The Irish standard., 1892-03-19
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pendence-home rule ip Ireland.
A united Ireland, divided England;
this is Parnells work. TITS but few
short months since weeping..nation fol-
lowed the care worn hero to his grave;
with the poets, the patriots and the
statesmen that had gone before, they
laid him down to rest.
Over the grave of Ireland's uncrowned
king may the shamrocks of his native
land grow, ever green; may the grateful
tears OF people that he loved blot out
the only stain Oh his lofty soul, and,
when future Ireland, free and undivld-
ed, shall rear pillars high to the memory
of her noblest sons, may one of the tall
est shafts in that proud assemblage COM
memorate the name and perpetuate the
fame of Charles Stewart Parnell.
I would call upon Irish fathers to ed
ucate their children that they may have
an opportunity to use the brains that
Irishmen possess. Teach them to imi-
tate the example of Phil Sheridan, Thos.
Francis Meagher Charles O'Connor and
the thousands of others. who in every
department of arts, science and litera-
ture have done so much to brighten Irish
names and to increase Irish influence in
the United States. Teach them to be
temperate and honorable; teach them to
be true to the religion Of ST. Patrick;
teach them to love the land OF their
birth; be sure they do not forget the
land from which they sprung. If you do
this, they will bless your name hereafter,
and they will do all in their power to help
Ireland to achieve her grand destiny
Methinks see thy destiny fulfilled
Let us gaze for moment ON an indie
pendent Ireland Make a nation free
and you increase the ambition of her
people. When ancient Greece drove the
hated Persians from her shores, the gold
en- age of Grecian art and literature be-
gan. Wnen the people of Holland threw
off the yoke OF Spain, the little Dutch
republic stepped to the front rank as a
nation and disputed with Great Britain
the supremacy of the seas. So when
Ireland is reIe 4sed from bondage the en-
ergy that characterizes tie Celtic race
the world over, so long peut up will ex-
pand itself in developing her resources.
England has always feared the competi-
ton of free Ireland and we'll she may;
for naturally the Emerald ISLE is the
richest country of it's size on the face of
the eartL; the finest water power runs
away Useless to the sea; her vast mineral
wealth lies wholly undeveloped; and in a
land which God intented as great man
ufaoturing and commercial center, agri-
culture is the sole dependence of the
people. In ''home rule" Ireland all
this will be changed; the busy hum of in
dustry will again resound in her now
forsaken cities; her magnificent harbors
and winding bays will shelter the fleets
of every nation, bearing the products of
Irish skill and labor to the remotest cor
ners Of the world; the warm Irish intel
lect will burn again with all the splendol
of her ancient days; learning and the
sciences will revive; schools and colleges
will multiply throughout the land and
a national literature will spring to life.
In that golden age to come, the future
poet will sing the story Of her glorious
struggle. Let us then of the present
generation, resolve to deserve an honor
able page in the history of Old Ireland's
final triumph. May God speed the dawn
OF that eventful day! May God speed
the day when the laws of Ireland will
again be made by Irish brains in her
parliament in College Green. May God
speed the day when the exiled children
Of the Gael may visit the land Of their
fathers and there behold that Screen
Old Banner" floating Ger free, prosper
GUS and oontented people!