Philo-Celts.
Mr. T. Erley, one of the organizers
of the Gaelic movement, pays for ten
copies of the GAEL monthly and sends
them to friends in Ireland. If all who
took part in the movement persevered
like Mr. Erley, the GAEL could be a
daily paper now.
We would direct attention to Mr.
Wm. Russell's poem on another page.
It is as fine as was ever writen on the
subject by any man.
Brooklyn P. Cs. please remember
that the hours of meeting are from
three to five o'clock every Sunday.
Our Boston friends had a successful
anniversary on May 5.
The N. Y. P. Celts' Moore anniver¬
sary, at Clarendon Hall, should be well
attended.
No Irishman should patronize any
vessel under the command of that litte
bigot, Cap. MacMickan, of the Umbria.
We had some hopes the other day,
that our fellow townsman, Counsellor
John C. McGuire, would be appointed
to the Supreme Court, and a worthier
man does not fill the position.
As all our principal cities are recog¬
nizing the rights of Irish-Americans to
an equal share in the honors of muni¬
cipal government, we hope Brooklyn
will not be wanting in that regard. We
have had Yankee, English-American,
German-American, etc., mayors of this
city — but an Irish-American, never.
'Tis true we had an Orangeman who
hailed from Ireland, but Orangemen
are not Irishmen. There are Irish-
Americans in the city as respectable as
any who have yet filled the chair.
There is ex-Senator Martha, James
McMahon and scores of others. And
be it remembered that the Irish Amer¬
can element is fully one third of the
population.
We would advise our Republican
friends not to coddle with would-be
sumptuary law makers. Remember that
the element which compose this tyran¬
nical clique does not number 3 per
cent of our population. There is noth¬
ing a self-respecting, independent man
abominates so much as a busy-body,
and, owing to the coddling referred to,
one of the most popular men in the
state, Gen. Tracy, was buried under a
thirteen thousand indignation vote at
the last election.
The times of witch burning are gone
— never to return, We always shall
have parties, and the parties of per¬
sonal freedom shall prevail in this age
of enlightenment.
Independent citizens will never submit
to a covy of busy-bodies who would
fain dictate the manner in which one
should cut his hair or sit at table. Our
citizens should see that no sumptuary
laws should be effectual until the peo¬
ple vote on them. This is Republican.
How can Henry George prevent pov¬
erty if there is no work for the thous¬
ands who are idle in the cities? He
and his party can prevent poverty by
joining the CELTIC HOMESTEAD LEGION,
whose object is to place the people on
the land, now lying waste, so as to sup¬
port themselves. It is impossible to
put a thrush out of a bush where there
is none. Any man placed on a 100
acre farm with means to raise his first
year's crop, need not want. This is the
solution of the labor problem, but those
who deal in impossibilities are either
fools or frauds.
As there are now only three or four
hundred Englishmen to fight — Gener¬
als Salisbury, Balfour, Hartington and
Chamberlain and their commands, the
Irish ought to be able for them. Why
dont these four generals challenge four
Irish generals, and decide the matter
by a personal encounter?
GAOḊAIL! cast your eyes on the
back of your little journal and if you
see anything advertised in it which
you may want, let the advertiser have
the preference, provided the articles
are equal to those to be had elsewhere
This is your duty. — all do it.
