The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-22

only continuance of the process makes such headway. ~i
 ''The influence of our race ts thrown into the other balance. Wa question the entertainments of th6<t State when it proceeds beyond tna limits of its proper jurisdfction: we. exalt family right to the promineu< station 1t should occupy in the scafs of values; we stand for private rialIf and all those inalienabIe titles guar anteed to man by nature, independenf of constitutions and forms of RoveEn- ments. It is in our blood and Z we would be traitors to our instincts were we to pretend to act dfffereufft<s
 Judge Hallen told some funny stdrx ies after he was introduced and cauknx the humor of the crowd He DcoreH heavily upon the cIergymen. Aft1 his preliminary remarks Judge Halken paid splendid tribute to people of haz race in an address on, 'SThe Irish OE, Today" He declared that the Iris4l people never have and never will ae~~1 cept conquest and have produced son64 of the brightest minds Of the day
 Mir. Fitzgerald spoke next and safd<f
 In this city yesterday with the stsrE and stripes waving to the four wsudK of Heaven and by their side the gree1FI flag of Erin with it's harp and its shamrock. marched sturdy men of th@ order to the strains of Yankee Dood1es Way Down in Dixie, Killarney. snd
 
 the fond hope and wishes that tnaT& green flag will soon wave again over. a nation free and prosperous. It is the pride Of Irishnen that iu the days of -Ireland's ancient glory: when the world sought knowledge a1z her seats of learning, when her nfisz sionaries went forth with the evanse to the unbelievers, never did IreIapt4 lift violent hand against the 'rigt1ts of any man or any people to beIieEs as to them seemed best or the rfgk1& to practice the belief suggested t6& them by the dictates of conscience. Having been persecuted for con= sciences sake they know how to re@ spect the rights Of other mon to urs disputed religious belief, faith or sen- timent.
 1 No matter of religious difference cad | ever raise or ever did raise a barT1enz | between Irishmen and their loyaity.E and friendship to men of other belfefs4 That is as much their national tratf1 as the love of Irishmen for freedonfgs+-e To us is the duty to maintain tha principles and teaching of those wh1 | in days gone by, in their fight for Ire lands liberty bled and died. For have but to turn back the pages o1 1 history and see the ruin. the sunertngsf the broken faith, the ruined homes. tn ldesecrated shrines, yea, we know tbf history of the days when Cornwall old fered as much for the Irish hedg&@ schoolmaster's head as he did for tns wolf's and therefore 1t is that the offz springs of those so maltreated canno# | be expected to hold our peace, and we would not be justified in 50 doinE ! but we must for Irelands sake Tn al acts and conduct, social and political | in which we can take part in acqur | and maintain position, which wii#
 give us a chance when the opportu1 | ity, arises to revenge Drogheda, Ldn1
 erick and the memory of the men ,s '92 .-.-.s-l
 Then, my friends, we will meet tht poets idea when he wrote Sweez sweet 'tis to find that such faith canS remain in the cause and in the med | so long vanQuished and slain
 Tonight the son of Erin inspired b | the traditions of fatherland and t1 faith that is within him, feels tf proud blood of his race boil as it Wer land from an over-joyous heart, and | prayer on our lips, we are heard l say sOh. God, could old Ireland Sc | the morrow rise from her bed to gree | the sunlight of nationhood." And wh not For does it become countr Like Ireland to accept anything sho1s of nationhood. For is she not tkf country that gave light to Euro1 while Europe's oldest State of thl& day was yet an infant in civilizatloz whose code of law were a masterpiec
 before St. Patrick or St. Bridget tFe her soil Yea, has she not fin da5 gone by Ere this Emerald Gem | the western world was set in crown of a. stranger shown to all ff world the merit, force and power witt ] in her. Today, my friends. is De ter day than yesterday. Tomorr4 1 is the land of promise and sooner | later, men of Irish blood and men e | this organization will, under the oaf 1 they have taken, raise up nation those western waters and make it l free as the freest that bears hs on the sea or guards senate on Hand.
 This was the idea of Grattan. whe he said. 'sTo you my people let m say. bA bald but wise. be brave bs sober. be patient, earnest, striving an l untiring. you have sworn to be tW perate for your comfort here ana yo4 1 lCnntinued on Page 7l