The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-20

Elizabeth and William, made wholesale
seizures OF the lands that in Justice and
equity belonged to the native Irish, have
during the present century been the
malnstay OF the English garrison party
in ireland.
The struggle OF the Irish peasants for
land and life during the present CEN
tury have been something really terrible
i'll the extreme. What has been written
OF the diabolical eviction scenes, the
base work of the plunderers, has
shocked humanity in all lands. Land
lordism, aided by English law, forms
portion OF the foulest and blackest
history in the grim record of English
sway i'll Ireland. During the present
century 1,225,ooo persons have perished
of famine. The black tale OF coffinless
tombs is in itself sufficient case
against the absurdity known as bcnc-
fetal law under the union. Three mil
lion six hundred and sixty eight thou
sand persons have suffered the tortures
which have arisen from being evicted.
Four million one hundred and eighty
six thousand of the native population
have, after being denied pauper's liv-
ing at home, found shelter under free
dom's star spangled banner. Imperial
humanity, hall-marked with the Phari-
sacal stamp at London, and given vent
to through the columns OF the Times
and its lesser friends, cried aloud that
the Irish were tlriftless and lazy, and in
4S they chanted hymns and imperial
ditties, and thanked God that in few
short years the lazy, revolutionary CcIt
would be as scarce in Ireland as the In
dian OH the shores OF Manhattan. We
could not expect better from those who,
in centuries previous, had robbed our
country Of all her riches, and put to
deatl, i'll cold blood the native lords and
chiefs OF Erin
In vain they tore the altar down,
In vain they flung aside
The mourniul emblem OF the death
Which our sweet Savior died.
Yet after all the lying fabrications OF
the London Times, here is true story
OF what the lazy Irish exiles have ac-
complished for national wealth in
America: In one generation, 1900, 900
emigrants, who lett home pcnniless,
have become possessed of real and per-
sonal property to the amount of. f655,-
100000 sterling, besides having sent
home to their friends in Ireland since
1851 almost E4o,ooo,ooo of money the
larger portion OF which has found its
way into the pockets of robbing land
lords. who spend the earnings OF the
lazy Irish in the gambling dcns OF Nice.
Paris, London and Monte Carlo. and
who from their dcns OF iniquity can
with a wink move the whole machinery
OF Dublin Castle to carry out cvictions.
Statistics. SO far as national wealth are
concerned, compare with striking force
The value Of house property in rcla-
tion to population is as follows: Dub
lin, f44 per inhabitant; birmingham, f76.
Glasgow, fIoo; Manchester, f1o2; Liver
pool Ella; London, f156. General ave-
rage: England, Ell; Scotland, f62; Ire
land, fIo Industry, dead through
blighting laws; commercial enterprise,
almost nil, has tended to reduce the
value OF house property in Ireland TO
the beggarly average Of fI2 per head,
another convincing evidence OF national
decay. The figures just quoted total
the causes OF the national decay, and
justify the efforts which upon successive
occasions have been made to destroy
the bancful system OF English admins
tration.
The spirit of the Cclt came forth in
the person of that dauntlcss Irish hero
Robert Emmett, in 1903. Against the
union abomination he struggled with
lnanincss and determination; he was
powcrlcss to destroy the mammon OF
misgovcrnment. His life was offered
as a holocaust for the cause which shall
one day triumph An unlcttcrcd slab
and an unaccomplishcd work are all
that remain to tell to others the worth
Of true man.
In the fiery glare which cncirclcd the
land i'll 4S stood together a band OF
brave mcn-Mitchc, Martin, Dofeny
|'Smith O'Bricn, Mcagl,cr, Dcvlin, Reilly,
and others. From the tombs OF the
men OF 'o8 they lifted into real life the
national cause. After brief, earnest
work they we're condemned by the SAX
on to Imprisonment beyond the seas
Although chained and bound as fclons,
their proud spirit still lived, and in after
years many Of them came into the vor-
tex Of strong natonalism. namely. Nc
Manus, Mcaghcr, O'Mahony and Stcpll-
ems. England and her act OF union still
failed to work out the prophetic idea Of
William Pitt thirty arms acts and even
the suspension OF the ordinary law on
various occasions did not daunt the re-
solve OF the people.
Apathy followed the break up OF the
Tenant League OF '52 but only for a
brief time. The spirit OF the Gael re
turned. The movement OF 1865 and
1867, although it failed i'll the accom-
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