The Irish standard., 1899-11-11
CONFESSIONAL.
The Awakening of the American Con-
science

~ hD St'tNlSb ANiiS, toliSQ anu DlSu
To make themselves and children free
God OF the Pilgrims, snite us not!
We have forgot! We have forgot!
How runs the story? Far away
We hear the epocl,-opening gun
Fired by OUR Minute Men at bay
Upon the green at Lexington.
But lar and faint. we heed it not,
Lord God OF Hosts, we have forgot
The Bill OF Rights our fathers signed
And sealed with shot and saber stroke
Their just appeal to all mankind;
Their prayers sent up through battle
smoke;
Their faith humane, without blot
Lord Christ, iorgive!-Wc have forgot
Nh, ii where sunset islands lie,
Thy brave brown men their blood
shall spill,
Shall strike for liberty and die,
Slain by the heirs OF Bunker Hill,
hou wilt remember. wilt thou not?
Enough we, thy people, have forgot?
We have forgot! \ Roman lust
Proianes Our ancient, holy things;
Ne tramplc justice i'll the dust;
We have the rabies OF the kings!
The scarlet rage OF gun and sword!
lave mercy on thy people, Lord
Amen
Howard S. Taylor.
While these lines are being written
here is every sign OF victory in the
'ivotal states. But whatever the result
can but inspire all OF our forces, who
inow they are right both in morals and
III the question OF the real interests OF
he people, to continued effort which
hey will never cease until triumph is
obtained. The idea was thus expressed
il 4 letter from our state leaders to Mr.
Bryan, writing OF pending matters OF
Importance. The letter said:
] am more than sorry to intrude upon
your resting time, but you can take
plenty OF it, especially ii the fight you
have been wasing goes as now en-
pcctcd And ii it does not, why, you
may have to take shorter rest, and
we all draw on our reserves OF hope and
courage" ....
llannas coming message, which Nc
knley is preparing, will. it is said ask
Tor still further increase OF the standing
army. How did this escape Jerry Us"
eagle Graphite:
Says the Republican governor OF Wis
consin on Mckinleys declared policy OF
the Philippines:
1T seems to me that the continued
existence oil Our present form OF gov
eminent is threatened by this problem
We are a great nation, but we have our
1t is Jolly to talk oil main
aiming permanently our supremacy over
hose people.
Thus docs the list OF traitors" and
'copperlicads' continue to increase, and
by the best blood OF the republic.
And still another "coppcrhcad' is
President Dove, of the Commercial
Travellers National League, New York
who has resigned from Republican
on account OF the McKin-
cy imperialism.
Hanna has explained on the stump in
Ohio how no trusts or bad combina-
tons in restraint oil trade exist The
National Waterman, from Holt's Com
mercial Year Book, publishes a COM
plete list OF trusts, coming under the
accepted definition. covering whole
pages OF the Waterman They number
1855, representing "capital' OF $425o,-
ooo,o 900, OF which seventy concerns, rep
rcscnting nearly $I.ooo,ooo, have been
since last March. Of the total
more than half is water"
On which dividends are forced by blood
drawn from the people. Almost every
industry in the land, except those pro-
duccrs from the soil, are covered in
these trusts. No, there are no combina-
tons in restraint OF trade Soon there
will be no trade in restraint OF the com
binations and no government by the
people.
Even the Minneapolis Tribune knows
OF one trust, the coal trust. OF which il
says-wlnich might be sent to Hanna:
"Oi all the pernicious trusts. the Goa
trust that advances the price of coal te
cxtortionate figures at the beginning o
hard winter is the most cruel"
1t should make the American stor
and think to read in the English dis
patches that the Ladysmitl, disaster il
like that that bcfcll Burgoync and Corn
wallis! ut is safe to say" said til.
English report, chat the empire is face
to face with repulse compared only to
the surrender OF Burgoync to the EN-
battled farmers OF our American colo
MICS"
Says Olive Schrciner, writing iron
the Boer standpoint:
"Thc intellect and conscience OF Eng
land are with lis in our struggle for jus
ticc. From Herbert Spencer and Job,
Morley to Frederick Harrison, tn
loftiest voices Of the English nation ar
raised to recall their people to the patti
OF Justice and wisdom and in denuncia