ]. has
millions Of gold and thousands OF can
mons to protect Its bond holders in afro
and Alexandria and it's rum sellers in
the Soudan but not a bayonet to raise
against the Arab slave trader who
yearly drives half million Of African
blacks into captivity, We are willing
to forgive and we shall try to forget.
but we shall attempt neither the one or
the other until the aspiration Of the
Irish nation for liberty has been salts
fed. Prouder than monument Of Wei
llngtion or Nelson will be the epitaph
Of that great Englishman whose heart
has melted to the voice Of ireland and
whose hand is raised to strike away her
chains.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians,
who we're fortunate enough to gain ad
mittance to Market hall, ST. Paul on St.
Patrick's day, were treated to one of
the grandest tributes to Ireland and
Ireland's sons by Judge Nethaway OF
Saltwater, that it has been their luck to
hear for many years. A brief but mas
terly review of Ireland's noble men,
Burke. Emmett, Grattan. Moore, etc.:
closing with a GLOWING tribute to
Charles Stewart Parnell.
The following is the address in full:
The love of country is characteristic
of all Municipalities, especially is it SO
with the Irishman. He loves old Ire
land as he loves his family. Why should
he not? Has she done him, any harm
Has she denied HIM any right? Has she
not given him ali the RELIGIOUS. educa-
tional. scientific, mechanical and pro
fessional advantages? Has she not
given aim a good code OF morals to fol.
lowY Has she not given him music to
charm the ear and beautiful scenery to
enchant the eye? Has she not given
him prose and poetry both sublime and
l1diculous2 Has she not given MN wit
and oratory? Has she not given him the
statesman and reformer; and lastly has
she not given him sincere and eminent
divines. All. these things she has given
him and we'll might he love her.
But while she has given the Irishman
these magnificent things what has she
receivede She has received oppressive
laws with submission; she has con-
tributed her share in the payment OF a
public debt incurred to support a mon
archv in whose affairs she has no voice;
she has been and now is ruled by
another nation; she has witnessed mill
lions wr1ng from her people to support
pulled up nobility. Sorrowfully she
hao for many long years seen her harp
hang silently on the wall awaiting the
inevitable day when it's strings will
ring out the sweet music Of freedom
and emancipation. (Applause.)
1t is contrary to the rules of political
government that one nationality should
rule another. France has it's French
Executive. Spain it's Spanish King.
Germany its German ruler, Russia it's
Russian Gear, Turkey its Turkish Sui
tan, England its English Queen and
America it's American President. But
where is ireland and It's ruler and it's
Parliament to which her sons may ap-
peal? The answer comes back in the
hands of those who reap a bountiful
harvest Of millions of money at the ex-
pense Of the hard working and honest
Irishman.
Is she denied the right Of self-goverls-
ment because she has not the ability
Does her past history Justify this asser.
ton? II &C, where dc her enemies place
such men as Shane ONeill, who fought
for her freedom and when offered by
the Queen OF England the title of Earl
OF Tyrone. replied: ''Tell your Queen
that if she is the Queen Of England am
the King of Ulster.''
Where do they place such man as
Burke, who, approaching the right Of
self.govern ment, defended America in
her struggle for freedom. Where do
they place such man as Grattan, who.
| with his gigantic mind. advocated free
trade and greater recourse for Ireland
and her productions.
Where do they class such man as
Robert Emmett, who died fighting for
the principles of free government, and
closed his brilliant career with the dying
request that nothing be placed upon his
tomb until his country should be free?
Where do they class such man as
Daniel O'Connell, who. by remarkable
coincident, was born the same year that
America appealed to arms to free her
self from British rule. A man who
devoted his whole life to his country
and it's welfare, and when offered BY
the English a lifelong and lucrative
judicial Office, declined it with the re
mark, My country first, myself after :,
a man of brains and whose whole life's