Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-18
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otabe Speeches Mark Celebrations by Celtic Club Friendly
| Sons and Sim Fein Affairs.

ter l. Mccoy, e. J. Fitzpatrick. Flor
ence j. Sullivan, J. B. Sullivan and
Alfred B. Crulkshank, OF New York;
former Assemblyman Thomas F.
Martin. Mr.. O'Keefe and John F..
crosby.
That it would be the last st Pat
rick's day when Ireland is q fiagless
nation was the prophesy by Mr.. Cur
tin in his address of welcome, which,
In part, was as follows:
Next to being the President of the
United States the greatest honor for
an Irishman is to preside over the
Friendly Sons. This Is the last st.
Patrick's Day that Irishmen will
gather together in every quarter OF
the globe to pledge their loyalty to
Ireland as a fagless and conquered
people. Before the dawn of another
Seventeenth of March, more particu-
arly on May 9, 1914, the bill estab-
fishing a separate Parliament for Ire
and will pass the British House of
Commons and become law.
THE Hail Of the Friendly Sons" by
Joseph l. c. Clarke was read by James
NJ. Reilly, secretary of the Board of
Trade.
Kingdoms have come and king
doms have gone" said Mr.. O'Keefe
In his address, but little ireland and
the Irish people nation lives and is
more vigorous than ever before. How
is it possible that n race downtrod-
den for centuries should thus live
and flourish? 1t is because the Irish
are essentially spiritual.
The Danes have come with fire
and sword, have settled on the shores
f Ireland and the force of the Irish
pirit and Irish ideals has made them
IRISH too. The Spaniards have come,
'romwelPs stern soldiers have in
vaded the country and they all have
been conquered by that magic power,
the Irish spirit.
I'VE are met here tonight to cele-
brate the Irish as a race of fighters
and scholars During the sixth and
seventh centuries Ireland was the
treasure-house of learning. All over
the world at that time darkness
reigned In Ireland alone the lamp of
learning burned brightly.
Spirit of Christianity.
while other countries sent forth
armed emissaries to do battle, Ire
land sent forth it's missionaries whose
indomitable spirit spread the gospel
of Christ and carried learning wher-
ever they went.
THAT golden age passed all too
soon and the dark days of oppression
came. Ireland lay crushed and al
most broken and the more venture
some sought other lands.
The speaker then enumerated how
In France, in South America and last
but not least in this country Wher-
ever Irishmen went, they fought for
liberty and at their death left an
hOnored name.
"As long as the Irish remain true
to themselves" continued Mr..
O'Keefe, 80 long will the Irish spirit
live and the Celts will hold a place
among the mightiest. Remember to-
night Ireland sends you its benedic-
ton and asks that you celebrate the
traditions of our race, that nation
which cannot die"
As q little nation that can trace its
lineage as far back as history goes,
Judge Sullivan described the Irish
nation.
II may not have had an Aristotle
or any of the other men in those early
days" the speaker remarked, but 1t
gave to the world a system of gov
eminent far superior to any in the
world and yet the nation has not been
permitted to govern. The history of
the IRISH dates back long before ever
the NEUROLOGICAL founders of Rome,
Romulus and Remus appeared.
Both the German and the English
literature, it has been found, are
oased on the much older Celtic liter
ature. My friends, are you as well
acquainted with Irish as you are with
the Greek history?
"Why, If we can have in documents
what in the Greek history Is delivered
to us only in myth, Is 1t that the his
tory of Irish is not on tho curriculum
of our schools?"
The speaker then gave few min
ute glimpse into Irish history and
then added: rs not such history
worthy of study?'
He said, among other things, that
while people in this country pride
themselves on the free education, 1t
has been proven that In the sixth and
seventh centuries free education was
general In Ireland. Mr.. Sullivan re-
GREETED that pupils here study old
Egyptian monuments and fail to pay
the proper attention to Irish monu-
ments centuries older than tmos
others.
The speaker also mentioned the re-
proach often made that the Irish are
not united, and answered 1t by tell
ing his hearers that the Irish were
always united in patriotism.
Discussing the Irish language, Mr.
Sullivan stated that. although the
most ancient, only 100000 people in
Ireland could speak 1t, and he urged
the preservation of the language, as
it's destruction meant the destruction
of the nation.
Concluding the speaker said that
the Irish in this country had always
done their duty, and as long as they
remained true to the doctrines of
constitutional ligerty they'll be true
to themselves.
Martins State Toast.
Responding to the toast 1.-THE Irish
in New Jersey" former Assemblyman
Martin pretended to be stumped at
first that this was asking him to
cover too big a territory" ITO talk
about the Irish of New Jersey" he
continued, would keep you here I'M
til the morning" Why! do you
know the Irish own New Jersey.
He went on to tell with smile how
the president and the assistant"
president are New Jersey Irishmen
land when you consider that he ad-
ded. the Irish not only own New Jer-
sey but the nation"