The Irish standard., 1893-03-18
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1898.

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Il With him. brayely she looks up into his
gleyes; brayely she thinks 81 his coming
d sorrow and bravely she murmnrs last
1 good bye. He is gone; he waves q part
4 ing signal from the ship ont On tbs bay; ).
1 we see her Id answer back holding high
Ilnthe sunlight their little infant child.
4 The ship sails silently out on the bay;
DINNER and yet more dim grow the hills
lind trees Of home; silently and slow the
green isle seems to sink until ct last to
the exile's tearful eyes no answer comes
save from the dark blue waters of the
sea A farewell sigh waited to Erin's
i shore, silent prayer for the land Of their
|forefathers AID the homes Of their child
hood, and the poor exiles turn to breast
the unknown dangers OF 9 foreign land.
4 America sees them turn their faces
toward her friendly shores and calls out
to them, ssWhat do you bring from Erin
your hapless land can spare? Her tears,
defects and miseriss, are these indeed
your share? Are the mothers caolne and
the banshee 8 cry your music for our
! song? Have ye joined our feast with a
Ewithered wreath and q memory ofwrong?
| With broken sword and treason flag
from the Banda of the seas?
o! where in our HOUSE Of Triumph shall such
1 gifts as these be hnng?'
| But hark--a shout. What answer across the
| deep is heard? .a
From. burdened ships and exilel lips ringing
/ mo treason we bring from Erin--nor bring we
| shame or guilt, ~
The sword wahold may be broken bat VIC have
1 not dropped the hilt;
The wreath we bear to Columbia is twisted OF
thorns, not bays, a -
Aud the Songs we sing saddened by the
| thoughts Of desolate days;
But the hearts we bring for freedom are washed
r. in the serge of tears,
And We claim our by peoples fight out
| living thousand years. y
The answer has the ring Of true met.
aland America bids the Irish exiles
welcome.
The part taken by man Of Irish blood
in the upbuilding OF this nation is
]'glorlous vindication Of the race. They
| fearlessly encountered tue dangers OF
! the pioneer. Struggling among rocks
and trees and savage men they buff
/ homes for themselves in the very heart
1 of the wilderness. Everywhere in the
land they have lefs everlasting monu-
1 ments OF the NJ smory OF their b ,nest
4 toll. a 81 #
When this great nations life was
Threatened they glally sacrifi ,ed th cir
Lives. They we're at shilo aud Cold
Harbor, and with Sherman marching
down to the sci; on every battle field
they were IN the fro IT and died facing
the foe.
I Il Ia this free land the Irish exi}es have
4 proved themselves. To7day they stand
] in leg siative ha Is as the counsellors of
this nation; to-day they sit upon the
bench and pass judgments upon She
rights OF men; to-day an Irish exile is
4 sent back to the government that ban
1 ished i'm as the accredited representa-
Itive Of the mightiest nation upon this
! (earth. Think of it, Pat Collins in the
7 court Of st. Jam az! 'Fhe mills Of the
4 gods grind slowly, but theygrind ex-
ceedingly sure. ' d. II
4 A great battle 10 being fought to-day
in the old land. The men who are
4 f!nting for Home Rule are doing nobly.
4 They struggle against terrible odds, but
u inch by inch they are working their way
/ to victory. The great power that sup
ports their cause IS public opinion. Let
) ms understand the significance OF this
truth. Let us understand our solemn
: duty. ireland is on trial, She stands
4 III the dock charged with guilt. IL Dig
: nifty sits the judge the public opinion Of
4 the world In the jury box are the lpeo-
u, pie Of the United States; they slall
make the verdict Bsfore the court
crouche4 her aecnser, Tory Eng land,
with her indictment. We are the Wit
8 nsssas for Ireland. q pom the testimony
3 I5ot our conduct before that jury OF Amer
ican people shall the rsrd let be rendered.
h The manner III which we discharge our
81 duty as American citizens, IN coniunc
I. tion with. The devotion we manifest for
+ the land 5of our fsthers, will determine
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