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"A nation which allows her language to go to ruin, is
parting with the best half of her intellectual independence,
and testifies to her willingness to cease to exist." — ARCH¬
BISHOP TRENCH.
"The Green Isle contained for more centuries than one,
more learning than could have been collected from the rest
of Europe ... It is not thus rash to say that the Irish
possess contemporary histories of their country, written in
the language of the people from the fifth century. No
other nation of modern Europe is able to make a similar
boast." — SPALDING'S ENGLISH LITERATURE, APPLETON & Co.,
NEW YORK.
Who are the Scotch? A tribe of Irish Scots who crossed
over in the 6th century, overcame the natives, and gave
their name to the country. — J. CORNWELL, PH.D., F. R. S.'s
Scotch History.
The Saxons Ruled in Englnd from the 5th century and
were so rude that they had no written language until the
14th, when the Franco-Normans formulated the English. —
SPALDING.
The
Gael.
A monthly Journal devoted to the Cultivation
and Preservation of the Irish Language and
the autonomy of the Irish Nation.
Published at. 247 Kosciusko st., Brooklyn, N. Y
M. J. LOGAN, - - - Editor and Proprietor
Terms of Subscription — $1 a year to students, 60
cents to the public, in advance ; $1. in arrears.
Terms of Advertising — 20 cents a line, Agate
Entered at the Brooklyn P. O. as 2nd-class matter
Thirteenth Year of Publication.
VOL 10, No. 10. SEPT. 1894.
Remember that the First Irish Book is given free
of charge to every new subscriber.
Subscribers will please remember that subscrip¬
tions are due in advance.
We have good news from Ireland
this time — Rev. Father O'Growney is
improving. Also, we have received No
6 of Vol. V. of the Gaelic Journal. It
is full of interesting Gaelic matter.
Gaels, the Catholic clergy are Man¬
agers of three-fourths of the Irish Na¬
tional Schools and they could have
the National Language taught in all
these, if they would. Make the Gael¬
ic Journal a weekly that such patriotic
priests as "Sacerdos" may have an op¬
portunity to shame their brethren
into a sense of National duty. We
must have a National journal in Dub¬
lin if we mean business, and the Gael
will, in its struggles, contribute $5. a
year towards its support if it be start¬
ed. All that is necessary to be done
is is to turn the Gaelic Journal into a
weekly. The West British press will
do nothing; slavishness and flunkey¬
ism have gnawed their way into the
very marrow of the Irish people, with
out exception.
This issue of the Gael is very inter¬
esting. The Gabhar Donn sings patriot¬
ism, Martin P. Ward, love; M. Ua C
tells of Uaimh na Ladrón, P. A. Dough¬
er relates an interesting anecdote, and
Captain Norris states facts which are
incontrovertible, and from Ireland, A.
J Doherty gives something of interest
to students, and, of course, A. Lally.
Owing to the rush of contributors,
O'Curry' Lectures are crushed out.
Friends, circulate the Gael that the
thousands of the Irish youths who are
now studying Irish may, by and by,
be encouraged to start other Gaelic
journals. Let every subscriber send
us a new one; is that a hardship, and
yet see what the result would be! All
we want friends to have all our needs
is a properly directed exertion,
Subscribers, for goodness sake dont be sending us
empty letters to know "how you stand," but send
a few dollars, and when acknowledging them the
desired information will be cheerfully imparted to
you. Answering empty letters is like forcing a cat
into water.
Our neighbor, The Mac-Talla has a
lot of interesting stories every week.
The Conn Catholic is an out and
out Free Trader, yet it has compelled
us to pay 2 cents a lb. for sugar, and
20 per cent (in Smith & Pressingers)
for pants more than we used to pay,
and the worst of it is, reduced our in¬
come, too Ah, friend Catholic,
Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thou¬
sands mourn !
There was great rejoicing in the manufacturing
cities of England over the passage of the American
Senate Tariff bill. — Cable. Yes, and a nice return
ungrateful John Bull makes to the Irish who made
that rejoicing possible, and at the cost of alienating
the good will of their American neighbors, and of
leaving themselves in idleness and want Truly, the
Irish are a noble, self-sacrificing race.
