The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-05

duced, was greeted with such rounds OF
applause that it was difficult for him to
start in on his address. Evidently you
know me-, he said amid an outpurst Oh
laughter. He said he was there 90 show
his love for ireland and his sympathy lor
Emmett as a loyal patriot. He SAID ne also
desired to express his sympathy for the
Dutchman of South Africa.
.sFrom the very depths of my oelng,
he said, II bid him God-speed. He is IN
conflict with a scoundrel nation, ana as
an honest man / wish him well. am a
man of peace, not of war. but Whlie
tyranny lives the sword must hue the
way TO freedom. From the mountains Oh
ireland to the hills of the South African
Republics the bugle calls men TO arms
If blood must be shed let it be sned IN
the cause of freedom. Dutchmen anu
Irishmen will clasp hands in this cause.
He declared the spirit of freedom thal
Emmett incarnated will never die. "Ot an
the patriots who died in lreiand 5
cause" he said, "Emmet was the highest.
All were brave. But Emmet was SO young
so handsome, so loving, so debonnaire lie
is the very darling of our hearts Thank
God, there is nothing in his career out
what was clean His motives were pure
and beyond reproach. He sought to free
his country by insurrection. not by the
assassin's method. He staked his life ana
fortune on a desperate chance"
Mrs. Edwin c. Prinn won an encore on
a finely rendered soprano solo, as did also
Miss Margaret Reilly, contralto soiolst.
Mr.. Charles A. Roman won an encore and
third call for his baritone rendition OF
Sweet Inniscarra" and my Wild irish
Rose" The Hon. Jean F. Des Garrennes'
of Washington, followed in a patrlotlc
discourse on liberty in general and paid
glowing tribute to Ireland's stand on the
subject. He eloquently eulogized the dead
martyr Emmet.
The Rev. Father N. T. Mclaughlin of
Union Hill, made a short, witty ana IN
spring address. He said he was glad TO
boast of the same mother as Father sui
liyan. pointing to the American Has,
He was proud to boast of the same grand
mother. (The Irish fiag.) He said he $1,000
for the uplifting of his race and every
other down trodden race on Gods foot
STOOL (Applause.) Ireland, he said, had
always been true to her traditions. Sne
newer forgot the lessons she learned from
the noble Emmett and would ever De
found fighting for other nations who
would give poor, dear old Ireland place
among the nations of the world
Mr.. w. F. Sanborn rendered tenor
selection in a mastery manner.
Before the celebration ended the follow
ing preambles and resolutions read oy r.
]. O'Mara, were adopted amid ringing
cheers:-
Whereas, It is persistently assert
ed that a secret understanding exists
between the governments OF the Unit-
ed States and d. Greaf iaSa Baitlaa fhaf the the pro-
moters of that understanding are
scheming to place the. citlzens OF ele
United States in a faise Is: ,lish llght nefons
now friendly towards us, nations WnS
aided US during the great crises o.
our history as against British aggres
Whereas. we believe the aim IS TO
limit, if not destroy, our lnnuence hon
peace and good will amongst Chrlstsa!n
governments, to undermine our pos
fion as the beacon light for tree guv-
ernments throughout the world ana 70
commit US to the support OF the BTU
ish government notorious as IL IS Ior
warning upon the weak, a government
whose history is replete with uneAan-
pied instances of brutal aggTeSsloini;
wanton cruelty, broken falth ana colu
hlooded selfishness, not the least OF
lp;ob plHGJeu are To be found in the history
Of her relations towards the Amerl-
can colonies and the Unlteu 9laees'
Whereas. Great Britain is now en-
gagged in war of aggression upon ~ ny
Republics of South Africa; ior ,S,r 5a, Sne
Prime Minister and Secretary lor tno
Colonies. of establishing British para
mountcy and crushing OUT Populiaa 3oI NJ
government substituting therefor lne
rule of a hereditary foreign mondrcn
and House of Lords; and
Whereas. We believe that in sucn d
struggle the sympathies of the tree
men Of the United States should pc
extended to the. freemen OF oou,r ,,n,,r,
Africa not alone because they are NOV
engaged in a life and death struggie a7
for what the American colonies won
from the same tyrannical government,
hut also because every generous I'M
nuIse should dictate that we range
ourselves on the side of two weak re-
n1IbIics making such a heroic effort to
heat hack a strong, Overbearlng, re-
lentless foe of liberty, VINO mas iol-
lowed them step by step INTO 5ne
| wilderness to enchain them, to plunoer
them. to murder them; a~foe VINO not
content with warning upon them,
falsely holds them up to the word as
a people unfit to administer govern- go
ment as tyrants. as official theves,
as a blot upon civilization. and this IN
the face of a widespread reVol ln
their own South African colonies
| against their rule ana IN support ol
the Republics; and -
whereas, 1t is reported tnat tne
President of the Transvaal Kepupuc
felt constrained to refuse permission 70
| fhe Consul of the United States TO hold
| Communication with British prisoners
Of war because of the alleged close re-
| lations of the United States and Great
| Britain transcending the pounds OF
| strict neutrality, thereby intimatlng
what must be considered as a Justi-
fable suspicion of treachery; therefore
he it
| Resolved That we urgently request
of our representatives in the Natlonal
! Legislature that, they cause to be IN
| stituted an investigation into the state
| ments on this matter alleged to nave
/ been made by the President of the
tary of State for that country, the
| statements made regarding the exist
| ence of an alliance between the United
/ States and Great Britain by ex-Consul
| NIacrurn and by the Secretary for the
| Colonies for Great Britain. We also
request that they invite and solicit
| testimony bearing on these statements
| from all interested parties, and present
| such testimony to a committee of in
| yestigation so that the whole truth
| NAV be made public and proper action
taken to clear the Government of the
1 limited States from charges of un-
| friendliness toward the Republics of
| South Africa: and be it
Resolved, That we emphatically pro-
test against any form OF alliance with
any foreign power which may be call
culated no lead to an attitude foreign
ia the institutions of our free govern
| ment; and be it
Resolved. That we send a copy of
these preambles and resolutions to the