The Irish standard., 1905-03-11
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT EMMETT

IN MEMORY OF ROBERT EMMETT
The most notable part of the inter-
esting and eloquent address delivered
by the Hon. Daniel w. Lawler at the
Lyceum theater on last Saturday even
ing was that part in which he referred
to the aims and accomplishments of
rightly said that this organization, bet
ter than amy other, was fitted to do
honor to the memory of Robert Emmett
because it eNemplities the aspirations
of that MARTYR The Ancient Order of
llihtrnians represents i'm this country
better than amy other organization the
ideas of Irish nationality. Other so
rirties are equally patriotic in their
rndcavors in behalf of Irish liberty.
but the Ancient Order of Hiberniuns
is more representative of the rank and
file of the Irish people i'm America thar
amy either society we know Of In
fact. with our understanding of the
ton, we believe that it stands for the
IDEAS for which Emmett died. And for
the same reason that Emmett has been
selected out of all the martyrs to Irish
liberty as Il fitting parsonage to d.
honor to. for the same reason did the
orator ut last Saturday evenings cele-
lIratiOn do honor to the Ancient Order
of Hiberniuns
There have been many great ami
powerful leaders of the Irish people.
In these later days O'Conncl and Par
nell did infinitely more in actual ac-
cOmpliShmrnt than Emmett O'COnneli
liberated the Irish Catholics Of Ireland
and secured for them the right of suf-
frage. Parncll lifted, in part ut least,
the slElckleS of the landlords. Emmett
did nothing but assert the right of the
Irish people to Il government of their
own, Il separate country and IL free
race. He asserted that the Irish were
an Independent race and ought to have
a separate country and an independent
government. and for this belief and
assertion he died at the age of %
without having accomplished any
thing except the making of that as
sertion; vet, so thoroughly did he re-
present the aspirations of the Irish
people then and for all time that he
remains today out of all the brilliant
galaxy of Irisl, leaders the most loved
and the most honored.
referred to the objects of the orgnniZa-
ton OF the Ancient Order Of Hiberni.
ans. He showed why within the last
few weeks in every city Of Importance
throughout this land there were meet
! ings organized and carried on Mt the
instigation of members Of this body.
the object and purposes of such meet
ings being an endeavor to prevent the
contamination Of the treaty of arbitra-
ton between England and this cOun-
try. He pointed out why Irish Ameri-
cans and especially those banded To-
gether in the Ancient Order Of Hiber-
mans are opposed to the ambitions of
England. The Irish in America are
standing behind the Irish race at home
in its battle for nationhood. England
has already learned that there is an
Ireland beyond the sea; a greater Ire
land which is more troublesome to her
than the Irish beyond the Channel.
The English promoters of immigration
from Ireland may have hoped that in
a few years Ireland would be depopu-
lated and that the English would gain
possession by settling in Ireland, but
England has learned that the Irish
whom she forced to leave Ireland are
more dangerous in America than they
We're in Ireland, for here in America
they have been able to earn the money
with which to perpetuate the fight of
their impoverished relatives ut home
The arbitration treaty was defeated
defeated because of the unanimous op
| PosA'ioH VI upWAiuS VI S,OOU,UOU 1rlSn
men and Irish Americans whose ances
tors England forced away from home
Can England hope for the friendship
of America with such an important
element in our population diligentl,
and persistently hostile? If she want.
to be ON friendly terms of allianc,
| with 4 ,Onrico 1of hor ,n0Eo v,ro an viii
her Irish subjects at home, and thu
avoid the hostility of the greater Ire
land beyond the sea.