The Irish standard., 1895-11-23
EdAN's ROAST.

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q. Recently Joseph H. Choate, q New
York lawyer flung sneers at the Irish IN
America. He did so from public plat
form and it was not his first offense in
that direction consequently Patrick
Egan, ex-minister, to Chilli, took up the
cudgels against Choate for his offensive
! remarks and addressed letter to Editor
| Lauterbach, chairman of the Republican
|connnlittee of New York county. Mr..
Egan, as is we'll known, is a Republican.
| He said
| 'Mr. sChoate again took occasion to
| fling insults and sneers at Ireland and
Irish-Americans, in a manner which !
| cannot permit to pass unchallenged.
| .ttSpeaking;of Tammany, he is reported
| to have said: We'll, now it is the same
Tammany, isn't it? We got used to it
| a little under the old order of things,
prior to last November. We weren't ex-
! actly reconciled to it.. but it's great lead
ers we knew. We knew their faces, we
knew their names, we knew their dia-
| mohds, we knew their horses and we
recognized their brogue and the dear lit
| tie island from which they came-so dear
| to them, SO very dear to us.
| IF this were mere isolated instance
of Mr.. Choate's venom against Irish
Americans 1 would deem it unworthy of
serious notice, but from the fact that not
very long ago he very hagrantly violated
all rules of courtesy and decency when,
as guest at an I1ish-American banquet
he openly insulted the nationality Of his
hosts, and that on still more recent oc-
casion he insulted the entire. foreign
born element of this city-your race as
well as mine-the German Americans,
the Spanish-Americans, the French
Americans, all of whom he grouped I'M
der the head of ignorant foreigners
must conclude that his latest fling WAS
decidedly premeditated.
"Mr. Choate's reference to the brogue
| of Tammany's great leader and to the
dear little island are as mendacious as
| malevolent, and if the gentleman had
taken the trouble to inform himself upon
his subject he would have recognized
that it could not be otherwise interpret
ed that as venomous attempt to cast
sheer at the nationality of certain gen
tlemen at present prominent in Tam
many politics.
"Mr. Choate will scarcely attempt to
maintain that he would recognize the
brogue of ex-Mayor Gilroy, of ex-Re-
ccrder Smyth, of Mr.. Richard Croker, or
of Mr.. John G. Sheehan if any OF these
gentlemen were the fortunate possessors
! Of brogue- by the way, he is
pot-as the same as that of his friend
| Bill Tweed, or of the Tildens, the Coop
/ ers, the Hewitts' the Relmonts, and SO
many others of the same Kind who have
ranked among the great leaders of Tam
many during the last forty years.
! eff Mr.. Choate thinks he will make a
political onslaught upon Messrs. Gllroy.
Smyth, Croker and Sheehan and others:
and he shows good grounds for his course,
he will not only receive no criticism from
me, but he can count upon my CORDIAL
apnlause and active aid; but when he at
temps to asperse or ridicule them because
Of their nationality he must recognize his
sneers come directly home to, and will be
returned by me, as well as every irish
American worthy Of the name, whether
| he be Republican or Democrat.
"He would also have known that in
stead of the dear little island having
been, as he asserts, so dear to u.s. the
| balance of obligation between the two
| countries stands largely in Ireland's ia
! yor..j aa ,s.g 4,
! {, "Froml the days of 1869, when Frank
lin, neglected, despised and insulted by
the British parliament in London, was ex-
tended cordial welcome on the floor OF
the Irish house of commons in Dublin
! - the warm sympathy and
! live and yeneration Of Ireland have al
WAYS gone out to the United States, her
people. her institutions and her glorious
fag-the flag which they regard as the
highest emblem Of. true liberty, and which
ftcday they proudly carry in the front place
at every national procession and parade
throughout the length and breadth of Ire
land"
Mr.. Egan shows that Of the signers OF
the Declaration of Independence at least
twelve we're Of Irish birth, or descent. and
continues:
aF,rom s5aucy Jack Barry of the County
wexford, known as. the Father Of the
American Navy down to fighting Phil
Sheridan who first saw the light but a
few weeks after his mother landed upon
American soil, in every grade in our army
and navy, from private to general, from
Jack Tar to admiral, Irishmen have 10y
ally and pobly fought and died to establish
the independence, to defend the honor and
to preserve the integrity Of this nation.
s'The services rendered by Irishmen in
subsequent wars, and especially in the
mighty struggle for the preservation Of
the Union, as also those rendered in the
development Of the resources and the up
building Of the prosperity Of the nation.
are too we'll known to need recounting
here; besides, think, have stated