The Irish standard., 1894-06-16

81. so PER YEAR.
tween it and our ancient order.
Il Resolved, That the harmonious man.
ner in which the work OF the order he's
been carried on for the past term is &
source Of great grstifcation. And, in
order to increase our strength and use-
fulness, we pledge ourselves to work
harder than ever during the coming
term in the interest OF harmony and 8
true fraternal feeling. We shall be actu-
ated in all our discussions by unseldah
motives; we shall be charitable in our
opinions and just in our criticisms, and in
the conduct OF our division affairs when
once our doors are closed and invocation
made we will harbor no ill feeling, personal
OF otherwise, towards brother, but will
speak, vote and act for the best interests
of the order and according to our best
judgment, and
Resolved, That as the members OF this
ancient organization have been the body
guards Of irish nationality, the defend
srs OF Irish womanhood. and the cham
pions of the old faith, we now protest
against the brutal and inhuman treat
ment Of Irish political prisoners now
confined in English.dungeons, and de-
mand in the name of justice and human.
ity their restoration to the God-giyen
right Of human liberty.
Resolved, That the jealousies aroused
in the hearts of our hereditary eAemies
in consequence of the enviable record
made. by the Irish race in this free land,
and the bigotry that has OF late mani
tested itself in frantic efforts to destroy
the confidence of our fellow citizens in
the faith we profess, be met by us in
manner in keeping with our noble tradi-
tions, and the dignity OF that faith, and
with such vigor, too, as onr country
men have ever displayed in every human
emergency by which they have been con-
fronted from the days Of Brian Bo1u
to Fontenoy,, and from Fontenoy to
fredericksburg; and ..-,4ss .s ,zsI;4
Resolved, That it isi needless to eau,
tion Irishmen in America as to which
flag. their undying allegiance is due. The
people whose names are found On tie
brightest pages and in the noblest lines
of American history, whose bones whiteni
every battlefield from Bunker Hill to
Appomattox, whose memories are cher
ished tenderly by the great, notherly
heart Of the American republic, must
not be questioned as to the loyalty of
their allegiance. II there is man in
America to day who can look up to the
stars and stripes with evil in his heart,
such man would be poisoned by a
shamrock.
Resolved, further, That while we are
Americans, first, last and all the time, yet
the cause of ireland is particularly dear
to us. We cannot forget the land of cur
fathers. We are ever reminded that ours
is the saddest destiny that ever fell upon
race Of men. We never have and never
will cease to put forth all our energies in
the noble work of rescuing Ireland from
the whitening grasp of her unrelenting'
oppressor. We recognize in the House
of Lords the hereditary enemy of Ire
land and the historic foe OF human free
dom a band of brainless loots who claim
the right TO govern their fellow men be-
cause their ancestors did in days gone by
successful stealing for the crown, were
slapped on the back by kings sword
and daubed with the title of knight, and
we desire to re-echo the last grand
words Of the Grand Old Man proclaim.
ing to the Commons of England that the
House of Lords must TO-" And
Be it further resolved, That the women
OF Ireland, who have in the past seven
centuries, in spite of the temptations of
poverty and the solicitations OF rank and
I fortune, lifted themselves to the highest
plain Of virtuous womanhood, challenge
the admiration of the whole civilized
world. They have walked side by side
with us through the long vale of tears,
they have borne with us the bittereat
suffering that God has ever inflicted
upon faithful people, and they have
borne it with 9 patience, devotion, q
noblenees of charity and love that has no
parallel in all history. We suffered
much, they suffered more; their heroism
was from pure nobleness of heart, un.
stirred by. ambition and unrewarded BY
fame. We therefore, appreciating this
devotion to home and country, and the
proverbial purity of Irish womanhood,
and recognizing the ennobling influences
to come from their cooperation gladly
and proudly extend our hands in well
como to the ladies' auxiliary, bidding Il
God speed and .perpetuity.
JAMES MANAHAN, ,
Chairman.
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