The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-26

conflict? You say yes; but the whole
world says no. (National cheers.)
Who is the enemy you are going forth
to crush? Not one who threat tens to in
wade England, not power which men
aces your liberties, not an equal or a
match for your giant strength, but
foe of your own blood and faith, your
equal In courage, your superior in pat
riotism and in national virtue. Grish
cheers)
And who has more claim upon your
protecting arm than upon your op-
preston and vengeance. Why, then.
should we sympathize with your ac-
ton?
You gladly took king from the
Dutch and obtained thereby a reyolu-
ton and constitutional government.
!Cheerso Why do you now assassinate
In the Transvaal the liberty which tho
ancestors of the Beers enabled your
ancestors to win for you? Nationalist
cheers)
We owe nothing to the Dutch but
what the honorable member for Belfast
would call the glorious battle Of the
Boyne. Cloud laughter.)
Mr. Johnson, M. P.-You are al
ways on the wrong side. ministerial
cheers)
Mr. Davitt-Possibly; when force, and
not reason or justice determined the
conclusion.
We took the wrong side then, any
now, and deservedly got licked for
showing too much loyalty to England's
legitimate king. Cloud laughter and
cheers.)
Had the honorable member for Bel
fast been present on that interesting
occasion he would have been for the
king, and he would have been among
the revolutionists. General laugh
ter.)
We are on the right side now, though
it may also be the losing side; but you
stand to lose more by your victory il
you gain than the Dutch race will
have to pay for it's defeat in this
war.
To say that because England goes to
to war the Irishmen must back her or
become traitors is monstrous PROPOSE
ton.
War, like any other transaction, must
be judged by it's merits, and support or
opposition be determined by the right
Or the wrong involved. I hold that gov
ernments have no divine commission to
knock the word mot out of every one
of the ten commandments. Cheers and
laughter) Thou shalt not commit
murder, thou shalt not steal,'' is as
obligatory upon cabinets as upon citi-
zens tcheers) and to ask Irish members
to approve of this war and It's main
purposes would be akin to asking them
to sympathize with an act of burglary
which would also lead to the wholesale
killing of those who would resist the
crime. (Cheers.) =r A..
The honorable member for Kings
Lynn in his virtuous wrath reminds me
in this connection. but in this only of
a saying of the late Colonel Ingersoll
of America, namely, when England is
| mentioned in connection with one of
her wars against small nations, in
which she declares she has only hu-
mainly in view, she reminds me of a
ht1rsr Low, nj hi TO He Il
to the scene of his philanthropy,
cloud laughter and cheers) Sir, in
conclusion. let me say that:
We Irishmen are compelled to give
our sympathies to the Beers because
they are absolutely in the right in
herocally defending with their lives the
independence of their country.
Such defense has always COM
| manded the admiration of unbiased
minds in every struggle for liberty, for
there is no nobler cause for which men
can fight and die than the freedom Of
a nation. cloud cheers.) England in
this contest is the enemy of liberty;
the Transvaal republic is it's cham
pion and defender: and, win or lose,
the world will applaud the Beers and
their just cause. CMinisterial laugh
ter)
We on these benches know what our
attitude on this war will mean, for
the time being. to home rule. Gronical
cheers Very well, so be it. But let
me say this for myself in answer to this
contention-had I been offered not
home rule only, but an Irish republic
by her majesty's government on yes
terday week Qaughter) in return for
one word or one vote in favor of this
war to destroy the independence of the
republics of the Transvaal. l would
speak no such word nor record any such
vote. (Cheers.)
c,..
Ireland at the base price of voting
against liberty in South Africa.
(Cheers).
Ireland may never win her liberty
but still she may. Yet, l pray she
never will at the price of dishonor, and
to help you in this war against the
Transvaal, to wish you success in a
fight with brave foe thousand times
your inferior in strength and resources,
but who fearlessly face you on your
own battlefield in defense of their in
dependence and their homes, would be
an infamy and a disgrace which no
home rule. no freedom, depending on
your promise or word, could ever OBJ
literate or redeem. cloud cheers from
all benches) And now, Sir, one word
more and have done
This, I hope, will be the last time /
shall address this house. The only
additional protest 7 can make against
this infamous war is to ask the chan
cellor of the exchequer tomorrow to re-
lieve me of further attendance here.
Let me say that / owe many per-
sonal courtesies to members on both
sides. and that they have borne with
liberation and fairness, even, during
this stormy session, the strong words
which we, Irish members, have felt 1t
our duty to use against this war policy.
I make no complaint of what has been
| said of me personally inside or outside
of this house. 1t is, of course, natural
for Englshmen to feel sore at our at
titude, but for my part I do not unsay
or take back a single syllable I have
uttered in Ireland or in this chamber
| in condemnation of this horrible bust
| ness. (Cheers)
Sir. l have been some five years in
this house. and the conclusion with
which I leave it now is this, that no
cause however lust. no right however