The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-02-25

medicine and teaching, and on the press,
where they used to say that Mr. Benefits
pay roll on the Herald read like the ros-
ter of the Fenian army At any rate,
there is no newspaper office in New York
where they have not CONSPICUOUS places.
Politically, claim for them. that i'm
pulsively, by reason of their history and
experiences, they are the very best of
Americans. They oppose entangling
alliances, because they know better than
any one else, by reason of long and
painful history, how false are interna-
tional promises, how hypocritical and
treacherous even the great and seraphic
Anglo-Saxon can be when he once gets
the upper hand. Henry II. made with
them the first Anglo-SaXon alliance. and
Cromwell completed it over the graves
of murdered millions: over the ruins Of
castle, cabin and church, until its climax
was reached when. the greatest orator
of Ireland said that the instruments of
government had been simplified to the
tax gathcrer and the hangman' Is it
huy WOuueT, llGlclOle. lllitl lllt II 1911 Ss~
ement in the United States should be the
first to raise the cry of alarm against
the plot to make this great republic in
the very hour of its triumph, a mere
colonial dependency instead of regnant
and invncibe nation. For myself yield
to no man living or dead in the quality
of my Americansm. | came to the re-
public and have received with unstinted
hand the usufruct of it's noble freedom.
its generous institutions, its magnificent
and dazzling opportunities held out to
him, however humble, who cultivates
the civic virtues, is able, industrious,
courageous, and honest. l yield to the
republic no double allegiance. | stand
for the United States in its vast and tre-
mendous interests here and everywhere
against all other countries, Netherlands
and netherlands, without stint, without
reservation or hesitation. am proud of
my Irish birth, but above all things,
glory in the republic and the splendor OF
its achievements. and | transmit to my
descendants for Il thousand years as a
priceless heritage that exhibition OIL
magnificent military courage where
American arms. in spite of the aNioms
of military science, in spite OF the nan
dicaps under which they suffered, swept
in magnificent fury and heaven-born
courage up the fire fringed hills OF San
Juan, brave men dying gladly, to catch
~; &c bn hIacsnJ I'm Df tho
great republic; ours and theirs, the
glory of those ships, which Numbered at
Cervera. that lightened the gloom OF
barbarian Manila, and i'll those ranks OF
the marines at Guantanamo, and the he
roes of Santiago. Who of Irish birth
or descent can but read the rosters on
sea and shore With a discriminating eye
to find his heart aame with pride at the
splendid and unanSwcrahle percentage
of men with the hot blood of the Celt
and the high patriotism OF the Amerl-
can, and who, next to the flag OF our
common country, revere the lact that
they draw their lineage from the historic
island across the sea. Surely they
Ncte ilot an fhHsolp7 .'pNoh' III ii"iiiS W
race who went with Hobson in his grand
and heroic endeavor which takes its
place as outstripping the classic legends
of Greece and Rome Surely no one will
gainsay that the roster call of the ma
rincs at Guantanamo and the army at
Santiago does not fairly TEEN with the
representatives of the historic Irish SOL
der.
The Goth New York and the 9th Mas
sachusetts would be far outstripped in
numbers by the thousands of units scat
tered throughout our army and navy.
regular and volunteer. for wherever the
stars of the Republic light the gloom of
the battlefield or war thunders on the
deep, there, his breast barred to his enc
mics, whoever they be-, you find the
most loyal and valorous Americans in
the sons of the eXpatrated freshman.
While Anglo-SaXon statesmen may
bubble in congress, and AngoSaXOn
schoOlmen criticize in college, Like
lions leaping at a fold when mad with
hungers pang," you will find on The
forefront, dsdainng bubble and laugh
ing at criticism, the hot tide of valor and
chivalry, which, proud to he American,
is not ashamed to be called Irish Out
upon the bgots who would do 1t njus-
tice! Defiance to those who would de-
ride it's power or minimize its influence.
1t asks no quarter in any field of in
dustry, learning or strife, and is as great
in peace as in war. If its more acknowl-
edged gories arc of the more sanguin-
airy fields when Mars SONS in blood and
night what Minerva reaps in the dews
and light Of the morning. it is not be-
cause of any undue pugnacity, any an
imal ferocity, but because the Irish Celt.
threatened with an determination more
cruel than that Of our rcd Indians, With
the schoolhouse closed to his intellect,
and the church to his conscience, had
to take down the stainless and invinci-
BILE sword Of his fathers and become a
universal soldier. In every land from
Shannon TO the Tiber, from the Tibcr
to the Ganscs, from the Ganges to the
Potomac, and from the Potomac to the
San Juan; on every battlefield from