The Irish standard., 1917-02-03


out root and branch the tongues of
the nations she enslaves. At first
comes to witness the truth of this
poor old Scotland. Her back to the
wall in the early years of Queen Anne's
reign, she was ordered to give up the
ghost. 1t was to be either suicide or
death by murder. She chose the for
mer. With her life gone her tongue
was torn out and replaced by a miser-
able brogue that makes her the far.
famed laughing-stock, and the perpet-
ual fountain of amusement for the Gull
tured Englo-Saxon victor. Her Catho-
lie and Royal line hacked to death,
with the pride of ancestry extin-
guished, she easily became the politi-
cal and commercial tool of her con-
queror in return for few lucrative
sops handed her emasculated gentry
Her gaelic tongue is today still and
cold and forever unknown.
Wales comes next to rise in judg-
dered bards arise in phantom relating
the horrible barbarities on this de-
fenseless branch of the Kettle race.
Her ancient speech is unheard and I'M
known today, save what was saved
from the wreck and ruin by the efforts
of some of her surviving patriots. Of
course, as Scotland, she was forced to
deny her God, and in place of His
shrines, there have arisen those of the
Ascendancy-the Established English
Church.
In later days she is operating on
what she lovingly fains to call our
Lady of the Shows. So far she seems
even against fearful resistance to have
made some Roadway. BY the Treaty
of Paris, 1853, she was bound to give
French Canadians full liberty in the
use of their speech. Today that por-
ton of her effete ascendancy who sit
in the lap of luxury and power rise up
in parliament and openly by legal re.
straint deny French Canadians the
right of mother-tongue. All epithets
are slung against that noble race, the
descendants of Acadia of memorable
sorrow. Let it be hoped she dies in
the attempt.
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Speech is Gods own gift. Variety
;e a.
ton in vegetation or music or any
thing else in natures order All
tongues have their distinctive tonal
and constructive sublimities. 1t is the
barbarian's work to ruin them.
The Niolie of Nations is Erin. She
has practically lost all traces of her
once glorious language. And more is
the pity. 1t took 500 years to ruin it.
1t had to be torn out of the mothers
breast, out of the infants heart, and
let me say that none other can replace
it. Like in Scotland the strumpet that
replaced it has provided laughter ga
lore for the Anglo-Saxon audiences in
the AngloSaXon stage the wide world
over. 1t is eternally Pats brogue.
Still as all ecclesiastical scholars must
aver, English is the most detestable
language as regards the expression of
Divine Truth, so vital to the life of an
Irishman. There is no good Catechism
in the English tongue 1t would take
tones to explain properly a simple
dogma of Holy Faith. 1t is the Ian
guage of materialism-wea pleas
ure, power. 1t knows no God. 1t is
gotten principally of the Reformation
revolt against the Deity. 1t is carry
ing water in tissue paper bags trying
to express dogmatic truths. When you
have finished explaining there is no
truth left. 1t has ruined, think ire
.parably, Irish tradition. Irish are now
found with names entirely changed or
unutilated, because of ignorance in the
history of the immortal pure lineage
Of the Celtic race.
No one can be found proficient
enough to translate the History of Ire
land from the shelves of the past, save
the German University men in later
times. The priests and bishops of Ire
land are powerless, being themselves
the most noted victims. Save in May
nooth, and that only a few years ago,
Irish was unknown in any ecclesias-
tical institution in Ireland. The re-
ligious orders there dared not teach it
lest the displeasure of the government
descend upon them, for burned child
breads the fire. The law of fine, i'm
prisonment and transportation stands
in the Code of the Realm against every
religious institution in Ireland. Take
down your English penal code and
verify what l say The people, of
course, lost in time all respect for the
immortal tongue of their forefathers,
for all knowledge came to them from
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