The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-12-11
ed of the shameful and perf1dious viola.
tfOn of tho treaty.

tlOn OIL the treaty.
The Irish Brigade, under Sarsiield
and Lord Glare, shook Europe with the
martial tramp of it's sqlladrons and bat
talions. They We're foremost in every
fight, with kings and princes and mar
shals and generals as their comrades;
welcome to every court of Europe,
making everywhere an unequaled rec
ord of daring and brilliancy, this splen-
did soldiery is to this day watchword
In every martial camp of Europe. Let
me take you for moment with that
glorious brigade far beyond the. waves
of the Atlantic, across the fair fields of
France, over the Alps, into the plains of
Lombardy, to the town of Cremona,
besieged by the Austrians of the Prince
Eugene of Savoy, one of the greatest
generals that ever drew a sword. The
French garrison, under Marshal Vile
roi, was off guard and dcvoting itself
to pleasure and the two Irish regi-
ments of Dillon and Burke, who had
fought at Limerick, where on guard.
Treason had admitted the Austrans
into the city, and but twenty Irish SOL
dlers held the main gate. The Aus
trian cuirassiers called on the Irish to
surrender, but their reply was voley,
and at the sound the two regiments of
Dillon and Burke sprang from their
bivouacs with only their shirts, mus
kets and cartridge belts, and unclad as
they were, in the cold blast of Il Cremon-
ese winter, they faced those mail-clad
squadrons, and, gaining time for the
French to rally to their support. drove
Prince Eugene and his cuirassiers from
the town. Louis XIV. in recognition
OF their bravery, raised The pay of those
regiments to the footing of his guards,
and recognized the citizenship of AN
lrishman the moment he reached the
soil of France.
The lecturer then proceeded to give
brilliant word painting of some Of the
more notable exploits OF tho Irish bri-
gade and particularly OF their great
victory at Fontenoy, where they saved
the French army from complete defeat
as they scattered the English columns
by their famous charge to the cry of
Revenge! Remember Limerick" He
also related the history of their honor
able discharge from the French service.
in 1892, when the Come de Provence,
afterward King Louis NVIlI., gave
them for their flag motto. "Sempcr ct
ubfque fdelis-always and everywhere
faithful"
Mr.. Finerty described the sad condi-
tion of Ireland during the penal laws,
which lasted from 1862 to 1893. when
education was forbidden by British stat
ute, and quoted Wendell Phillips as
saying: when Irish ignorance in the
past is spoken of, it WAS not Ireland
that ought to blush for 1t, but Eng
land" He then took up Grattan and
his volunteers and showed the rise and
fall of Irish legislative independence for
eighteen years. Continuing he said:
The rebellion of 1898 was romcntcd
and brought to head. as shown by
Lecky and other historians, by The con-
nivance of Pitt and the assistance of
Castlereagh of infamous memory. Af-
ter the suppression of the Rebellion,
wholesale bribery was resorted to, ana
finally the Irish parliament was de-
stroyed, and Ireland ceased to be an
independent nation on the first of Jan
uary, 1901. From 1882 to 1900, when
she had her own parliament, her re-
sources and her population increased
rapidly, but few years after it's de-
struction the first great famine afflicted
the country, and was followed by others
at frequent intervals.
1t was Il good thing once In while
to open up old sores. one of the seven
corporal works of mercy was 10 instruct
the ignorant The speaker said that he
respected the English in certain wavs.
They loved their land and stuck to It.
An Englishman was never heard to
apologize to an 1rishman for anything
England had ever done to ireland.
Well, there was one Irishman who would
never apologize to any EInglisnnian for
anything Ireland had ever done to Eng
land. ar,hear and appause). The
Englishman was an International clair
voyant. He liked to sill in his office in
Downing street and run the affairs of
most of the world. No doubt he would
like to run the affairs of Canada also II
Canada would only let him. Indiyidu
ally he might admire him, but collective
ly he feared he had no more soul than
the average cOrporation
Mr.. Finerty eloquen1Iy rcctted the
wrongs of Ireland and asked, would
Canadians tamcly submit to such
wrongs? vehement cries of "No.D
Would Australians? Wonld New zea-
landers? Would the English them
selves? (Cries of "Neyer') He was
speaking, he knew, in a portion of the
British dominons, but, wherever he
spoke, on whatever platform, before
whatever audience, he believed in the
total emancipation of Ireland from the
British yoke. England had proven her
self unfit to govern. Her rule IN Ire
land had been a blight He wished to