The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-10-19
Origin and Object of the Ancient
Order of Hibern-
ians.
The Prowess of Irishmen in the
Early Struggles for Amer"
ican Freedom.
Every Man With a Drop of Irish
Blood in His Veins Should
Be Enrolled.

| IIGt. dJllSI uNCLdUSAlll. VI 4LNSy
Church, Jersey City, who is the honored
chaplain Of the A. 0. H., of Hudson coun-
ty, delivered an address at the festival OF
Rev. Father Tighe's parish, in Greenville
recently, that well deserves preservation
After an Introduction that seemed un-
necessary, the reverend speaker said:
When English gold and English rulers
'Rribe the son to rob the sire,
And dogs were taught alike to run
| Upon the scent of wolf and friar,''
then It was that the Ancient Order OF
Hibernians came into existence, organized
to keep alive the spirit Of nationality, SO
dear to the heart Of the Gael, under the
most trying circumstances, tosrectify the
wrongs of the poor and oppressed, and to
protect the Irish priests their "soggorth
Aroons" in. the exercise Of their sacred
| functions. Those were the days when to
be Hibernian was to take ones life in
| his hands and be ready. at a moments no
| t;ce to give it up IN defense of the Holy
Faith and it's priests; when the sacr::-
! flee OF the priest could be offered only on
mountain top or some secluded glen, while
the members of the noble Order of Hi
bernians stood guard TO warn the priest
and people OF the approach of the red
coats. Whenever you look upon pictures
of the penal days in Ireland and behold
| the men afar off on the hilltop running
! to give warning that the red coats were
coming, know that these men were Hiber-
mans; men who alone made it possible
for priest to remain in his native land
and keep the faith alive among his be-
loved people. Thus the Ancient Order of
Elibernians came into existence IN defense
of faith and sfatherland, and thus it has
CONTINUED until the present day.
They cast doubts about Irish patriotism
in America! Why the immortal Declara-
tion of independence was written by
Charles Thompson, secretary OF the Con-
tinental congress and an Irishman, while
another Irishman, John Knox, first read
from the steps of Independence Hall that
immortal charter of liberty, and II Irish
men signed it. What man among them
had most to lose who has pledged his
property and his sacred honor to the cause
of American liberty? What man by his
example Of self-sacrifice in jeopardizing
all he possessed inspired the members Of
that congress with renewed courage but
Charles Carroll, of Carrolltown? Whom
did the Continental congress send to
France to solicit aid for the struggling
cause Of American independence? And
who was it that was the main cause of
bringing the immortal Lafayette with his
gallant band of Catholic French to our
shores but the venerable Father John
Carroll?
And let us remember that if Washing
ton was the father and organizer of the
American army it was saucy Jack Barry,
a true Irish hero, that was the father and
organizer of our navy
When Washington and his army were
quartered at Valley Forge during the
| winter of 1878; when he appealed to con-
gress for supplies, who was it that came
to his aid by their generous patriotism
in subscribing 100000, saved him and
his army from destruction enabling him
! to carry the war to successful termina-
tion but the Friendly Sons of st. Patrick,
| now known as the Hibernian Society for
| the Relief of Emigrants from Ireland
On the records Of that great society today
is the testimony of General Washington
himself, in which he says: "Were it not
| for the timely relief given to me by the
Friendly Sons of st. Patrick of Philadel-
phia in 1878, we're it not for the relief
given me by that society," the last rem
nant of the army of liberty that was
struggling for righteousness and justice
in this land would have been disbanded
as would the snow before the noon day
| SUM- Let me merely mention Shields,
Perry, McDonough, Jackson and all that
glorious galaxy of heroes that have done
! so much for American liberties and come
| down to our own day. When this coun-
| try was in the throes of rebellion; when
these glorious United States were threat
ered with destruction: when President
Lincoln issued his proclamation on April
IN. 1861. calling on the manhood OF Amer
lea to rally around the flag, his call was
responded to by Irishmen of New York.
| Two days after on April 10, 1,S00 Irish
men. everyone of them Hibernians
marched down Broadway on their way
to the front and not 100 of them ever re-
turned. They gave their lives in defense
of their adopted country.
Come with me if you will to Gettys-
burg at the high tide of the rebellion.
Come where the fighting was the thick
est; view the Bloody Angle where the
most desperate conflict of the whole war
took place, and what will you find there?
| You will lind In that Bloody Angle that
there stood the Sixty ninth New York,
who beat back the enemy. When .meil
were required and when bravery was re-
uuired you got men, manly men, who
never turned their backs on a foe in the
Irish Catholic race IN this land.
f the welfare Of our adopted country
was again at stake the 5A. q. H would sbe
found ready to defend her and lag down
Ethelr liver her behalf he esernas1,
IIfalian reno L. and otller nation4lls