The Irish standard., 1901-07-20

our religion and of our people in the
new world. No boy here means to
have anything to do with the liquor
business; no boy here means ever to
become that mean creature that they
call professional politician; every boy
here must be true man, an industri-
Gus man, and must take not the pro-
fessional politician, but the true patri-
OTIS interest in the politics Of his coun-
try. (Applause.)
You are going to be the men Of the
twentieth century. We are old 80
gies'' of the nineteenth, and are about
getting out of the way, and you must
do the work and bear the burden of
your country's future. Ireland is on
the up grade. (Applause) She is not
going down. (Applause.) Things are
much better now in many ways than
they We're thirty or forty years ago.
Fewer people are in the country, no
doubt, and they are far better Off
and, with the providence of God, great
hopes before them-and, keeping the
motto Excelsior" still leading them
on, justice and right will yet win for
their country that prosperity and free
dom which was bound to come. Gap
plause.)
But you are sure to win it. 1t is not
to come by begging. You have got to
win it, and you can win it by your
integrity, by your uprightness, by your
honorable lives, by your self-sacriices
and true devotion to the welfare Of
your country, and by the determine
ton that you will put your shoulder to
the wheel and push until your land
gets out of the mud. (Applause.) There
is an old cross (pointing to the Celtic
cross on the wall in front.) Keep your
hearts full Of the spirit Of the cross Of
faith. (Applause) No Irishman is 60
ing to do the work of Ireland in this
country unless he has the spirit of the
cross in his heart (Applause.)
l couldn't help feeling it when such
desperate effort was made not many
years ago for Irish nationality-I
couldn't help feeling it in the depth of
my soul, it will never be accomplished
until the man in the lead Is man with
the spirit of Daniel O'Connell; and I'M
til there arises the spirit Of Daniel
O'Connell man worthy to carry on
O'Connell's labors and with O'Con-
nelrs spirit, the work will never be
accomplished. There are men doing
that work already, working in the
spirit of O'Connell, and have talked
with some of them. They are going
on the right lines in the footsteps of
OConnell. (Applause.) There is a
sweet harp pointing to the picture of
the harp. another emblem of Erin, and
l tell you that the heart of Irishmen
must love all that is sweet, beautiful
ana artistic. Ireland is the country of
the bards and the harp and of the
shamrock and Of the cross of the lie,
deemer. The harp tells of refinement.
of poetry. of music and all that refines
the nature of man; and then do you
see that sword up there? directing
attention to beautiful painting on a
banner in the halD. 1t is being hand
ed to Erin, us you see, by an aged
figure. This sword can only make
Erin free and great. 1t is the sword
Of moral power, the sword of truth, 1t
was used by O'Connell. He never
said II will fight you," but II will
conquer you by truth and justice" and
he did. (Applause.) --
Let each one of you love truth and
justice and uprightness, and love Erin
and drive out of your hearts that spirit
Of division and disunion and selfish
ness which has been the curse Of our
countrymen from the beginning, for
Ireland must become united IL Ireland
Is to be strong. (Applause) When the
history of the present is read some
fifty years from now it's pages will
have great many things to say Of
people still living who will be dead by
that time, and many pages of that
history are going to be given to Bishop
O'DonneN of Raphoe and one Of the
most glorious chapters of that history
will tell of DR.. O'Donnell's life as an
Irishman and as the leader of the re-
stored union amongst Irishnen. cloud
applause.) You must aim for a united
Ireland, for you know that our separa-
tons and divisions are the cause of
the greatest injury to the dear old
land. You must learn to WELD the
sword Of moral power by loving truth,
justice and Erin. Learn to do all this;
stay here Mt home in the land of your
birth; you will find plenty here for your
energies to do, and you will become
model Irishmen and use all qualities Of
body and mind to promote the cause
of unity-in union to find strength to
WELD the sword of justice and truth
until our country has attained all the
beauty and glory which from the
depths of our souls we heartily wish
her. (Applause.) do hope that this
little visit have made here today
will make some impression on you. I