The Irish standard., 1900-09-08
WHAT THE GREER HAS ACCOMPLISHED
Antiquity of the Organization
is Eloquently Told.
DOWNFALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
American Flag the Symbol of a
Perpetual Republic.

The following address was recently
delivered by Mr.. +. II. Moran. Nation
al Treasurer Of the \. o. H., Mt IIar-
lem River Park, New York, before I,
large assemblagc of the eXiles of
! Erin:
These gatherings arc especially dear
to Irishmcn, for they not only revive
and replenish cur love for the old land
but they will tell the world by our
intelligent and patriotic assemblies
that we are distinct and uncO1l-
Gucrcd people. that our union with the
English is that of master and slave,
and that the Irish race but awaits the
opportunity to inscribe the epitaph OF
the illustriOus patriot. Robert Emmett.
Years. and even Il generation, may pass
before our country takes her place
among the nations of the earth; but
the time will come as the history of
the British empire repeats the history
of the Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian
Grecinn. and Roman empires Moth
ing now remains of these but the
scpulchres of departed greatness.
May the greed Of conquest. which is
the vulture that pursues all empires,
so cntangle the relations of the Brit
ish crown that her fall will be COM
mensurate to her crimes. Then the
martyrs of her civilizing greed will
be avenged. Ireland made a desert,
her children cxterminated and BAN
ished, will be there to mock her. Plague
and famine stricken India will
arise with new life when the leecl
sucking her lifcs blood ia no more.
India's ruined reservoirs will stand as
monuments to tell future ages Of the
criminal neglect of the English gov
eminent to provide for the droughts
which frequently visited that unhappy
land. And the heroic Beers, the last
of her victims, will shed no tears over
the tomb of departed greatness, who
would eXterminate their heroic sons
to obtain the gold and diamonds of
their rich land. And now, great and
glorious Republic of the United States,
will you, too, follow in the footsteps
of these hated empires, ancient and
modern? Will babes yet unborn
pray for your fall from greatness and
| glory? Will slaves raise their shnc-
kled hands in maledicti0n over your
flag? Forbid it, O, Thou God of
Justice! Our flag will be the symbol
| of Il republic forever, and Il despised
and selfish empire, never. The OPP
pressed and prosecuted of all races
will always find friendly assistance
in our land of the free. The home
of the brave will always offer an asy
lum to oppressed and exiled patrl
OTIS, and to humanity's call the de
sccndants of our revolutionary sires
will never turn a deaf ear.
Wherever flag is raised in the sa
cred name of liberty Irishmcn are NJ
ways found ilr the ranks. They
fought with desperate courage to free
their native land, and, failing to do
that, have served their adopted coun.
tries as only men of their ardent,
liberty-loving, and fearless calibrc
can. If we visit the Transvaal we
see Blake and his 1000 Irishmen fight
ing side by side with the heroic Beers
for frcside and liberty. Every bat
tlefield in American history was wa
tered by the blood of the eXilcd Irish
man. Meaghcr, Sheridan, Shields,
Rutledge, Sullivan, Corc0ran, and a
host of others covered their names
and race with glory. Even the seas
have stories to tell of the bravery Of
Irish-American sailors during the
struggle of the colonies for freedom.
Commodore Jack Barry's reply to the
English captain OH the high seas has
become a household legend, while
| thousands of Macs, O's and Fits
found watery graves in the cause of
liberty, and "dicd unwcpt, unhonored
and unsung."
Now, let us turn from the picture
of the liberty loving Celt, battling all
over the world with tyranny and op
preston to the cause of his exile from
his beloved land. 1t is true there
were no diamond mines and gold dig