The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-18


ala to free race alien In blood and race
nistory2 Imagine England engaged in q
war 10 free Cuba. with not a gold field i'm
ene country. What savage or uncivilzed
or a. broad humanity? Greed and gain
piuncer and pelf have been her primary
ooJects, no matter in what part of the
power 1
DO you wonder that the noble Irish
nsart thrills In sympathy and in unison
Win the Beers Of South Africa? The Irish
nave been compelled to drink the bitter
cup, held to their lips by a dominant foe
20 the very dregs. Irishmen know what is
IN store for the Beers If England's SUI
Perior civilization gets the upper hand.
IL viii mean their freedom taken away.
4. VIII mean their language subverted and
penttied II will mean the noble race
memories or their ancestors wiped out. 1t
viii mean yaSSalage and subsection. out
rage and tyranny, just as IL has meant for
ireland. Therefore every generous Irish
man man under the sun says 'Godspeed TO Paul
hruger and his noble patriots If this su-
perior civilization is so much to be de-
sired why Is IL that all men flee from It,
nsnt against IL and revile IL so long as
sney nave power left? II is because, un-
ger the sutse of civilization, men are plum
nered and robbed of all they hold dear. 1t
Is because their civilization is hypocritical
ana set-righteous. Ii is because this
clVlnzation Is the civilization OF cannon
ana bayonet, not of reason and Justice"
FATHER O'DONAGHUE HEARD.
Mayor Taggart next introduced Rev. ID.
O'Donaghue, who talked of ST. Patrick and
the history of Ireland. In the course of
his remarks he said
This celebration calls up memories OF
the long ago, and joy and tears are mingled
IN viewing the checkered history of the
little isle OF the seas. Nestled in her ocean
nome, ireland was once the land Of saints
and scholars, of light and freedom of
fn he ctr
her green hillsides were the home of pros
perity, the abode of contentment and peace
BUT iris was not TO last The invader
came first the Mortimer then the Rriton
and her history since is told in her ruins
But, whatever her political vicissitudes
nave been, in one thing Ireland has been
Iaithtul 10 the teachings of the apostle.
Wnom her people love so we'll. No pre-
tended reformer, coming forward with
creed and a church of his own manufac-
ture and brand was ever able to miSlead
me IRISH people or lessen their veneration
Tor the ancient faith. The history of Ire
| lands wrongs and prosecutions on ac-
count of religion is written in the red
, DIood OF her martyred people, and time
cannot blot the record out. Under En-
gl1sh penal laws, no means left I'M
tried to uproot the ancient church and sup
plant 1t by one established by the king
The uxorious Henry VIII, of infamous
memory, labored hard and with the fury
OF demon To pervert the people from their
religious belief, but they preferred the
rack to dishonor, and death before apos-
tacy. His successors on the throne con-
tinued the work of robbery and murder
with undated fury, but with no better
success. The priest was hunted down
like a wolf with a price upon his head,
and the people had little left TO live upon
but the established church and the po-
tato-a poor diet for soul and body.
Perhaps the darkest day for Ireland was
when Cromwell was turned loose on a de-
fenseless people. He began his warfare
far11 IaAN he Trfc
race, and furious was the onslaught
that for the moment success seemed within
his reach. He slaughtered his victims with
the rage of a savage, thirsting for blood
like a hungry beast of prey. He boldly
proclaimed that the Catholic Church serv-
ice would not be allowed within the juris-
diction of Parliament, but he died and his
body rotted in a cesspool, and the Irish
race in many lands lives to celebrate St
Patrick's day.
I'm Christian history st. Patrick stands
forth as conspicuous figure, for which 1t
is difficult to find a companion piece. out
side the apostles, who were the immediate
ambassadors of God, what saint has done
more to spread the gospel or extend the
empire of Christ among men? What ma
ton has not shared the result of his labors
or tasted the fruit of the tree planted by
his hand? Years have not dimmed the lus-
ter of his memory or obscured the bright
ness of his holy life. IT is well that this
day is celebrated with festive joy, for
though the saint has long since passed to
the company of the just made perfect. he is
still as near to his children as he was -
Tara of old, with the cross and me sham
rock still in his hand
At the conclusion of Father O'Donaghue's
address there were calls for Father Nc
Cabe, the eloquent priest at Holy Cross
| Church. Although he was not on the pro-
| gramme Father McCabe responded briefly.
| He said it was a poor sort of an Irishman
| that could not say something on st. Pat
| rick's day He declared that to-day is the
| Easter morning of Irish hope. 1t is the
resurrection day of Irish aspirations.
| Father McCabe recalled that in everything
I the Irishmen in America have been loyal
| to their adopted country. 1--WE can die for
| our country" he said, but we cannot be-
| tray it,