The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-08-10

was the way spent the night in St. Paul
which is noted for the generosity and
patriotism of its Irish populations. Now
THAT is the situation In America. wish
you to grasp it, to understand 1t, and tc
appreciate It. s=:
| Take England Englishmen have
had their dissensions, and even their
leaders have had ther dissensions. 1T is
supposed that Lord Rosebery and Sir
| William Harcourt were not on the best
| terms, but nobody ever heard of Lord
Rosebery going to a public meeting 70
I.denOunce Sir William Harcourt, or q
Sir William Harcourt writing a letter to
denounce Lord Rosebery, and il either
of them had done so he would have been
driven out Of public life for engaging in
a controversy contrary to all the princl
pies On which parties must be main
tained.:s However: it appears this liberty
of dissension, which would not be toler-
ated in free. England, is to; be enjoyed in
Ireland that mas yet her liberty to win.
+ s(Cheers:) Nay, more, members OF the
party may come together and support
a resolution charging the committee of
the party of which they are pledge
bound members with usurping the auth
GRITTY Of another body in calling those
conventions together. Where is all this
to lead to? Transfer these discussions
from the councils Of the party and what
do you find? You find a divided coun-
try. Is not a united country just as nee
essary as a united party? Can the two
things co-exist-a united party and sdi-
vided country? No; the only result Of a
divided country is q divided party. You
cannot have a divided country on one
fsfh
side The two things cannot co-exist it
men are able to carry from the council
chambers of the party questions already
decided, to the country. Dissension
puts Ireland at the mercy Of every En-
glish ministry. We have some proof Of
what I say. here today. You see how a
little drop of poison, a little hint of dis
sension, a small whisper or nod of dis
ruption can 60 down, deep down, until
1t has poisoned and disrupted every vii
lage in the country, and the effect Of all
this must be that Ireland will be dis
rtIpted and the Irish party disrupted,
and the country will be left at the mercy
Of every English ministry that party
and people which, when united and
strong, was able to defy and conquer
one Of the most powerful ministries that
the country has ever seen. II s!s@
Yes, Tipperary Is beautiful. But where
are the men and women Of Tipperary?
[ I look to Thorn s Almanac, and find two
sets Of figures which / must place side
by side. The population of Tipperary in
1891 was 174, 900, the emigration between
1851 and 1898 was 1874, 900. You have lost
more than you have retained You and ]
know all that lies behind these pallid fig
ures-the broken hearts and the broken
homes. Far be it from me to- say one
word tina might even be tortured into in
gratitude to the great republic which has
been so generous and hospitable an asy-
lum to our race; but, gentlemen, know
America we'll, and our people there, too.
I know how many of our people have risen
to honor and to wealth, but. oh, how
many have faded and have fallen! In.no
country In the world is the struggle for
life more merciless, more severe; in no
society is the war on weakness more
merciless. $ ~ # 5ss Hsf
How many times has my heart bled
In America as I saw the people of our
blood lin the grim factory, in the loneli-
ness Of a land that, after all, was not
their own! When was in Chicago, one
of the irish girls who was employed il
the laundry Of the hotel sent an invita-
tion, to my. colleagues and myself that
they wanted US to come down, to their
laundry and receive an Irish welcome.
How we'll I remember the faces Of those
poor girls in the heated atmosphere Of
that laundry! The soft Irish eyes were
there; the soft Irish voices, the warm
generous Irish hearts; but, oh, where in
their pale cheeks was the bloom Of the
fresh Irish complexion? Where were the
rosy cheeks Of Tipperary? Follow that
other great host Of Irish exiles those
among whom my lot is cast, the Irish il
Great Britai and once again you see
another scene III the great Irish tragedy.
When you pass the chemical works, the
foulness Of whose breath stunts the yegeT
tation for miles around, the Irish are
there; " hen you 90 to the docks Of Lon:
don and Liverpool, where hard and Ill
paid work is offered to unskilled labor,
the faces, deep lined with toll and anxiety
are the faces of our race.