The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-13
ST. PATRICK's IRELAND.
How His Special Day VIII Find His
Country.

How His Special Day VIII Find His
Country.
Killarney. Ireland, March S.-Ireland be-
longs to ST. Patrick.
The United States belongs to George
Washington.
France and Napoleon are one
Bismarck and the German Empire are
synonyms!
England and Cromwell are linked in
separably
Russia and Peter the Great stand to-
gether in history
Gustavus Adolphus and Sweden are one
5ogetherl
China and Ii Hung Chang are the cele-
stial empire!
Who can think of one of these coun-
tries without thinking of the man who
made i'll
Ireland as it is to-day is ST. Patrick's
ideal Ireland. 1t is not the ignorant idol
worshipping Ireland which he left. II is
velvet isle. with enormous industries
and great people.
Yet it IS still ST. Patrlck's Ireland, for
he knew how 1t would wax and grow
great and prepared for il.
Yet ST. Patrick could he see Ireland
to-day, would be disappointed in it, be-
cause it lacks the one thing which it
wants. 1t lacks independence. Ireland
is subject to Great Britain. 1t was ac-
CURED by conquest in 1172 and has been
held by England in spite of its nuner-
Gus attempts to become free. AT times
it has freed part Of itself only to be re-
GAINED until 1t is to-day part of the
EnAllsh nation
But st. Patrick gave Ireland that which
ne himssif longed for. He gave them the
Christian religion. When st. Patrick ubo
was born in France, went to Ireland in ss0
he found there a nation of the most igno,
rant people. They were ruled by kings ana
worshipped idols. There was Pona II,
those days-Pope Constantine. but he had
very little rule in ireland. When he haord
that young man named Patrick lived in
Ireland and was a Christian he asked pat
rick to work for him and become his priest
in Ireland. This st. Patrick did vim
such good results that he ChristianiEed
! Ireland.
! When 81 Patrick died he blessed Ireland
and turned his face to the wall, ana, smit-
ing peacefully, the historian tells ms
| brcathed his last. The watcher near hin,
heard him whisper: Il have done If
| which meant that Priest Patrick bad
! spread the Christian religion throurbout
! Ireland and realized that he had done so
! Ireland had then very few inhabitants
possibly population of $1,000 But in those
| days so many nations were wrangiine over
the little green isle that il was hard 10 tell
what people lived there and what -peonle
did not All that ST. Patrick attemnted
was TO establish the Christian religion
! and having done that, he died saving. ~
! have done it,"
Ireland was In those days under ISlnsiv
! rule. King Dennis O'Flaherty reigned ana
was succeededaby King ORory A long rst
! of Irish kings is on file IN Irish REGARDS
| They differ as often as the historians Who
write them, for Ireland In those days was
so ignorant and so mixed up so tempestu-
Gus and SO unsettled that the kings ruled
| two nc the same time, and each king
thought himself proud could he hold y
thousand acres free nom encroachment.
These kings belonged 60 the 1re-wor.
shippers and waged war constantly upon
The Christians. When they were nor
! lighting they were defending themselves
from the worldly men or savage tribes
that swarmed down upon Ireland from the
North of Europe
There was no such thing as native in