The morning news., 1892-03-18

adlure You 10 follog an ilustTiOus prece-
Gent and persist IN deIouaetng the otfics-sesker.
DO this in your speeches in congress, in your
messages 10 congress. everywhere aud at al
times By this simps method have known an
American statesuaatO occupy successively the
nigh and honorable position OF sheriff, district
attorney. mayor, governor. President and-ex-
President
Again, oy enforcing the principles Of civil
service reform; you will endear your self to the
VIII avoid presenting TO the country the painful
spectacle OF 10000 lnoffensiye partsans being
eVleted from Office stimuli - senlei-that is say.
with neatness, celebrity and dispatch.
II, however. YOU do suffer such inoffensive
partisans as refuse TO die in Office TO resign.
and you are saus compelled TO Ill their vacant
places with honest and cOmpstent democrats,
do not forget the invited guests of this menora-
ble evening II you should be tempted to su n
mon 90 your aid In running the government, the
100 members Of this Hibsrnian Society,
don't do il under the false impress
sion shat you are taking Irishmen
into your confidence. The only thing emerald
about these Hibernians is that narrow and mod
est sash you may have noticed athwart their
manly bOsoms I will not add, the only thing
that is beautiful, too. am not an Hibernian
because / am an Irishman. To become an
Hloernian you must prove that the Irish blood
OF your ancestors has been adulterated TO such
az extent that its Cetc hue and flavor have
been entirely eliminated
Mr.. President and gentlemen, I do not feel
justified on such an occasion as this in making
midsummer convention. II did might select
nominee for certain office, with your ap-
probation, without exceeding the limits of these
friendly precincts. While | depreciate and
coademn the custom, the fact remains
that the Democratic party has almost
invariably refused to put the head
OF family at the head of the nation. Van
Buren. Buchanan, Tilden. and that other man
who will be the next bachelor to lead the demo
cratic hosts TO victoryi ALI concede he must
be strong mana very Samson. to 20 back
70 the scriptural description Of him-a man
whose head no razor shall ever touch.
And now. Mr.. President, setting aside the
language of the trifler, Gllow me 70 offer a SEN
ument In which am sure all your guests will
unite.
May the rising sun of Ireland's liberty and
independence continue to roll heavenward, d.
mlnishing hour by hour its zenith distance I'M
til at last it shall stand fixed in the meridian.
splendid and lustrous. forever dispen9ing peace
and prosperity over that unhappy land, now
crushed by power aud torn by dissensions and
forever shedding its eternal rays of glory aud
felicity over united, eontenEed and sovereign
people.
The Press.
Hon. John T. BoIfeuillet Of Macon. edi-
tor of the Telegraph, responded to the sew
enth toast, 1.-THE Press-Used with honest
strength a surer defense of liberty than laws
and constitutions.
Mr.. Boifeuillet's speech was eloquent and
fervid. A gem brief, but exquisite. He
said:
The press is the fulcrum power that moves
the world Combinations Of fraud and force
may limit its sway and subdue 1t for time,
but they cannot crush 1t. Henry Grady is dead
but his influence is imperishable. The splendor
OF his achievements will illumine the spirit OF
friendship and Christianity aud shine brighter
and brighter until the perfect day. II the
press we're suddenly blighted out this
glorious republic would cease TO exist as a ma
tion.
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idly advancing to the summit Of material great
ness.
By the power Of the press this is growing to
be an age of an elevated public opinion. By the
power Of the press that iniqutous and unjust
measure known as the force bill was hastened
TO a timely death.
We have as a guest the senator from New
York who declared that he would vote any ap-
preparation TO the worlds fair on the ground
that we have no common country should the
force bill become law.
Civil liberty has its foundation on fres press.
The liberty OF the press is the liberty OF the
people. The liberties OF this country are secure
so long as we have an honest press. The press
builds railroads, erects colleges, develops in
dustrIes aud protects religion
By its power it makes the obscurest individual
spring to the summit OF power.
The press Of America has ever been the friend
of Erin. An honest press on the British islands
would have made the union of 1900 impossible
forever. Let Ireland legisate for herself Let
the national mind be educated that the masses
have liberty and progress, and England's arm
of despotisTn will be wrenched from its socket
May the clasp of tyranny that has borne the
harp of Tara soon be dissolved from its notes
May England's flag soon be pulled down from
Dublin castle and Emmet'S epitaph written
there.
Mr.. Boifeuillet closed with beautifuI-tribute
to the name Of st. Patrick.
The Bench and Bar.
Judge Adams response to the bench and
bar was a chaste, dignified and eloquent
effort. No man, ne said, could attain emf
nance at the bar unless he contained the
moral and physical elements of inteilige lce.
The great lawyer loves the truth and he
grasps after it with all the powers of his
nature. He doesn't attempt soph-
istry or imposition upon the
ignorant. speak of profession of men
who have led in every movement for
human freedom and the extensive domain
of right. We cannot live without law.
Nor cen nations live, communities exist or
individuals pursue the avocations of life
without the law. Administered right It is a
powerful engine OF right, and wrongfullY
it Is a fearful institution for tyranny.
He quoted the remarks Of famous
chief justice OF England that the identity
of the law is greater than the throne of q
king.
Judge Adams closed In q beautiful tribute
to ireland, picturing the beauties of the
isle, and the sacrifices and sorrows of Its
people, and asked Gods blessing upon it
and America, the friend Of Ireland, which
welcomes TO its shores the exiIed and down
trodden OF all lands.
TO, Erin, Ny Country"
DR.. b. C. White of Athens responded to
the ninth toast: "Ireland, eloquent with
love and tender as the mystic strains which
flowed from the harps of her minstrels. our
thoughts tonight wing their way across
the waste of waters and hover with prayer
and hope above the land of Irishmen."
DR.. Whites speech was thoroughly In
line with the sentiment of his toast, elo-
quent, sentimental and beautiful. Ii was
one that had to be heard to be appre-
cieted.
DR.. White opened his speech by saving
that it was q glorious privilege to speak to
Irshmen of Ireland, a privilege which he
gratefully esteemed. He said he had ad-
Judged his education incomplete until his
iips had touched the famous barney stone
Of ireland. He spoke Of Ireland as 1.-The
enchanted spot which gave your fathers
birth" He paid high tribute to the Irish
character as sprinRing from a beautiful and
lovely land, endowed with love and patriot
ism and the home OF sentiment and poetry.
He spoke of the land as he had seen it, with
description of its beauties and enchant-
ments and its loveliness as it appeared to
the eve.
He spoke of the love and patriotism of its
people and the efforts by which they had
manifested 1t, which had proved so unsuc-
cassfIll