The Irish standard., 1900-01-06
RINGING RESOLUTIONS.
An Emphatic Denunciation of British
Brutality by Div. No. a. A. @. H.


At the last regular meeting Of Div.
No. 4, A. o. H., OF this city, the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted unani-
mously by rising vote:
Whereas, That with eager eyes we
scan the daily papers of the country
and occasionally catch a glimpse of
well censored press dispatch setting
forth the victory of British arms in the
Iransvaal, the utter rout and annihila-
ton OF the Boer forces under the brave
Gen. Joubert, the wounding and death
OF that gallant hero, and the remainder
OF his brave commanders. And as
these sad tidings are conveyed to us
from the ever truthful source, the Lon
don war office, and re-ecloed from the
housetops and market places of our
Anglomaniac friends, we poor mortals
feel that the Transvaal republic, anoth-
er held OF human liberty, is being
soaked by the blood of her patriotic
sons, and the souls of her heroes are
being sent by thousands daily to join
the countless millions that have gone be-
lore in the cause of human freedom. We
yearn to aid them and pray for their
success. We hope for chance to
share their fate and anxiously wait for
time to open the pages of truth to an
anxious and waiting world, that we
may learn the personnel of that brave
army that persisted; and our fondest
hope and prayer is now, and always will
be, that with every brave burgher who
dies for God, home and fatllerland, a
son OF Erin fell by his side in the van
guard OF the fight with his back to the
ground and his feet to the foe, with
freedoms dome above him, the stars OF
the Transvaal to light him on to his
heavenly home and martyrs death, to
show to children yet unborn and teach
them how to die for freedoms sake;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That as the British are the
aggressors in this the unholiest and
most unjust war Of the nineteenth or
any other century, that as citizens of
sister republic we condemn with all the
strength of the English language the
conduct of this land-grabbing nation of
sharks, and pray for its utter annihila-
ton. And be it further
Resolved, That as they have taken
advantage of their gallant and gener-
Gus foes by brutality massacring body
OF scventy-fve men after they had
thrown down their arms, and had given
themselves up as prisoners of war, that
we condemn this act as the blacklist
and most damnable deed in the history
OF any war, civilized or savage, of an
cient or modern times.
Resolved, That the commander who
would permit such an infuman act is
worse than Nero, the Roman tyrant,
more bloodthirsty than Tremaine, the
nump-backed Mogul emperor, more de-
ceitiul than Judas, darker and blacker
than the lowest pits of hell, which with
all its horror and hideousness is too
good a place for such scoundrels. That
the lion OF England, when whipped,
wines like dog, begs for mercy like
cringing coward, and when opportun-
ity arises, stings generous foe to
death like snake in the grass.
Resolved, That this Division pledges
its financial support to the Beers in
their struggle for liberty, and that steps
be taken at once to carry out the pur-
pose OF this resolution at our next reg
ular meeting. Be it further
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
lutions be spread upon the minutes OF
our meeting, be published in the Irish
Standard and sent to President Kruger
OF the Transvaal republic.
JOSEPH McDERMOTT,
c. E. COSKRAN,
WILLIAM HICKEY,
Committee on Resolutions.