The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-04-27
IT'S GLORIOUS HISTORY.
Remarkable Progress of the An.
Gent Order OF Hibernians
Throughout the Union.
Sprung from the Bosoms of Men
Actuated by a Patriotic, sins
n cere Good of Country.

Actuated by a Patriotic, Sine
/ cere Good of Country.
The Immediate and rlateriaI Oh
jects of the Organization
2ssss:: Plainly Set Forth.
/ In the present hour Of advanced civi
liZation the reason for the origin anC
growth of such a large number of or.
CARNATIONS and societies protesting te
be bound by ties of fraternal love anG
Christian charity, becomes a question Of
more chan passing Importance, says the
Catholic Union and Times of Buffalo.
Many of the so-called fraternal socie-
ties are merely held together by cold
claims of humanity and charity find nc
place. With such as these the Ancient
Order OF Hibernians holds nothing in
common and islands prominently forward
as the living principle Of a purely fra
ternal and benevolent organization. OF
the earliest days of the A. o. III. 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
| ~ ~ tn din in he
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 g. home
SO ruthlessly denied him in his own
land, he left his people protected by the
| highest pledge of a 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 &C.
copied the form Of government distinct
and separate from England, though fore
ing the acknowledgement Of William III.
as King of Ireland. s.
Scarcely had the gallant Irish exiles
landed on foreign shores, there to be
come, as they quickly did, the. flower OF
th Sc chiyalry OF European armies, than
twas
tSThe 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 a grip of iron that for relentless perse-
cution and oppression as bylaw provided,
onA nm yuorrontod Ynoccooroc
property conhscations and infamous deg
relations Of the oppressed by the oppres-
sors defes all history to produce it's
equal. For years the price paid by the
English government fer the head Of the
priest or bishop--aye and the sschoclmas-
ter, too-was greater than that on the head
of a 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
actuated by love of home and religion,
and with no roof above them but the
blue vault Of heaven, they organized
what in later days has become known as
'thesAncient Order of Hibernians.
e 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 ell 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 a stalwart peasant, far
from the scenes Of his former actions,
and as they
~. y. heard whisper of a. country that
lies far beyond the sea-,
Where rich and poor stand equal in the
HIGHT Of Freedoms day,
the star Of their hope rose. over the
Western ocean and westward rolled the
tide Of emigration. BY thousands-aye,
BY tens and hl.,---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-i
lie. And here though busy through each
day in the pursuits Of honest toll, they
the exi1ed children OF Erinstill found
time to come together aud recite the
tales and recollections Of their boyhood
days. III VI
True It was that in the new land they
no longer had to fear the CORY hand OF
their oppressor and they were free to-
worship God after the dictates OF their
own e0nsciences. Nevertheless they
soon learned the lesson that in union.
there is strength, and deprived asstheyS
EWeresi d their earl days of the adYan-;
III Dka education and inschanical know
Isdae. ms need 0fa I'M ed ebert on the
ts,SS1s 01 vim