The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-07-18
Patriotic Addresses by Charles A. Towne,
Senator Bailey of Texas and Many
Other Noted Speakers.
The Brilliant Ex-senator from the State Of
Minnesota Received Great Ovation
from Vast Assemblage.

Former United States Senator
Charles n. Towne Of Minnesota and
United States Senator Joseph w.
Bailey Of Texas made the principal
addresses at the Fourth Of July cele-
bration in Tammany Hall, New York
Justice james A. O'Gorman, who pre-
sided, said: "'rhc Fourth of July,
177G, marked a new dispensation-a
new gospel of political hope and re-
dcmption. Our fathers jeopardized
their lives, their fortunes and their
sacred honor to secure for themselves
and their posterity government
based upon the broadest principles of
liberty and equality. What they ac-
complishcd is known to all men. In it's
celebrations Of the Declaration Of In
dependence the Columbian Order oc-
cupics Il unique position. 1t boasts of
Il record that cannot be matched by
any other organization in America.
For one hundred and fourteen years
our brothers have salutcd the dawn of
each recurring anniversary of this day
with Il renewal of their pledge of
loyalty and devotion to the Constitu-
tion and the flag, and in meeting as
sembled have with grateful hearts re-
called the achievements and honored
the memory of the heroes of 1776."
Justice O'GOrman then Introduced ex-
Senator Townc, who said: "The ex-
cmplary and moral influence Of Il just
and free nation cannot be estimated.
Let us not resign our mission among
the nations. Let us not be lured from
our course. Let us not be false to
duty and blind to destiny. Greece
gave the world art. Rome gave it
law. Palestine gave it faith. Let the
United States of America give it lbcr-
ty. This, then, shall be my text: A
plea for the old Ancrcanism. In the
brief time during which l shall ask
your attention | shall remind you
that this nation was founded upon
principles which, however familiar to
you, We're absolutely novel when pro-
claimed. l shall maintain that in the
practical working out of those prin-
ciplcS lie our manifest duty and glory;
that under the control of forces now
dominant in our politics we are
faIsifying our principles, neglecting
our duty and imperiling our glory;
that disaster may be nvertcd and the
public welfare subserved only by
rigorous application Of our historic
and accepted doctrines to present
economic, industrial and political
problems; that the Democratic party,
meeting at once obligation and oppor-
tunity, should take it's stand upon the
ancient ways and call upon the
American people to restore the faith
Of the fathers" Mr. TOwne de-
nounced the war in the Philippines in
the strongest terms. Our original
presence in the islands, he said, was
purely an incident in the prosecution
of the war for the liberation of Cuba.
Continuing, he said: "At the same
instant Of time Spanish tyranny was
intolerable in two hemispheres.
Against it Cubans were in armed re-
volt ut our very doors. Against it
Filipinos were in armed revolt half
way round the world. Each sought
their national independence and we
knew it. Each welcomed US with
open arms, because we joined them
against common enemy. Each be-
came our ally in honest intention and
in fact Fellow citizens, when the in
QUESTION Of after ages shall arraign
us at the bar Of history, what reason,
justification or excuse that we can
now transmit to the far-off time may
plead for us? who shall answer the
questions: why was war for the
freedom of one people changed into a
war for the subjugation of another
people| You accepted the services Of
the Filipinos in conquering the Span
ish, you gave them arms and ammuni-
ton; you put them in your trenches;
you let them fight for you, bleed for
you, die for you; you knew they