AN GAODHAL.
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A monthly Journal devoted to the Cultivation and
Preservation of the Irish Language and the au¬
tonomy of the Irish Nation
Entered at the Brooklyn P. O. as second-class mail
matter.
Eighth Year of Publication.
Published at 814 Pacific st., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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VOL 7, No. 4. JULY, 1889.
In sending his annual donation to
the Gael, some weeks ago, the Rev. E
D. Cleaver, of Dolgelly, North Wales,
said:
"Maybe you could make some use of
some remarks by Mr. Gladstone in his
harangue on John Bright in the House
of Commons: 'He (Mr. Gladstone
knew how the character of a nation is
associated with its language.' This
would back up your own true observa¬
tions about the absolute necessity for
preserving the Irish language, without
which Ireland can never be again a
nation — only a very shady West Brit¬
ain."
The following are Mr. Gladstone's
remarks as clipped from the London
Daily News:
Well sir, I will not dwell upon the gifts of Mr.
Bright, which are as well known to the members
of this House as myself except in one, and what
may be thought a minor particular, which I can¬
not help allowing myself the gratification of re¬
cording. Mr. Bright was, and he knew himself to
be, and he delighted in being, one of the chief
guardians among us of the purity of the English
tongue. He knew how the character of a nation
was associated with its language, and, as he was
in everything an Englishman, profoundly attached
to the country in which he was born, so the ton¬
gue of his people was to him almost an object of
of worship. (Hear, hear.) And throughout the
long course of his speeches it would be difficult —
hardly possible — to find a single case in which that
noble language, the language of Shakespeare and
of Milton, did not receive worthy illustration from
his Parlamentary speeches.
We do not know how to thank the
Rev. Mr. Cleaver for sending us this
clipping. He is an Irishman who has
done more for the language of his
country than any other individual Irish
man we know.
His purse is always open to the cause,
and the "Cleaver Prizes" hav done more
for the teaching of the language in the
so-called National schools, than all oth¬
er agencies. Hence the reason we do not
know how to thank him for sending the
clipping. It is the Irish Nation, at
home and abroad, that should thank
Mr. Cleaver, — he is above individual
thanks.
But the example which Mr. Cleaver
has placed before Irishmen gives us
the opportunity of contrasting his act¬
ions in relation to Irish Nationality
with those of other Irishmen who loud¬
ly boast of their patriotism, and who
do really nothing to further the cause
of Irish Nationality.
The language, as Mr. Gladstone says,
should be, almost, worshipped by Irish¬
men, and the Irishman who would per¬
mit it to perish cares very little about
Irish Nationality.
Who killed Cronin? That this plot
is a deeply laid British scheme to try
to injure the Irish element, both here
and at home, is made evident by the
avidity with which the pro-English
press seeks to connect Patrick Egan
with Alexander Sullivan's financial aff¬
airs, and thus seek to smirch his char¬
acter in the eyes of the public. Elem¬
ents are not wanting either to show the
would be fine, but clumsy, hand of the
politician in trying to reflect on the
Executive for appointing Mr. Egan —
the greatest honor, under the circum¬
stances, ever conferred on the Irish ele¬
ment by any government.
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