The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-02-25

publication inSthiS column unless Hcc0n9-s3
panied BY the name az the writ should
be understood, in this connections, that the
editor does not necessarily endorse opin-,
ions Of correspondence ssss
What Constitutes True Loyalty
To the Editor Of the Irish Standard.
Will you kindly permit 9 rsader| 81 OF
your valuable paper to make 9 few IN
quiries of yon with the expectation that
you may SEQ your way clear to answer
them?
Riding on the street-car the other
night noticed that one of the occupants
OF the car, gentleman of my aequaint.
ance, carried in his hard aad was eagerly
perusing copy of the paper entitled,
".rhe Loyal American Asking him for
the temporary loan of the paper, I
glanced over it's columns and ascertained
that It was simply ratid anti-C Catholic
sheet. Now this rather conflicts with
my idea of loyalty. As understand it,
one of the Fundamental principles OF our
government, and III fact the one upon
which this government is based, is lib
erty OF speech and action so far AZ 1t
does not c,nAict with the prosperity Of
the people. MY understanding also OF
loyalty is wise and free love of country,
and the willingness at all times to obey
it's laws, and if need be, sacrifice even
life to see it's laws properly lived up to,
and the county remain one great and
glorious union. Now, my idea OF liberty,
as it appears in the constitution, is that
every man should have the right to wor-
ship God according to the dictates of his
own conscience and after the manner OF
his early religious training. TO show
that I sprung from loyal race, would
simply state that great grandfather and
two great granduncles enlisted in the
Revolutionary army at the same time,
suffering from privation and shedding
their BLOOD freely that this country
m sht Be free. Further, that grand
father upon both my fathers and moth
er's side served their apprenticeship In
the army of 1912, and to complete the
record, father was IN the late war for
period extending over two years and on
countered corresponding privation and
hardships, and only age kept me from
following in his footsteps. This, it
seems to me, should be ample proof OF
my loyalty to this government. ! c ouple'
with number Of these facts the recol-
lection of my idea that OF the many who
willingly gave UP their lives in the pre-
cious cause ct freedom, there we're many,
may say, very many Catholics. [ have
never heard that these parties who made
application to enlis: in their country's
service were ever questioned as to their
religion. Here is paper, tas one to
which refer, WHICH sails under the hon
orable title of THE Loyal American
yet it is anything but loyal, abusing the
Catholics simply because they are Catho-
lies Now, allow me to produces from my
memory certain other facts in regard to
the true loyalty of this government. In
1854 draft was being made in the part
Of Iowa in which lived, and the only
class of men who used every meane in
their power to evade the draft were lot
Of men whose birth place was Canada,
Nova Scotia d other parts Of North
America, most of whom were disciples of
William OF Orange. 1t gals me to the
qnick to hear men who are descendants
of the type OF man referred to. load down
the columns Of paper bearing an hon.
orable title in abusing men whose only
fault lies in the fact that they worship
God according to the dictates of their
own heart. F'r myself, can say that
never belonged to any church nor did my
father or grandfather before me. Hence
1 can speak from an unpr-judiced stand.
point. I am willing TO put my loyalty
to this great and good government
against that any man who stands upon
American soil. and yet when read such
articles as confronted me in the columns
of tie paper which refer to, feel de-
gree o. cont mpt for the author aside of
which my regard of feeling for an open
enemy of this country stands high and
above board. Now, the question wish
you to answer, for perhaps my ideas of
loyalty ara crude and wrong, is what con-
etitutes true loyalty? Perhaps some of
the gentlemen who are connected with
the paper refer to can also furnish me
some light on the subject IT SO, would
be glad to hear from them.
love freedom and liberty in all things,
but love it only when all can and do
g: joy it. LIBERTY.
pa+en<e m Minnesota nc