The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-31
INDEPENDENCE HALL DESIGNATED

INDEPENDENCE HALL DESIGNATED.
The placing i'll Independence Hall,
Philadelphia, Of a tablet in honor Of
the Kings Footmen is the latest mani
| festation of Anglomania. OF all places
in the United States, Independence
Hall, which will always be associated
in mems minds with the Declaration
of Independence, is the most unfit
place to select to perpetuate the MEN,
Dry of those who were organized as a
military company to safeguard and
perpetuate English rule in the province
Of pennsylvania, says the New York
Irish World.
When the words: GAIL political con-
nection between them fhe Colonies)
and the State of Great Britain is aud
ought to be totally dissolved" rang CUT
in Independence Hall on that memora-
BILE July day, 177G, the political order,
for the Strengthening Of which the AS
ISOLATED Regiment of Foot was called
into existence, disappeared forever. An
glomaniacs hearken back to that order.
Believing the political separation of
the Colonies from England to have
been huge blunder, they are ever
ready to do what they can to repair
the mistake made by Washington and
his observation-disclosures the eagerness
they displayed in awaiting themselves
of every opportunity Of manifesting
their affection for the order of things
which Washington, Jefferson and other
Americans known to history upset.
1t seemed no doubt, to the Philadel-
phia Anglomanacs Il brilliant stroke to
drf;lcc Independence Hall by placing
in it Il commemorative tablet Of the
Kings Footmen. 1t mattered not that
the military organization made up of
these Kings Footmcn came into exist
ence in defiance of the wish of the AS
scmbly of Pennsylvania, which refused
to vote supplies to the King. The
names of the officers Of the Kings
Footmen on the walls Of Independence
lnll would be Il reminder to all future
visitors that a century and quarter at
ter the immortal Declaration was given
to the world there was still sufficient
love of England left to do honor to the
memory Of the men who were ready
| to defend her rule in America.
The Dissertation Of Independence Hall
naturally has aroused Indignation, as
is shown by published interview
| with Mr.. Charles s. Keyser, member
of the Committee on Decorations in LII
dependence Hall. This committees
permission, by the way, was not
sought or given for the placing Of the
memorial to the Kings Footmen. Mr.
Keyser gives voice to the true Amer
lean spirit when he says:
"These men to whom this tablet of
brass is placed here were employed by
his Britannia Majesty to maintain his
sway over this continent. There was
| nothing heroic or American in these
men. The splendid assembly that met
in this hall destroyed the sway Of that
King. Nothing, therefore, in it's rela-
| ton to the work done here could be
more aside from it's purpose than this
tablet to the Footmen Of the King.
| ut seems to me, therefore, to in
scribe tablet in brass on the walls Of
the hall to the memory Of any body
Of Footmen Of the King who brought
about all this misery to the people to
build and continue here an empire,
which the people by their work in this
hall finally destroyed, is sort of
moral obliquity. However, notwith-
lives have made the hall a sacred place
will live more enduringly than the
tablet of brass. Their memory, how
ever, loses something from this in
congruous association
Outside the circle Of Anglomaniacs
these sentiments will receive a hearty
Endorsement. 1t is an outrage that the
wall Of Independence Hall, with which
are associated such patriotic memories,
should be used to do honor to men
whose only claim of distinction is that
they belonged to military organiza-
ton. which as the principal speaker on
the unveling Of the Independence
|
English King. This tablet, however ii
may please Anglomaniacs, is an af-
front to the memory of the signcrs Of
the Declaration of independence. 1t
| should not be permitted to remain in
| Independence Hall.
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