The Irish standard., 1910-11-05

ing at Dundalk took place, where H'e
hundred thousand men assembled,
principally Ulster men. The chair
was taken by Capt. Seaver, man
who had been for many years dis
trict grand master of Orangemen
There was another at Waterford,
where more than half a million gath
cred. In the month of August, a
monster meeting was held in Week
ford, and there was soon after mon
ster meeting at Tullamore, in Kill
dare.
But that which overtopped every
other, and exceeded all political gath
erings known to history, was the
meeting held on the Hill OF Tara
Tara, from it's glorious memories, its
kings and sages reaching back through
the boundless vista of time; Tara "of
the Kings"-for here were the Chief
monarchs of Ireland inaugurated for
more than two thousand years; Tara
of sages of science, of intellectual
light-was fixed upon to declare the
will of Ireland; and O'Connell, the
chief of the Irish nation, was to take
the place of Ollamh, Cormac, NAL
la" hi and Brian once filled in Irish
councils.
The day was propitious. Nature
had covered Ireland with an abund-
ant harvest of grain and fruit and
flowers. The whole OF Lenister and
| it's thronged cities were astir on that
memorable morning. Thousands came
from England to this great meeting,
and many came even from France.
For three miles on each side of the
hill the roads and fields were dense,
! ly covered with human beings, one
sentiment of enthusiastic patriotism
animating the cheering mass. Never
said a Frenchman who was present
was there such multitude assem-.
bled since the Crusades." Men trav.
eled on foot fifty miles to be present,
and vessels were freighted with pas.
sengers from England There were
ninety-seven music bands present
Each band came to the ground at the
head of an immense procession.
To mark this assembly with features
of the deepest solemnity, Masses were
offered up on several parts of the
hill. and among the parts selected
there was one Of greater interest than
Grave" in which in June, 1898, up
ward Of two hundred of the brave
band that fell were buried. When
O'Connell assembled the platform more
than a million voices cheered him.
correspondent of the London Chroni
Gle, who made it his business to meas
ure the ground this vast crowd occu
pied, declares there were a million
of people on the hills and it's activi
ties, and full half million who coult
not get nearer than three miles, or
any side, to the place where the speak
er stood. In his address to this vas
throng, the Liberator said:
I'VE are standing upon Tara o.
the Kings; the spot where the mon
archs of Ireland were elected, ant
where the cheftains of Ireland bount
themselves, by the most solemn pledg
es of honor, to protect their nativ,
land against the Dane and ever,
stranger. This was emphatically tn,
spot from which emanated every so
cial power and legal authority b,
which the force of the entire countr,
was concentrated for the purposes O
national defense.
On this spot I have a most import
ant duty to perform. I here protest
in the name of my country and in tn
} name of my God, against the unbound
ed and unjust Union. My proposition
to Ireland is that the Union is no
} binding upon her people. 1t is volt
( in conscience and in principle, and a
} Il matter of constitutional law l attes
, these facts. Yes, / attest by every
, thing that is sacred, without bein
profane, the truth of my assertion
) There is no real Union between tn
: two countries, and my proposition i
} that there was no authority given t
} any one to pass the Act Of Union.
| Neither the English nor the Iris
: Legislature was competent to pas
that Act, and I arraign it on thes
: grounds. One authority alone coul
: make that Act binding, and that wa
the voice of the people of Ireland. TIL
{ Irish Parliament was elected to max
r laws, and not to make legislatures
: and, therefore, it had no right to as
sumo the authority to pass the Act @
Union. The Irish Parliament was e
l ected by the Irish people as thei
] trustees; the people were their mas