New-York tribune., 1919-10-17

assassination, and as he boasted that no
number of Irishmen could whip the
South or even one county of it, Mr..
Hitchcock went over and sat by the MIS-
sssippian, whispering to him at inter
walls. Finally, he rose, interruptlng Mr.
Williams, and asked if unanimous con-
sent to vote could not be obtained. Tins
had the effect of stopping the Williams
speech, for the Mississippi Senator did
not continue after the unanimous con-
sent was refused.
Senator Phclan prefaced his reply
to Mr.. Williams and his attack on the
South for defending slavery, by asking
If it were a fair proceeding for Sen
ator to slip across the aisle and speak
on the Republican side. thus giving
the visitors the impression that it was
a Republican Senator speaking.
II cannot pay tribute to the United
Confederate Veterans" said Mr.. Will
liams in his speech. 81 am unworthy
them who are yet alive, without pen
sions and without support from any
body in the world, compose the best
part of all humanity in all the world.
They are the puIest and the noblcst
and the greatest that America hitherto
has furnished.
"They have met and have passed
in behalf Of the treaty of peace the
resolution which I send to the desk
and ask to have inserted in the record
THE United Confederate Veterans
know something about war, its hor-
rors and it's conquests. There was
nothing in all the history of all the
world that compares to them in their
hour of surrender and in their hour
Of self surrender which came later.
"lf they had been lrishmen in south
ern Ireland, fighting for something un-
obtainable, they would have left to
the history Of the United States n
different page; but they had common
to quit. They also had common sense
and altruistic sense enough to know
not when they had to quit, but when
they wanted to quit
Robert Z. Lee never advocated lead
ing a force shooting behind trees at
the Yankee army. When he surren-
dered his armed forces in the field he
surrendered them and came back into
the American Union as we'll as he
could, reconciled to the situation.
These Irishmen might learn little
nearly all glad to-day that there are
no custom houses along the Ohio and
the Potomac to divide the American
people. The Irish might at least learn
that while they are seeking Irish free
dom they ought to seek human free
dom. They might at least learn. if
they have sense-and I doubt whether
they have or not--that while they are
seeking the freedom of part of Ire
land they might at least allow Ulster
her freedom.
"As matter of fact, of course, the
Irish never whipped the South at all.
They could not whip the South in one
county. They could not whip the
South at any time. 1t is part of the
braggart nature of the Irish. They
are always contonding that they have
done everything, everywhere, at every
time.
''Never Whipped South
They never won the war of the Amer
lean Revolution, Ten Irishmen to one
were in the British army to every
lrishman in the American Revolution
ary army. | am tired of this business
l am tired Of this vanity and non
sense. / do not care how many Irish
men vote the Democratic ticket.
81 am we'll prepared to support the
Senator from Massachusetts, Mr.
Lodge, against the Senator from
Massachusetts, Mr.. Walsh, in an ap-
peal to every man, not an lrishman. in
Massachusetts and at the proper time
I shall do it, because l rather prefer
men who bludgeon us than men who
poison US.
Il am tired of this prctense am
tired Of this eternal lie. l am tired
Of the intimidation that have re-
ceived at my office for three or four
months, most Of the letters signed
anonymously. A great many of them
signed with mac or an 'o.' If they
think I am afraid of one Of them or
100 of them or of 1000 Of them they
are mistaken. ! understand their
game 1t is that the Democratic party
dares not defy the Irish vote. Well,
as understand the situation, the
Democratic party is not defying any
body"