The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-03-28

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serpent to the force Of the Tiger, who
even while they are sapping the founda-
tions of Liberty's Citadel. corrupt the
watchmen on the walls.
Theory OF our fathers, those broad...
browed founders of a mighty nation
holds that man The, individual. man the
citizen. is higher than property, is
greater than the State. for he makes
the State and he can say not as mon
arch proud III his tyranny, but as =
freeman exnlting in his liberty II am
the State"
| The republics Of the middle ages.
where the State absorbed the man and
oligarchy powerful and magnificent
ruled with iron sway. are but examples
to warn us Of the dangers that attend
this loss Of personal independence and
the aggregation of wealth and power i'll
| the hands of the few.
So to night it is not America holding
the lordship of continent and gather
ing within her ample grasp the riches
| Of the Earth that demands my fealtV
and excites my admiration, but it is
America the foster mother and the
riches are the loyalty of her children.
native and adopted, to that Liberty
| which is founded on justice and equality
that commands my devotion.
While we are proud of America as
she was, and pxnt in America ;ss she is~
let us glorify America as she will be.
when with the prescient evss of Hope
aud Faith we see her dispensing with
an equal hand the fruits Of labor and
the needs OF toll,
"When wealth shall rest ho more in mOunded
heaps,
But smite with freer light shall slowly melt,
In many streams to fatten lower lands,
And light shall spread and man be liker man,
Through all the seasons of the goiden year.
Minnesota that has done 60 much for
I1ishmen was not forgotten. 10 this
toast Hon. j. G.. NethaWay proudly re-
spOnded:
| Minnesota with her rolling plains.
her unlimited and unfathomed forests
| of stately pine, her countless glrders OF
iron and zteel, the mighty thoroughfares
of commerce.
Her tranquil lakes and rivers, her
source of the father Of waters. which
from bubhling spring developes into
a grand and noble waterway, opening a
communication WlGh the South, and its
shores dotted with large commercial
centers.
| Her summer resorts the rendezvous
of the pleasure seeker, with her health
full climate, and lnvigor ating atno-
sphere, comes in tor a fond remembr-
ance at this celebration by the SOILS of
the Emerald Isle.
Time has wrought great changes in
the history aud developsrnent of this
state. In place Of the OK team and COW
cred wagon of the anxious, energetic
and thrifty settler, there now speeds
through the country the iron horse
drawing the luxurious palatial car.
Where fifty years ago grew the wild
and untrampledl prairie tOWer now
spring the golden wheat, then laid
mother earth with all her fertility un~
touched for years, now it is turned Dy
the gljstening ploW, and as her furrOWs
turn upward. gazing into the happy
face Of the whistiiug Dlowboy, she re-
sounds the sweet music. welcome my
virtue is developed.
Fifty years ago one standing at the
present site Of our state house gazing
to the west, his eYe would have met
nothing Dut an uninhabited and unde-
veloped country stretching away to.
wards the Pacific coast There was no
clamor of busy poDulace to disturb the
deep solitude of his wild surroundings.
the puff of the locomotive. then, was
not to be heard, the hum Of the reaper
was not then heard denoting the gath
ering of the harvest. The fails Of St.
| ANTHONY madly rushed and rOared the
same as in the days OF Father Henne-
pin, and where now stands the city of
| Minneapolis could be seen the uncivil-
lzed Indian preparing to spear the fishes
of the waters. That was grand and
wild panorama. But great has been the
change. Standing there to-day you find
Yourself surrounded by city great in
it's commercial pursuits aud beautiful
in it's location, your view will be OBJ
structed by shops and factories.
By tall towering buildings containing
a busy throng. and beyond, the broad
and unbouhded prairie is now dotted
with farms. schools, homes and herds
of grazing cattle. Railroads pierce
every part of the state. Hamlets and
cities have sprung up as If by magic
along the deserted trail of the redman,
And greatest of all mplishm ents is
the bright steel rails glistening in the