The Irish standard., 1892-07-09
FOURTH OF JULY.

| It Was Celebrated in Grand Style by the
Patriotic Citizens Of West Duluth.
( spe cial to The Irish Standard.
The celebration of the Fourth of July
under the auspices of Div. No. 4, A. o.
H.; was grand success in every detail
and the Irish Americans of this section
proved again their devotion TO American
| liberties. At ten O'Clock the parade
formed at Hoyt's hail, consisting of Pc.
lish Band, Div. No. l, A. 0. H., Machin.
lists Union, Teamsters' Union mounted,
and citizens in carriages. The line OF
march was through the principal busi-
ness streets Of the city to- the picnic
grounds on the Bay Front, where a
splendid programme was rendered. q.
M. Murphy in few well chosen words
extended g. cordial welcome to all pres
ent The reading of the Declaration OF
Independence by J. NJ. Martin was done
in fitting style.
| A. M. McLean was then intr, duced by
chairman Connolly as speaker Of the day,
and made one of his best efforts. Follow
in is synopsis of his address:
| One hundred and fifteen years the
heart of the American Republic is beat
| ing. 1t was born amidst one Of the great
est struggles for human liberty the
world has ever witnessed, and baptized
! ia the blood of our forefnthers; but in
order for the American people to appre-
American liberties, they must first have
knowledge Of the forces that at that
time met and determined whether the
divine rights of kings or the rights Of
man we're superior. In speaking about
the forces Of Great Britain ! shall not
contine myself to al arraignment of
orownheads and mobiles, but deal with
! that power which has been intrenched
behind the British throne ever since it
was founded by the Norman robber-chief.
That power is great commercial and
landed plutocracy, which had it's lncep~
tion the same as the British government
has had, by slaughter and robbery. 1t had
grown to such enormous proportions
at the time Of the Revolutionary War as
to control the commerce OF the world.
England, placed in g position by Ma
ture's god where she holds the key OF
the seas, as far as the countries Of Europe
are concerned she held the key on the
north by holding St. Georges Channel,
and on the south by holding the straits
Of Glib altar. No other country IN the
world has had tbs same opportunity to
roll the wave OF civilization over the
world, but the policy Of England has al
ways been after acquiring new territory
either 10y discovery or conquest to sap
the product Of labor to build up her
own treasury and fill the pockets Of a
l>loated plutocracy.
At the time the OLD American colonies
became subordinate provinces Of Eng
land, she had large schemes on hand
She was con templating tho reduction
Of tne Peninsula; besides, she saw what
was coming in France and wanted her
treasury full for such an emergency.
She saw in che thrifty and industrious
people of the colonies fresh fields for
pluuder, but her greed and avarice de-
stroyed her IN america as il will yet
make her throne crumble as did those Of
other great despotic governments that
arose and fell in the worlds history.
Now let us see what were the great
forces that established our independ-
ence IN this country. The colonlsts had
come from the sun decked plains Of
France to escape the conditions that
bred the French Revolution from Eng
to escape religious persecution, from
heath clad S Scotland, the land Of heroes
bearing with taem the memories Of Gull
loden and Rannockburn, in fact from
every country in Europe, where men
longed for freedom from despotisnl.
But add nothing to history nor take
nothing from it when I say that plur-
ality. if not a majority came from that
grand old land, where old Mother Nature
never failed to respond to the touch OF
labor applied to her sacred soil. [ say
sacred soil because it has been baptized
by tho blood OF her SONS for liberty s
cause.
Those people, compelled by unjust laws
to leave forever the homes of their fa-
theirs, as they stood on the decks Of the
old ocean eail boats, and saw the
horizon kiss the last hilltop Of that old
land, would not be worthy of the blood
that flowed through their veins if they
did not make solemn vow that il ever
opportunity offered they would make
England see another Fontenoy~
When those noble men met in the hall
in Philadelphia. feeling as they did the
throbbing hearts Of suffering people:
and adopted the declaration Of indepen-
dence, it found an. echo in their breasts.
The men that had the courage to Ting
in the face of such military despotism