The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-07-25

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Ittnct We recall with pride that amid ami al
ther cpun tless yicissitudes and mutations
LOT fortune she has never despaired. The
Ipatriotism of her sons is the essence that
lthass given vitality to her. Her; spirit is
as fresh today as when Sarsfield led the
|forlorn hope in the trenches at LINER
| lex, and5as fresh as when Emmett stood
! undaunted in the face Of death, confront
ling Norbury in the dock at Dublin. The
Irish people have been true to their al
! tars and firesides as the needle to the
pole. Proof against all threats of brute
force or the Establishments Of royal pa
tronage, and they hurl back defiance at
| their enemy and never have accepted
and never will accept the situation. mo
c0nlpr omise} can be made with fraud and
spoliation. No concession will answer
short of ample restitution of the legal
! lied plumber of ages and OF Ireland 8
birJhright, her freedom The day Of that
| deyoutly wished for consunmation may
| be deferred, but ultimately 1t must come.
AS Tom Davis has well said: The spirit
of a nation never dies The members
| of our patriotic brotherhood will do ev-
| erything in their power to cause sor-
! rows cloud, which has hung over her
destinies for centuries, ere long to sink
| beneath the gorgeous sun burst OF free
dom and independence.
/ '-<<.'. An organization, clearly anti-Amer-
lean, and foreign in its origin, exists in
this country, whose object is to put a
large class Of good and true native
Americans under the ban of civil pro-
scription. One OF it's main purposes is
not that Americans shall rule America,
but that those of the Catholic faith,
though good Americans, shall be ruled by
the rest. Its members take a solemn
oath never to vote for Roman Catholic
to any Office OF profit or. trust. They
thus set a religious test in qualification
for Office, against the following words Of
the constitution of the United States, to-
wit: But NO religious test shall ever
be required as a qualification to any
office or public trust under the United
States That organization is therefore
not only at war with the fundamental
law OF our Union, but its ultimate pur-
pose is to promote internal discussions
among our people and bring republican
institutions into contempt by showing
that they are powerless for the protee-
ton of civil and religious liberty. 1t can
be said Of it as it was said of its prede
cessor, that it is not an open and manly
rebellion, but a secret and covert at
tempt to undermine the very corner
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confidently believe that the oyerwhelm-
ing majority of the American people are
satisfied with their present form of gov
eminent and have no intention of chang
ing 1t to suit enemies abroad or bigots
at home. Our members will always
join with other true Americans in op-
which undertakes to deny to any Amer
lean citizen his full share of civil and
political liberty simply on account of
racial origin or religious belief. The
men engaged in this bitter warfare
this country was discovered under the
Catholic Columbus
IF the names Of Catholics generally
and Irish Catholics in particular, who
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of American history were to be erased
Of our country would be subtracted? On
that imperishable roll of honor, the dec
laration of independence, we find their
names; and there was no battlefield from
the St. Lawrence to the Savannah but
was enriched with their blood, shed in the
cause of; civil and religious liberty. His.
+o, in 1cfforc, of cold dnxxfr n
date they have died for this country, but
have never betrayed 1t. Every man, no
matter whence he comes, in what land
he was born, or under what government
he has lived, must recognize that this
government stands as the first and best
for the comfort, happiness, and liberty Of
mankind. We are all soyereigns, owe no
allegiance to any man, but to the laws
el acted by majority of our fellow-citi-
zens, and when, any question is raised
involving the integrity Of this govern
ment we will stand rs unit and be ready
to sacrifice life and property to uphold it.
Men individually and collectively must
control their bigotry and intolerance if
they wish to live up to the spirit and,
enjoy. the blessings of this country, vast
in it's proportions, terrible in it's power,
strong in its genius, glorius in it's mag
niticence and in liberty and freedom
which she grants to ALL men, To such
a country all Hibernians, sons of her
soil and foster sons, alike pledge their
love and loyalty in abandoning pride.
I'm view Of previous experience the
Omaha convention determined by a unan-
,imous vote that the money which had
been promised must be raised with which
to establish in. the Catholic university at
Washington a chair for the perpetual
teaching Of the language, literature and
history of our race. In pursuance thereto
the national officers and directors, levied
an assessment upon the members, which
in their judgm ent was necessary there
for Since then honest efforts have been
made to collect the full amount before
this convention, but / regret to say we
have not entirely succeeded. cannot
close this subject without quoting certain
language Of Rev. Thomas j. Shanan, D..
D., of the Catholic university, who at
tended our last convention and was so
pleased Herewith that he became a
member Of our order, relative to the en-
dowment of said chair, towit: When
the annals of the decline and fall of the
cruel British Imperialism Of former days
shall have been written by some Gaelic
Gibbon. Of the future, whA we take up
again the Irish annals where the Wearied