The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1905-03-25

| mas OVer-taXed the irish people and
robs them year after year of millions
of money; surely they will deny some
support to the poor.
In the camp of the enemy there is
hustle and excitement. The landlords
are up and doing. 1t is their hour.
Now is the time for vengeance, now to
trample on the people. The unfortu-
nate peasants are down struggling in
the grip Of famine without money,
without food. l look from here across
| the waters tonight and can see the
! monsters rushing to and fro and their
| hands are read with evictions notices
and their voices are hoarse from clam
oring for ejectment.
l do not tonight inpeach the alien
| government for it's seven centuries of
misrule. Its history is it's own i'm
parchment. Before every tribunal it
has stood and received it's sentence Of
condemnation. But tonight impeach
the British government for unfolding
I a land system that is sham on the
cause of justice. impeach them for
patronizing body of men more cruel
than the Caesars of Rome. l impeach
| them for conniving at an organized
system of cruelty, crushing civilized
people to the dust. impeach them
for maintaining today cause that is
directed against the cause Of human
ity. Would it avail anything l would
raise my voice tonight in appeal to
America for relief for the starving
Irish.
| The darkest hour is that before the
/ dawn; let us hope that the dawn Of
happier days shall begin to brighten
after the calamitous hour has passed
away. Yes, 1 see with the immortal
Grattan that the time is at hand, the
spirit is gone forth, the declaration is
planted. The land of my fathers and
of yours must have it's awakening
Justice shall come down from her
throne and mingling amongst the peo-
pie, shall right their wrongs and re-
dress their grievances. The tears of
an innocent people, the walls of a
famine-striken nation shall pierce the
clouds, and vengeance shall fall on the
spoiler A high sense of right shall
fill the souls Of humanity and human
| ity must arise and stop the murder of
la nation. God from his eternal throne
Iallows these crimes to go on, permits
| this unholy tribe to live and prosper
for his own wise ends. He looks on
and sees them increase and grow with
the strength of what is not their own.
But His Justice will soon interfere in
! behalf of the down-trodden and op-
pressed.
1t is his glorious attribute to be the
God Of the poor, to be the special
| friend Of the destituted, to be the pro-
tector of the widow and orphans. But
tell me if you can, where are homes
more blighted than ours, where is hap
piness so seldom seen and so much
crushed, where are, hopes more fire.
|quently blasted; where are more wild
ows and orphans; where is so much
misery, so much poverty as in Ireland
today? God exists and there is a God
for the Irish people. The God given
right is theirs; liberty must be theirs;
tyranny shall never subdue them. Ire
land shall awake; Ireland must awake.
James Connelley has been appointed
street commissioner of the Eighth
ward in place of A. II. Meldahl. Mr..
Connelley has held the Office before
and is generally regarded as a COM
petent and trustworthy nan.
On behalf of st. James parish
Father Feehely and committee thank
ed The Herald for the excellent report
Of the lecture by Father Cleary and
the entertainment given on Wednes-
day evening last week, in honor of ST..
Patricks day.
Mrs. Robert Hayden COVE party
last week to several friends and pro-
! gressive cinch was played, Miss Anna
Lauermann winning head prize, a pref
| ty hand-painted olive dish. Those pre-
I sent were Messrs. and Mesdames John
Cashin and j.. Lauermann, Misses
Anna Lauermann and Angelina Gilley,
and Messrs. L. r. Gilley and r. N.
Kirst Of Crookston.
st. Clements parish celebrated St.
! Patrick's day Thursday evening,
March 10th by literary and musical
entertainment at st. Clements hall.
There was a large attendance and
Everyone was pleased with the pro-
gram given.
Last Sunday morning at 0 o'clock,
Division No. /, A. o. H., received holy
communion in body. There was a
large attendance of the members.
Bishop McGolrick celebrated the mass.
"For the wearing Of the green" was
to be seen very general in Duluth this
year. There never was such a display
seen and number of the local mer-
chants had tasty windows dressed in
green for the occasion.
High mass was celebrated at the
cathedral on st. Patrick's day at 8
o'clock. Father Walsh delivered an
excellent sermon on the Life of St.
Patrick" There was a large attend
anca