The Irish standard., 1900-02-10
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A Minnesota Farmer Predicts the Down
fall Of England.
The following letter recently appeared
in the St. Paul Pioneer Press from the
pen of distinguished Irish-American:
Mount Pleasant Farm, Rahilly, Mimi,
Jan. IS. To the Editor: l have read
your many editorials on the South AZ
rican war with a great deal of interest
In this communication l desire only to
reply to your editorial of the 9th inst,
headed "Anglophobia." l have too
much respect and admiration for the
ability and patriotism of the editor Of
the great expounder OF political econ
omy to believe that he is other than sim
cere in his sympathy with Great Britain
in her murderous onslaught on a pa
triotic nation to deprive her of self
government.
You seem to lay great stress on the
fact that citizens of Irish blood and line
age were principally instrumental in the
proBoer demonstration at the Peoples
church You say we Cherish and parade
our hereditary, our undying and in
extinguishable hatred of England as a
part of our religion, that we hate Eng
land not for anything she is doing to
justify it now, but for what certain an
cestors OF the present English ruler did
to the ancestors of the Irish people CEN
turtles ago; that we feel it sacred duty
to hate England for what Cromwell and
Elizabeth did, and other English mon
archs long in their graves did to Irish
men some years ago" Pardon me for
disagreeing with you on the above quo
tation. believe will be able to prove
to your satisfaction the correctness OF
my statements.
First OF all, you must remember that
| am only a farmer, but have burned
many tallow candle perusing over the
wrongs inflicted OH my native land by
the most bloodthirsty and cowardly of
all civilized governments, confscation.
blood thirsty murder of innocent women
and children.
England made it 4 criminal offensc
for our fathers to be educated, and then
accused us Of being ignorant, not
withstanding that Ireland was the asy-
l,1,7, fNr 1,o 1,c1, ~ oil
vious to the English invasion. She fol-
lowed us to Our adopted country with
her slanderous press; she left nothing
in her power undone to degrade us be-
fore Our fellow citizens. The English
historian cannot say that England
grantedCatholic emancipation willingly.
She granted it as man would yield I'D
a bad tooth to the dentist. The i'm.
mortal O'Connel battered her fortifca-
tons for thirty years, finally putting his
forceps into that false old mouth. The
old tyrant wriggled and groancd. The
bgoted prohigate who then disgraced
the English crown shed his crocodile
tears upon the bill; the eyes which were
never known to weep over the ruin of
female virtue; the face that was never
known to change color in the presence
OF any foul deed or accusation OF vice.
That face grew pale, and George w.
wept for sorrow when he had to sign
the Catholic emancipation bill The
man who had conquered Napoleon
upon the field of Waterloo-the man
who was declared to be the invincible
victor of the greatest OF warriors
stood there with the bill in his hand
and said to the king of England, "You
must sign that paper or prepare for
civil war and rebellion in Ireland"
Surely the Irish famine of '46 and AZ
cannot have escaped the attention Of the
editor of the Pioneer Press. We come
now to the days of the immortal Par
nell. When the English discovered that
there was prospect of Parnell being
able to succeed in uniting the Irish
people, in demanding home rule, know
ing if they were united the English flag
would not float in Ireland twenty-four
hours, the present prime minister, Sails
bury, hurried over to Ireland, excited
his Orange lodges to religious animos-
tiles against her Catholic fellow citizens
her old game, divide and conquer.
She has attempted to transplant her
Orange dens in this country for the ex-
press purpose of dividing Irish Amer
leans. Notwithstanding it is Irish
generals that are commanding her
armies, and an Irish lord chief justice
dispensing justice to the British empire.
May God forgive Lord Wolseley,
Lord Roberts and Lord Beresford for
leading their countrymen to death in an
attempt to deprive patriotic, strug
Cling nation of their independence,
such as Americans fought for over one
hundred years ago. The sympathizers
of England are asking the question why
their Irish friends don't forget the past.
Impossible! Yes, we are opposed to
England because she is the robber OF
nations which are not able to resist her
tyranny and oppression. We despise