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Show IRELAND'S TRUE NEED. National Hibernian.) At To- j. resent time we notice a dis-I dis-I .'.on on the part of some Irishmen .'rbh newspapers to become some-strained some-strained towards each other on iiocom ,,f differences of opinion in .! .on 10 Ireland and Irish questions. ! !i- :y a most reprehensible course. 1 ;' us the way to more serious di- of effort and to that final dissen-; dissen-; ' '". ,n-j .disruption which has always ' ' ! bane of Ireland. From '-very Irish history can be read bitter 1 ; - of want of cohesion in our "i - IS. I b days of the Danes to those I : i ;: i.' U this has been the cause of I ar.'l defeat to Irishmen, and ;' ; i-,ow about time that the practice - i be stopped. It ought to be plain ' honest Irishmen that they will ii : ' : ain anything by .quarreling f,''-- --i-'st themselves, no matter-what 'ijse or how right or just 'their "'-:- "bs may . appear. The., fact , that ' IS richt on his side, or thinks he ! s . '.'""s not justify him in denounc-1 denounc-1 - 1 : neighbor who differs from him. ; l'i 11' o;,i be may not be right, as time 1: x- many changes not thought of in '' s t'hilosophy. , "-h quarrels generally start on a ; n of policy, in which both par- i.iay be right in certain respects l : '.r whi,'n a compromise could easily ifeeir.fi by coolness and common s :s' Instead, however, each party to 1 ' '.,':'' ',,utes. led on by men inflamed , :'."' ' ''v mvn Passions, forget their real 'u-.i. un,j pursue a course calculated! '' the dearest objects of their ' ' ' ''M.. and only return to reason when ; 1! :-' '" late. I ''' people cannot be too careful in I '"tchinjr out for lne selfish fiema- I -''jr, When slight differences arise) ; "Tins upon the scene and seizes 1 !s "!;lort unity. As there is no chancel ) '"r .llini while honest men agree and V J, l"'-session of their ordinary j t llfl u'rks might and main not t I '!. y to create a quarrel, but to keep it I , :lvp a,ul magnify it to undue propor- I .Vns- , Then, in the heat of passion, I iiei, mfti's minds are out of plumb, he 1 t'n nims-lf to the front, works only l r his. own advantage, stoops to the I I 1 devices, ignores Ireland nd her j j ai crests, and finally destroys the i Movement for a time. n and coolness should be our for lS ?nH5- KTh,0,Se who work honestly Slfm man"fi. mind is his king-dnOI?V king-dnOI?V He. should be aJlowed to.fbllbw it in his owm. way-without fear of abuse Krni0Je9ta,tlonahva's Provided,: he is honest and: sincere . AVe Jiave the-honor to represent the j strongest body of organized Irishmen in the w-orld. but,- strong as we are, we do not forget that we are only a small part of the great Irish race scat-Wu scat-Wu millions throughout the wor-ld. hile we do not agree with many in ; their methods of procedure, 'we are broad enough, thank God, to tolerate them all and allow them to pursue the even tenor of their, wav .... Union above all . things is the need of Ireland union in heart and soul and mind as far as the great end is concerned. con-cerned. Minor differences or methods do not count. Men differing from us today to-day will agree with us tomorrow. Let the various parties honestly work out their own salvation. Long before the goal is reached they will arrive on common ground and then nothing can prevent that complete union which is necessary to our country's happiness and independence. |
