The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-01-28

priesthood, the Catholic sisterhood and
the Catholic laity amid the roar of the
cannon.
Columbus was a Catholic, aided by a
Catholic monk; q Catholic queen would
pledge her jewels to aid him. The first
act of worship to the true God in this
land was the sacrifice of the mass
which I celebrate every morning
Fully one-half of the soldiers in
the Revolutionary war we're Catholics
Carroll of Carrollton signed the Declare
tion of Independence. Benjamin Frank
lin stood by HIM and said: There &c
Millions A Jesuit priest, John Carroll
accompanied the embassy to Canada to
secure the neutrality of that country.
Catholics contributed half a million to
the revolutionary cauee. Did We Ameri-
cans fight against Catholic nation fol
our liberty? No. Catholic France sent
over Lafayette. Catholic Poland cent
over Pulaski and others. Catholic Ger
many gave us Baron Deka.b. As for
Ireland, the names are innumerable. We
were obliged to fight against non-Cath-
olic nation. Waehington's body guard
was constituted principally of Catholics.
You know the memorable words of the
Father of our Country in his address to
the Catholics. Here is the substance of
them: Il hope that your fellow citizens
will not forget the part you took in this
cause
Did You ever find Catholic traitor to
the American cause in the revolutionary
or civil wars? No. Arnold was not a
Catholic. He left the revolutionary
ranks because he thought there were too
many Catholics around Washington.
Fully 100000 Catholics we're in Grants
army. You know of Rosecrans, Shields,
Phil Sheridan, Meagher and Corcoran.
They we're all Catholics. We get our re-
igion-ah! we get our politics from
Washington and our religion from Rome.
The chief head OF the church is new en-
deavoring to exhort his people in France
to adopt repu blic--our form of. govern
ment.
The criminals Of the age are those
who put their fingers on the sacredness
of the fraternity that should exist among
the citizens of America. 1t seems that
we have come to this, that to-day we
have Catholic Try goods and Protestant
dry goods, we have Catholic beefsteak
and Protestant bee steak, we have Cath
olic shoes and Protestant shoes-reli-
gious dissension, the greatest enemy to
the American repu blic. Who are they
who cause this dlssension? Men VIII, often
have not taken out their full citizenship
papers. Who are they? Ranting min
listers who endeavor by their words to
excite dissension among us citizens.
Who are they? Bigots, who see no good
in their fellow citizens. but those who
attend the little church around the cor
ner. Vino are they? Late arrivals from
the confines of Orangedom. Did you
ever hear of a crowd Of Catholic priests
coming together on public platform
and taking among them a fallen-of
Episcopal minister aud asking him to
tell how bad the Methodists or Episco-
palians were? l defy the world to pro-
duce an instance. Speak to me about
American patriotism! Defend whose
institutions? Defend my institutions!
s'Breathes there man,
With ,ul SO dead,
Who never to himself hath said
This is my own, my native land?"
I, born under the shadow of the stars
aud stripes-I, born in this star state Of
the Northwest-I an enemy to the
American republic! It makes my blood
run cold. Ny religion cannot oppose
true patriotism. 1t tells us in the Bible,
Render unto Caesar the things that ara
Casar's.' Ny Church cannot oppose the
American republic.
Loyalty, both spiritual and political,
is a Catholic virtue. A Catholic swho is
true TO his faith and the moral code of
his church cannot be faithiess to, any
civil duty. America asks OF us for your
defense Catholic money, Catholic labor,
Catholic blood, and you shall have it; but
ask Of us to sacrifice our religion, and
we cannot. To-day. as in the past, there
are plenty OF Catholic patriots, Catholic
laymen and Catholic clergymen. Cardinal
Gibbons is ia the East and Mgr. Ireland is
not dead in the West! Christ taught us
patriotism. Though Savior of mankind,
He reserved for His country q special
tenderness. See how he wept over the
misfortune that would befall her.
The Church will not undo her work.
Look around you. This country is her
work. Our soil was again consecrated
to Catholicy BY Ponce de Leon in Flor
ida, BY Balboa, who disco the Pacific
Coast, DeVasa, who crossed the CONT
mont, the discovery Of the Mississippi BY