The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-10-10
FOR JUSTICE SAKE" ON
THE IRISH QUESTION

day, September II, 1919, there APP
peared an editorial, supposedly
written by Editor Creep, on The
Irish Question"
Mr.. Creep seemfto be living under
the impression that all must agree
and approve of his narrow idea of
1.-THE Irish Question" unless he be
"swayed by the light of sentiment as
of having Irish blood flowing in his
veins" Now, as one who has not
the honor of even a remote claim of
Irish ancestry and swayed not by
mere sentiment" but, by the sense
of justice and good feeling to every
nation and to every individual, wish
to say that it appears that Mr.. Creep
is absolutely misinformed on Ireland
and the Irish. First of ALL" he says,
the Irish have never shown an abili-
ty to govern themselves that was suf-
ficient to build an independent COM
monwealth upon. In the days pre-
ceding the Union with Great Britain
they were first the tool of one ma
ton, then another. They always
obeyed implicitly the mandates of
Rome and always hated with an I'M
forgiving hatred everything English"
1t is true that Ireland has been
prosecuted, struggled with nation af-
ter nation and still continues to fight
% coIf H.,
land, but in spite of the slaughter of
heroic people they have retained grit
enough to insist upon their rights to
! life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
Mr.. Creep claims that Ireland has
never shown an ability to govern
| herself. Has Ireland ever had
chance to build up a government of
her own? Has she ever had chance
to develop her industries? cultivate
her lands? Open her harbors etc?
In other lands her sons, free from
English rule and English oppression.
have helped to lay the foundation to
nations. Go back to American Histo.
ry in the population of the colonies
in the 18th century and there rub up
your rusty knowledge of who helped
to lay the foundation of our glorius
Republic. You will find that Ireland
played great part in the fight for
freedom and helped to make the gov
eminent that America is ruled by to-
day. The first man killed in the Bos-
ton massacre was Patrick Carr, full
b CODED Irishman. Among those who
assisted in pitching tea into the Bos-
ton harbor were Thompson and Hugh
Maxwell, both Irishmen. New Castle
and the first fort taken in the Revo-
luton was by the two hottest headed
Irishmen ever born, Majors John Sui
livan and John Langdon. Following
these two mems history you will find
that both were elected to Congress. |
Later Sullivan was appointed Briga
der General and commanded the |
Northern Division of the Continental |
Army. He became Attorney General |
and Governor of Mass. Again the
valiant John Stark led the New
Hampshire men at Bunker Hill and |
was the most famous man in New
England. General Knox was Wash |
ington's most trusted adviser, Joseph |
Reed was his private secretary and |
Colonel Fitzgerald was his favorite |
aide de camp. The most famous of
all, Commodore John Barry, The |
Father of the American Navy" he
was straight from Wexford and his |
statue erected at Independence Hall |
reminds America that her debt to |
Ireland has not been paid. And |
surely we have not forgotten the fam
Gus Irish Brigade of Pennsylvania.
Pages would not hold the records |
of the deeds of that noble race in |
this country, and were we to go to
foreign cline volumes would not be |
sufficient. And yet the Irish are not |
made of character that will build |
an Independent commonwealth"
After all Ireland is asking for lib
erty only, and surely Mr.. Creep does
not object to that, for as we all re-
member this patriotic gentleman was
ready to sacrifice all. don the khaki
and sail across the sea in defense of
liberty, justice and freedom for I'M
protected Nations.
And Ireland hates England! Isn't
that queer. Can it be that Ireland
hates Mr.. Greep's free intelligent
Protestant England?" Doesn't a
burnt child dread and hate fire? In
the same way Ireland hates England,
for she has suffered the most horrible
outrages from England under Ed
ward III, Henry VIII and the infam-
Gus Elizabeth and Cromwell. Her
towns were laid waste, her people |
sold as slaves and every method avail
able was made use OF to stamp out |
her religion, but all the prosecution
of an Elizabeth and Cromwell could |
not make the faithful followers of
ca In m.