St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-25
FINERTY'S LECTURE.
One Eloquent Irishman Talks
About Another.

one Eloquent lr1Shman Talks
About Another.
Hon. John F. Finerty, the noted orator
and Journalist. was greeted by large
and enthusiastic audience at the Lyceum
theater last night. The gathering in
Guided many of the prominent Irishmen
of the Twin Cities and a few
from Saltwater and Duluth. The
lecture was given under the
auspices of the Ancient Order of Hi
benians. 1t was Mr.. Finnerty's first
public appearance in Minneapolis. and
he was given great ovation when in
troduced. His personal appearance is
very striking. He is very large man,
| and has very peaceful and easy man.
| distinctivenesS and fine accent being es-
pecially noticeable. Daniel O'Connell,
the Lincoln of Ireland" was
the subject he spoke on. In
opening his remarks he gave history
of the many struggles that Ireland had
endured to secure liberty. England, he
| declared. had been it's 5itterest enemy
and obstacle. The reign of queen Eliz-
abeth he reviewed at length. and he de-
nOunced her in very emphatic terms.
She was the quintessence of all that was
bad, and done more to injure Ireland
than any other person. The persist
ence Of Elizabeth IN attempting
to blot out the Catholic religion was the
cause OF the great religious war that
occurred in 1898. He spoke of the STRAIT
egg that O'Neil exhibited in the great
battles between 1898 and 1902 and of the
great victories that the Irish won. 81
have spoken of these Irish victories"
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was not always begging and petitioning
to England to helr her for Gods sake"
The slaughter in 1641 was another re-
suit of English religious persecution,
and the Irish were driven from their
homes at the point of the bannet like
wild animals.
1.-The English at that time said the
Irish were prejudiced against the Eng
lish, and say, and without fear of in
Sulting any one, why In the name Of
God should they not have BEEN"
For centuries the Irish were wiped
out politically and socially by the Eng
lish. The Irish representation in parlia-
ment never accomplished anything
until O'Connell was elected in 1898.
This gallant young man fought per-
sistently for Ireland. He organized the
Catholic ASSOCIATION and gradually got
Lllo ptUplo lO CO-UpcrdlS WIFI HlIil. Tie
was man of peace and wanted the
stain of blood on no one. He was proud,
patriotic; however, he would quickly re-
sent an insult. When O'Connell in 1884
sought the repeal of the union, he had
100000 behind him. After the Or
ganizatiOn of this, parliament, much to
his surprise, passed the most strin-
gent coercion bill that ever was enacted.
O'Connell had humor that was ex-
traordinary and no one could sway the
Irish people like HIM. He had the
greatest intellect that Ireland ever pro-
duced and was statesman without a
peer. He was offered every possible
honor that England could bestow On
man and declined them all.
In concluding the speaker gave En-
gland red-hot roast. He said that she
had always been tyrannical and hypocrit-
ical and would not arbitrate. He re-
ferred to the Behring sea controversy
and said that should England 'dog the
Stars and Stripes 100000 Irish people
will draw the sword in defense"