The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-06-11
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rornia? England"
Every Union veteran is victim OF
English hatred
Free America will make no alliance
with English tyrants''
Our pension roll is a testimony of
English hatred for America
Europe, not England, is our mother
country"
"England's treaties are more danger
Gus than her cannon"
abraham Lincoln never trusted Eng
land"
Has Mckinley forgotten the Alabama
AFFAIR."
LET Mckinley take the advice of
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe, Jackson and Lincoln
One inscription, more pointed than
the rest, evoked the blessing Of the
deity on Ireland and consigned Eng
land to a sphere where "entangling al
liances" and Dewey victories are i'm
known
The parade was over two hours in
passing tho city hall.
At the final meeting OF Irish societies
Tor the arrangement of the grand 9S
centenary parade, held in Industrial
hall, Sunday evening, under the presl-
aency of Nicholas r. Redmond, the fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we. the representatives
OF 10000 members OF lrisll-Amercan
societies in Philadelphia. in convention
assembled. and, as we believe, OK
pressing the views of the millions of our
countrymen throughout tho United
States, pledge our hearty support to
President Mckinley in prosecuting the
present war for the liberation OF Cuba.
That, remembering with gratitude the
invaluable aid rendered by France dur
ing the revolution. and by Russia dur
ing the civil war, the two darkest and
most critical periods in the history OF
the republic, we will welcome in the
present conflict such foreign friendship
as tho government finds available, but
that we arc unalteraby opposed to any
"entangling alliance with the ancient
enemy from whose open hostility in the
hour OF our peril VIC We're so recently
saved by the fleets OF the car
That the present proposed so-calletl
"Anglo-SaXon alliance viewed in the
light of history. is AN insult to the in
tclligcncc Of the American people, not
one in twenty Of whom is, or eyer WAS.
"Anglo- Saxon"
That the present greatness Of this
country has been achieved, not by any
one rae, but by the combined wisdom,
efforts and self sacrifice of all here unit
CO under the proud name of American
citizens. And that the name and line
age OF twelve of its presidents, from JET
ferson to Mckinley; of Patrick Henry,
Alexander Hamilton, Charles Carroll,
Nlthcrspoon. Webster and Blaine in its
councils and forum; of lrccfourths of
its greatest naval heroes, from Barry,
Paul Jones' MacDonoush, Perry, Decatur
and Stewart to Farragut; Of a long line
OF Its famous generals, including among
others, montgomery. Lafayette, Sulli-
;an, Stark. Wayne. Morgan, Marion,
Jackson. Houston. Scott, Shields, Grant,
Meade. Thomas, Corcoran. Meagher and
Sheridan; of Norris in finance; Marshall
In Jurisprudence; Fulton in invention;
Girard in phianthropy: Fremont in
exploration; the Careys and Professor
Thomas in political economy and
Its educators and captains of industry
and a large majority OF it's citizens, at
test that the Celtic races have borne a
large, if not the largest. part In making
and preserving the nation. and arc en-
titled to a voice in deciding its destiny.
That, standing as we do on the soil
hallOWed by the Celtic blood that ran
through that buwarli of the revolution.
''the Pennsylvania line" to celebrate to-
morrow, in this birthplace of the nation
and home of The Friendly Sons OF St
Patrick" the equally heroic. though UNI
successful, attempt of the United Irish
men to establish in Ireland political in
dependence and civil and religious liber-
ty, we say to our American fellow
citizens that the future greatness of this
republic and its success in breaking the
letters of the oppressed are not 10 be
attained by Independence upon the pro-
fessional friendship of an impcriled
European monarchy. nor by the intro
duction here of silly and insulting Old
world race prcjudiccs and dssensions
but by our self-rcliancc, mutual respect
and fidelity to tho faith of the founders
as bequeathed in the farewell address o.
him who was first in war, first .
peace" and ever should be first in tue
hearts of his countrymen"
Resolved, That a copy of these resou-
lions be sent to each of the daily news
papers and The American. of Philadel-
phia, to the Irish American newspapers
throughout the country. to tho leading
Irish papers, to the president and every
member of the cabinet and congress of
the United States
1IrI1nIY ThVy