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The Irish standard., 1916-03-18
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY ST.
PAUL H1BERNIANS AT THE
EMMETT DAY CELEBRATION.
SATURDAY. MARCH 4.

We, citizens of St. Paul, assembled
to honor the memory of Robert En-
met, proclaim anew our undying 10y
atty to the United States, our adher-
ence to the principles of government
enunciated in the Declaration of In
dependence, and our determination to
uphold the doctrine of No Entangling
Alliances bequeathed to the American
people by George Washington. We
affirm that more than a century of
strict, adherence to that doctrine has
proved its soundness and wisdom and
the necessity of its continuance as
the guiding principle of the foreign
policy ofGthis Government.
We demand that Congress respect
the will Of the American people by
keeping this country out of the Euro
pean war. That it shall reject alt
pleas that may from time to time be
made to it to do unreasonable things
which would drag it into this World
War, or that it shall make any un-
reasonable and absurd demands of
any of the warning nations. We un-
| hesitatingly declare that demands by
this or any of the warning nations
which cannot be performed in ac-
cordance with the recognized rules of
international Law cannot be for the
purpose of promoting American in
terests, but to help England or others
Of the European nations to preserve
their mastery over land or seas.
We denounce the Know-nothing
propaganda against "Hyphenated
Americans" now in full operation in
this country as unpatriotic and in
furious to the best interests of the
American people. We affirm without
fear of contradiction that the great
mass of foreign-born citizens are a
valuable accession to the population
of the United States, are as loyal to
its institutions and as ready to de-
tend its honor and its interests as
those of old American stock. The
attacks on them are inspired by sinis-
ter forces and influences which seek
to align this country on the side of
England in the European war, not by
zeal for the welfare of this Republic.
| Every man who uses the offensive
term, "Hyphenated American" no
matter how high his station or how
great his influence, is animated by the
spirit of Know nothingism, is aiming
| to foment fratricidal strife among the
American people for ignoble per-
sonal ends and deserves the reproba-
ton Of all true Americans. We pledge
ourselves to fight this un-American
propaganda until its leaders are driv-
en- from all positions of power and
influence and its organization is shat
| tered.
We affirm that Ireland is a distinct
and separate nation, entitled to COM
Eplete Independence and to the use of
every legitimate means to secure it.
The members of the Ancient Order
Of Hibernians of America will not
cease in their efforts until the Epitaph
of Emmett be written. ri,
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with a badge of infamy. Patriot
ic men are not among those who
hold their fellow citizens up to
ridicule or cast about them the
odium of dirty labels. The man
and his view are supposed to be
politically and periodically damn
ed as soon as the dispenser of la
bells marks the object of his viii
famous propaganda. -
Since the European war broke
out, there has been constant at
tempt to spread this dirty label
propaganda and ostracize all citi-
zens who would express an opin-
ion contrary to the views of those
who applied these labels. The
Observation-Disclosures" and the
fPro-German''' are the labels in
most common use today. They
az are both AZ! ST .un-American~ origin,
and as such are supposed to anat-
omize every man and every view
not in accordance with the views
of the forty-four London owned
dailies in this country. Alas, how
very few people are above using
vile and silly labels!
Some of us would have a mild
fit if we were. accused of spread
ing the so-called Roman" propa-
ganda, but we might have no hes
itancy in using the term "Pro-
German" or ""Hyphenated-Ameri-
can" Let those who are with
out guilt cast the first stone
Dirty labels are boomerang. The
one now in common use can be
traced to one and the same
source.
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Governor said that the general was a
distinguished statesman, an eloquent

Governor said that the general was
distinguished statesman, an eloquent
orator and noble patriot. The at
tention of the audience was then
called to the large number of Irish
Americans who participated in the
Civil War, and to the many regiments
from such states as Massachusetts,,
New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, In
diana, and other states, which were
exclusively Irish regiments. Their
services to the United States were
praised, and their action, he said,
should be- an example in this regard
ically the duties that may devolve
upon us.
The Governor then spoke of the
life of st. Patrick who, from a cap
tive, rose to a position in which he
became the regeneration of the Irish
nation, and said that his mission was
one not of war but of peace, compar-
ing unselfish services, as were those
performed by him, with the more self
ish services of other men who have
been called great by reason of their
ability in commanding military forces
and compelling nations to bow at their
feet. In the earlier history of Ire
land, the Irish were worshipers of the
sun, stars, and the elements of ma
ture, but through the efforts of st:
Patrick more than three hundred and
fifty churches were established
throughout the island and the Irish
were converted to the Christian re-
|ligion.
The Governor closed his address by
referring to the races which combined
to form the Irish nation, and used in
this connection a poem of Thomas
Davis, who was the national poet of
Ireland during the middle of the 10Th
century.
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MONKS OF ST. BERNARD
IMPRISONED az

