The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-18
Col. w. iii. Rossington Says
Irish Are Ready For Action.
John Redmond the Man to Lead
Them TO Freedom.
AN INTERESTING EVENT
Observance of st. Patrick's Day
i'm Topeka.
Proceeds to Be Given to United
Irish League.

Col. w. H. Rossington gave the main
address at the st. Patrick celebration
last evening, on 1.-The Day We Cele-
brate, st. Patrick and the Irish" Ger
tainly no one in this section could have
been chosen for such an grafton pos
sessing more thorough knowledge of
Irish history backed up by earnestness
equal to that of Colonel Rossington. By
way of preparing his audience, he re-
cited briefly the facts of the life of St.
Patrick, and those of the history lead
ing up to the time of Henry Will Then
he launched forth on the story of the
wrongs and expressions which the irish
Catholics have suffered at the hands OF
England. Most of the eighteenth CEN
fury Ireland was crushed said he.
But God moved the Protestants to be-
gin the work of regeneration. When IN
His providence Henry Flood, the first
emancipation, arose, he planted the seed;
Henry Grattan watered it, and the first
real opportunity came Then followed
Robert Emmett, whose martyrdom
probably did more to instil interest
with the world in the Irish cause than
any other event in her history. But
Daniel O'Connell practically began the
movement of today. He was the great
est of the modern Irish leaders, and at
the same time the most Intellectual. He
taught them the necessities of gathering
together, and if he had said the word
they would have wrought their own lib
critics, but he believed not in force. He
greatest, of parliamentary orators, but
he was not a man of action. In 1870 the
home rule party was formed for the
autonomy of Ireland, and it will never
be pacified until the aim of that party
is gratified. Later, a young man named
Parneu was sent to parliament who
stood for their rights and nothing else.
Ireland has been quiet for a long time;
the Irish party was disor ganized as
result of ParneuS detection. Just now
it is beginning to be recognized, and
there are rumblings and some smoke
around the mouth of the crater. The
Irish question is as vital, and more so,
than it was in 1885, Colonel Rossing-
ton then related how only a few days
ago a brother of Father Hayden, a
member of parliament from Ireland,
had been released from Jail, having
served a sentence because of some free
utterance. THE Irish movement he
continued, sis going to its inevitable
end. The party is again united and has
taken its old place under John Red
mond. The time and the man, in my
belief, have arrived. The old sacrifices
are to be repeated; but think this final
struggle will be successful Ireland will
still stand firm a witness of Gods JUS
tice upon earth." n
Man societies Of ghaWnee e OIL nne read
paper the life of Robert Emmett. Re-
sarding the movement for self-government
IN Ireland, Mr.. Lawler said: There has
been but one central thought in Ireland
dom ireland never did consent to be a
part of England, and hence it is considered
no wrong there to connive against the
government. Ireland never has given her
consent, and, from the present prospect,
never WILL
There followed this a description of the
events leading up to, the. death of the
youthful martyr, resulting from a mild re-
mark questioning the divine right of
kings
:. The music was furnished by, Mrs. Kate
Griley, who sang *Come Back to Erin
and the 1.-The Harp That Once Thro Ia
ra'S Halls and chorus of Is school girls 1
sang in excellent unison st. Patrick 4
Day. 1.-The Wearing of the Green and
God Save Ireland" M. F. Wall recited
with much effect "Fontenoy."
Seated on the platform were Rev. Father
F. NJ. Hayden, rector of the Church of the
Assumption: NJ Hogan, president of the
society of Topeka; Rev. Father
M F. Harrigan. assistant rector of the
church, Col: Rossington and Rev. Father
B. J. Hayden: pastor of the Catholic
church at solomon City, a brother of
Father Hayden of this place.
The proceeds of the affair will be for
warded to the United Irish league, which
has for it's ultimate object Irish autonomy
Besides this. subscriptions are to be taken
from individuals interested in the cause,
Father Hayden announcing at the close of
the entertainment that he would head the
list with a subscription of s.. 1t is proba-
BILE that in the neighborhood of S175 will be
raised and sent back across the water
within the next two weeks.