The Irish standard., 1908-04-25
Reviews The Life of Daniel O'Connel and
Gives an Outline of the Work of the
Great En1ancipator.
Devotion of John O'Connell to the Cause Of
Ireland Recognized in a Fitting
Manner by the Speaker.

could assume living form, his les
sons are still breathing and alive all
over the world, He was not merely the
teacher of Ireland and of his own ara
he was the master of all ages. the
patriot of every distinguished nation.
"hen the present representatives Of
Ireland defend our country and our
creed in the British senate, think T
hear his words in their mouths. Thew
are children. to be sure. compared with
the aged father of Ireland; but when
they speak with energy. and honor, and
patriotism, think recognize the ac-
cent hear the voice. and feel the en-
thusiasm of the ancient orator of INV
country, when read in the newspapers
the success Of the poor Irish tenantry
to return to Parliament a friend to the
poor; when I dwell on the speeches
at elections, the orations at the public
| dinners. given to the tried advocates
of our national rights. recollect we'll
that they are only repeating the Ian
guagc they once heard from him, re-
failing his arguments which he once
flung from his great mind, and rekind-
ling the fire which once blazed on his
electric lips.
And the fire burns In America at this
moment with u brilliancy that will vet
send its glorious Illuminating beams
in
old motherland-rnany a fervid heart
along the rapid st. Lawrence and the
swollen Mississippi, who have learned
patriotism at the feet Of lreland's ora
| tor-many IA patriot out there who has
been trained in the lessons Of national
Independence in our popular assem-
bies in poor lreland-and many a
| thousand hearts in time to come will
be ready, when necessary, to lend a
suitable aid when Ireland shall most
need their succors. to the cradle Of
their faith, the scene of their patriot
ism, and the theatr of their national
struggles
the world over. he boasts of the name
of O'Connell; that name is raised high
er in our own national history than the
eternal mountains Of our country, and
It will last as long In imperishable
existence: and when the Romans talk
of their Cicero. and the Greeks Of their
Demosthenes, we point to the Irish
Forum and the British Senate, to
name that has rivaled the one in clas-
sic eloquence, that has equaled the 9TH
er in patriotic fire. and that has sur
passed both in national virtues.
And not alone has Ireland learned
from him the science Of freedom. and
the art of national independence he has
taught all the nations of the earth by
the science Of reform. by a moral and
peaceful combination. He placed him.
self at the head of ileas--not soldiers;
he took the commandment cannon: and
by the triumph OF reason, he gained
victories such as no conqueror ever
achieved by the flashing sword or the
thunders of the artillery. Twenty three
French peers, with Count Montalem-
bert at their head, presented to him
an humble address. in which after Of
fering to him their homage. they ac-
knowledged that he had invented new
political strategy; that he was the
author of a. new principle of national
reform; that he had discovered
mighty plan, by which the greatest adj
vantages to man could eventually be
acquired by the steady application Of
the primary laws of God. and that, by
carrying out his ideas, the combina- 4
tion Of mems hearts would be in the
end more successful than the united
terrors of the sanguinary steel.
From Ireland, as from professors
chair. he delivered his lessons to uni -
versal mankind-all the nations of the
earth were his people; and his voice
was heard from east to west, from
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