The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-12-21

and lay the sure basis of national in.
Dependence
but. whilst we thus cndcavor wise.
~ to conriiatc, let us not, to the
strongest foe. nor in the most tempt
ing emergency, weakly capitulnte. A
decisive attitude cannot be construed
by the English press into tnc renun-
citation or the postponcmcnt of our
claim-thrsc should be characteristics
of this assembly at the present crisis,
II we desire to convince the opponents
of our freedom that our sentiments are
sincere ana our vow irrcvocablc.
Lot earnest truth. stern fidelity to
principle, love for all who bear the
name of IriShmcn. sustain, cnnoblc.
ana immortnlzc this cause. Thus
shall we reverse the dark fortunes of
the Irish race and call forth here n
new nation from the ruins of the old.
THUS shall a Northumberland
from soil, rncy of the soil, pregnant
with the sympathics and glowing with
the genius of the soil--bc here raised
up. Thus shall an honorable kingdom
be enabled to fulfill the great ends
that n bountcous Providence has as
signed hcr-which ends have been sig.
nificd to her in the resources of her
soil and the abilities of her sons"
What famine and death had failed
to do i'm brcnking up the Repeal Asso-
citation. 1reIand's old enemy, dissen-
sion, was now about to accomplish.
O'Conncll was now in his list year
and was rapidly failing. The grand
struggle he had so hcrOically main
tanned for Ireland during the last
quarter of century of his life and
the strenuous manner in which lie was
compelled to live, were telling on his
herculcnn frame. Already the noble
head was bowed and the giant form
was rapidly sinking into the grave.
No longer able to grasp the situation
he turned over everything into the
hands of his younger son, John, then
NJ. =. for Kilkenny, which was about
the very worst thing the great leader
could have dOnc either as regards his
own name and memory or the welfare
of Ireland
On July 3, 1876, when Lord John
Russell and the Wings assumed con-
troll Of the English government, John
O'COnnell persuaded his father into
making an alliance with the new
Premier.
We are Informed by Gavan Duffy
that through this alliance "O'Connell
came to an understanding with the
new government to support them in
parliament and to secure the re-elec-
ton of their colleagues in Ireland,
and in return was given control of
all the Irish patronage. He immedi-
ately set out for Dublin to fulfill his
part of the compact. From the
spcccheS of the Young Irelanders it
was certain that this alliance would
be resisted in the association. That
It should not be successfully resisted
it became necessary to silence or ex-
clude the men whose opposition was
to be feared. For this purpose, and
for this purpose alone, a pledge was
framed which sent the association in
to fragments. 1t is bitter and hu-
initiating story to recall; but If history
is to be of any service as n warning,
If Ireland is not to run around in a
circle of identical errors forever, 1t is
story which must be unsparingly
told"
This Whig alliance was brought be-
fore the Repeal Association by Mea-
CHER. After alluding to the fact that
the Wings were returning to power,
he said:
"But whatever statesmen rule the
Empire, the policy Of the Repeal AS.
sociation woud remain unchanged.
The Wings counted on the apostacy of
Repealers. the Conservatives predict
ed it, but the people had vowed before
God and man to raise up a nation in
these Western waters, and to make it
rs free as the freest that bore a flag
on the sea or guarded a senate on the