The Irish standard., 1895-04-27
ITS GLORIOUS HISTORY.
Remarkable Progress Of the An
Gent Order OF Hibernians
Throughout the Union.

Sprung from the Bosoms of Men
Actuated by a Patriotic, Sin-
/ cere Good of Country.
The Immediate and nateriaI OBJ
jects of the Organization
zysss.s Plainly Set Forth.
In the present hour Of advanced civi
liZation the reason for the origin and
groWth of such a large number Of or
ganizations and societies protesting to
( be bound by ties of fraternal love and
Christian charity, becomes question OF
more than passing Importance, says the
Catholic Union and Times of Buffalo.
Many of the so-called fEaternal socie-
ties are merely held together by cold
selfish interests in which the broad
claims of humanity and charity find nc
place. With such as these the Ancient
Order OF Hibernians holds nothing in
common and stands prominently forward
as the living principle Of purely fra
ternal and benevolent organization. OF
the earliest days of the A. o. H. we can
truthfully assert that it sprung from the
bosoms Of men actuated alone by sincere
and patriotic love for their country and
a firm and undying faith in the religion
for which they are willing to suffer and
| if necessary even to die. When in the
year 1851 the gallant Patrick Sarsfeld
evacuated Limerick with all of the hon
ors Of war and agreed to depart to foreign
shores to seek the shelter Of q home
SO ruthlessly denied him in his own
land, he left his people protected by the
highest pledge of nations faith-a
treaty Of war signed by the king of Eng
land, William Of Orange. That treaty
guaranteed amongst other things perfect
freedom Of religious opinions and ac-
ce]3ted the form Of government distinct
and separate from England, though fore
l. 1uS LIlS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VI VlllCaA Lii
as King of Ireland.
Scarcely had the gallant Irish exiles
landed on foreign shores, there to be
come, as they quickly did, the flower of
lthe chivalry OF European armies, than
Twas
'3The treaty broken ere the ink where
| with twas writ could dry
! and religious persecution and penal laws
held the now powerless people of Ireland
| in grip of iron that for relentless perse-
cution and oppression as bylaw provided,
perfidious and nnwarranted massacreS,
property conf1scations and infamous deg
relations Of the oppressed by the oppres-
sors defies all history to produce it's
equal For years the price paid by the
English government fer the head Of the
priest or bishop--ayea and the schoolmas-
ter, too-was greater than thaton the head
of wolf; and as the statute books show,
as high as the sum Of ESQ was paid for
the CHASTITY tokens by English misrulers.
The nucleus Of the army having thus
been decoyed by false promise into leav-
ing their own land, the people of Ireland
realizing the impotence Of open resis-
tance, resolved themselves into secret
bands for. the preservation of their ma
tionality and their religion. In order
that their meetings might not be broken
in upon, nor that the bloody hand of the
English soldiery might not cut down
themselves and their priests, as they
too often succeeded in doing, it became
necessary to form guards to warn the
meetings of the approach Of the enemy.
For this purpose the young men formed
themselves into divisions, swearing to
defend even to the very death, their
women, their priests, their teachers and
the entire people. And there; with no
constitution but the honest purpose and
Intentions; no bylaws but the bravery
and with no roof above them but the
blue vault Of heaven, they organized
what in later days has become known as
the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
For over 100 years their field Of action
was confined to the hills and dales Of
their native land, and nobly they proved
themselves worthy Of their trust. From
the days of Cromwell, when he deluged
the whole island or nearly so, with the
blood of innocent and defenseless women
and children, to the days when Father
John Murphy led the boys on the slopes
of Oulard Hill, the English soldiery and
their hired foreign auxiliaries have ex-
perienced fierce and stubborn resist
ance at the hands of these dauntless
men. At all times and On all occasions
their support and influence were on the
side of justice, of righteousness and of
country.
AS years rolled on, and the English
ship bore many stalwart peasant far
from the scenes of his former actions,
and as they
81. heard whisper of country that
4 Id lies far beyond the sea,
Where rich and poor stand equal in the
light Of Freedom's day.
the star of their hope rose. over the
western ocean and westward rolled the
tide Of emigration By thousands-aye,
BY tens and ht,..--eds Of thousands
they came to .'the land Of the free and
the home of the brave They sought
and found a freeman's home under the
starry banner Of our own grand repub-'
lie. And here though busy through each
day in the pursuits Of honest toll, they
the exiIed children OF Erin-still found
time to come together and recite the
tales and elections of their boyhood
days: b.
6 True It was that ia the new land they
no longer had to fear the CORY hand OF
their eppressor; ana they were free to
worship God after the dictates OF their
own eonsciences. Nevertheless they
soon learned the lesson that in union
there IS strength, and deprived as they,
were ia their early days ct the advan-:
.takes ofs seducati and Inechanica1 know
slefge. the need De 1lli effort on the.
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