The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-13
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Ireland Defended.

Editor Times: In your issue of Sept.
an editorial appeared which stated thai
i"Cowardly assaults on American sailor,
in Ireland will not make friends for Irisl
freedom in America In your issue Of
Sept. on the first page you had already
printed under a three and one-half incl
heading of your boldest type, an extract
from the London Chronicle which stated
that American sailors accompanied by
young women were attacked on the
streets of Cork There has been consid
cradle comment on the "item' and the
editorial and it seemed to me that a
word or two at this time would not be
amiss in order that we may not get ny
sterical. | do not remember that The
Times made any editorial comment when
American soldiers accompanied by young
women were attacked by crowd of
young men at East Boston this summer.
And while we all admire the personnel
OF the q. S. naval service it is well known
to every American who reads that such
incidents are familiar TO the residents of
every seacoast city in America. Yes and
every seacoast city in the world for that
"matter. A careful perusal of The Chron.
icle dispatch win reveal the fact that
so far as the American sailors were con
cerned, the Cork episode was no different
from similar incidents in our own coast
cities, and it seems grossly unfair to the
Irish people for The Times, through its
editorials, to magnify the incident to in.
ternational proportions, and the wording
Of the editorial which was conspicuouslv
placed at the head of the column, has
particular sting when it refers to Cow.
ardly assaults No people in the world
have been more loyal to America than
the Irish, and more Drawer in her defense
That race stood beside the cradle of this
land. Irish soldiers followed Montpom.
cry to Quebec and died beside that gal
liant son of Dougal as he fell before the
walls. Irish soldiers charged with Nov
Ian, the cavalry hero from Cork They
struggled over the wall at Bennington
with Stark. they crowded through the
gates of Stony Point with Mad Anthony
Wayne and the Irish Pennsylvania line.
They rushed with General Hand at Bran. |
DIVINE springs They charged with Fitz- |
gerald at Monmouth, where the Irish |
Molly Pitcher served a Continental gun. |
Look over the rolls of the soldiers who |
fought with Washington and the Mes |
and the O's are thereand they will be
On the rolls Of battle az long as an Irish |
hand can draw the sword or an Irish
leart beat strong and true for the cause
If the only land that welcomed them as
brothers when they were exiles from the
and of their fathers They climbed over
he side of hostile ships with Commodore
lack Barry of Wexford the father of
he American navy They were with
1aptain jeremiah 0'Brien when he fought
he first sea fight of the Revolution, and
With Gen. John Sullivan when he fought
he first land battle. They were in the
lexican war with Shields and Kearney.
hey were in the Civil war under Irish
enerals whose fame will CLEAN in the
nnals of war as long as men reverence
eeds of daring, or follow leaders who
SIX no man to follow when they will not
Q themselves. They charged with the
IRISH brigade on the slopes of Fredericks-
urg. They galloped with Sheridan when
e snatched victory from the jaws of de i
eat at Winchester They covered the I
etreat of the Union army at Chancel- I