Geneva, Switzerland.-Monks and
travellers are imprisoned on Mount
St. Bernard by twelve feet of snow.
which is banked up to the lower win
dows Of the monastery. So deep is
the snow that the famous St. Bernard
dogs are not able to make their way
through it. Huge avalanches have in
terrupted telegraphic and telephone
communication with the monastery.
1t has been showing steadily for
eight Gays and nights and the monks
will be isolated for a month. They are
plentifuily supplied with food.
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THE ISLAND OF SAINTS.

No power has been able to
move the Irish people from the
faith and teachings of Saint Pat
rick. The title, "The Island of
Saints and Scholars" is the hertz
age Of the Irish race from Ire
lands Apostle. A man of noble
birth and Christian parentage, he
was at an early age torn from
his parents and sold as slave
whose duty it was to tend cattle
ID the then .dreary districts of
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Msgr. Russell, rector Of st. Pat
rick's Church, Washington, announc-
es that last year at his church fifty
seven adult and forty.eight children
converts were received. This number
showed an increase of eight converts
over the number Of the preceding year
and that year an increase of eight
over 1918. Since the organization Of
the League of the Good Shepherd. by
Msgr. Russell. there have been re-
ceived at st. Patrick's $50 converts.
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bel, an epithet or a word filled
with emotion, and it will serve as
a vehicle of expression and so we
have such expressions as "Pop-
cry, - Jesuit Influence" Roman
ISM" "Hyphenated : American"
"Pro German" "Militarism,"
Huns" or "Rome's Invisible
Government" Those to whom
these are applied are forthwith
damned. These dirty labels serve
the purpose of argument and
those who use them are satisfied
with their mental process in the
same manner. as people who
throw rotten eggs, use Kisses and
cat-calls are satisfied with their
reasoning processes. These silly
expressions are wells. behind the
mist of fear, cowardice and hat
red. and contain mo- elements Of
patriotism. They are not instru-:
mentalities for the promotion OF
patriotic ideals, they serve as a
gag. They are not appealing,
simply dirty labels. The epithets,
Observation-Disclosures" "Pro-
German" "Popery," and "Ro-
manism," are, among certain
classes, very popular terms at the
present time. In its day, those
who sympathized with the Beers
in their struggle for freedom were
gagged and labeled, "Pro-Boer.'
Honest men are not guilty of rea'
soning in this fashion. They real.
ize that such expressions appeal
only to the mob spirit in men
Sensible men. are careful not tc
stigmatize their fellow citizens
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OUTLINE OF GOVERNOR BURN.
GUSTS SPEECH At WEST
HIGH SCHOOL, MlNNEAP-
OILS, THURSDAY EVE.
MING, MARCH rs, uN-
DER AUSPICES OF
ST. THOMAS
CHURCH.

In opening his address the Cover
nor referred to the patriotism of those
Irish-Americans who participated in
the adoption of the Declaration of
Independence. naming among those of
Irish descent, Charles Carroll, Mat
thew Thornton and Thomas Lynch,
and then spoke of the large number
of officers in the Revolutionary War
who were born in Ireland or were of
Irish extraction, and among them
named Richard Montgomery, who lost
his life at Quebec in 1875; Anthony
Wayne, who recaptured Stony Point;
and the father Of the American Navy,
Commodore ]. Barry. Reference was
then made to the fact that it was
natural for the Irish to sympathize
with the United States in it's war for
independence. The Irish statesman,
Grattan, was quoted as having stated
during the Revolutionary period that
America was the only hope of Ireland
and the only refuge of the liberties
of mankind. The spirit of liberty and
freedom which actuated the immortal
Robert Emmett has ever actuated the
Irish race, and undoubtedly will con-
tinue to do so until Ireland secures
that independence and freedom to
which she is entitled.
| The Governor then said that not
only in the war for independence, but
In other wars in which the United
States has been engaged, have the
1rish-Americans shown their patrio.
tism, paying eulogy to that Irish.
American statesman, General James
Shields, whose statue is to be found
in the rotunda Of the State Capitol,
who was one Of the first two senators
OF the State of Minnesota, and who
brought to the counties of Rice and
LIE sueur, of this state, an Irish col.
ony prior to the Civil War. In 1876
General Shields was commissioned by
President Polk as a Brigadier Gen.
eral, Of United States troops, and in
September of that year it was his
command that planted the stars and
stripes on the public buildings in the
City of Mexico. The love of liberty
and hatred of slavery which he pos.
sessed naturally led him toSofter his
services to. Abraham Lincoln in the
Civil War, and by him he was: ap-
pointed Brigadier General Of, volun-
teers. and in that war it was his divi-
sion that defeated the forces of Stone
wall jackson. In closing. his. :eillogy
of Major General James Shields, tie
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18
FORMER MINISTER ORDAINED
DEACON.

