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

the lot of an Irishman has been cast he
has been found All advocate Of liberty
and justice. and here allow me to quote
a paragraph from Abbot's history of
the Civil War. In speaking Of the battle
of Fredericksburg he says "This solid
stone wall, four feet high, completely
sheltered the Confederate troops while
they poured murderous fire upon the
attacking party. In the assault, Meagh
er's Irish troops especially distinguished
themselves, leaving two-th,rds Of their
number on the field of their heroic ac-
tion. The London Times correspond
eDt. who watched the battle from the
nights. speaking Of their desperate
valor, says: Never at Fontenoy, AL
buera, nor at Waterloo was more un
doubted courage displayed by tbs sons
of Erin than during those six frantic
dashes which they directed against the
almost impIegnable position of their
foe. That any mortal man could have
carried the position, defended as it was.
seems idle for moment to believe.
But the bodies which lie in dense
masses within forty eight wards Of the
muzzles of Colonel Walton's guns are
the best evidence what manner Of men
they we're. who pressed on to death with
the danntlessness OF race which has
gained glory on a thousand battle fields,
and never more richly deserved it than
at the foot Of Mary's nights, on the 18th
day OF December. 1862.
Ireland can justly appeal to all ma
tions for aid aud sympathy in time Of
need, bat to no nation Can she appeal
with more torce than to America. for
where much is given much may be ex
pected, But ireland has not appealed
to us in vain, we have responded 20
many OF her calls and she warmly ap
preciates our aid. The Irishman across
the water speaks and says: Your grand
and glorious country have received INV
countrymen with open arms When ruth
lessly driven from their own land, aud
given them happy homes and fre6dOfn.
You have generously aided our people
in Ireland when afflicted with artiicially
created fam1nes. You have by moral
support, and above all. by the force Of
your example. stimulated and sustained
US in cur struggles against oppression
and wrong: Sons wears ago John Bright
before ne had become a nlugWump
Conser7ative--desc Ireland as
standing with her back towards Eng
land and her face to America; and his
description is doubly true o-day.
At every national meeting and dem
onstration in Iveland tue Stars and
Stripes are proudly borne alongside of
their own Green Flag, and the Star
spangled Banner or Tramp Tramp, will
elicit evsry time as much enthusiasm as
st. Patriek's day or Garryowen- The
young naJi0nalists of Ireland have
taken America as their model They
read American papers and have become
permeated with American ideas, and
they tell us that oil the progress thaf
has been made for the past ten years
and you know they have eompassed a
centurY's progress into that time--has
been achieved through American aid
and American influence. 1t is not
therefore, inappropriate that patriotic
American citizens should couple The
name of Ireland aiad America. and dis
cuss her cause before the American
people. and think can say here TO-
night that one OF the first acts of an
Irish Parliament-aud I expect to see
one slGting in College Green. Dublin,
before this decade closes will be to
pass warm resolutions Of thanks to the
American people for the whole sOuied
sympathy and aid we have given in
winning back Home Rule for Ireland.
And now nv friends as to this end
and in closing my talk this evening;
would call on YOU Irishmen and Irish
women, in the name of God and of Ire
land in the name of all the holy Irish
martyrs of this cause that have already
fallen victims beneath Saxon tyranny;
by the duties that bind you to the land
of YOUR fathers and your mothers, by the
love YOU bear to the country that gave
YOU birth; by the hatred you bear to
evil, Injustice, usurpartion. tyranny
and wrong: by the blush that rises on
YOUR brow when you stand before other
people, before the citizens of other
lands, and know that your land has nc
flag, no country's pride, no true liberty;
by the memory of lreland's former
greatness and the sense of her present
degradation. by the tears OF lr'shmen
for the desecrated homes Of their cOun
try men; bv the sufferjngs of Ireland;
to dedicate yourselves wholly and for
ever to constitute Ireland glorious, In
dependent, happy and free. first gem OF
the ocean first flower of the sea.
Father M. e. Murphy was the next
speaker. He spoke briefly, pointedll
and earnestly, on ''The Day We Cele
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