The Irish standard., 1910-10-29
ARCHBISHOP ireland
AND THE H|BERN|ANS
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!. that America may be that which
believe is its providential destiny, IL
moral and social citizenship. in gov
i ernmental institutions, what 1t is in it,
fields, mountains, rivers and lakes
the first and best land over which
has passed the hand of the great
Creator.
And so Hibernians would remember
the days of old. They would remem
Der the glories of Brian Boru; the
valor of Sarsfleld, they would recall
the work of their beloved Apostle and
Patron, St. Patrick; they would re
mind each other of the sages and
scholars that went out from their be
loved Isle to spread the light across
the whole continent of Europe; they
would remember the poets and bards
whose harps gave out harmoniea
that still linger in the ears of the
greatest artists. Oh, could tell you Of
the heroes who on hundreds of battle
fields, within our own Ireland and
upon every land under the sun,
showed themselves to be Of the high.
est courage and valor-heroes whose
names and glories would honor the
brightest tablets Of humanity in any
land. But must not venture far in
recalling old memories for the field
is so vast, so inviting, so enhancing
that l might be tempted to hold you
too long.
And moreover the task is unneces.
sary, for I am sure you have heard,
often and often. from father and
mother, from grandfather and grand
mother, of the land of the buttercup
and the daisy, Of the land consecrated
every inch, by the blood of martyrs
and valiant warriors fighting for Ire
land. Surely you need not be ashamed
that your ancestors came from the
land Of st. Patrick. 1t is small is.
land; and yet where could you stand
upon the globe without hearing of it?
Where can you go without meeting
those who will say, 1--WE are from
Ireland?" America, this country, has
it's share of them. South America,
away down over the plains of the
Argentina, has whole colonies of
them. In Australia, New Zealand, the
islands of the Pacific, the East Indies
they are there. And if you go to
any land on the continent of Europe
you will find there descendants OF
those who left Ireland high in pc.
sition and honored by their fellow
citizens. In the city of Paris they
have each year banquet of the an.
cient Irish, the descendants of those
who bore the honored name of the
wild Geese" And it is the same In
Spain, in Austria and in Germany.
Oh, they are everywhere, and they
are one and all proud of the old land
whence they sprung. And why should
not Hibernians, then, keep, its mem
ory green?
And now as to the other PROPOSE.
ton before you: To all work as Hi.
bernians or other descendants of Ire.
land to be worthy of America.
You are at home here. AS Senator
Clapp, a few moments ago, put it.:
"In Ireland you dreamed of liberty,
here you enjoy it." Feel at home,
but be worthy Of the home. Watch
one ans-her and help one another so
that non fall by the wayside, so that
none be Of whom old Ireland would
!, be ashamed. Work to keep up the
tfRddiiiions I'D glories, work to keep
up that invincible courage in lain.
tanning your convictions before God,
that adhesion to conscience which aft
er three hundred years of persecution
the like of which is unrecorded in
any land, is as deep, as vigorous, and
as resolute as on the first day of the
battle.
You are here in America side by
side with the other nationalities. Wei.
come them; love them. They are
with you fellow Americans and fel.
low Christians. / dislike very much
that false spirit of adhesion to olden
memories which would lead us to keep
aloof from those who come to Amer.
lea from other lands. We should
mingle with all of them and love them
all, for they have come here as we
have done-to build up a new nation,
The memories of your own race should
prompt you to love them all; for,
when your forefathers were persecut.
ed at home, they found friends and
allies in nearly every one of the lands
on the continent of Europe. Let the
only battle be which will put forth
the strongest energy and do the best
for ourselves, for America, and for