The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-11-16

of saving the remnant of the old Irish
race. If nothing practical is done I'M
til we can achieve our Independence
i'll other words, ii we failed or remained
idle and sat in silent apathy, dreaming
of the day when we may be able to
take up arms and win the indepen-
dence of Ireland loud cheers, l will
tell YOU what the result will be.
Before that opportunity comes the
Irish nation will have ceased to exist,
our island will be turned into an Eng
lish or Scotch or Il British Ireland, but
the Irish of the island Will have dis
appeared from the soil that we love.
Now, We believe that by dsciplining
our people in the United Irish League,
by fighting landlordism in every parish
i'll Ireland. that we will at one and the
same time make English rule difficult.
dangerous and in the end impossible.
prolonged chccrs) And also keep the
remnant of our race at homo. rooted
in the soil from which their forefathers
were driven in the past by the ruth
less hand OF persecution and opprcs-
sion. Great chccring)
Can any man truthfully lay his hand
on his heart and deny that that is the
achievement Of that ultimate goal ON
which all our hopes and aspirations are
set-namely, the triumph of our ma
tonul cause? and l ask with some
confidence, can any rlSh-Amcric:ln,
whatever his views upon other matters
be, refuse to give his aid to move
ment of this character? loud cries Of
NO" and checrs.) ...=.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, that is
the first agency on which we rely i'll
our effort to strengthen and push onto
success the national cause. The sec
ond agency for making English gov
crnmcnt Of Ireland difficult and dam
gcrolls and impossible is by the action
of an independent and united Irish
party in the center OF the British eta
del, in the English parliament.
Now, claim with confidence in any
assembly Of lrishmcm in the world that
the record of the present Irish party
last session is something to be proud
of. (ChccrS) Let me take one in
stance, and | am reminded Of ii again
by your eloquent chairman. We're it
not for Ireland not Il single voice would
1,c In,
English parliament in protest against
the Bocr war. cloud checrs.)
Who was it that fought and by every
means in their power opposed thwart-
cd. obstructrd the vote OF every single
penny of money for the Borr War?
Who was it that exposed the infamieS
before the gaze of the world Of the
concentration camps, where Innocent
Doer women and children have been
subjected to atrocities before which the
crucltics Of Wcylcr in Cuba sink into
insgnilicancc? rheers) Who was it
that denounced before the gaze of Erl-
ropc. denounced in The very citadel of
English power the mrr1crous hang
ings by British officers of brave men
whose only orfensc was that they were
captured with arms in their hands
fighting for their country? (Grcat
chrcrS)
1t has been said. and. indeed, | think
your chairman almost limited it HIM
self that in taking this course we made
some great sacrifices which We're likely
to iniurc the cause of our own country.
All ladies ana gentlemen, the cause Of
Ireland is the cause of justice, human
ity and liberty. Cloud and prolonged
chccrS) And that cause can never he
injured by Ireland standing forth rs
she did through her representatives
Vast session in the English parliament,
rs the defender of justice. humanity
and libr"'v in every land. Cloud
cheer
FOR my part, I believe that perhaps
the proulcst boast OF the Irish race in
the future of freedom which we believe
Is before it will be that in this dark
hour when she herself had perhaps on
the surface so much to gain by being
concliatory to England, that she
thought only Of the broad interests OF
justice. humanity and liberty, and that
in a matcralistic. and selfish and com
mrrcial age. Ireland at any rate was
able to prove. as your chairman has
said. that she is an idcali&ic nation
devoted to high ideals and separated
by wide gulf from the modern ma
tcrialism of the civilization of othcl
nations. prolonged chccrs)
But apart altogether from this Qucs
tion Of the Rocr war, l say that th'
Irish party in parliament last session
made the government of their owl
country increasingly difficult, danger
Gus and impossible. (Checrs.) Today
by the confession OF all thoughtful
English statesmen, the parliamentary.
machine has broken down. CHEERS.
Consider for Il moment what the Eng
lish House of Commons is trying to do
There is a population in Great Brit
ain and Ireland and the colonies o
probably more than. If We include al
the dependencies, certainly more thai
the whole population of the United
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