Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-03-13

to this country on mission OF
hatred, for the British Government,
and mean to invade all the principal
cities OF America. The great Chi
cago auditorium was packed and
thousands turned away. was
there. The very atmosphere was
surcharged with the spirit OF big
otry. Not moro than 3 per cent. OF
the audience were on speaking
terms with Intellectual Hospitality.
The others were actually deformed
by lack of mental breadth. | deny
that this crowd OF bigoted Anglo
fanatics was representative of Chi
cago and America. The managers
had so organized the meeting that
no person could interrupt or ques-
ton the speakers without being In
stantly elected. This made X pos
sible for our missionaries OF hatred
20 speak freely. BY carefully Sc
iecting their audience the speakers
and their sponsors proved that they
had q proper conception OF the
weak. deceptive and defenseiess
character OF their cause.
Nobody dares to submit a gold
brick 10 the acid test. Despite the
fact that admission was by ticket,
few friends OF Irish freedom were
present. They were, however. COM
PEELED TO listen In silence TO the
slanderous, lying, rotten rubbish
and poppycock that fell in verbal
torrents from the bfazen lips OF the
bigoted traitors from UlsSer. / am
familiar with the art OF public
speaking. IL Is not difficult thing
to defend Truth In a public forum.
A lie has no defense. have heard
many OF the great orators OF Ameri-
lea and the world. / have listened
TO men representing all degrees OF
intelligence discuss every problem OF
human interest, but never before
have ! met with such crazy conten-
tons, such prepoSterous PROPOSE
lions as I heard presented that
night by these apostles of ill-win.
The speakers were not entirely to
blame. They came TO advocate a
cause that Reason can not support
that Justice condemns-that Lib
erty can not endure-and for which
brains can not construct a sound de
tense. Men whose brains have been
warped by bigotry, whose souls are
picked In prejudice, when not ar
rogant and impudent. excite my pity
rather than my resentment and con-
tempt. But the men from Ulster
were not only arrogant and impu-
dent; they we're perfect examples OF
tncarnate impertinence
This band of bigoted invaders en-
braced four ministers and 2x0 pol
ltician by the name of Coote. who
By the disgrace OF intolerance Il
member Of the British Parliament
from Tyrone The reverend gentle
men answer 10 the names OF Blue.
Harte, Hazleton and Crooks. These
preachers Inherited the religious
prejudice OF the seventeenth century
and glory In their legacy They
rightly belong to the times of John
Calvin and Henry VIII, and are as
much out of place in this age as a
donkey cart in an automobile
parade. On the Irish question they
represent the despotic power that
has stood for seven centuries on the
bruised and bleeding neck of Erin.
They represent the cruel authors of
the infamous Irish penal code, of
which the Frenchman, MOnteSquieu,
wrote:
This horrid code was conceived
by devils, written ia human blood,
and registered In hell"
They came to America to uphold
the power that put Robert Emmet
to death, and In 1916 executed
Pearse and McDonough for tho
crime OF patriotism They are also
the spiritual descendants OF men
who, under Charles H., threw Eng
land into two anti-Catholic panics
and forced the Government to order
the arrest OF every Catholic In the
country. II was during this wave OF
hysteria England passed an act ex-
Guiding Catholics from the right TO
hold public office. and put Arch
bishop Piunket to death. The de-
cree uttered by the Lord Chief JUS
tice, in passing sentence on the
Archbishop, gives a good idea OF the
spirit of the times. He haid:
1.-THE judgment which we give you
Is that which the law says and
speaks. You must &C from hence TO
Newgate, and from thence you shall
be drawn through the city OF Lon
don to Tyburn; there you shall be
hanged by the neck. but cut down
before you are dead, your bowels
shall be taken out and burned be-
fore your face, your head shall be-
cut off and your body be divided
into four quarters, to be disposed of
as His Majesty pleases. And I pray
God to have mercy on your soul"
OF course times have changed and
Protestants would not do this now,
but these Irish traitors from Ulster
hint that Catholics would. They try
to make people believe independence
for Ireland means persecution II not
determination OF Professionals. It's
a lie, but that makes 1t good Eng
fish propaganda II Is this damna-
Bile spirlt-of prejudice and suspicion
with which these Ulstermen seek to
poison the minds OF the American
people.
They did as we'll as Ii ls possible
for men to do who preach the Cos
pei OF hatred or try to publicly de-
lend the right OF foreign govern
ment to rule their native land. I'M
III 6 man becomes obsessed by some
hellish social. political or religious
heresy. that communicates his very
blood and devours the soul OF pa
triotism. he can not willingly sur
render his country's right TO be free
and independent. When the Declar-
alton of American Independence was
before the Continental Congress FOL
adoption or rejection John Hancock
advised It's rejection and was an
swered by John Adams, who said;
while live. let me have q coun
! try. or at least the hope OF a coun'
try. and that free country"
This Is the sentiment Of every
man In the world who Is not 81
i. heart poltroon or traitor. d.
not envy these Uisfermen their task
Il Is not only un-christian. but un