The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-18
BUTTE WAS CHARMED
By Rev Father MalOne's Eloquent and
Patriotic Address.
MANY CHEERS GIVEN HIM
Maguire's Opera House Was Filled
and Every Member of the Au-
dienCs Gave Close At
tention to the Speaker.


Father Malone of Denver on Patriotism
ana Citizenship" So many were turned
away who had purchased tickets that /
was found necessary to appoint anothe
date when they could hear the eloquent
divine. The pit and gallery, the boxes
the stage, and the wings, were all taxed
to their utmost capacity. Crowded as was
tho house. the audience was most atten.
i've, although applause broke out again
ana again at the conclusion OF the speak.
er's impressive sentences.
y. Is. Frederic of this city introduced the
speaker in few eloquent and graceful
sentences. Father Malone then said:
III Tor moment we allow our thoughts
TO dwell On the countless ages past, and
upon the millions of men who trod this
planet, and who so far as mortal ken may
reach, have passed silently away into the
nothingness whence they came; and if we
reflect on the works of their hands which
were the pride and glory of their day, bu;
which, too, have passed away and become
as the memory of a dream, it would in
deed seem to us that life of man is but an
infinite speck on the vastness of time. 1t
Is thought calculated to dull the throb.
blng of the human heart; but we know
that In man there is a spirit destined to
1--we on through eternity. Not of time,
out eternity, are the noble deeds of man
and they shall live through ages yet 70
GENE, and in the eternity which follows.
Our fathers have passed from us as did
thelr fathers before them, but we rejoice
In the deeds OF our ancestors who have
gone with the great majority. This ira
dition, like a golden chain, finds us ali
together from age TO age. Base indeed is
the man who does not swell with pride at
the glorious deeds of his fathers, and poor
Is the country which has no traditions to
Dequeath to it's children,
PATRIOTISM is defined as love of coun-
try-the passion which aims to serve ones
country or, in other words, the virtues and
actions OF patriot. Citizenship is de-
lined as the state of being vested with the
privileges and duties of a citizen. Patri-
oilsm, when viewed as sentiment, or a
binding principle, is the deepest, purest
and best when it is alleged with sacrifice.
Will not deal with theoretical problems,
but VIII consider tonight patriotism as
applied TO the acts of a patriot, and al.
loyed with deepest sacrifice. Limited time
compels me to restrict myself in its treat
ment.
Both preceding and subsequent to the
war OF the revolution we are familiar with
the story of the heroic deeds of our fathers
our sires who made for us a country.
We are familiar, too, with the records of
'hOh SuSGeSS Dy tue natlOnal celebration,
year by year, OF our independence, and by
the recurrence of the natal days of Wash
lngton and Jefferson, and others in that
national band, and of HIM who, in the
words of Watterson, was born as lowly as
the Son OF God, in a howell, reared in
penury, with no external graces, without
fame or name or official training, the man
Tor whom 1t was reserved to be switched
from obscurity at the supreme moment
and entrusted with the fate of a nation,
Where did Shakespeare get his genius,
where did Mozart get his music? From
God and God alone; and so surely as these
were reared up by God. inspired by God
was Abraham Lincoln. Great Applause. |
And ~ years hence no story will be told,
no epic will be sung with deeper feeling |
than that which tells of his life and death. |
Let it be forever taught to our children |
and our children's children that the pre- |
cious Inheritance of our beloved country |
was bequeathed to us by these men, ma
tives OF the soil and lovers of freedom.
vital assistance was rendered byipa-
triots not to the manor born. l refer to
the patriotism of the foreign-born citizens
and 10 their children. For obvious rea-
sons would point out at this time to our
fellow citizens those of Irish
birth and of the Catholic faith who played
4 patriotic part in our national history.
That we love on occasions TO assemble
md listen to the deeds of our fathers
Ata
While shall not treat solely of the part
played in America by Irish Catholics vet,
30 prominent is their part, that no accu-
ate record can be given of our history
without making prominent the part of
citizens of Irish birth.
'Erin's history has indeed been sad.
For centuries she has writhed in the dust
beneath the oppressor's heel. She has
beneath the pernicious yoke
Until her children have been driven in
locks from her shores. Year by year she
las seen the flower of her youth driven TO
ther lands. Within half a century she
las seen one half of her people emigrate
rom the land of their birth. Her sons
ave been received by every land which
as held out promise of home and work.
n Africa, Australia and America, Irish
1en and the sons of Irishmen, are one in |
pirit, bound by the tie of sympathy
'hich extends over all creation, and by
onds of love to the land where they knew |
father and mothers love.
Are we less Americans because we
i've to think of the spot where our parents |
we'd? The vast emigration of the past |
enturies has made the Irish race promi- |
ent in the development of tho newer {
and in none more than in this, s
ur beloved land. A prejudice has been 4
reated for tho purpose of making an ILL
ceiling against US, and this makes il an I
pportune time to show what has been {
l
ltizens. S
Il don't choose to come as an apologist $
'r their race or creed. They need no 4
Dology. To apologize would stamp ono v
unworthy of a glorious heritage. As :
ishmen and as Catholics We are not
biologists, either for the blood which
purses in our veins or for the faith trans
lifted by the saints. / cannot agree with
lose who demonstrate from day TO day
at patriotism should be shown by the
nguc rather than by action. The blood
our fathers guaranteed us civil and rel.
Gus freedom, and, as the sons of our
theirs. we shall have our fair share of
at liberty regardless of all assertions TO
e contrary.
I'VE don't ask any exclusive privileges.
Hess it be the exclusive privilege to de-
nd il from latter day patriots who would
in have Us believe the American flag
as their swaddling clothes. Rights We
aim which Washington considered Us
,rthy of. These rights are ours by yir-
e of the loyalty and patriotism o. our
cestors and OF ourselves whenever oc-