Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-07-16

as she does still, its greed and avarice,
that avarice which in all ages ha:
been the mother of wrong and op
preston, whose Unsuitable nav i:
never satisfied, which builds up class
and privilege and is ever assailing
the rights Of the masses of men to
share equally in the blessings and
bounty of their common Father. II
was, indeed, a wonderful struggle
however regarded. On one side, the
most powerful as well as the mos,
brutal and despotic of monarchical
powers, to whom defeat or humilia-
ton had been for years practically un-
known; on the other, an infant nation
with nothing. matured but its love OF
freedom, without revenue or resource
but such as the exhaustess love and
indomitable courage of its citizens
might offer.
There was apparently but one pos
sible outcome for SO unequal con-
test, and one only could have come
to it but for the experimenting prov
idence of God who shapes alike the
destinies of men and nations.
There is, indeed, but worthy rec
ognition of this great truth in the clos
ing stanza of Keys immortal poem
$50 be it ever when Freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the wars
desolation,
Blessed with victory and peace may the
Heaven ransomed land
Praise the Power that hath made and
preserved us nation!
For conquer we must while our cause it is
just,
And this be our motto, SIN God is our
Trust
And the Star Spangled Banner, o long
may it wave
Der the land of the free and the home of
the brave"
How we'll Washington and MS asso-
ciates did their great work, upon what
a solid basis they placed the founda-
ton of the republic, how wisely they
planned the structure and how care
FULLY they reared it, the storms which
for more than a century have vainly
beaten upon it, as the waves beat upon
the rocks which limit their course,
abundantly attest.
American citizens of Irish blood or
extraction do, and indeed should,
take peculiar interest and pleasure
in honoFing' me rmemSy'of the men
by whose heroism and devotion
American independence was accom-
plished and the Stars and Stripes
were made to float in triumph over
the blood-stained flag of England
They recall with pride the honor
able and important share men of their
blood and race had in that magnificent
achievement.
There are fewer names dearer to
Irishmen the world over than that of
Jack Barry, of Wexford, the father of
the American navy and its first Com
modore.
The first naval battle for American
independence, the Lexington of the
seas, was fought by Jeremiah O'Brien
and his five brothers, all natives of
Cork, near Machias, Maine; Major
General John Sullivan, son of
Limerick schoolmaster, captured the
irst fort and the first gun in the war
IL the revolutions; Anthony Wayne;
Patrick Calhoun, father of John c.
Calhoun; Major Kelly, who destroyed
he bridge over Stoney Brook, near
Princeton, and in the face of Corn
Wallis army; Col. John Mcclure, who
vas killed at Hanging Rock, and
whose command was known as the
Rock Creek Irish; Col. Alex. Lowry,
Tho commanded the Donegal men at
he battle of Brandywine; Gen. John
tark, the hero of Bennington; Will
Inn Jasper, immortalized by his dar-
,g and patriotic deeds; Major Gen.
raj Richard Montgomery, who laid
own his life at Quebec for American
.eedom; Col. Stephen Moylan, "the
furat of the Revolution" as he has
cen called. and John Hand Wash.