The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-18


 | -
 eunstances permit in a. spfrft raos-r- tuI of the wishes and senffrneTf~ ~,
 the Irish people, ana I trust ff7af 4r,5- may conduce to the rna5ntenauca ,.e
 r1iD1uIIlCy and good feeling betweer | ity' OOii-iii' '-D
 What a beautiful change in tbs cen.
 tlrnent of the head Of the Fsuegfs- government
 Do, you believe that the King and tne House of Lords and Common s-Irr both acquiesce in RzaD4tn4r EF(,-,,-- -r-r to Ireland2 N---- You professional mon, busf,sz- me- l and you Irish men fin all vVslEs oe rfrs remember this: you can rpeVa- F.z s---
 thing but Iriehmen aud s. tr[ru A - 1can and it ought to be the proude~e honor for you bo bear beczuse --o-g ,7- representatives of the nobIest raos of people The reasons why I say fhfr are too many to enumerafe now slaF Tn doing so I might trespass on f5- toasts of others
 You may become tired, s7tsspoolnfss
 tlnnld and indifferent, but reuauata~ you are Irishmen just the ear1e The people of the vrorl6 1~--1 ..
 man that holds steadfast to flts fsffr ana gives his undyiner love ka Frfa --,- iahG and never becomes forastfu7 ~-- ungratefuI to his own people. but fhav quietly pass judgment on the 7sraee--r ca 1r1shmen who are auvfffrls- r,-s what their parents were or what fhev ! should be. 1
 Loyalty displays the better part ..s the end of time
 You owe a duty to your suca-Ao-r your fathers and mothers the-- t-.r oled the fire of patriotism ana t---..
 lhe porches lighted on the hf1Te -r
 1IIeIo Ineis1no ana whispered the vFords --r | dren '@-r c--i-
 Every worthy principle stau5~ tr-e, | ana you can never rise higher la rF.
 estil1ltn es stIlilatlon Of the people than fHs
 cause you represent
 The birthplace of your anes-to-- ---
 It IS true of every persons native fsrF mas been described by a farorfte 7----- | in these words:
 There e1s. is ot not a spot on this wide peo- our birth; -
 'Tis the home of our childhood. the l beautiful spot
 Which memory retains v.,t,e-. .4r -- | is forgot
 Exlles of Ireland never extfnRuiahef | the fire of liberty, but aIyvavs ksnf sr | alive, shining forth with the c-5rr.---
 of ancient warriors. spar5rlfu~ frf~s-e-
 Tn the eyes of mankind, than the dia-
 monds worn by any Queen
 They kept the old creed ana faifh
 to the front with all the nnemorlea
 ana slories of the past and with the
 present before them;-they vzfehEf1od
 taunts, derision and fnsufts 4pffh01f | denying who they were. what ihev were and what they were after. VVfze l they believed to be right they pTo- 1 claimed the same whether 5t pIeseeI | or offended
 They laid the foundation for you men
 here and elsewhere tonight nualzins
 your burdens lighter and life better, 1 for Irishmen in this land Of ours. | They are nearly all gone, tFloss ola 1 pioneer Irishmen-
 Do we frequently, cIevOtsd1y and
 with the same courage maintain fha l principles they advocated2 They fought and suffered for 1Fe- | erty, hone-rule, religious rfel1eH to an and for Ireland's fndepsndence- Formerly we celebrated tfgB hiafGrs1 day with thousands of our rs1urfrr- men marching through the afrEa4a f-r cities and towns to the tune of -st Patrick's Day in the Morning. show ing our strength, patriotism and de- votion to our creed and the Irisa cause; now, we their sons, asssnsbls 1u banquet halls, taking the p2sce of pa- rades and out door display Of tha past.
 What will our children and our children's children do In many years to come to fittingIy observe St. Pat rick's day?
 You and I will not be here when that time comes to witness what fhg future has in store in relation to the better ways to maintain patrloffsn1 and create a, spirit of loyalty. but rre can say now and have it live sfteI we are gone that men never lived ad- vocating grander principles, msE never died. guarding more sacref rights than the sons of Irfshmeu ant their descendants.
 Will the children of Irfshmen fu tho future remember such names as LCr- Edward Fitzgerald, Wolf Tone. Dan ieI O'Conne1I, Thomas Francis Neazhar Henry Csrattan and the VoIuuteera o 17S2. and the young ITishndsn of Ire land of 1S4S and Charles Steward Par nell? Let us pray that they will This is St. PatrfcI1's night, rns mem
 ory and events of St. Patrick we csie. brate and the whole history Of trf Irish cause comes flashing t0 cu minds and we remember St. PatrlcEf conversion of the Irish people to tai Roman Catholic religion He brought learning, culture, dlE- nity, serious thought and Fef usn1sr-
 to the Irish people; and a religion Una (Continued on Page sJ