The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29
ERIN'S VEAL AT STAKE
J. F. HEATING SAYS IRISH LIB
ERTY IS IMPERILED BY
IMPERIALISM
CUBA MADE A DEPENDENCY

That, He Says, Is Americas Offense,
and He Warns Irish-Amer1cans
to Protest Against Any Tendency
Toward the ImperiaIistIc Policy
as ExempIified In EngIand-DOm-
1nation of Britain to BE Abolished
1.-THE republic at Washington is the re-
public of imperialism and the conditions
that have arisen are imperiling the
chances of freedom for Ireland de-
clared Hon. J. F. Heating, of Chicago,
national president Of the Ancient Order Of
Hibernians, in an address delivered yes
terday afternoon at Cretin hail. The
speaker was listened to by an audience
that thronged the large auditorium and
welcomed his every utterance with en-
thusiastic applause.
The meeting was called to order by
County President E. J. Cannon, who in
troduced Judge William L. Kelly as the
presiding officer. Seated on the platform
were Nicholas O'Conner, of Minneapolis;
P. M Maroney, Thomas Mccoy and
Thomas F. Martin Judge Kelly made
few remarks on assuming the chair and
was greeted WIFI applause
After dwelling at length on the growth
and scope of the order, Mr.. Heating
said:
For centuries we have been looking
for the day when Ireland shall have
her freedom. Irishmen followed Wash
ington in 1776 fought with Jackson in
1872, with Shields in 184s, and In 1861 we
gave thousands of hardy men to sup
port the Union. 1t Is not too much to
expect that eventually the same men for
whom and with whom we fought will
cross the whitecapped waves to fight In
Erin's cause. We fought for the repub-
lie in the hope that the gratitude of the
republic would aid our great aim, and the
bones of the Irish who gave their lives
for this country would turn In their
graves to warn us against an alliance
with England.
1.-THE republic of Washington is become
a republic of imperialism. The question
is of vital importance for us. Politics
should not be considered in connection
with the freedom of Ireland, the Niobe
of nations Our politics should be those
Of patriots willing to sacrifice everything
in a thrice just cause. l tell you now,
however, that Ireland's cause is in dan
ger through the tendency to Imperialism.
When the day comes that the green and
side drive the English oppressors from
Ireland we will not be content with less
than independence. We will tolerate no
exchange of masters. Yet that Is the
policy that this government is following
at present 1t does not intend to legal
ize the governments of the nations to
which we have gone with a message of
freedom Instead of giving Cuba her
freedom she has been reduced to the
condition of a dependency Every pa
triotie Irishman must deliberate over
these conditions 1 speak In the spirit
of an Irishman interested IN the freedom
of Ireland.
eve must stand together and fight
policy that endangers Irish freedom and
imperils the cause for which we have
struggled for seven centuries A combin-
alton or a plot has been formed against
US by England to bias the government
of this country England desires to
make an impression Injurious to the
cause of Ireland in the minds of the ma
ton and especially OF the younger gen.
erations To do this she is trying to
get control of our educational system
and especially of the books used in the
public schools. We must be more force
full. The Irish-American is too ready
to apologize for his forefathers and him
SELF The minds of the children must
be guided by the parents
public to have reason to be proud and
this republic will be safe while the
green and gold is intertwined with the
red, white and blue of our national
colors. No country has ever had nobler
sons than ireland, and we must impress
on this country that Irishmen. know what
they have done and ask a return. We
must go out and tell them that English
domination must be done away with
Every time in the last hundred years
that the English have fought white men
they have had the assistance Of other ma
lions, and her only single-handed vic
tories have been over black men whom
her machine guns have gloriously moved
down We do not want English history
Incorporated with ours. They say that
England has become kind and benefcent
and goes about seeking for opportunities
of doing good. I tell you that when she
finds a case that needs her charity she
offers stale loaf with one hand and
has the other behind her back with a
knife in it. When she offers the Bible
with one hand she offers the bottle with
the other, and when she offers a message
of peace and good will she has a mine
concealed to undermine the republic if
she gets a chance
In closing the speaker graphically de-
described an eviction that he had wit
messed in 1881 in the West of Ireland.