The Irish standard., 1908-05-16

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and the energy to rise to higher posi-
ton, the way is open for me- That
is the Gaze in America, but l can as
sure you, ladies and gentlemen, it is
not the case everywhere. That is
one reason why the people of this
great country should be loyal to their
institutions; and l am happy to say,
1 knew it of old, and l see it now
even more clearly than before, do
not believe there is to be found in the
whole United States a people that is
more loyal or more attached to the
free institutions of this great republic
than our Catholic people.
IA few evenings ago, saying a few
words to the clergy, l adverted to that
fact, that it is one of the proofs which
we have, and very clear proof, that
the Catholic Church is the church of
all ages, and all times and all insti-
the sacrifice of principle it can ac-
comnodate itself to any state of hu-
man society, and we could not have a
better proof of that than to see the
loyalty and the affection of the Cath
olics of the United States for the gov-
ernment and their institutions: and
trust that that will continue and will
increase. because if you are patriots,
ladies and gentlemen. you have good
grounds for being patriots.
'Some of you may, of course, have
been born like myself, in Ireland;
many of you are descendants of Irish
men and Irishwomen. and you love the
old sod still; but that does not inter-
fere in the least with your attach
ment and your loyalty to this country,
which has received you with so much
hospitality and SO much kindness
Consequently, trust, as has been the
| case in the past, SO shall it be in the
future. that the American Republic
will find no more sincere, devoted and
loyal subjects than are found among
the Catholic people"
1t was at the laitys celebration that
Cardinal Logue was so warmly well
coined ard 1t was fitting that lay
| man. Hon. John ]. Delaney. should
feature the observance with the fol-
lowing remarks:
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we celebrate tonight opened. the Cath
olic population of the United States
consisted generally of immigrants of
| recent arrival with the exception of
| those whose ancestors came over to
Maryland in the "Ark" and the Dove"
and those who, in Pennsylvania,
found peaceful homes under the toler-
ant spirit of the Quaker colony. The
Catholic population of New York num-
ty per cent of which was Irish.
John Zach McMaster, in his history
Of the people of the United States,
says that in the next decade the i'm
migrant ships brought swarms of Irish
to New York, and this continued gen.
orally throughout the nineteenth cen
tury. During the entire formative
period in the diocese, the Irish popu-
lation maintained as large a percent
age as that which they held in the
earlier days. Other races came to our
shores from time to time, each moving
on to occupy throughout the country
the field upon which they were to
erect their own monuments to the
faith. The earliest influx of German
| Catholics did not remain in New York
but with the sagacity of their race
sought out the fertile lands Of the
West; went in groups, having the
means to establish themselves in their
new homes. and many of the great dio-
ceses of the West stand today as evil
dences attesting the attachment of the
German Catholic for the ancient
Church of his fathers, his unswerving
loyalty to the faith, and his persistent
devotion to principle so characteristic
Of the rae.
| The Irish. perhaps unfortunately for
their material welfare, as rule set
tied where they landed; but they could
rot do otherwise, because when they
landed they were. as a rule, penniless.
They did not come in groups. They
were. for the most part, unschooled in
any branch of artisanship: and sus-
tenance { r themselves and very often
for those that they had left behind
them. depended upon the incessant la
bor Of their hands. Their fellow coun-
trymen already here. although they
generously tried to relieve their dis
tress. found it, at first. impossible t.
do so. The spirit Of religious bigotry
was quite strong against them. Their
numbers disturbed the labor market
and many rworkmen were so enraged