The Irish standard., 1897-10-09

eAAoAA SOAAAuOu COuuCTys VII, IL was q
noble lesson those Union and Confed-
crate veterans had taught, and their
splendid action recalled the proph.$i ic
lines of an Irish-Amerlcan Union SOL
dier, who was also a distinguished
poet. Gen. Charles Graham Halpine
C"Miles O'Reilly''), when he sang:
And the day is not far distant
When our equal boast will be
That our country's crown is glistened
BY Grant, Farragut and Lee!
By Stonewall Jackson's front Of flame,
BY Sherman, swift and keen,
And Sheridan, whose deathless name
Proclaims he wore the Green!
cloud and prolonged cheering.)
Empires as great as that of Britain
had crumbled before circumstances and
combinations. Ireland should never
despair while Greece and Holland, and
Belgium and Portugal and Switzerland
stood up unfettered among the nations,
and the liberty of all had been pur-
chased, in spite of the strength of great
empires, with the hearts blood of tho
brave. (Applause)
Referring briefly to the Scotch
Irish," the speaker desc,lbeJ them as
unhappy gentlemen who were destitute
OF a previous nationality" daughter
and applause.) The "Scotch-Irish" had
claimed everything in sight, and more,
too. uaughter.) However, the Irish
lrish-the straight Irish-could afford
to laugh at them, as the former num-
bered more than 10000 900 in this coun-
try, leaving out entirely, for the sake
of argument, those who had come here
before 1S47. 1t was easy enough to
compute their capabilities of growth.
Cromwell, in 1649, left Ireland with
about 100000 souls In 1891 the popu-
lation had increased to 100000. In
174O, to 100000. In 1900, notwith-
standing penal laws, famine, Catholic
emigration to France and Protestant
emigration to America, to 5000 900. In
1S43, it had increased to $500. 900, (An-
plause) Since then, English rule had
cut them down nearly .one half. -Four
millions, or nearly that number. had
come to America in fifty years. With
no obstruction in their path, were thew
not, therefore, capable of improving on
their record in Ireland? daughter
and applause.) The claim that there
were 20,0o0,0O0 people of Irish birth,
or immediate descent in America was.
all the circumstances considered, a
modest one, and to this great mass of
populatfon-the rank and file of the
Irish race-much of the glory and
prosperity of America was due. (Ap-
plause.)
Nobody had ever heard of the Scotch
Irish until they came to America. Here
they sought to rob both the real Irish
and the real Scotch of all credit. No
body ever heard much about genuine
Scotchmen in the United States, and he
would suggest to all emigrant Scotch
men-remembering the great record
the Scotch-1rish haG manufactured for
themselves because of their Irish So
1ourn-to sleep few nights in Ireland
before venturing to this country it they
desired to accomplish great things.
daughter and applause.) There were,
however, two Scotch-IrisAmen, whose
names were we'll known In America. of
whose deeds their kindred never boast
ed in public-Maj. Gen. Ross, who burn
ed Washington in 1874, and Maj. Gen.
Packenham, Wellington's hrother-in-
law, whom their fellow citizen, Andrew
Jackson, had defeated and killed in
1915. Great applause.)
Henry Grattan, more than a hundred
years ago, in the Irish parliament,
speaking of the persecution visited on
the Irish Presbyterians End Catholics
who were forced to emigrate, uttered
this memorable prophecy: What Great
Britain tramples upon in ireland will
rise to sting her in America" (Great
applause.) Had not that prophecy been
fulfilled? Did they remember the fate
of the late infamous Anglo-Amcrican
Arbitration Treaty? He would compli-
ment the South on the fact that its sen
ators did their duty well and nobly in
that connection (applause), and the
brave Southern leader of the opposition
to that treaty, Senator John r. Morgan,
deserved, and would receive, immortal
honor. Continued applausc) But it
was the Irish-American sentiment, per
meating the land. that had made the
victory of American over British inter
ests possible. The Irish immgran, was
ever faithful to the flag tnat gave him
shelter and liberty. (Applauso, Not
alone was his loyalty proven in Amer
lea, but on the continent Of Europe, and
on other continents as we'll. Austria
was proud of her Irish Nugcnts, ORcll-
lys and Taaffes; Russia of her gallant
Lacy; Spain of her proud O'Donuclls:
Bolivia Of her dauntlass OTIigsins:
France of her glorious Marshal Mac.
Mahon, the heroic Duke of Magenta
prolonged applause) He came of a
race of soldiers second to none tho
world had ever seen--thc chcvalicrs rd
the Irish Brigade of France, who had
placed on the brow Of Ireland the fade.
less laurels OF Cremona and Fontcnov
(Prolonged cheers.) The defeat of the
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