The Irish standard., 1902-08-30

claDlllty and benevOlence, are loya]
and devoted citizens of this republic,
lovers and admirers of our political
institutions, and ready at all times ia
defend our country from all foreign
Invaders. whether commercial OF
otherwise, and willing to die in her
defense rather than surrender one YES
tige of her prestige OF allow a shadow
of reproach to be cast upon her honor.
The Irish people never have and
never will apologize to any power on
earth for the support they have given
this glorious republic from the Rev.
olutionary days when they helped
drive the Briton from our shores
down to and including our late war
with Spain. Ireland's sons have shed
their life's blood on every battle
field in defense Of the grand old stars
and stripes When the men who are
today trying to AngliciZe the Amer
lean people were fleeing across our
borders to escape being drafted, the
Celt was sacrificing his life's blood on
the altar of freedom. We yield to no
people when it comes to loyalty to this
republic and her institutions. We ask
no favors and need no preferences,
We labor to perpetuate Irish
nationality among our people
who have come to our shores
and among their children who follow
them, and for these things we apol-
ogize to no living man.
Ever grateful to OUT various chap
lains and priests for their advocacy of
our principles; ana for their counsel
and advice, we hereby extend. our
heartfelt thanks
The Ancient Order of Hibernians,
in humble reverence renews it's loving
pledge of willing submission to Holy
Mother Church.
We cannot too highly commend. the
splendid work and progress Of that
grand organization, the Ladies' Aux
iliary. We recommend that. C1-ganiza-
ton to the unqualified support Of every
member of OIL order and assure them
that in the A. o. II. they will ever
have a true friend.
In these days when the tendency
seems to be to exclude from OIL his
tories anything which tends to ele-
vate the Irish nationality, it appears
to us that something should be done
to right the wrongs which are being
perpetrated on our race and creed.
And Oh this subject we. reproduce the
resolution adopted at our last national
convention
I'm this connection we call attention
to- Il most fragrant instance. of q dis
torted and untruthful. publication now
being offered to the American public
by one of the leading publishing
houses Of the country, in the form of
a work entitled 'Alpletor's Universal.
and Atlas. The rep1nar
tion of this house and the assertion
Of absolute impartiality that it makes
in offering this work to- The public, it's
claims that it's editors comprise and,
include the ablest and best that. can
be obtained in every field of INTEL
lectual endeavor and the inference fol-
lowing therefrom that THE articles
therein published, relating to cur faith
and history of our Church asnd race,
We're written by editors both broad
enough and scholarly enough to write
upon such matters, to-
gether with the resources at its COM
mand for placing such a work within
the public reach, makes the occasion
of it's publication and sale one Of more
than ordinary import, mot only to us
and OUR Church, who are most illib-
orally, unfairly, anu untruthfully
treated in numerous articles therein,
but also to every person in quest of
information who must of necessity
consult works of this kind. The errors,
and omissions Of this work are too
numerous to be pointed out in these
resolutions. In matters relating to the
Catholic Church and to the Irish peo-
pie numerous articles are marked by
ignorance, prejudice. and bfgotry.
Against it's publication and sale we
enter our emphatic protest and de-
mand OF the Appleton Publishing Co.
Il revision and correction uf the work
so that it shall fairly aud truthful,y
express the Catholic position on all
matters OF Catholic doctrine and
Church history, and fairly and truth
fully state that which concerns the
irish people. And 70" the enforce
mcnt Of this demand we call upon our
people everywhere, and our fellow-cit-
Teens OF whatever race or creed who
love truth for it's own sake, to refuse
to purchase this encyclopedia or to al
low it a place in their homes or on
the reference tables of our schools
and libraries until it has been so re-
written and conformed to accepted and
modern standards of scholarship"
We are in hearty accord with the
sentiment of st. Paul's great prelate,
Archbishop Ireland, uttered at the
banquet lately given bv the Friendly
Sons Of st. Patrick in New York, to
the French delegates, when he said:
II charge you. Sons Of St. Patrick. to