The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-04-08

for the sake of Ireland, though, of
course, that is pre-eminent in our
hearts. Now, ladies and gentlemen,
the Home Rule question stands today
in a more powerful position than ever
it did in our lifetime.
Referendum and Home Rule.
Talk OF Il referendum on Home Rule.
Why, we have had three referendums
on Home Rule. Home Rule was be-
fore the electors in 1906. Our good
lend. Lord ROsebery, and MI. Cham
berlain and Mr.. Balfour and all our
other leading opponents took good
care that Home Rule would be put
clearly before the electors in 1906. So
clearly was it before them that Lord
Rosebery made the public speech in
which he said he would not serve un-
der the banner of Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman, because that banner was
the banner of Home Rule.
In all matters of religion the Irish
Catholics are the most faithful sons
OF the See of Peter, bu, in matters of
politics we are as independent of
Rome as we are of the capital of any
| country in the world. Our feelings to-
ward our Protestant fellow country.
men are much misunderstood. We
honor and respect our Protestant fel-
low countrymen in Ireland. I am not
speaking OF the few who seem to
make Il trade, or try to make trade
of reviving religious enmities. AL
: though noisy they are only handful
The great mass of the Irish Protes
tants at home in Ireland are honest
decent men, whom it ought to be our
honest ambition to placate in every
way and bring into form a powerful
and influential portion of the Irish
nation in the future. We Catholics
have learned in the bitter school of
persecution the lesson OF liberation,
and it is the widest nightmare for
any man for an instant to imagine
that an emancipated Ireland would
, endcaror to oppress any man for his
religion or his faith. Now, gentle
! men, the second objection to Home
Rule which seems to have survived
recent discussion isesbat;liishMen is are
somehow by nature disIoyal and there
!, fore not to be trusted. Now it is not
: lrishmen without qualification, be-
cause when an 1rishman goes to Aus
. tralia he becomes !; loyal citizen and
! can be trusted; and so in Canada, he
proves a loyal citizen and can be
trusted But it is put. and they can
not explain it, that an lrishnlan at
home i'll Ireland must be by nature
disloyal and not to be trusted. The
explanation is so simple that it is
| hardly necessary to give it.
Loyalty Follows Liberty
Loyalty never lTccedcs, but always
follows the granting of liberty. The
1rishman in Australia is loyal because
he has liberty; the Irishman in Can
ada similarly is loyal because he has
; liberty. The Irshnan in Ireland has
been disloyal because he has been de-
prived OF liberty
But, ladies and gentlemen, happily
the hour Of our delivery is at hand
The policy which made Canada con-
tented and powerful which made Aus
tralia contented and prosperous, the
policy which at one stroke changed the
battlefields Of South Africa into a
fruitful garden of peace and hope and
happiness, that policy at last is about
I to be applied to Ireland; you can look
to the immediate future of your race
and country with absolute confidence
that in the days to come Irishmen will
inhabit a land prosperous, contented,
and we'll governed, where loyalty and
liberty go hand in hand; and where,
under the bencfcenl sway of a native
parliament, old wrongs and miserics
and expressions will be forgotten and
all will be united in patriotism and
! peace We have lived through the
night; we have survived the storm
and battle Many of our best friends
! and colleagues have passed away. We
are on the threshold Of victory. | see
many old men in this room. and b"
| lieve from the bottom Of my heart,
and ] pray with all my soul, that the
Oldest here will live to see the final
! victory of Ireland, nation.
Cardinal Logue on Home Rule.
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