The Irish standard., 1901-03-09

ties, until the first-class powers, al
though they did not like, all feared
her; but today, after her drubbing by
the little Dutch farmers, there is not
4 tirst-class power that either respects
or fears her.
Here is government that has al
lied itself in turn with ignorance, big
otry, savagery, famine, bribery, per-
jury, and murder; that under the guise
of spreading the gospel holds in one
hand a Bible, while with the other it
trains its cannon upon any defenselcss
people who do not know enough to
appreciate benevolent assimilation"
Oftentimcs the greatest spendthrift is
the man who never earned a dollar,
who inhcrits the hard-earned savings
Of an industrious father only to
sQuander it in dissipation. 1t came to
him without effort, he never realized
its value nor knew the danger of los
ing it, till it was gone.
So it is With national honor, be-
4ueatled to us by our forefathcrs, re-
celved without Il struggle upon our
part; we do not appreciate the sacrl-
flee required to attain it, nor the danger
of its dissipating through our degenc-
rncy until it is too late.
greater heritage, what richer legacy
could be handed down to you, than
the life hlood of Robert Emmett Of
fered in your defense and that of your
children to follow you? What more
sacred trust could appeal to our hearts
| than transmitting TO poStcrity the mo-
tivcs, the principles and tile reputa-
ton of Robert Emmett. Mothers, never
let this day go by without taking
your children on your knee and telling
| them the story of Robert Emmett and
his glorious death. Fathers, as soon
as your boys are old enough to bring
them to this hall on each fourth day
Of March to participate in the exer-
cises of this day, and when they have
reached the age to understand the nat
ture of the oath, take them into your
societies, stand with them ut the ;ltai
Of Erin and let them lift up Thea
hands and hearts to take the solemn.
obligation to devote their lives to til,
ause Of Ireland and Emmett.
England has already cursed the pol
.cy that drove her Irish subjects froh
ZONE, only to fill the posts of honor i.
very civilized country, and make he.
r,ad the day when they will striE
II vengeance the tyrlnt that eNpatr.
/ ted them. She can handle with con.
! urativc ease the rebels in Ireland, bh
lie looks across the Atlantic at tn.
I ever and greater Ireland with fea
Id misgiving; for here the writ Q
is imperial majesty does not rui
or years her secret service gold ha
cen lavishly poured into this country
Ire has felt the world over the powe,
ii resistance of Irish vengeance; mol
AN once has it blocked her dipl
attic cunning and turned seemin
.ctory into humilating defeat. In Il
lrt of the world today can Englan
,rn the scarchlight Of llcr stratcs
ID not see advancing against her tt.
..nishcd children Of the Cclt.
Nowhere is this so apparent as in II.
lifted States, and we take pride
,'oclaiming to the world that En-;
Ii diplomacy will never steal
arch on the Irish-American polit
ans of this country. Irish vengean,
i'll never sleep; it will not wait fl
ut will create the opportunity by ali.
al all means in it's power to involv
le English government in a strugg.
.lat will yet send the British thron
lettering, crumbling relic of her one
lightly supremacy. Whether 1t be
he struggle for commercial life, in til
ialls of national legislation, or upo
he field of battle, in any and ever
phcrc in amy and all countries wher
power is drawn up against EnSlis.
'ncroachmcnt, there will be found til
fvcnging heart of the Celt, Waltln,
md anxious to strike for the wrong
of centuries. Let us remember tina
as American citizens we owe no apol
ogy for the expression of our feeling
toward the English government. II
America suffered at her hands less
than Ireland has endured, it was be
cause OF her ability to prevent the i'll
Fiction. rather than any discrimina
ton upon the part of England.
The communicating influence of Eng
FISH methods seems already to have
created Il moral strabsmuS with some
American statesmen, whose strenuous
patriotism finds vent in shooting down
men whose only oflense is a desire tt
be free and independent. The com
mercial atmosphere of today seems Il
stite the registration of all moral i'm
pulse upon the part of the American
people, who owe their present liberties
to the establishing, by blood, of doc
trineS and principles which they re
fuse to recognize when invoked by !;
struggling people fighting for their pc
litical existence.
This then is our mission; to advo
cate and assist in the establishment OF
II republican form OF government ii