Newark, NJ. j., The Rev.
Charles D. Meyer, formerly an Epis-
copal clergyman, was ordained a sub
deacon on Friday. Feb. 26, his thirty
first birthday anniversary. by Bishop
O'Connor at Mass In the private
chapel Of the Bishops home, South
Orange, N. j., He was ordained dea.
con on Sunday.
He served as Episcopalian rector for
several years In Milwaukee and Maui
paca, Wis. Born in New York city,
he attended Montclair IN. J.) High
School and was educated for the Epis-
copal ministry at Nashotah, Wis.
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18

Mr.. Stuart Pullman West, head of
the American Catholic Converts
League, says the public has no con.
ception of the large number of Prot
estants- between 10000 and 10000
who are entering the Catholic Church
every year in the United States.
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18
cATHoLlcITY OF SHAKESPEARE,

cATHoLIcITY OF SHAKESPEARE,
Rev. S. A. Blackmore, S.J., ex-
pressed in an address given recently
in Creighton University, maintains
the illustrious dramatist lived and
died Catholic. He declares:
shakespeare was not Protes-
tant; he was not follower Of the re-
formation; he met with no patronage
from those of his age. He lived at
the apex of two great religious epochs.
We have no right to consider him an
offspring of the reformation, for had
he been such he would have been i'm
bued with the spirit that was upper
most during his time in England. He
represented the noblest product of the
middle age-Catholicism. /.
1T was political circumstances that
caused Elizabeth to embrace Protes-
tantism, of which she never missed
an opportunity to express her private
dislike. II Shakespeare joined the
new religion he had every chance to
give expression to the same, which he
did not. When Elizabeth died, Shake.
speare, alone, among the poets Of bis
day, refused to pen even a line in
memory Of the dead queen.
when King James assumed the
throne sll looked for change of re-
ligious conditions, but such not com.
ing to pass then Shakespeare was
moved to write his great epic dra-
matte poem, Julius Caesar which re-
Elected the tyranny of the day.
Prom material standpoint, with
his rising success and fame, the poet
had every reason to join the majority
and renounce his faith in Catholicism,
but instead he left London and re-
turned to the solitude of Avon. The
times were out of joint he expressed
1t. His closest and stanchest friends
were being summarily dealt with and
his state of mind changed. His
anguish and suffering of mind were
marked in his writings at that time.
But with all this there is no proof
that he changed his religion; on the
contrary, we have every proof that he
lived md died a Catholic; there are
records on file at Oxford to substan.
tiate that fact.
I'm his plays he carefully avoided
appealing to the popular notions
against the Catholic faith. He ex
pressed decided aversion against the
Bible-quoting Puritans of that day
The handspring of the poets aversion
to Professionalism was his love fol
Catholicism. He ridiculed the clergy
of the new church, but not those OF
the Catholic faith, although the latter
was the wont of his contemporaries
His plays TEEN with teachings and
suggestions of the Catholic faith, and
he held in respect those things par.
ticularly reverenced by the Catho'
lies" :
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18

Sister Katherine, the well.known
Anglican nun. who has worked many
years among the poor of Birmingham,
England, and latterly has been Superb.
Dress Of Badsay and St. Christopher's
Pershore, has been received into the
Church by Father O'Hagan, and is
now humble postulant at the Con-
vent Of Mercy, Camp Hill, which is
doing such excellent work for educa.
ton in Birmingham.
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18
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NEW NATIONAL SPIRIT.

