The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-08-19
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~ powerful and brilliant address wac
ue''Sered by Archbishop Ireland at M ,ha
request OF committee of rcnro.o,,a
1--WE % citizens OF the city OF Cork on the
nsht OF July 20, 1899, at the O,sra
rouse The name and fame of the ora,
TOR drew very large and most rcura
sentative audience. The mastery A.
"r'''at'on OF principles, as we'll as ~.
courageous statement OF the terrible
''''ses OF the drink-plaguc among the
people, clothe his address will, sa,,,a
'''!ng OF the nature OF a message to th.
,''sh race the world over. From tbc
'e"s'hy address the following passages
are selected for reproduction in thssa
columns: ~ '''ese
ll'c gospel that l preach this evening"
IS the gospel of sobricty; the posncl
winch would fain hear rc-cchocd
through every vale and every mountain
Top OF holy Ireland (applausc). A great
pa.rlot-A. M. Sullivan (app1ause)-
sa'd a lew years ago, ireland sober is
ireland Tree" (applausc). Ireland sober
Is ireland happy and contcntcd; Ireland
sober is ireland so strong that no power
OF oppression can keep her down or
prevent her people from leading in all
the works OF civilization. intclipcncc
ana social advancement (appausc).
may claim, | think. some right to speak
OF the Irish people Q,car, hcar). The
IRISH people are not only in Ireland
'hcy are throughout the whole English
Speaking world and they are in millions
beneath the Stars and Stripes Cap
pIausr). For nearly forty years | have
worked among them and for them, as
priest and bishop know their vr
tues and ] know their faults, and be-
cause ! love them with every fibre of nv
heart am prepared to speak to them
wherever they arc-in Ireland or in
Amcrlca-with absolute frankncss. /
am prepared to tell them of the one OBJ
stacIc in their path 10 greatness and hap
plncss, i'll the firm hope that something
may be done to remove that obstacle
and place them upon the heights where
God intended them to live (applausc).
OF the noble qualities OF the Irish pco-
pie | need not speak. The Master OF
man has endowed them so richly that
well, indeed, might other races envy
them. What clcarncss OF mind, what
qulckncss OF thought, and what gcncr-
osity OF heart! OF what great tasks are
they not capable? What portion of the
earth has not cxtollcd their sons? How
potent they are Of limb, OF body! God
has made them to succeed, and whcr-
ever full opportunity was given to them,
and wherever they fitted themselves to
embrace the opportunity, Forward has
been their motto. l know full we'll the
terrible days the Irish people went
| through. know the fearful ordeal Of
| the penal times, when, whatever the no
bic qualities OF the race, it was impos-
siblc for them to assert themselves. But
those days are gone by. There is free
dom before the Irish race to show OF
what magnificent stuff it is made. The
opportunities are dawnng upon you in
Ireland day after day, and surely in the
great republic OF the west those oppor-
tunitics have not been wanting and will
not be wanting to the men OF Irish
blood. What, then, will be their fu-
ture? Oh! it were no prophecy to say
that the future would be glorious were
enc failing, one impcdmcnt, finally and
forever removed. That impediment is
the use Of Intoxicating drinks (hear,
hcar). I am going tonight to speak,
as said, in the fullest frankness, for
the Irish race deserve to be told the
truth in order that nothing may hence
forward repress them. They have been
cmigrating to America by the hundreds
of thousands for now nearly three-quar-
ters OF century, and the opportunities
for aggrandizemcnt were not wanting,
and numbers of them have attained ST
cial honors and positions OF weak
But those who have so risen are not theN
full number that should have risen. In
many of our great cities where you
would expect to find in places of Opt
lcnce and distinction names telling OF
Ireland you find those names few and
far between (hear, hear). In many Of
the cities you find too many of our peo-
pie who are miserable, and you find
fhern-O codl UNIV should aver fhA