The Irish standard., 1895-10-05
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|sWhat Representative on the Pacific
III Coast Have g Say
III The san Franciaso ations speaks 1lll u
this spirited manner Of the Ghlcag go con con
vention sss ss . 55ss
Tne facts are not hand as to q . the
pruce edings Of the Caieag ago Hcon ll1
I'VE will be enabled td place before sour = y
readers full report IN our next issue. gll
| Until our Impartial report IS made We
would ask that our people give the coz !, :
IEvention the credit Of being patrlot1lc. g; No
Eattention should be paid to reports In ~
T the daily neWspaper RS. These Wfli Will. un- 1aL'
Edoubtedly be coIored to suit the leanlngs
81 the papers. It is certain that the con-
vention will not encourage any foolish
ness. There will be no dynamite busi-
ness, and If any paper publishes any
thing Of this nature as emanating from
the convention our people may regard It
as an untruth. The Chicago sconv ent1on
is composed Of the best element OF our
people. men who would make sacriflces
willingly for the benefit of Ireland. II IS
composed Of men Of character and brains
and while there may be a. few hotheads IS
they will not exercise control. Some pa
pers,5 and we are sorry to say IT, Irish
American papers at that, have tried TO
discredit the new movement. 1t Will pc
found that these people are spiteful and
Jealous solely because they could not
ause'' the convention for their own ner-
cenary ends. They are to be sclassed
among the disgruntled element Of our
reople, and God knows they should be
shut out from every nationalist move
ment, for they are disturbing element
and likely to bring discredit where they
enter.
Outspoken, straightforward men whose
records are as an open book, splendid
friends in a good cause and bitter ene-
mics of traitors and office mengers and
isn-Englishnnen will have control Of
the new movement and the Chicago con-
vention, and we ask our people to look
forward with hope that the proceedings
will inaugurate a new and better era In
Irish affairs. We ask for unity in this
matter, and even If the convention does
not go so far as some desire give it sup
port, if it goes further than others desire
also give it support, but let us as Irish
men make a strong effort to be united.
We are people somewhat prone to ex''
pect too much, we criticise too, much, in
dividual opinion is prominent charac-
teristic with us. Let there be give and
take in the new movement, and there can
be no question with the Irish in America
strongly banded together for q forcible
policy Success will crown the efforts of
the people at home if they act in accord
ance with such q backing, and success
will crown the efforts Of our people in
other directions in this country where we
have enemies to meet.
And in further discussing what should
be the feeling concerning the movement,
the Nation continues:
Tt was John Mitchell, Wolfe Tones no.
blest and ablest successor, who declared
in l848-that. year so dark with disaster
to the Irish cause-that a national arnla-
ment- such as the Nation would advocate,
| without resorting ito the unspeakably base
and unholy means of assassination or dy-
namite--is a. necessity for the sons Of the
sea-divided Gael, whether in the old
world or the new We quote from mem
ory. Although very young in years the
present editor of the Nation belonged to
the men of that trying time. This is not
the time, they say, continued John Nit
chell, in thrilling tones, to recommend the
use Of arms. cat some remote period in
past history, or in the case of some dis
tant nation, arms may have been proper
or necessary, or they may become 80 at
some future time, but not so just now or
here. They tell us, indeed, the Americans
said nothing about war till they were
ready to declare war; they did not yaunt I;
not threaten; the first intimat.on had Of
their intention was conveyed in the dead
ly volleys OF their musketry. Well, and
how did they prepare for this? How
were they ever enabled to go to war at
all Why, by steady, long-continued and
assiduous rifle practice. They made few
speeches, but they fred perpetually at
targets; and 50 in the very first collision =
they smashed the bloody British red
coats, horse, foot and artillery
And unhappy Ireland, N.obe of nations,
betrayed by British bribes and blandish-
ments, not to speak Of the base treason
Of some of her own the hirelings Of
British party politics must achieve her
freedom by American methods.