Salt Lake Herald | 1899-06-20 | Page 1 | Good Word for the Irish

GOOD WORD FOR THE IRISH Bryan Speaks of Their Exhibition of Race Pride St Louis Mo June 19 Colonel AVil liam J Bryan in a letter declining an invitation to attend a picnic to be given by the Ancient Order of Hiber nians owing to other engagements says saysAll races have exhibited more or less race pride and attachment but none have shown themselves more devoted than the Irish to the land of their birth and the people of their blood Our nation na-tion can learn from the Irish people a Jesson of great importance just as this time namely that one race cannot govern another race except by force nor can it govern without exciting the continued enmity of tse governed Ireland Ire-land has long been denied the right of selfgovernment Ijut the desire for selfgovernment has Increased rather than diminished with the lapse of years