The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-09-30
IRISH LOYALTY
They Have Proved Their Capacity for
Loyalty to Law and Order.

Loyalty to Law and Order.
To applaud a people for their want
of loyalty is apparently very dubious
method of praise. Loyalty is one of
the noblest qualities of the human
heart and it is always a credit to it's
possessors, says the Brooklyn Tablet.
Loyalty, properly understood, does
not consist of patriotic vaporings and
much waving of flags. Loyalty is le-
! gality; it is reverence for law of coun-
try; it is zeal for established order; it
is love and faithful allegiance to
president, emperor and king. If there
be any people in existence who have
proved their capacity for loyalty to
law and ruler it is the Irish people.
OF late some persons have been prais-
ling the Irish for their want Of loyalty.
There is no more insidious method Of
dispraise. The Irish people have al
ways proved loyal to "the golden link
OF the crown" Nobody can deny this
who has made an unbiased study Of
Irish history. Except Art MacMur-
rogh they did not object very serious
~ to Henry H.; Henry VII. was feast
ed in Dublin, and the Irish were will
ing to die to man for the cause of
the worthless Stuarts. In olden DAYS
the idea of kingly government was at
best shadoWy; but it was clearly de-
fined and we'll understood in the time
of King James. Grattan's Parliament
acknowledged this aforesaid golden
link, and the Act of Union states dis
tinctly that the King of England is
the King of Ireland. Evidently the
best heads in the Ireland Of those days
never dreamt of denying that rather
startling political fact. Wolfe Tone
wanted a republic; he was logical but
hopeless. If Grattans Parliament
were allowed to live Ireland TODAY
would be one of the most prosperous
countries lin Europe-and under the
English King. O'Connel wanted re-
peal of the Union, and no more, there
by tacitly acknowledging the right of
the English King to be also King of
Ireland, and there is no reasonable
man in Ireland today who would not
be satisfied with the restoration of
Grattan's Parliament.
Ireland was saluted as free by one
Of the greatest of our orators. No
one rose in his place to pick out the
flaw in Grattan's glowing periods She
was free and Yet she was under the
English crown. She was loyal and yet
she was independent Looked at from
any angle the Irish and their ways
are a dilemma. Oftentimes those who
love them most are those who under
stand them least.
But one thing every people must
have. even the Irish people, and that is
a symbol of Government. The Irish
are Of royal blood. their race is kingly
and the symbol of Government in Ire
land king would seem best able to
supply.
Mr.. Redmond has professed his 10y
atty to the English King and consti-
tuition. Mr.. Dillon has protested his
loyalty. Mr.. Redmond and Mr.. Dillon
reflect the views of the majority of
the Irish people. The King of Eng
land has been in fact King of Ireland
for centuries. The Irish never made a
determined or united effort to GUST
him. At many points of their history
they could have succeeded easily.
Persons there We're who always pro-
tested against this occupation. Some
times they fought little and were
put to death. Nowadays persons are
protesting too, but there is now no
fighting. Any one inclined to cavil at
these statements can read the intro
duction to Father Dalton's history. 1t
was not craven fear that made the
Irish obey the English law for GEN.
turtles. They are loyal to the English
King because he is the symbol OF Gov
eminent and established order.