The Irish standard., 1920-02-14

means Of guarding against the threat
ened danger, etc.
''In another part Of Secretary Of
State Calhoun's diplomatic note to
Mr.. Pakenham, he throws this jolt
into the meddlesome tactics Of Great
Britain:
ESQ long as Great Britain confined
her policy to the abolition of slavery
in her own possessions and colonies,
no other country had right to COM
plain. ~. But when she goes
beyond and avows it as her settled
policy and the "object of her constant
exertions to abolish it throughout the
world" she makes it the duty of all
other countries, whose safety or pros
perity may be endangered by her
policy, to adopt such measures as they
may deem necessary for their protec-
tion.'
$50 this is the reason why Texas
was hurriedly shuffled into the Union
in 1874 and 1845 after vainly seeking
-admittance into the Union since 1886.
When Texas was thus admitted into
the Union, the Mexican minister at
Washington, Almonte, asked for his
passports back home-which were
promptly issued to him. And all this
was the cause leading up to our war
with Mexico, a war that cost us the
lives of many thousands of our citi-
zens and many millions in expense, a
war that never would have been
fought If Great Britain had kept her
nose out of our domestic affairs. For
Mexico had been soundly thrashed by
Texas, alone, and wouldn't have
started anything if she had not
thought she would receive the mill.
tary backing of the British empire.
OF course, Great Britain promptly
laid down on Mexico when she saw
that Uncle Sam meant business, but
1t was too late. The Mexican war was
on: General Winfield Scott and Gen.
eral Zachary Taylor were heading
with their munition trains straight
for the halls of the Montezumas: there
was nothing left for us but fight it
out with Mexico-and we cleaned 'em
up!
II say, and history bears me out in
the statement, that our war with Mex
leo beginning in 1876 would never
have been fought If Great Britain had
not cunningly and craftily connived
with Mexico to interfere in our do
mestic affairs.
1T therefore makes me extremely
weary when hear a bunch of un-
naturalized Englishmen in my country
bowling because the liberty loving
citizenship under the American flag
shows a sympathy for Ireland's 700
years struggle for political indepen-
dence, especially when they claim
that we are meddling in England's
domestic affairs! I wonder If the
ounces think we haven't read our own
country's history.
IF we were meddling in Englands
domestic affairs by sympathizing with
Ireland's struggle for freedom, Eng
land set the precedent when she
forced the Mexican war on us in
1846.
"Now I don't believe that two
wrongs make right. think we will
be acting wrong to interfere in any
of the domestic affairs of Great Brit
ain. But Great Britain knows that 1t
is our historic policy to recognize de
facto governments wherever such rec
ognition is justified in good sense and
good morals. Our first act of this
kind was when we recognized the de
facto government set up by the Texas
Republic in 1886. Even as late as
Roosevelt's second administration we
recognized the de facto government
set up at Panama, in rebellion against
the United States Of Columbia. A
de facto government exists in Ireland.
It was established April %, 1916
nearly four years ago. The Irish Re-
public has an established machinery
Of government that is functioning in
perfect order with the exception of a
little corner of the island known as
Ulster-and the Ulsterites (who are
not lrishmen at ally are a perfect
parallel Of the Torys we had to con-
tend with in 1776 when we were
wrestling our own political indepen-
dehce from the British crown. The
Ulsterites should count no more in
our consideration than the Torys of
our own country's history.
"Wc can very logically recognize
the Irish Republic, without in anywise
meddling with the domestic affairs of
Great Britain. Great Britain has al
ready lost Ireland, as q dependency,
with the execution of a few T0rvs-