The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-06-04

they fire, not single drop of blood
would they spill to advance in any
form the interests of England. {Again
the great audience rose, cheered and
waved handkerchiefs.) Judas Chamber
lain could put that in his pipe or his
eye glass, if it suited him better, and
smoke it. (Great laughter and applause.)
Unite our starry banner with the in.
famous English Jack? Never! Tear
down the Haunting lie. (prolonged
cheers) Could England get certificate
of good moral character from any land
She ruled and robbed?
! Would she go for such certificate to
| Ireland? or to India? Would she go
| for it to Dom Paul. whose gallant Beers
| had thrice shot down the felon flag of
| Britain, until, finally it turned so pale
that 1t became flag of truce? Would
she go for it to the fearless Afridis
who had chased her scarlet legions in
disgrace from the passes of the Afghan
Notwithstanding" them, as If they
had been pigeons or woodcock? (Cheers
and laughter) Oh, her crimes We're
| rising up in judgment against her. Her
| terrors recalled those OF Richard I'LL
they had read the drama or witnessed
the play-bcforo Bosworth field, where.
he marched to seek his rival Rich
mond, and found defeat and death. He
saw in his dreams the bleeding ghost
Of Prince Edward the heir of Lancas-
ter; OF his strangled nephews, the chill
dren OF King Edward w.: the pale
wrath of his murdered wife, Anne Ne
vile, and the headless trunks OF his
once friends and favorites. Hastings
and Buckingham. Richard was the
prototype of his country as she stood
today. affrighted by midnight appara-
itions Of her victories numbered by the
million. in Hindustan, IN At
RIGA, in Ireland. And now she
has the brazen effrontery TO.
ask Americas aid in retaining her
plumber! For generations she had
monopoly Of land robbery-her greed
was Unsuitable. But opposition had
arisen-there, now, were others CHEERS
and laughter, and 1t is these Others"
she breads, and would seek to embroil
us with. But she could not have her
own way in America-she and her An
glo-Saxon allies--she would be fought,
on the platform. and at the polls, by
millions of Irish. German. French Po-
fish. Bohemian, Scandinavian, Italian,
aye, and colored Americans. (Prolong-
ed applause.) The Monroe doctrine
should be preserved involate. If OUT
posts and coaling stations were neces-
sary for the protection and develop
ment of our navy. let us have them, by
all means, but the American govern
'nent would never have the countenance
Of the majority of the people in any
scheme of territorial aggrandizcment
in partnership with England or any
other foreign power (Grcat applausc.)
Hawaii we needed, and it had elected to
como to us. The Philippines,
which we had fairly won, we
should retain for our protec-
ton or recoupment, but we want
ed no partition, no plumber Of any
weaker power. (Applause.) America
was able to take care Of herself and
did not need the insulting patronage of
the English intriguers. (Applause.)
Mr.. Finerty then went into the his
tory Of Englands infamies heaped on
a in hn L.,
and again in MISUNDERSTANDING her
as filicile, a bully. and an assassin,
and showing up, by contrast. the an
cient, potent friendship OF France and
and Germany He thought American
statesmen must have lost their heads il
they seriously contemplated the crime
OF an Anglo-American alliance. It
would be an initial step toward the de-
struction of our Republic. c"Hear,
hear.) The Irish people wanted the
United States to be friendly to every
nation that desired friendship, but to
tie itself up with none. (Applause)
He proceeded by holding out hope for
Ircland's ultimate liberation, and refer
red to historic examples Of nations that
finally achieved their liberty. after Gen.
turtles of subjugation. He also made
fun OF the Anglo-SaXon fiction and
proved by arithmetical demonstration,
that that element was really a feeble
minority in this country. They had
seen star after star rise above the south
ern seas, as, one after another, the
South American republics threw oft
the chains OF Spain. That of Cuba now
clouded by mists of blood and smoke,
would soon shine forth to announce the
independence of new republic (ap-
plause). and the star Of Ireland, al
though now buried in midnight clouds,
tinged with a lurid flame, would yet
burst from their density with a splendid
effulgence, and, like the star of Bethle-
hem. shine above the Manager where lib
erty would be born. Great applause)
1t might be through showers of blood
and mists of sacrifice that her star
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