The Irish standard., 1902-10-11

sibility under present circumstances.
Instead of hurting the EN-, my it would
be an attempt at natl nal suicide We
preach resistance, we preach the doc
trine o. blow for blow, of blows that
will hurt. blows that will be effective,
blows that will wound and not merely
irritat@. In this struggle of an un-
armed nation resisting Il powerful but
still vulnerable foe, the conduct of the
campaign sh uld be lett to the leaders
in the field and the men who bear the
brunt Of the eiamy'S blows. The
Irish leaders and the Irish people
know best how to conduct that fight,
and deserve the conti,leAce of Irish
alleged revo.uti nary mountebanks
who have been preaching revolution
for the past twenty years, and have
succeeded only in auvel tsing their
own imhccility and incapacty for amy
thing but the dissemination of faction
and discoru. 1t is time for the intelli,
gence Of lrishmen in America to shake
off TIE incubus of tlr.se ncapab bles
and rouse themselves to the necessity
of the hour.
Ireland is in the thrues of Il great
struggle with England. Although it is
not war, it is very bitter. Already the
English government has proclaimed a
majority of the Irish counties, and
capped the climax by proclaiming the
very metz polls of Ireland. Flushed
by their success, brutal and question
able, in South Africa, having thous-
alNls OF discharged and unemployed
soldiers, eager for anything but honest
toll, the British are bounding tlle Iris.
people to revolt so that they could set
tie the Irish question fer all time by
the determination of the people. Every
man who knows anything of the his
tory OF Ireland knows that the revolt
in Wexford was not an organized at
tempt ut revolutions, but was deliber-
at3ly forced by Pitt $50 that he could
carry the Legislative uni n. The mell
of Wexford fought for their lives and
the lives and lon0. of theil. women.
God only knows how soon the dread
alternative may be forced upon the
Irish people Of to!ay, fer, bad as Pitt
was, he Was no worse than the MUIR
derous and perjured scountrel that
controls the British cabinet today.
Bravely and rcsolutely the Irish people
are meeting the issues before them.
Never were their leaders more bold
or more unanimous in their bolnness
Ireland was strong when the old Land
League made itself felt from Donegal
to Wexford, and when more reliance.
w.ls placed in the outside tactics Of the
league than in those Of the parlia-
me1ltary party on the floor of the Eng
lish house of commons. A mistake
w:ls made when the former was made
sllbscrvielh to the latter Now each is
the complement Cf the Other, and whel
the governments Of Europe want to
know the feelings and sentiments of
the Irish party they can learn it from
the actions of the United Irish League
and the voices OF the Irish representa-
tiveS in the English commons. The
Irish nation is visible. It's chosen rep
rcsent:ltives, together With Il majority
of the bishops and priests, and outside
of the foreign g:urrison practically the
entire people are banded together un-
der the name and constitution of the
United Irish League.
The movement is patent to the
world. Englaml's old hereditary foe,
her unarmed but still defiant foe,
stands up for land and liberty, and in
spite of jails and the pressure of saw
age coercion laws brave old Ireland,
bloody and in tears, stands erect, de-
fiant, unconquerel, and unsublued.
That is the revolution that is going on
in Ireland, and with Gods blessing
and the prayers of all who love lib
erty and hate oppression, this won-
urous fight of weaponlass right against
armed might will yet be crowned with
victory.