The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-06-28

pagan partlsans; not to follow in the
footsteps of those goddess empires ON
which the divine vengeance fell and
swept them to destruction, even as
Mont Pelee, in pillows of fire, fell I'D N
and destroyed st. Pierre. prolonged
applauseD
Let the great republic leave such i'm
ltatlon to those brutal modern empires
that would mount the chariot of the
Roman and Macedonian and crush be-
meath the wheels of power the smaller
nations into bloody pulp.
The voice from New England an
pealed to the great American people
not to forge manac,es for the Filipinos
out of the glorious sword of Washing
ton. Great applause) They should
respect the voice of illustrious Massa-
chusetts, whether it whispered from
the grave or Numbered in the senate!
Continued applause and some cries Of
Senator Hoar!)
He Clr. Finerty) hoped to see the
stain the intoNication of conquest had
placed upon the American flag washed
out, not in the blood of our people but
in their repentant tears. prolon-ed
applause)
That flag was an emblem too sacred
to wave over any community of slaves
to be vulgarized by association with
those ensisns Of subjugation which
made the countries chained by the con-
querors uninllabitable to the brave Of
heart and free of soul. (ApplauseJ
They must not take their lesson in
craftsmanship from a leaf torn from
the history of the English in Ireland
the Russinns in Poland or the Span
iards in Holland, in Cuba and in the
Philippines; from the story OF the dra-
gooning Of the Huguenots in France
OF the Catholics in other lands; not
from the life of Wallenstein, OF lilly,
or Alva, or STAFFORD, or Cromwell-not
from the lives of any Of these men
OF force, and blood and vengeance, but,
rather from those OF the great apostles
of liberty; from Washington, who
fought only to save: from Jefferson,
who gave birth to the Declaration,
which makes America, in spite Of
trusts and 'demagogues and plutocrats,
still the paradise OF the poor, and, in
the words OF the noble Henry Grattan
on the floor of the Irish Commons,
the last refuge of the liberty OF man
kind;' from jackson, who, in valor AMI
in wisdom, was the sword AMI shield
Of the republic he loved so well, and,
perhaps, noblest of all, unless Wash
ington, Abraham Lincoln, whose great
heart took into the glow of it's affection
all races, crecds, colors and conditions
of the wonderful human race. Long
continued applause) These should be
our models-not the tyrants and the
conquerors, and to make good their
example was the glorious mission OF
the young men and the young women
he addressed.
What is good for one nation may be
insupportable to another, and the fail
IRE Of rulers to recognize this fact had
produced as much blooGshed as even
the religious wars which shook the
,olden world. Empires, to be strong
and enduring, must be just and toler
ant, and so also must republics. When
tyranny became fragrant, humanity
had the right to interfere for the pro-
lection of the helpless and the inno
cent, as for Greece i'll the Bay Of Nava-
rino. Mans inhumanity to man
should be punished, if necessary, by
forccful intervention; but the methods
advocated at The Hague should, first,
be sincerely put into action. Only
some similar tribunal could put a stop
to the oppression Of the smaller ma
lions, to whom the world owes SO
much.
This sentiment, as he had tried to
show, had freed Greece and Holland,
Belgium and Bulgaria; had given lib
erty to Norway and to Hungary; had
preserved the national rights of Bava-
ria. of SaNony, of Baden, Of Darn
stadt, Of SaXe-Weimar and of Luxem-
bourg, and would some day, in the
beneticencc Of God, and by virtue OF
the people, free Ireland from Great
Britain; Poland from Russia; make the
PHILIPPINES commonwealth, and plant
the flag Of a federative republic in
South Africa from Rhodesia to the