The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-04-19
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SD l,ostello, Of Moorhead, MINI.
10 the Editor of TIE IRIsH s1AHDARD.
You will kindl oblige By allowing me
space to say that in the Minneapolis
Journal Of Feb. "a appeared the follow
ing lines headed by Siberian Out
RACES 35 III.
:. PH1hADELPH1A, Feb. "A largely
attended meeting of the Siberian Exile
Petition Association was held here yes
terday. The form Of petition to the
Gear Of Russia was agreed upon. It is
the purpose Of those interested in the
movement to circulate copies Of the
petition all over the United States for
signatures and to place the same in the
hands of the Gar" In another place
the Journal says, headed with large
print "a Singing Protest Needed. =
s'The Siberian Exile Petition Association
have adopted form of petition to be
sent ont for signatures in this country
and transmitted to the Gear of Russia.
This petition under the circumstances,
Is as mild as June morning and lacks
the vetebrate character requisite to show
the cowardly woman whipper and as
sassin of st. Petersburg, that has system
OF prison government is abhorred and
condemned by every man, woman and
child Of this free Republic. This coun-
try is the place in which stinging re-
primand of the Cars enormities should
originate. It is e duty this republic
owes to humanity to protest with all the
power Of the English language against
the Kara enormities.'
We're I a member of the above men
tionea association I would suggest the
English language as the worst known to
couch such petition in, because what
ever enormlties are committed by the
Cars government, they can be eclipsed
by the past and present English govern
ment in Ireland. The death of Ellen
cDonough is still fresh in the memory
of readers of news from Ireland. She
was standing in field, locking at a
squad of policemen and bailiffs that
were on the road, One of the police
men crossed the fence and ran towards
the girl. She got frightened, and, when
running away, she stumbled and fell,
when England's brutal hireling overlook
her, and drove his bayonet through her
womb, pinning her to the ground. The
girl died. The murder was public
one, but because the inhuman murderer
was hireling of the English govern
ment there was no law in Ireland to
punish him. He soon after went boating
and was drowned, and perhaps after a
cold bath he had to take hot one. We
know how Irish members of an English
parliament at the hands of English
jailers. We know how John Vaudeville
was done to death by England's jailers.
There was no punishment for the shoot
ing of three Irishmen at Mitchelstown
because the murderers were hirelings of
the English government. O'Donovan
Rossa's hands were tied behind his back
when imprisoned in England to make
him eat Cruel like pig or dog. Who
ever reads Michael Davitt's Prison Diary
will see that some Of the inmates ct
English prisons when cleaning out the
privies, were SO nearly starved to deash,
they were glad to pick some ends Of
candles ont of the filth and eat them.
Go through Russia to-day and you will
fail to find anything like what is going
on in ireland at the present time, under
the government of the Czarina of Eng
land. In Russia every farmer is the
owner of his farm In Ireland every
farmer is the slave Of some ghcul or cor
morant, commonly called landlord. 1
may truly call them cannibals for they
are devouring the vitals of the people.
With few exceptions they are pack Of
good-for-nothlng English parasites, fast
ened on the backs of the people by the
English government. Numerically, and
in all other respects. excepting their
power to do evil, they are insignificant.
AS useful members among the people at
large. they are libel and blot on
mankind.
Their insatia ole greed for money to
satisfy their li:entious debaucheries IN
/ ondon and elsewhere, has often re-
duced their t,nants Tor, more properly
speaking, their slaves) in Ireland to
mere skeletons Of skin and bone. Many
Of them, if they saw good new coat on
the back Of tenant when gong to
church on Sunday. instead Of having
his shirt sleeves protruding through the
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