The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-11-26
THE MANCHESTER MARTYRS
Their Memories FittingIy HOnored by
st. Paul Irinhmen.


night, and promises were made to array
the Irish people on the side of the first
strong foe that should attack the British
isles. to wreak vengeance ON the British
government for the wrongs it has COM
mitted against the Irish race, says the
st. Paul Globe of Nov "a. The proposed
alliance between this country and Great
Britain was. denounced and ridiculed,
and it was shown that, though the physi-
cal force men have laid Quiescent, they
are by no means dead.
The occasion of this outburst of hatred
toward the British lion was a meeting
held in the hall to commemorate the
3lst anniversary of the execution Of
Allen, Larkin and O'Brien. the Manches-
ter martyrs. All the nine divisions of
the A. o. II. i'll Ramsey county were we'll
represented, and the body of the hall was
about half-fllled. On the stage sat
number Of we'll known men identified
with the Irish cause In this section.
County President f. ]. Cannon. of the
A. o. H., in few well chosen words,
introduced Hon. c. ID. O'Brien as chair
man.
Mr.. ODrien delivered a short intro
ductory address. in which he related the
case of the martyrs, and then introduced
Chris Gallagher. of Minneapolis, who was
welcomed with hearty demonstration
of favor.
Tonight" said Mr.. Gallagher, Ire
land stands with head bowed in grief.
Her children sacrificed their lives for
their native land, but she weeps above
no grave Of theirs. No grave holds the
dust of her martyrs. for England de-
which was meant to consign them to OBJ
livion. embalmed the names of Allen,
l4arkin and O'Brien.
1.-The tears we shed are not ignobe
even death may he so illustrious that
the light of immortality robs the grave
of its darkness.
"Thirty-one years ago. in the city of
tween II government and three individ-
uals. An English government mounted
the scaffold as an eXecutioncr. The in
carnation Of Irish nationality stood he
meath the rope. and England found she
had not killed the cause. Those men
died and immortalized Irish nationality,
and taught the world that their cause was
something the British hangman could
not strange.
Those men endearcd themselves to
the Irish race because they were the
latter day apostles of physical force.
We feel conflicting emotions crowd upon
us. The cruel persecution. the farce Of
trial. the maddened excuses of English
justice, which desecrated the bodies of
her victims, and, ON the other hand, we
see the self sacrifice of those men who
calmly laid down their lives for their
country. We see the magnificent com
posture with which they met the sentence
of death. the intrepid step and unllinch-
ing eye in the presence Of death. their
love for each other, attcstcd in their last
embraces on the scaffold. and added to
these. the words of fire: God save Ire
land!'
"rhey lcit to us an undying legacy to
keep alive and fan into flame the princi-
pies for which they gave up their lives
England alone has not met Il first
class opponent. Twice she met the Unit
cd States and got n good sound Yankee
drubbng. and "A few years ago In the
Venezuelan difficulty a good oldfash-
toned doctrine was rammcd down her
throat. England has become the biggest
prize fighting nation on earth. She can
whip Il little nation, but let big nation
tackI lie her and she will s1uirm out of IL
in no time.
II am sick of seeing Americans so An
glicZcd that they pratc about an alliance
with England. We want no alliance
with Il nation polluted as England is with
to bctray his country; the same govern
mcnt that hired Indians to kill defense
less women and children in the war of
the Revolution. the same nation that
tried to dismcmbcr this nation during
the Rebellion; the same nation TINT
made a treaty at Limerick and broke it,
and that made education in Ireland
crime. 1t is the same government that
stalkcd through Ireland with torch and
sword in hand, with famine and dcstitll-
ton in its wake, that has darkcncd the
pages of history with cOnqucsts and has
sprinkled them with blood. An alliance
with such Il nation as that? Never.
care we to remain inactive? Better
that We should meet together at Il
time like this? Who would free himself
must strike the first blow No wonder
the Irish in America are tired of seeing
Ireland the mendicant of the world 1t
is the slave who makes the tyrant Let
the Irish stand together and follow no
flag but that of Irish national indcpend-
encc. Let them foster and increase their
strength, and wait for the day of fate
and implicate England with some first
class power, and then the Irish tongue
will speak with fire, and will light the
hillsides OF Ireland with beacons of free
DOM"
Mr. Gallaphor's concluding remarks