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AN GAOḊAL.
nals of the Four Masters, and we war¬
rant you a hearty instead of the forced,
reluctant support which you now re¬
ceive.
THE MEN TO PUSH FATHER HAND'S
Idea of a Historical Society.
We promised in the last issue that we would
mention a number of names in this issue the own¬
ers of which would be able to put into effect Fa¬
ther Hand's idea if they organized themselves into
a regular association for that purpose. Here the
are, —
Ala. Mobile, F S M'Cosker. Cal. San Frans.
Capt. Egan, J McGrath, M P Ward, J Deasy, P
McGreal. Santa Cruz, Mrs. O H Bliss, Santa Cla¬
ra, C Murphy. Merced, T Flanagan. Petalume, J
McGrath, E R McCarthy. Conn. New Haven,
Major Maher, T Callaghan, J O'Regan. William¬
antic, T O'Regan. Hartford, P J Duggan. Poquo¬
nock, T F Treacy. D. C. Washington, H Murray.
Ill. Chicago, Counsellor McDermott, P Clancy,
Cortland, P W Gallagher. Cairo, D McCarthy.
Idaho. Forrest King, P Moriarty, la. Burling¬
ton, J Hagarty. Vail, T M Power. Ind. Wash¬
ington, E Brady, Petersburg. T Shay. La, Col.
O'Neill, Franklin. Tangipahoa, H Durnin, Cum¬
berland, T Sheridan. Mass. Lawrence, T Griffin
Holyoke, C D Geran. Worcester, R O'Flynn, Bos¬
ton, J J O'Brien, P Doody. Minn. St. Paul. T
Kelly, T Rush. Fulda. M Spelman. Minneapolis,
M F McHale. Mo. St. Louis, J G Joyce, J Fitz¬
gerald, M Mangan, P Laffy, J Finneran, D D
Lane. Kas. City. P McEniry. Laclede, J Sullivan.
Mont. Butte City, P S Harrington. Mich. Det¬
roit, D Tindall. Montague, M Downey. Neb. D
A Coleman, Harvard. Plum Creek, E F Delahunty
N J. Paterson, J Gibson, J Purcell. N. Y. Co¬
hoes, J Barnes. N. Y City, M H Linnane, Capt. T
D Norris, Hon. D Burns, M Crean, P Hanbury,
J Coleman. Binghamton, J Fahy. Brooklyn T
Erley. Nev. Virginia, M A Feeny, Reno, D Hur¬
ly. Ohio, Cleveland, P Dever. Kelly's Island, J
Stanton, J McMahon. Berea, T Donovan. Zales¬
ki, P O'Donnell. Shawnee, Miss B A B Nolan.
Pa. Philadelphia, D Gallagher, J J Lyons, T Mc¬
Eniry, T F Halvey, P McFadden. C McCann.
Pittsburg, J J Madigan, Scranton, Prof. Lovern,
P F May. R I. Providence, M J Henehan. Tenn.
Memphis, P Hally. Wash. Spokane Fall, P R
Howley.
We have mentioned none of the clerical support¬
ers of the Gaelic movement, leaving them to Fath¬
er Hand. We could mention hundreds of other
patriotic men through the states but those whom
we have named have given evidence of possessing
the knack of securing subscribers, and that is the
class of persons necessary for such an undertaking
as that under consideration. Some of those nam¬
ed have sent over a hundred subscribers to THE
GAEL from time to time. These are, Messrs. M'¬
Cosker, Feeny, Maher (Major), McEniry, and close
on their heels come Messrs. Griffin and Duggan.
Messrs. O'Daly, Boston; McTighe, Binghamton,
and Keefe, of N.Y., are good drummers but, as far
as we see, lack the perseverance necessary for an
organizer. But they are excellent men if they could
be kept in the traces.
We hope all named will write to Mr. F S M'¬
Cosker, St, Fras. & Jackson sts., Mobile, Ala. for
the purpose of consultation and ultimate action.
Unitedly, those named above can accomplish
anything in the publication line; and we are ass¬
ured substantial support by a large number of pa¬
triotic men who have not cheek enough to canvass
We have named Mr. M'Cosker temporary chair¬
man because he has done more for THE GAEL than
any other living man, we presume he would be e¬
qually energetic in all kindred movements.
In the last Gael we adverted to the law relating
to the publishers of newspapers and their subscri¬
bers, and we did so because a few sanctimonious
cranks who are receiving THE GAEL for the last
five or six years and who disclaim any liability be¬
cause they did not formally order it after their first
term had expired. These persons say they would
not owe a cent to any one, and that they are under
no moral obligation to the Gael. But they should
remember that what the law legalizes becomes a
moral obligation, so much so as if they received
the consideration in pure cash. But the Gael can
live without them if they can under the odium of
cheating the first little journal ever published in
their language, and founded in the hope of elevat¬
ing the social condition of themselves and children
English tyranny in Ireland left the majority of
Irishmen poor and unlettered — a fact which is not
discreditable to them because they were forced to
succomb to might. There is no class of persons
that suffer so poignantly from this English barbar¬
ity in Ireland as the children of Irish-American pa¬
rents. Why? Because, from the ignorance of
their parents, they have been led to believe that
the Irish were always a lowly, unlettered race, and
when their intipathetic surroundings shout "ignor¬
ant Irish" all they can do is, to hang their heads
abashed.
It is a crying shame for Irish-American parents
to suffer their children to remain in ignorance of
who and what they are, and the parent who does
so, be he a millionaire or a bank digger, has no
respect for himself, for his children, or for his
country. And if the parent be himself ignorant of
the existence of Gaelic literature (as is frequently
the case), then this duty of enlightening his chil¬
den passes to his Gaelic neighbor, who knows
the difference, and because he shares in the odium
consequent on the ignorance of his countrymen.
When the Irish-American child is properly in¬
stucted he will point the finger of scorn at tha En¬
glish element which seek to degrade him and tell
them to go back to their hoggish surroundings of
a few centuries ago.
In the Caelic instruction imparted in the Gael,
O'Curry's Lectures, and the Annals of the Four
Masters, which will be commenced shortly, I¬
rishmen have an opportunity to discharge their
duty to their children at a trifling expense.
We see by the TUAM NEWS that Rev. Mr. Clea¬
ver has given an order to Mr. John Flemming to
send a gratis copy of each succeeding issue of the
Gaelic Journal to each of the National teachers
(about fifty in number) who has received a certifi¬
eate to teach Irish New the Gael thinks that the
teachers are sufficiently able to pay for the Jour¬
nal themselves, that they ought to do so, and per¬
mit Mr. Cleaver's inimitable generosity to be ap¬
plied to the publication of elementary works. If
there were a hundred Irishmen like Mr. Cleaver?
