The Irish standard., 1905-11-11
Does Not Mince His Words.

local knowledge proclaimed hin a
having come from my own nativa cItv
Of Dublin.
cRoM-A-Boo.
Rome, N. T., Oct. ~. 1905.
Can Europe or America furnish two
more contemplate hounds than tho
writer's of the foregoing letters, SELF
confessed renegades. towards and
liars! What noble American citisens
they will make!
we nave been all our life as pro-
nouncedly Irish in feeling and sent-
ment az anyone could be. We have
never furled our flag, hidden our oo,or.
or denied our political hatred OF Eng
land either az an Irish born man or an
American citizen. and some of our verv
best and truest friends. next to our
own race, have ever been Americans.
OF English origin, Germans, Hebrews
POLES, scandinavians. Frenchme, ana
even some English. Welsh and Scotch.
VI course we have met some birots
too' OF all races. in America, but thew
are small minority, certainly not
numerous enough to make even pulling
dastards. like Erie" and "Crom-A-
Boo." afraid to be Irish.
II any charge can be successfu,,v
established against the Irish element
IN the United States. 1t is that thew
nave not sufficiently asserted them.
serves. up-to-date, as an Irish element.
potent for good in this great American
commonwealth. If the Red Indians
ruled this country-if the Red Indiana
owned 1T, as they once did-there
might be drawn distinction between
the native American" and the emf
grants. or descendants of emterants.
VINO have supplanted them. But the
truth Is. the Red Indian has been dis
possessed and does not rule even ON
the reservations assigned to him ana
mis-, and all other breeds of men I'm.
ported here. whether far back or to-
DAY, are on an equal footing. except
the Asiatics. who are POLITICALLY 70.
stricted. Most of US speak tho Enp.
lish language. 1t is true, and our civil
azation and laws and literature ara
OFTEN. enormously. dubbed "Enxltsh.-
out the language is a polyElot tongue
filched from every known dialect IN.
clent and modern; our constitutes. n
mainly modelled on that of the old
states of Holland; our statutory l..r
are almost purely native to this soil.
aithough we also use the so-caIleA
English common law, stolen from the
Romans or borrowed from the Germa.
tribes. called Angles" and "saxons..
ana our literature like that of Ene-
land itself. owes much to Irish. Scot
fish, French, Italian, and Teuton,c
genius. So also in the realms of art
and arms. Ireland has given her fun
contribution Of learning and talent
ana vaior to her ungrateful enemy.
England, and to her glorious foster.
mother, America.
None but an ignorant. beaotted.
godforsaken clown like ERIE" or
"crom-A-Boo" need be ashamed Of his
irish name and origin. Did the
wretches never read anything Of the
history of their native country ana
their racer Why. even Macauley ana
Froude. the one renegade Celt and
the other an inveterate Saxon. and
both haters of Ireland and her people
have done full Justice to the genius Of
the Irish race; and how can those Dub
lin boobies, who disgrace the intelli-
gence of the beautiful, IL widowed.
capital of Ireland. expose their base
ness and littleness AZ they DOT
The late Senator Thomas r. Bayard.s
OF Delaware, who, In spite Of his;
French name was worshiper Of Eng
land and the English, said once at
public gathering, commencing on the
abuse of the Irish. 1.-THE race has lts
faults. but remove the names Of irish
men and their sons from our roll Of
statesmen, orators. warriors and he
roes, and how scant would be the mus
teri" Nothing truer was ever said.
and 1t was said, too, by man who
much preferred the English to the
Irish, both socially and politically. !.
The Irish on this continent should
assert Themselves more and sustain
the men and the journals that fight
their battles against the bigots and
fanatics, the "Erles" and the "Crom.
Boos" They can never be too
thankful to the Irish World ana its
fearless editor. Patrick Ford; to- tho
Boston Pilot. founded by Patrick Dom
ahoe. edited successfully by him and
John Boyle O'Reilly, and James Jsf-
frey Roche. and now by another Do4a-t
hue. the son Of the founder; to The
Irish-American, edited for years by II
J. Meehan and now by him and HIS
ION: to the Irish Standard. edited BY
The o'Brien brothers Of Minneapolis:
% the National Hibernian, and ~
will add. although It may seem rather
obtrusive. to the Chicago Citisen. s ',sss
There are other papers. tn. that
nave done good work Ia this line, bsats
they are not exclusively Iri.h 81 tome