The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-05
HOT SHOT FOR ENGLAND.
Judge Ryan Orator at the Anniversary Of
Emmet's Birth,

Judge O'Neill Ryan of st. Louis was the
Lochinvar who came out of the West and
captured the Clan-na-Gael at a meeting
held in the Majestic Theatre last night to
celebrate the l2sth anniversary of the birth
of Robert Emmett.
William Temple Emmett, the grand
nephew of the Irish patriot, presided. In
his speech introducing Judge Ryan he
said:
"The test Of what the Irish are capable OF
doing under free political conditions has
been made here on the shores of the new
world. There has been a clash of all the
peoples of Europe, and the Irish have come
out on top"
Judge Ryan, whose reputation as an ora
tor had preceded him, was greeted with
by a review Of Irish history and Irish
patriots from the year l494 TO the present
day. Referring to the Clan-na-Glel he said.
1T is not misgovernment by England.
but the claim Of any right to rule whatever
that the Irish people resent. The Gamma
any power God puts in their hands. The
only qualification or limitation that should
be placed upon the Irish people trying to
gain freedom by force is whether the time
and opportunity offers success. Emmett
thought they did, but he was mistaken
The speaker then referred to the failure
of O'Connell and Redmond to bring about
the abolition Of the union between England
and Ireland. The fault of both men, he
said, was that they recognized the British
right to rule.
what do we care about the integrity Of
the British Empire!" he shouted, and the
house went wild with enthusiasm THE
curse of God be On the British Empire so
far as she stands for such oppression! The
curse of God comes from the famine graves
II --,,- zNl4H nrl H. 0nn 3 n hnrNna nE
our race. They say, hate not, let there
be love and friendship between England
and Ireland. Can we forget all that England
has done to Irish men and women in the days
gone by? No. Let England go her way.
She may not ave our maledictlon, but
while she drives our race to foreign shores
may God give us strength to curse her and
strike her down." .
Judge Ryan bitterly arraigned Redmond
for his lack of craftsmanship in the recent
elections. 1t was the Irish vote, he said,
which gave the Liberals the majority of
1888 votes over both parties. Yet Red.
mond had failed to extract from the Liberal
leaders any prediction promises with re-
gard to the home rule question.
THE Irish people will not stand for n
party that has betrayed into the hands Of
the Liberals the destines of Ireland, he
added. Il won't say this betrayal was
brought about corrlptly, but at least 1t
was due to a lack of craftsmanship which
the Irish people had a right to expect Red
mond to use"
"If," said the speaker in conclusion,
America made Cuba a republic and in
dependent, why should not the Irish de-
mand that England be required to give
the same liberties to Ireland that Cuba
enjoys? England is on the down grade,
Resolutions were passed. pointing out that
the strength Of the Irish people through
out the world had increased, while that OF
the English had decreased, and calling upon
all Irishmen to stand firm for the formation
Il possible, by force il necessary.