The citizenship of America is
looking for a battle cry, not bat
tie cry of war, but what should
be termed a battle cry of peace.
The battle cry will not be war
like, but will be a slogan which
will serve the purpose of rallying
American citizens to the stand
ard of new development of
American national life. The pos
sibilities of a greater army and a
greater navy, long the dream of
America, are beginning to take
concrete form. The forces at
work in the development, of Am
erican national life are the forces
npw reacting upon American cit
liens which have grown out Of
the conflict in Europe. There is
little doubt but that the fise in.
American prestige which will re-
suit from added strength upon
land and sea will give impetus
and interest to our commerce
with the natural result that Am
erican shipping interests will be
fostered and the flag of Our coun-
try will not be the sad and lone
some spectacle on the high seas
that it is at the present time.
America is slipping away from
her old moorings. The new fac
tors at work are understandable.
The prospect is altogether pleas
ing. No people i'll the world will
look upon this new development
with greater sympathy or with
greater interest than those of
Irish lineage either in America or
elsewhere. The men and women
of Ireland have the assurance,
voiced Enthusiastically at the great
national gathering of the Irish
people recently held at New York
City, that the men and women of
the Irish race will be heard in the
councils of the nation. The ties
which bind the sympathy of Ire
land with that of America are ties
of love. The genius of the Irish
race has shown it's particular "a
daptability to the Republican form
of government. If we consider
our defenses inadequate to our
needs, the consciousness of our
condition has been awakened by
conditions in the Old World.
Commercial rivalry, race hatred,
and jealousies may bid for the
friendship of America, not so
with the people of Ireland. Their
sympathy will be, as it ever has
been, an ideal sympathy, a SYM
pathy with message, a SYM
pathy with heartfelt interest in
the new national life which the
coming years will develop in the
United States.
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18

The Bishop of Southwark, England,
recently visited Nunhead, to admin
lister the sacraments to five adult con-
verts, four of whom were first drawn
to the Church through the outdoor
procession held last May.
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The Manager, Irish Standard,
Minneapolis, Mimi.

The Manager, Irish Standard,
Minneapolis, Mimi.
Dear Sir:
As an Irish Missionary in charge
of a Mission too poor to pay exc
penses, may ! ask you to be so kind
rs to place my name on your Free
List. have long been an admirer-
Of your excellent Journal, with it's
bright and patriotic contents, and all
Irishmen in the South as well rs
West ought to feel grateful to the
Standard for the noble fight it has
made and is making in the interests
Of the Irish race both here and in
the Motherland. can assure you
that il will be welcome visitor
and will be like ray Of light here
among the pinewoods Of Mississippi,
whore Irish National papers are few
and far between.
-. Wishing the Standard every sue
cess in its grand and noble fight for
Freedom and thanking you in an
ticipation, -
49, Yours very sincerely,
REV. LUKE L. PLUNkETT,
Pass Christian, Miss.
March II, 1916.
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18

Rev. R. F. Sheppey-Greene. late of
st. Thomas, Clapton, England, and
now second lieutenant in the Army
Service Corps, has been received into
the Church by Msgr. Scott.
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18
IRISH PROVERBS.

