The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-20

believe these TO be good rules: Stand by
the Government without regard to per-
sonal interests, preJudices of partisan pre-
dilections. Stand by the arrnyl Stand by
the Navy the great ard mighty arms of
liberty on the Western Hemisphere
Stand by the flag at all times and under
all circumstances, against al foes whori-
soever and wheresoeyer. from dawn to
dark. from dark to dawn, through good
repute and i'll repute. TO the death"
mo people shall outdo Inc Irish-Ameri-
cans in loyalty as evidenced by the dead
on every battlefield of the nation from the
day the first Irishmanput his feet uponthis
soil to but yesterday when McColgan and
Dunphy Redeemed the soil of Cuba with
the blood of generous Celtic hearts and
cheerfully laid down their lives under tie
fierce sun of a tropical summer TO vindi-
cate the courage of this nation and main-
tain the glory of its flag.
1.-THE Irish people are the most criticized
people on earth. They are practically =
sort of sI'll be - if / do. I'll be - IL
don't. and I'll be - if do anyhow
The speaker remarked that the hero
Hobson, in selecting seven men to help
IsHspa sink tllp eoaller aterrimns N szsBs
mouth Of Santiago harbor chose four
Irishmen. Deafening cheers greeted thin
remark. when Mr.. Roosevelt = con-
tinued the speaker, twas at the head og.
the New York police force. If he had some
particular work to perform, generally
called upon an Irishman to do the job
The speaker said that the forefathers of
Irish-Americans were obliged to leave
their home on account of the iron yoke
which the English government had pur
fhofy- a
son of one who could not stand that ty-
ranny.
when the last man had been con-
demned. at Limerick" he said. "a black
night Of darkness swept the Emerald
Isle Suddenly there rose from the midst
a flower of Irish birth, Wolfe Tone, who
with Sarsfeld, left to secure French co.
operation with that of the Irish forces.
The Irish race had been doomed to ex-
termination. A period, blacker than the
blacklist in the history of China, had been
endured. The English wiped out our
schools, the source of national intellect,
and obliterated all that was good. For
eign soldiers poured in upon our lands
and subjected us to~many insults. Dur
ing the one hundred years that have in
tervened our people have been robbed
firing of the barbarities to which his
people were subjected. rose and defied
England. He saw much good in Irishmen
and recognized the fact that the ele-
ments must be brought together in order
to secure religious or political liberty.
He appalled, all Europe. Practically it
was he who began the struggle for Irish
freedom. He fermented the Celtic blood.
E4o q loo 4
rifced all to his country, leaving home
of wealth and luxury to fight for prin-
ciple that he thought was right Self
sacrifice IS the foundation of success.
Some people say Tone failed in his
undertaking. To many minds he was
locks from the hearts of Irish people,
placed Irishmen in Parliament and at
tained the beginning of his aim. In the
hearts of Irishmen he occupies the sama
place as Washington in the hearts of Am
orleans. Had Napoleon gone 10 Ireland
instead of Egypt he would have been
more successful Tone could not convince
him of this. When he did try to invade
Ireland with an army, had it not been
for one of the greatest storms known IN
twenty years at sea, landing would
have been effected and Ireland would
have been freed. "
The speaker referred to the financial
aid given Tone by ex-President Buchanan
in the name of humanity.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed
Resolved, BY this meeting of Anerf-
can citizens, presided over by the Hon.
ored Mayor of Jersey City. and held
under the auspices of two of the most
brilliant names in the grand galaxy
of Irish patriots, Theobald Wolfe Tone
and Patrick Sarsfield, that we who are
Irish by birth or descent, do tonight
place on record our high esteem and
undying admiration of Wolfe Tone
| and the gallant patriots of 1898.
s'Who rose in dark and evil days
To right their native land,
And kindled there a living blaze
That nothing can withstand
And we pledge anew our allegiancs
! to the principles of Irish nationality
for which Sarsfield fought and Wolfe
Tone died
Resolved, That although we believe
it unnecessary to voice our sentiments
of affection for this glorious flag
which floats above this stage, as we
can point with pride today to men OF
our race, in the Sixty-nfnth. New
York the Ninth Massachus rs. and
in every regiment that has gone forth
under the starry banner to avenge the
destruction of the Maine. and accom-
plish the freedom of the ;down-trodden
people of Cuba. but we say here with
out hesitation that the Irish in Ameri-
ca will defend this flag against any
power on earth, aye, against Ireland,
herself, if she were a nation tomorrow
and dared to attack us.