The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-04-07
ing hour that will hurl it against their

ing hour that will hurl it against their
country opprcssors.
There is nothing which gives greater
delight and consolation to our English
warning among ourselves about some
petty difference OF opinion, and from my
knowledge OF English methods in this
line oil strategy | have no hesitation to
state that whatever disscnsions have ex-
listed or may occur again, can be traced
to the Vaccinations OF England through
her infamous system OF bribery. My
own experience fully bears out the force
OF this insinuation. When I lay helpless
and chained in my prison cell at Chat
ham had Il visit one day from the
procurator fiscal OF Glasgow, who was
sent by the government to induce me by
bride and threat to furnish information
against number oil our brothers who
were arrested there and | well rcmem
Der the gesture OF establishment which
escaped him when cntreaty and threat
alike proved unavailing, aud his final
exclamation shows the depth OF a!llic
ton under defeat: Nh! now then,
Timothy, and won't We help the govern
mcnt?"
The long course OF persecution which
those English fen. poured into our
cup OF misery is fully cNemplitied by the
numerous victims supplied by our little
band and who to-day lie i'll their silent
graves or. worse still. rave ncohercntly
in the asyiums and sanitariums OF Eng
land aud America They determined to
destroy us, and now feeling that some
OF us who escaped their tolls are likely
in the future to cause fresh annoyance,
they still try to pcTSecutc us even i'll
this free land. Many OF Us can get no
employment. and whenever we go to
greet our friends the minons oil Eng
fish hate pursue us 10 tllwart or destroy
whatever friendship may desire to do
nate
find it is the design OF the English
government to deprive some OF us o.
the means oi livelihood, ii it can be
done. and whoever condcsccnds to ig-
more us in pursuit oi that end aids and
abcts the design oi England, which is to
discourage all others who may attempt
to repeat the enterprise by which we
sought to redeem our native land from
English rulr.
Aitcr my release from prison while |
remained in Ireland | was not allowed
a moments peace. Wherever | went
my footsteps were logged and whoever
showed me the slightest courtesy was
subjected to repeated annoyanccS,
I Wherever have gone since | returned
to this country spies and detectives have
Swallowed me. and even i'll Boston a
short while ago the friends OF Ireland
who received me were pcstcrcd by indi-
! viduals who tried to get into their con-
} idcncc to find out about my move
! mcnts.
| While | was in Montreal. where | was
invited by the \. O. II. to take part III
the St Patrick's Day celebration. | was
informed when it was announced was
to be one OF the guests. the English
agents tried to have me excluded, but
they failed to induce the men in charge
or to brighten me from participating. |
hope the Irish OF Minnesota will prove
.l1cy are not Influenced by British pre]u-
dice against their countrymen who nave
endured for Ireland nor controlled by
the sentiments OF those who pander to
its dcceitiul sophistry. hope when
appear amongst them they Will prove
they are Irish and no mistake. Yours
iraternally.
EDMOND O'BRlEN KENNEDY
Crimothy Fcathcrstonc. late OF Port
lane, prison.)
40 Franklin Street. New Haven
Conn. March 81. 1000.