The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-02-06


not Invaded Nv khs 7anua sbeanstusd .EfM4e1
o8 England ana France, which took posses.
! sion ok Aextoo aAd naaosA IN a1Mpsros
Max1mfilan On tho fhrone ana deca1r,od
| tlsat tassy weEs ssanx 20 Put IN sad TO The
growth at tase American 1epubafn. Wsfae
they were plotting with Napolean the Third
4 Henry Ward Beeehsr went 0ver 70 Eng
4 land ana made . striking Appsal
] woraemen-and In many cases the poor
wre4ches were almost 1t6EYtnx fUF lack u
! eottoa to run taa.ar mills. usma4saed fEne
j to tho ldea OF liberty. and the ari5tocFncy,
1 A~yFDVur Wt2HAk they were to destroy IA
ala not dare to strike Ihs blew. Thezsapon
4 England withdrew her Forces from Mexico
ena subsequently, h1assniHsA wxs tahen
,ps4sousr h,nasslf ANA shak Nv xhe esatrsEed
/ Me1ieans.
/ W. must expect that when our tnteress
stands In the way OF the intera16 at EEH1t
Britain they will have to hold OF and not
/ offer the power Of king to control w.
/ Let it never be forgotten that when Eng
land found herself without market for
the opium fields Ut England by tho half
clothed and half Esd PEASANTS OF that
country they forced the drug with all ita
| consequences upon tho people OF China.
l This Chinese protested and whSn q ahtp-
load of the pornmodity advanced up their
! rivers. the people initiated the example OF
! the Bostonians, whom they threw the tea
into the harbor OF that city, seized upon
| the opium and pitched 1t overheard. They
begged England not to bring that aeRdly
| drug into their country. They pointed out
the evil that would result to millions But
! England insisted. went to war upon 1t,
compelled the Chinese to permit the intro
duction OF opium. In the treaty OF peace
that finally was adopted they provided
that Christian missionaries. and opium
should enter side by side.
AMERICANS NOT AN ENGLISH RACE
It IL claimed by those who are clam
orfng for fhts treaty that the American
people are Of the English Eaee. Nothing
can be furth X from the truth. we are.
| world. doubt IL the English blood In
this country Is more than one-third Of
the whole amount, and Of these still
smaller proportion wifi be found to have
nothing but English blood In their veins
/ The American of English descent. who
has been In this country two or three
genera tions will almost in every instance
be found to have crossed his breed with
Germans, Irish, Bcandiaavians or some
other race.
Here, take the roll call OF the leg1sla tuce.
Mr. Speaker beginning with the name OF
the speaker, jones. 1t Is an English name.
The chief clerk, DonOfue. Ia an excellent
representative of the Irish race Neither
! have cause to be ashamed Of their par
entage. The WEIGH are the representatives
of the ancient British stock who fought
most Eailahty against the Roman power
two thousand years ago. and when defeat
ed retired to the mountains OF Wales, or,
AZ It Is supposed, crossed the line into
what Is now known as Scotland. Their
descendants are known as Picts. The tenn
porary chairman. now In the chair Gacobs),
we all know LIZ Of English extraction.
You may take the roll OF tho officers OF
tho legislature. MT. Stine the chief as
sistant clerk. h either German or Scan
dinavian. The same remark applies to Mr..
Dahie, the second assistant clerk. MIR.
Kreyenbuhl. the enrolling clerk, | know
not what country Is responsible for such
name as that. tGreat laughter3 Mr.. In
gersolrs came is English. probably Nor
at-arms IL Irish. Mr.. Nasn's name, the
postmaster. IL also IRISH Our chaplain,
ne Rev c. W. Heard, has English
name, and 1t Ia very proper that he shoulu
fill the p1aca OF chaplain, for the English
ought to BIO his next convert. tGreat
iaughter) Take the roll OF members. The
first on the list is- Mr.. s. J. Abbott. This
is an Englishman. 1t indicates that the
original founder OF the family was an
abbott, who did not adhere too strictly
to his vows OF celibaey, or II he had we
should not have been honored with the
presence OF the member from the Fifth
district. Great laughte Then you take
the names of the following: Anderson.
Barta, Bashford" Belden, l3ugley. All Of
these are none Of English origin. Bigelow
IS an English name. Boutwell, Is Eng
fish.
Here the speaker analysed tho name
of g. whole list Of the members, stating
he did not believe there were 10 men. pos
sbly five who are unmixed English blood.
The speaker continued: But the old
prejudice In a few people OF English ex-
traction of this country against the race
Is they have crushed and plundered for
several hundred years still continues. Here
NJ Pyoy,1 $ho
leading Republican morning paper OF this
city, and Of the date OF Jan. "a. 1897, which
the clerk will be good enough to read
Crhe speaker hero introduced and caused
to be read an editorial bearing on the sub
ject from the Pioneer Press OF Jan. e
1879
l arm sorry to see tho un-American feel
ing that pervades this extract Here we
have Bunker Hill and Lundy's Lane and
Yorktown brought tn sneering manner
and associated with Irish skirmishes at
Donnybrook Fair. The article could
scarcely have been different IL it had been
written by one of the aristocracy Of Great
Britain. I do not wonder at the prejudice
of the writer against war. The ancestors
Of the gentleman who penred the article
took part in the Revolutionary war and
they We're beaten In It, and their pos
terity have inherited a prejudice against
war, especially when fought by Americans.
There was in the revolutionary days a
large element that synapathized with Great
Britlan--tlid not believe in the idea Of
liberty-urould have been glad to have seen
Washington, Adams and Jefferson aud all
the rest hung by the neck until they were
dead. They were called tories. They caus-
ell the patriots great deal of trouble:
their occupation was going around burning
houses, Strengthening men, women and
children. In many cases they. co-operated
with the Indians In this barbarous work.
They moved by the light Of burning home
steads and amid the sQuealing Of distract
ed chickens QInnense and continued ap-
plause). they did all they could to prevent
tho establishment Of this republic and when
at last victory perched upon our banners
the indignant patriots raised up and at the
point of the baFonet drove them cut OF
ths country. They took ship to Nova
Scotia, where the British government re-
warded ths1n with tracts Of land, and
where. III shat inhospitable land. blown b,
perpetual breczes from the Atlantic, liv
ing uron Goldfish and nourisfaing thei
hatred Of American Institutions. they pass
ID away Their departure from our shot,
.as hailed with universal rejoicing by q
.a,rlotie psople. The very chickens Gel,
.aled. and ever since, you Will o.
rye, MIR. Speaker. no fowl In this couati.
VI. drinks without raising his head
.,ie God that the ancestors OF thr ~
,o Pioneer Press ..a=>.,.' =
OF this land at the point Of the bayonet-
lLong ard continued applause.)
But now they return upon US to prevent
the Intelligence of the people and make US
4 subject power TO the dominion OF Grea1
Britain. Like the barbarians OF France.