The Irish standard., 1902-01-18
SENATOR HoAR ON 1Hs IRISH.

SENATOR H0AA ON THB IRISH.
The grand old man who is senior
senator from Massachusetts in the up
per house Of Congress is the friend Of
liberty for all the down-trodden races
of the earth. He is the friend of the
Poles, the Beers, the Irish and the
Filipinos. His melodious voice has
been heard in their behalf on various
occasions during his illustrious career.
What contrast between him and his
colleague, Henry Cabot Lodge, Junior
senator from the Old Bay State, who
is the advocate of Anglo-Saxon i'm
perialism and the mouthpiece Of
Teddy the Terrible
We give today on the first page an
address by Senator Hoar to the Irish
of Boston, which is deserving of the
attention of our Northwestern read
ers. In it he pays merited compli-
ment to Archbishop Ireland for his
noble achievements in the cause of
total abstinence in Minnesota. The
''old man eloquent gives the Irish
race due credit for all its grand
characteristics, and believes that the
countrymen of O'Connell can be de-
pended on to solve all perplexing
American problems. He refers to
the struggle for independence by the
Irish people in their native isle, and
says that they have helped England
in the achievement Of her greatness
and have also helped her in the work
of their own subjugation. We are
writing from memory, and believe
that is substantially what Senator
Hoar says.
No truer words were ever uttered
by a friend Of the Irish people. The
Irish themselves have fastened the
English yoke around their own necks.
They have fought and bled for Eng
land in Europe, Asia and Africa in all
her unholy wars, and their bones
rest in unhallowed graves in every
part Of the world. They were with
Wellington at Waterloo, with Cough
in India, with Roberts at Kandahar,
with Gordon at Khartoum, with xitch-
ener at Omdurman, with French at
Paardeberg, with Butler at Spion Kop
and with Methuen at Modder River.
They are not only the Irish of English
descent, but the Irish of pure Celtic
blood that have been engaged in the
butchery Of weak peoples for the Sax
on shilling. They are fighting the
Beers of South Africa and are wear
ing Victoria crosses and medals for
bravery. When they come home to
England in shattered health they find
their way to the poor houses, though
their breasts are covered with emblems
of heroism. Some Of them are sent
back to Ireland to be supported for
life in the Irish poor houses at the ex-
pense of the Irish nation.
Take England's Irish janissaries,
known as the members of the "Royal
Irish Constabulary." Where on earth
can such despicable reprobates be
found? There are some 10000 of
them scattered over Ireland to pounce
upon their own countrymen and club
and shoot them for twenty-five shil-
lings a week. No country on the
face of the globe has produced such
ruffians. The parents who beget
them are responsible for their exist
ence. They are the enemies, the paid
spies, Of their own race. Hordes of
them, with rifles in their hands, are
at this moment in Roscommon, Mayo
and Sligo, breaking up peaceful meet
fngs of unarmed peasants who desire
to remain at home rather than emf
crate or enlist in the British army.
The young men of Ireland who
receive good English education are
ambitious to enter the British civil
service. Their studies are directed
to that end. Instead of reading Irish
history, they spend their time in the
perusal of British literature, SO that
they can pass successful examina-
ton to serve England in some official