St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-09

present, Shortly after S O'Clock Mr..
O'ReillV. accompanied by Mayor Smith,
w. T.. Murray, Dan LAWYER and Mr..
Young. Of Boston, who occupied seats
on the platform with the speaker.
emerged upon the stage, and was intro
duced by Mr.. LaWler. In Introducing
the speaker, Mr., Lawler said that there
were on earth some few men who need
ed no introduction. Mr.. O'Reilly was
one of these. His career had typifed
the nobility of American citizenship.
the greatness of American institutions.
He was proud of the privilege of intro
dncing t. st. Paul audience the pa
triot, poet and orator, John Boyle
u eDly.
The speaker dealt with 1reland'S past,
present and future, her great men OF all
ages to the present. The story OF
illustrious irshmen of the past century.
he said, left great deal to De told. Dur
ing that time the possibilities for indus
trial distinction had been wanting in the
oppressed country of which he spoke.
The test of great nation was not, how
ever. in the extent OF its dominion, or in
its great military OF naval achieve
mentS, but i'll the greatness OF its great
men. In the production of men OF this
class Ireland claimed to have
DONE HEX L | Lii SHLAhEs
She had. however, always to contend
with two great obstacles first and fore
most. These were that she had lost her
mother tongue and been compelled to
ADOPT the cold Norman substitute. And,
again. the field in which an lrisnman
had been in the past and was still COM
PEELED to seek for fame and h0nOrS, was
the field of England, his country'S OPP
pressOr. In spite of such obstacles as
this. however, the names of great Irish
men who had won laurels in all the arts
and sciencef. in every calling where
honor could lie gained, shone brightly
among the names of the great men of
their respective centuries. Prior to
the conquest of Ireland by Eng
land the former had been a
leader among nations in the arts and
sciences of the period. In the eleventh
century Ireland had advanced to a place
in the front rank OF nations. There
was no need TO go into detail as to the
methods adopted by England in sub.
DUNG Ireland they were too well
known. In the following century d
code of laws was enacted in England
which were designed especially to com
plete the conquest of lreland-nOt by
force of arms, but by force of educa
tiun--a means still more deViliSh than
the former Native literature was sup
pressed by virtue of these so-called laws
and the former educational system OF
the country was replaced by one OF Eng
fish design. framed with The express
idea of obliterating every trace Of patri-
otto feeling from the minds of the rising
generation. The laws were of the mos
brutal and Inscriptions character. BY
their terms. no Catholic was allowed Il
teach school, not even as assistant tt
q Protestant. Rewards of from 9l0 tt
$50 were offered for information leading
to the discovery of Catholic priests OF
persons engaged in the conductor Cath
Ollie schools.
ENGLAND'S IDEA
and highest aim at that time was Il
so cripple the unfortunate country Sh'
had cOnQured as to preclude any posi-
bihty Of that country's proving danger
Gus to her in the commercial world
The industries which formerly -four
ished in ireland were by English legis
Iation wiped out entirely. Even was i
ordained that the Irish fisheries mus
be worked by English crews in English
boats. The field from which Ireland
illustrious men have sprung in the las
century has been, as have described,
field soWn with ashes, wet with thu
blood of martyrs, and the tears o
women. There was one man WHOM
IriShmen will ever revere, who a
last compelled the notice of tn
people of England for on
pressed Ireland, HIS name wa
Jonathan Swift. Swift wrote hooks il
a vein of humor which was in realit
the bitterest satire on the methotls o
the English government. His writing
were read everywhere, and did NOR
than perhaps anything else i'll bring
Ing about the dawn Of new rays of hop
for his unhappy country"
The lecturer then gave description
of the life and works Of Oliver Gold
smith, his poverty, his genius and hi
untimely death in penury. The brill
liant career of Richard Sheridan was de
tailed His success had been the won
der Of the age in which he lived, he ha'
taken hUnors in everything he had un
taken, and Sheridan was a representa-
tive IriShman. During the war of ISL
the people OF Ireland had been in tn
greatest sympathy with America.
THE PROGRESS OF THE FIGHT
was watched ia Ireland with intense il
terest, and the stars and stripes coul
have been seen daily fiuttering inst
Iently along the Irish coast. lrelan
to-day makes England the same otfe
that was made two centuries ago. thu
of federation with England and ind'
pendence in the matter of Irish govern
ment. The fight to-day is not betwee
the English and Irish people. but bt
tween both races and the arlstocrati
class which owns both alike. TIL
career of Edmund Burke was gone int
at length, showing the greatness of til
man, the struggles OF his early iii
and his ultimate greatness in or;
tory. the rival of the great Pit
The speaker paid glowing tribute
such great lrishmen as Moore, RObel
Emmett, Oliver Goldsmith and the res