He who gets name for early ris-
ing may sleep all day.
Where there's woman, there's
talk. and where; there's geese there's
cackling.'
A woman has an excuse reader
than an apron. .-
A man ties knot with his tongue
that his teeth will not loosen.
Have your own will, like the women
have. ' ':f:'y ~ ~.
Three. withoutga rule-aswife, a pig
and mule. IN
The husband ef the sloyen is known
among the crow1tI
Don't praise ypqir son-in:law till the
years out. +: st n
Better~the end ipf feast than the
beginning ot fight. E
Never take a wife who has no
However. nearS. mans. shirt is. his
skin is nearer: Il
A pig in the Sly doesn't know the
pig going along the road.
Melodious is tie Aclosed mouth. .
FACTS ABOUT UNITED STATES
COINS.
The director of the mint is called on
to- answer such arrange of questions
concerning the value of old and new
coins and medalsithat he has found 1t
necessary to issue circulars covering
matters of this sort,
Mutilated: or uncurrent' United
States gold and silver coin is pur.
chased as bullion. The mint has NO
pattern pieces for sale. The govern
ment pays no premium for the re-
turn of any of Its coins or paper
money. New coins cannot be struck
until authorized by an act of con
gress. The mint supplies United
States coins only. and not of any past
date.
Coinage of the following coins
ceased in the years named: Half and
1-cent, copper, in 1857; 1-cent, nickel
1864; half-dime, and 2-cents, silver
and cents, bronze, in 1873; 20 cents
silver, 1873; trade dollars, 1888; Oh
and So, gold, and! 2 cents. nickel, 1889
The Columbian half-dollar was coined
in 1898. The Lafayette dollar was
struck in 1899, the date on the coir
(1900) being that of the unwilling Of
the memorial.
There are certain markings or
every United States coin that enable
the place of its coinage to be located
Those struck. at Philadelphia mini
have no mark, but those struck at al
other minis are distinguished by 6
small letter on the reverse, near the
bottom. These letters are C.. fol
Charlotte, N. c., discontinued in 1861;
&C. for Carson City, New, discontinued
in 1893; D. for Dahlonega, Ca, discon
tinued in 1861; o. for New Orleans
and S. for San Francisco.
The coins of the United States now
authorized by law are: In gold, dou
bic eagle. eagle, half-eagle and quar-
ter-eagle; in silver, half-dollar, quar-
ter-dollar and dime; minor, scent
nickel and 1-cent, bronze. A person
may buy a proof set Of gold coins
from the mint for $3.50 and proof
set Of silver and minor coins for $3.50
When the business of the mints Ii
slack, medals may be struck from
dies furnished by individuals, public
institutions and incorporated socie
ties, at charge sufhcient to cover the
cost of the operation and the value Of
the metal.-The, American Boy.
The Irish standard., 1916-03-18

northern Ireland. His escape
from slavery and captivity and
This later return to Ireland to free
the inhabitants from the bondage
of pagan idolatry and supersti-
ton savors of all that is providen-
tial. The conversion of Ireland
is one of the strangest facts in
Christian history. Here the mis-
sionary met no opposition; his
progress was more like trium-
plant march. In other lands, the
call for the subsection of pride,
the subduing of passions, the
overcoming of prejudices are fac
tors in the life of missionary
that make the profession a haz-
ardous one. To all this Ireland
was a glorious exception. Her
conversion was due to the mis-
sionary zeal of one.indiyidual.
Saint Patrick found Ireland uni
versally Pagan, he left her uni
versally Christian; nor was his
mission marred with the memory
of an unpleasant circumstance.
His word became the law by
which Ireland was guided. His
Apostolic zeal was rewarded with
love and veneration, not only dur
ling his life but during the GEN.
turtles that have since elapsed.
The justly famous Father Burke
in his noted sermon upon Saint
Patrick gives the key to the sue
cess that Saint Patrick attained
in his mission among the Irish
people. The prominent features
of Saint Patrick's teachings were :
first, Fidelity to the head of the
Church through which the unity
of the Irish church as a living
member of the Catholic faith was
accomplished. Second, devotion
to the Virgin, the result of which
was the purity and morality of
the people. Third, the care of
the dead, through which Saint
Patrick appealed to the strong
natural love and feelings of the
Irish character. And, lastly, the
attachment and obedience of the
people to the Irish priesthood.
1t is not necessary to dwell
upon these features. 1t is only
necessary to mention them in or
der to have it understood how
we'll and how prominently they
are exempliied through those
who follow the teachings of the
Faith implanted in Ireland by
Saint Patrick. Irish maidens and
mothers have long been the ad:
iniration of the world. The de-
votion of the Irish people and the
tenacity to which they chung to
their ancient faith has defed all
persecution. The generation and
strong natural affection exhibited
by the Celt for those departed
who were near and dear to him is
typically expressed in the saying,
nothing is our own except our
dead" Ireland's preservation of
the faith, the admiration which
the country has commanded be-
cause of her learning and sanctity
have resulted i'll comforting upon
the land a proud and beautiful
title, the isle of Saints and
Scholars" and so it is that on
Saint Patrick's Day all those who
have Irish blood in their VEINS
sons and daughters of those born
in the Emerald Isle,-the first
second and third generations
comningle in mutual respect with
those who first saw the light OF
day i'll the land dignified by this
proud title. All united in happy
consciousness of bond of sym.
pathy, love and veneration. Irish
individuality is known and under
stood. The Race is given to the
world the example of how sub
lime and glorious thing it is tc
suffer and be strong.