The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-15
AMERICA AND FRANCE.

Speech of Archbishop Ireland Before the
Geographical Society OF Paris.
The journal des Debats and other papers
give a full report OF the lecture Of the
archbishop of St. Paul before the geo.
graphical society in Paris the other day.
Mgr. Ireland spoke in French, and the Paris
papers are full of compliments to him for
the accu' acy and purity with which he used
that language.
NJ. de Vogue. in Introducing the arch
bishop. said: six years ago we learned
that Mgr. Ireland went to Rome with CAT
dinal Gibbons to plead the cause of the
knights of Labor. Consequently he has
our affection, which he won by the Rener-
osity of his ideas and the magnetism Of his
eloquence. by the style of his language
and the accent of his heart you will recog-
niZe in him something of France
Thanking NJ. de Vogue, the archbishop
said:
ut is true that I am somewhat of q
Frenchman. With you I passed the bright
years of my youth. and France is the mother
of the ideas of my soul. Therefore, when
l come again upon her soil l feel my heart
growing young; l feel that I am once more
in the land of my youth. l love France
because l have seen her close at hand. But
who would not love this country, with its
glorious history. its generous ideas, and its
devotion! Let other nations fyht for
worldly notions and frontier considerations;
France stood in the past and stands in the
present always ready to labor and struggle
for honor, for religion, for everything that
e~levates the soul, and that is the reason
why the moral, the religious, and the intel
lectunl world cannot exist without France,
And that is also the reason whv l, a citizen
OF the United States, am not a strange,
here. salute you in the name of my com.
try. that owes to you her liberty.
France may we'll be proud of her child
That has become a giant among nations
To-day We have si1ty.five millions of in
habitants, and at the close of tho centur,
we shall have, with Gods blessing. a hun,
dred millions. No doubt We owe a Qrea,
deal of this increase to the immigration
which has poured upon US like a torrent
but this inning alton would not como if tn,
fertility and the riches of our country die
not attract the people of the old continent
A"J eont Al
brought about in our country? 1t is pro
duced MS soon as this immigrants breath
the air of America. They love liberty, an,
when their feet touch our soil they becom
transformed. Their children will be of
inherent type from that of their ancestors
The first AnRlo-Sa1on colonists gave q spe
clal stamp to the country; but since thsi
time we have become eclectic. and we en-
deavor to take the best qualities in each M
ton. From you We take the love of th
ideal.
I'VE ate accused Of being too tond O
dollars. Well, yes. we like dollars, becaus
they represent the fruit Of our labor. Bu
our hand is ever ready to give. and "
know how to spend with just az muc
good Will as We accumulate. One hin
may surprise you, and that is that VIC 81
TEEN tho artist and the scholar far nor
than we do the capitalist. Give us tim
and we, too, will have the brilliant deco
rations of life. Americans despair of moth
ing,
1T is also said that American women al
rather bold and independent. and you hes
OF their demands for the electoral suffrag
snoh haSo uot tuese IhuIcAI luea
but all have an independence of min
which does them homo, and they desire
practical education. If an accident d,
prlves them of their fortunes they a.
ready to 90 to work. and they are prepare
for that by their education. That is Il
reason why, if women ever gain the riQl
to vote, they will commence in Americ
and they are worthy of it. One of o,
states, Wyoming, has already given womt
the right to vote, and one of them has ju
been elected mayor Of one Of the tow