St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-05
ADDRESSED BY IRELAND.
THE ARCHBISHOP SPEAKS ATA LOYAL
LEGION DLaNER.
HE SPEAKS OF PATRIOTISM.
Gives the A. p. A. a Sharp Dig in
ec the Determinations and
10 Scgregations in Civil Or Politi.
RI Race or Language Arc I'm.
~ American and WronD

tli' Race or Language Are I'm
~ American and Wrong.
NEW YORK, April 4.-The New York
commandery of the Loyal Legion gave
the second of its yearly series OF five
dinners at DelmonicO's this evening,
with Archbishop Ireland, of st. Paul.
as its guest of honor. At the conclusion
of the dinner Archbishop Ireland spoke
most entertainingly for an hour and
half on the duty and value of patriot
ism. making the chief address of the
evening. The archbishop said in part:
Commander, Companions: TO speak
ofpairiOtism is my evenings task. An
easy and and gracious one fought to be.
Patriotism is perSnnified in my audi
ence. The honor is mine to address the
country's heroes, the cOuntry's MARTYRS.
At country's call you quickly buckled
your armor on, and. rushing where
battle ragged. you offered for country's
life the life blood of your hearts Many
of you bear upon limb and face the
sacred stigmata of patriotism. Your
tried hands are doubly pledged in
purest unselfishness and bravest resolve
to uphold in the reign of peace the loved
flag which in days of wac they carried
over CORY fields above stain or reproach.
l could not, if | would, close the portals
of my soul to the rich and sweet inspira-
lions which come to me from your souls.
shall define patriotism as you under
stand and feel it. Patriotism is love of
country, and loyalty to its life and veal
love tender and strong, tender as the
love of son for mother, strong as the
pillars of death; loyalty GENEROUS and
disinterested, shrinking from no sacri
flee, seeking no reward save country's
honor and country's triumph.
RESULTS OF TIE WAR.
Two things Ill our civil war amazed
the wOrld-OEe, the number and courage
of our volunteer soldiers, ,he other. the
ability of the commanders. In other
countries large standing armies,
years of careful training for men
and officers are the prerequi-
sites of successful warfare. In America
the chief executive OF the republic
moves his wand, and armies spring up
as by incarnation. One motive rules
them, the saving of the country; they
is most skillful; the records Of the bat.
ties are studied in wOnderment by
famed warriors of Europe. Especially
did the skilled leaderSh'p OF our armies
astontih Europeans. l met recently in
Paris well-knOwn general of Russia.
| lie said: ''War is a science of high de-
| gree; at the commencement OF the con-
| test the government of the United
| States had at Its disposal only hand
full of trained officers; the war, more
| over, was to offer iii its varied opera
| tons
~ UNUSUAL DIFFICULTIES;
4 ana yet, the command throughout the
vas: army was admirable Ill skill of
| planning aud execution" Great the
! sacrifices which the war in defense
| of the country demanded! But great
| the results! No one now doubts that
| America is patriotic, and that a free
! people may be relied upon to defend it's
country. The United States is re-
/ spected by the nations of the world /;
they remember what it was capable OF
when divided; they understand what it
| is capable of when united. The victory
of the Union brought peace and pros
| perity to coDQuerorS and to conquered 3;
today the conquered rejoice no less
than the cOnquerOrs that the old flag
| ground. The seal of fnality has been
set upon the Union, the God of battle
| ending disputes, and deciding that we
| are nation one ana lndeStructible
PURITY OF THE BALLOT.
What shall l say of the purity OF the
ballot, of the integrity of the public Off
| cfal? touch upon the life threads of
| tine republic. and words fail to express
| the solemnity of my thoughts. The
| poet Virgil places amid horrible tor
| mentS in his hell the man who sold
his country for gold, and imposed upon
it a master; who made and unnade
| laws for price,
'Vendidit hic auro patriam, dominumque
| potentem
Imposuit; fixit leges pretio, atque refxit'
The poet had righteous sense of the
enornily of the crime. The suffrage is
/ the power of life or death over the state.
| The one licit motive in its death is the
public veal, to which private and party
interests should be always sacrificed
| The voter making misuse of the trust
| deserves to be DISTINGUISHED; the man
who cOmpaSSeS the misuse. who weaves
schemes to defraud the popular will, de-
| serves to be prescribed. The public
official is appointed for the peoples
| good, and is sworn to work for il: if he
ecutive, to enrich himself or his friends.
| he has sold his country for gold" and
he is traitor. The distribution of office,
! or IF administrative power, must be
| based on fitness; the spells system in
| politics inevitably leads TO public cor
ruption, treacheruuS and unsafe admin
| istratiOn, and the ultimate laundering
| Of the ship of state.
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
Storms are passing over the land,
arising from sectarian hatred, and
nativist OR foreign prejudices. These
| are scarcely to be needed; they cannot
| last. Day by day the spirit OF Ameri-
| caniSm wakes strong; narrOwness of
thought and unreasoning strife cannot
resist its Influences. This country is
America; only they who are loyal to
her can be allowed to live under her
| flag; and they who are loyal to her may
enjoy all her Liberties and rights. Free
dom of religion is accorded by
the constitutions; religion is put
outside state action, and most
wisely so; therefore, the religion OF a
citizen must not be considered by voter
or executive officer. The oath of ailegi-
ance to the country makes the man a
citizen; if that allegiance is not plenary
ana supreme he is false to his profess
sion: if it is he is an American. Dis
ordinations and segregations, in civil
or political matters, OH lines of birth
place, or of race, OF of language-and, |
add, Or Of cOi0r-are un-American and
wrcng. Compel all 10 be Americans. in
soul as we'll as i'll name; and then let
he standard Of their faiue he their
American citizenship.
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM NEEDED.
Who will say that there is no work
for patriotism i'll days of peace? If it
need not 10 be SO courageous as i'm war,
it needs to be more watchful and en-
during; for the evils against which it
contends III peace are more persevering,