Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-03-19
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State tickets In New Hampshire, Masss-
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, California and Kentucky. Ii 10
remarkable, but such is the historical fact,
that this IL the only time that the order
ever succeeded In getting into It's ranks
educated American gentlemen. Before
and since IL has been composed OF the
most ignorant and most worthless Of her
majesty's subjects.
The majority of the present band we
nnd In the American cities coming from
Nova Scotia.
In 1859, with feeling OF deep regret for
having Joined II, every true American
abandoned the party, and the war coming
on, the Irish went to the front to save the
Union and the A. p. AS went on the ear
Hest boats to their beloved England and
Nova Scotia, violently protesting, when
stopped by some provost marshal, that
they could not be drafted, never having
taken the oat h OF allegiance to the United
States, and that they would appeal TO
their bsloyed Queen II violent hands were
laid upon them.
They loved America, but the longer the
range the greater the love. No true, In
telligent, broad minded and educated
American or naturaliEed ever joined the
order or ever will. Has kno W. -nothingism
from its earliest history to the present
time produced one man loyal and patriot
ic to his country who will live in the af-
fectionate memory of the American peo-
pleY Has II done or accomplished one act
that has made the world better or greaterI
Has II promoted art, science, literature OF
educetionf / appeal to history and II
answers, It has not. II has no excuse for
living and must therefore perish.
As Ireland can never forget happy
proud America, the home of the emigrant
not the asylum of the exile, neither can
America forget the sturdy sons OF Ire
lands Catholic Isle, who offered up their
lives on every battlefield In order that the
Republic might live.
Read the rolls of the illustrious dead,
who shed their blood for the Repu blic,
from the field of Lexington to the sur
render of Appomattox, and the Celtic
name is frequent, and its enemy not at
all.
America appreciates the situation; II
gives its loyal support to home rule, not
only In money but in moral encourage
ment. That 10 Americas answer to the
present know-nothipg movement.
The sainted Boyle O'Reilly, Ireland's
hero and Bostou's pride, loved by all
America and mourned by q continent
became incensed at the unappreciative
qualities OF the uneducated EDgiishmen
In America, but always recommended ed
ucation and the broadening out OF their
character; kindiiness and good works as
the best way OF treating the A. p. AS OF
America. Poor O'Reillyi
At the age of twenty five he enters cul-
tured Boston and enters into literary
competition with the brightest minds oi
the century.
They had the prestige of New England
birth, brought mp In the atmosphere OF 9
great university and the right to enter its
choicest circles. Poor In purse, an escaped
convict, one would think brought up un-
der the stern fibre of our Northern skies
that the contest would be unequal.
As so II would, had he not brought his
own credentials with him.
He entered through gate called genius,
always open to those capable OF occupying
position at the top. Contemplate the
man as he stood on Plymouth Rock at
the age of forty. Ave. How his heart
must have sweiled, already large enough
to take In all humanity. A splendid
specimen OF the perfect mana physique
without single blemish; Q mind clear as
crystal and bright a. FURNISHED gold-s
genius acknowledged by all the world.
Just before his death he wrote:
al am tired of planning and toiling
In the crowded hives of men;
Heart weary OF building and spelling
And spelling and building again,
And long for the dear old river
Where dreamed my youth away,
For dreamer lives forever
And toiler dies I'm "A day"
God made but one such man and then
he broke the mould.
What pity II seems that the soldiers
who carried the Union and Irish flags to-
gether In the Shenandoah and at Fred
ericksburg could not have walked upon
the field to battle all the A. p. As in
America; what a pity that the combined
know-nothingisms of all America were
not under the command OF Early at Win
chester, for when the Irish regiment
turned and the cry went mp that Sheridan
was coming down the valley and only
twenty miles away, he would have urged
his horse with greater vigor, IL possible,
and they would have been swept from the
face OF the earth.
so far as the Irish are concerned, their
faith comes to them as precious heritage
and entwined In II are the genius, the
hopes and the aspirations OF the Irish peo-
pie.
Saint Patrick asked for 1t upon his
dying couch. and his prayers were heard
by the angels who carried It to Mary.
Mary heard IL and carried 1t to her d.
vine Son and he spread his hands DER the
land, saying "lrelsnd, Patrick's land,
thou shalt keep the faith even to the con-
su mmation of the world"
Seated on the platform we're Gen. Olney
Arnold, Hon. Hugh j. Carroll, Aldermen
Perrin, Miller and O'Reilly, President
Pierce Of the Common Council and Coun-
cilmen Delany, Cole, Erwin and O'Brien,
w. r. Sayles, John II. Boyle, Fred Sher.
man, James +. Murphy, Esq. and several
others.
The executive committee in charge OF
the celebration were John +. Quinn,
chairman; Joseph b. Hunt, Daniel r.
Harold, Frank j. Farrell, Hugh Morris,
John II. Black, Patrick J. wcHugh and
Thomas O'Brien.