The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-17

~ 10 "A hAARIEIH~ HAM EN@BM9& &HAh& - 3 Irish Patriotism
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frowns and contempt. and embraced dealt
for the love of his country. Such was tn
spirit that animated the heroes of '9S. ION
was not L solitary figure among his com
russell. His last words Wers not thu
pitious lamentations of the. craven. or thos'
or the penitent weeping over the politica
Of the Savior. that his blood might atone
for the crimes of his comrades.
Those gentlemen who have all the
hands: 1 strongly advise and earnestly ex-
hort to pay attention to the poor; by the
poor. l mean the laboring class of the
community. their tenantry and depend,
ants There was no thought Of his per-
sonal affairs. no pleading for his life, 10
effort to extenuate his cffenses, bat with
less tyrants of the land to be merciful to
the laboring element, whose sorrows had
early excited the sympathy and enlisted
their cause.
The men of that age had passed away.
but Their, spirits still fingered in the land
OF their birth. The voice OF O'Connell was
heard throughout the island. and vast null
titudes to hear MIN on the mill
BILE u%tterances. brilliant %dfction and match
less e!oquence. He united the people Of
Ireland. He confronted the greatest
s mans men OF c11 ENGLAND III. IN the .i Holse OF Com aoiIs
his powerful logic and resistless oratory.
He faced the lion in his den. dei:ed the
1--WE vi Ms country s OpDTtSSOTS, uul,
while he was the most hated man IN Eng
land, he was the most admired and tile
most feared. He attacked the foes of lib
erty with the weapons OF British law. ami
triumph. The first battle was won. and
0,G3nnell thought that he could accom-
adoption of pacific measures. by the pur-
suance OF a cone!liatory, policy:
But the rapacity of the British lion can
never be restrained by the bleating Of the
lamb. AS an irish statesman said a few
years ago in the House OF Commons: Eng
When gae comes n e0at0rt rim 4 mighty
Ireland ireland The 1s SPIRIT HeS of 'ss ma had f been inSeri II
ed by a band of young men who believed
In armed resistance to the scepter Of the
osspot. These dauntless heroes were nause-
Hall; The Nation had been started by Tnom-
as Davis. and soon the insurgent attitude
or this new organ was asserted. O'Conneil
denounced the principle of armed resistance
TO tyranny. and emphasized the doctrine of
moral force. TIL liberty of the. world he
said, is rot worth the shedding of one drop
OF human blood
Thomas Francis Meagher. in one of the
most brilliant oratorical achievements of
modern times: protested against the timid
peal to the sword in the cause of free
dom. He said: The soldier is proof against
an argument, but he is not proof asinSt a
bullet. The man that will listen to reason.
let him be reasoned with. But 1t is the
weaponed arm of the patriot that can alone
prevail against battalioned despotism. Then.
as immoral. nor do / conceive it profane to
say that the King Of Heaven. the Lord of
Hosts, the God of Battles, bestows his
benedietion upon those who unsheathe the
w read in Roman history that when
Lars Poresnn had attacked the City of the
Twins. Marcus scaevola penetrated INTO
Ine tent of fhp EIfr1ySrln KING TN Sllv him L
and, being seized by the guards. he placed
his hand in the fire to demonstrate his J
still undaunted courage. and assured the |
royal %potentate that 800 young Romans had
sworn to accomplish the deed If he should
fail. John Mitchell stood in the dock with
a ana charge tha xsr 81 treason "a IN. proved rove "a against lin nlm'
He referred to this event in ancient history |
and said: The Roman who saw his hand
burning to- ashes before the tyrant, prom
prise. Can l not promise, for one, for two. !
Tor three.aye: for hundreds% With an
eried: For OF p ms1 pos me: pTamis ais for 5rie mas
MITCHELL and his fellow-prisoners. con-
victed for the same crime. and suffering for
the same common cause, rushed forward
The heroes of the Irish insurrection
that rebellion would be futile, and
yet; Standing within the shadow OF the
of death, they scorned the power
of England and flung defiance into her face.
They imolated their lives at the shrine Of
that unborn generations might be
by their example, and. rising up in
their power, might break the rod of the
de as :nd hu sa,t the di tSs : Of kings in the
in every land. The patriots of Erin fought
and bled and died. not for immediate VIC
DRY over the enemy Of their country, but to
might reap in joy what they had sown
n tears.
They went down into the shadows of
leath. and the heart of the nation bled at
heir graves, and flowers have been placed
ibovo their ashes, and bloomed in the tears
If a loving people. Their memory has filled
he souls of the ~vanquished with dreams of
'reedOm, and their history has awakened a
.hrob of admiration in the hearts of the
noble and the just.
They failed. and their deeds have been
by the vulgar, who confound merit
liche in the temple Of the Saxon Muse; but
t will be preserved from silent oblivion by
he song Of Celtic bards. and the angels of
3od will write their fame in letters of fire
cross the purple dome. England boasts that
he Is the patron of freedom, but a wave
# desolation has followed the triumph of
Ter flag in every quarter OF the globe. Her
lavy has swept every sea in quest of plum
Ter, and her army has hunted the angel of
reedom from savage wilds. /,
And this is the country that seeks an
lliance with the United States: and the
Republic of the West is filed with
who are wreathing garlands
or the nuptiaI rites.
20 land of the free and home of the brave,
tilt thou pollute thy virgin lips with the
kiss, and repOse thy brow on
he breast of the modern Babylon? No.
20. The voice of the Irish race cries, No!
he great German element in this land
ries. No. The sentiment of every ma
living beneath the glitter of the {
'estern stars is expressed In living Ian
uage. and swells into one mighty chorus,
choing, No! No! Never! Never!
England In her government of Ireland
ought her own ACKNOWLEDGMENT. She T
'anted the land of Erin and the wealth /
reated by her sons. Professor Theodore 5
[ertzka of Vienna says that under a lust
gstem of industry and distribution, one c
nd ons-half acres of land per person. with S
per cent of the population working two S
ours and eleven minutes per day, would
i've the 26,Go.ND of Austrians all the lux ]
that the heart could desire. In Ire
md there is four acres of land per per S
IN. with so per cent of the population en-
aged in production, and working ten T
per day, and yet the nation is in II
overty, because a few people appropriate y
lie wealth created by the toll Of the 5
asses.
"The history of the world has been the !
cord Of slavery. At one time 1t is per q
nal thraldom. at another political bond
re. both of which rest on economic ser
tude. We can never have peace and G.
'~osperity upon the earth till we establish s,
'onomic justice and freedom, and recog- s.
re the right of labor. the right of a man