The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-11-07

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tlas has as!
i14 al q q and has his
and scienc es web under CON,
lIes has an an u oyerveeen vanity
with s. pre- osterous y am ~ y hition
& have urged him on to y point
he has but aFfeW steps to climb to
Teach the dubious enainenc Of Benedict
Arnold. He is greedy for place and
power J, and hunger5 to fill the position OF
sIrish lead ership, forgetfrl that whatever
his ability may be, 1t falls far short Of
his ambition, and blind to, the ancient
wisdom which says. that lions will not fol-
Cow the lead Of jackals. ssE e
Is; Honorable men reviewing his career,
regard him with profound distrust.
Found in youthful obscurity by Parnell,
who recognized in him qualities that,
properly directed, could be useful to the
cause, he rose to prominence under the
gastaance Of Mischief. Yet was he mean
Jealous and seovertlys resentf1h Of the
! s,sssn who lifted him out Of the obscurity
OF Irish provfncsalism and gave him
place and standing before the void
The favor OF his chief turned his head,
and into the ingrate's soul came the am
biIion to displace his master, and the
scheme to disgrace or Kill the leader who
barred the way. Vain as a Gascon, 1t
never occurred to him that, success
browning his. treason, his fellow repre-
sentahves would scOrn and repudiate his
leaderallip; so in his little soul his, plan
festered and grew. he accepting favors
from the hands OF the man for whose
back he was sharpening the knife.
There was a certain Skill with which
he bui1t-his treason stone upon stone. He
gathered under his influence birds of
his own feather, and the weak and vain
ones, always maynard under discipline;
and he posed rs an intense supporter of
the Church, Catholic more Catholic
than the Pope, who yet could break the.
sacred canops when It served his ends.
A man who SYSTEMATICALLY mixes his
politics md his religion will bear watch
ing. Those who are familiar with Irish
history will recall. that every man who
has gained unusual eminence in tnfamy,
whose name has come down the corridors
of time smelling OF treason and treachery,
has always been professedly Jealous
supporter Of one church or the other IN
ireland. The men who plIndered and
tortured Ireland in the eighteenth cen
fury we're superserviceable servants Of
the state church; the scoundrels who
dishonOled women and pitch-eapped
men in '98 were uncompromising church
defenders; that arch-villian, Castlereagh,
q stranger to no vice or crime, was q stout
advocate Of Protestant ascendency; and
that engaging gang Of patriots and phil
anthrOpists, who, in the sos, wrecked
banks, ruined homes and robbed widows
and orphans, were so Jealous for church
and motherland that they were derisively
known as the 'Pope's Brass Band"
Mr.. Healy, therefore, has had some adj
mirable and time-honored presidents for
his pious zeal, though, truth to tell, it did
not impress many of his graceless, fun
loving countrymen. He argued sagely
that with a reputation for austere relig
ious zeal, political industry and party
activity, any campaign Of Islander and
character-killing he might inaugurate
would have much weight He acted with
caution and In cold blood; he gave nttle
thought to the distractions termed honor
and gratitude.
When he visited America, before he
was ready for an open break with Par
nell, he was constantly and :nsidiously
pouring his poison into the ears Of his
American friendshe had some them
be was ever hypocr:tical.y lamenting the
failings Of his chief and was In fact in
dustrionsly planting the seed where 1t
would grow and blossom rankest and
bear the most evil harvest. This was
at time when he was publicly pro-
claiming his loyalty to the only IRISH
man Of a century who has compelled
England to stop and listen. r.. Il
I do not propose at this late day to dis
clss the character Of man who had
earned the admiration and affection
Of whole race; the enemies of him. and
his country can do that; he sleeps today
IN Glasnevin beyond the praise or Dis
praise Of human kind, and he has settled
his accounts with the supreme Judge. /
recall these damning facts now to show,
the malevolent and treacherous char
acter of the man whom Parnel lifted
from nothing and who now has. the sub
lime impudence to pose as a. patriot what
time he stabs his motherand as he did
his benefactor. @5i.s s:4 + .ss%
1t Is significant Of his character that
his conduct has called forth the laudation
OF the only man in England whose praise
il an insult and q dishonor -Jo seph
Chamberlain. The man whom Chamber
lain admires must indeed be base, for he
himself, by his numerous treacheries,
has earned the scoTn of his old political
friends and the contempt Of his. new ones.
False to all the, generous impulses Of his
early years. he has become an ignobly
ambitious time-server and place-hunter,
a betrayer Of friends and an apologist for
all forms of political trickery and treach-
cry. The creature who earns his admira-
ton must indeed be a kindred spirit. ..
Do prospecting Irishnaen desire such
a man as that to be the standard bearer
OF their cause? Do they propose to allow
the wheels Of government. to be
t1igged by such as he? is
What is the ultimate aimr0f this schem,
ing narplot? "A lawyer, who has used
his profession and craft to ruin the allies
he could not rule, who drove them to
bankruptcy when he failed to seduce
them to dishonor, who destroyed friends
and wrecked associates, who places per-
sonal preferment before national peace
he can only hope for power and place
from his country S foes. Ireland has had
a long roll Of l1nspeakable wretches who
so rose. to titled infamy, from sanguinary
Norbury to bloody. Kepgh- and we can
Took into the future and see Healy's
name added to this glittering train OF
dsshonor. How well the foul ermine sof
the Irish bench would grace hfs narrow
shoulders; how .nobly the wig Of Justice
would crown that scheming head ssand
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