The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-08-10
STATE HIBERNIAN ASSOCIATION
Proceedings OfAnnunl Meeting
Held i'm NBrOOkhaven Aug. =.

The Hibernian Mutual Aid and Immi-
grafton Association of the State of Missis-
sippi met at the Varieties Theatre, in the
city of Brookhaven, Miss, August Sth
1876. The Convention was called to order
and Geo. Il. Payne, of Natchez, was elect
ed temporary President, and NJ. Nalty, of
Brookhsven, temporary Recording Secre-
tary.
On motion, a committee of three was APP
pointed on credentials.
Committee on Credentials reported the
following persons as delegates to the State
Association.
Natchez.-L, Marion, VIM. Lowry, G. T.
Payne, Henry V. Higgins and P. j. New
ms.
Jackson.-M. Fay, John McGil, J.. F.
O'Sullivan, d. Sullivan and P. Giles.
Holly Springs.-Bernard Kennedy, W.
w. Ash, Michael Britt, Samuel Smyth,
and John Z. Tobin.
B~rookhaven.-J. B. Deason, NJ. Nalty,
John Nevins, Joseph Connolly and Jas. Il.
Swan.
On motion, That the officers of this Asso-
~ciatiCn absent shall be fined for neglect of
duty as provided for by the Constitution,
and that the Corresponding Secretary mott
fv them and the Associations to which they
belong. Vice President u. Walsh was by
convention excused.
On motion, r. Ii. Henry, Editor of the
BRooKuAvEN LEDGER, was invited to a
seat within the bar of the Convention.
On motion. the following committee was
appointed on resolutions: j. +. O'Sulliyan,
j. b. Daason, VIM. Lowry, w. w. Ash.
The Committee reported the following
p%reambles and resolutions, which . were
adopted:
Whereas, This is strictly 4 mutual com
b~ination of 1rishmen and their descendants,
without regard to religious or political
tendencies; and
Whereas, We depricate, condemn and
d%enounce any advances ola sectarian and
political character entering into the bust
n ess or other relations of the different AS
sociations throughout the State; and
Whereas, Apathy and indifference have
manifested themselves among the members
in the different subordinate organizations
| throughout the State in 4 deplorab!e de-
gree, truly indicative Of a want of patriot
ism and wholly incompatible with the
aims and objects of our Associations and
the records and examples of our ancestors;
and
Whereas, That spark of patriotism that
once burned in the bosom of every Irish
man in the State of Mississippi is almost
extinct, and a dark cloud of indifference
seems to envelope our race in this and our
adjacent States, induced by individual neg
%ligence and apathy; and
Whereas, Unity among Irishman and
their defendants is paramount to our mu-
tnal welfare and perpetuatiOn OF our prin-
ciples, and the IMMIGRATION of this latent
fire of patriotism embosomed in the hearts
of our country, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the Hibernian Mutn-
al Aid and Immigration Association of the
State of Mississippi, assembled in Conven-
ton, do urge it upon each member of the
different subordinate Associations through
out the State, the great Importance of uni
ty and concert of action.
Resolved further, That it becomes the
duty of all members of every subordinate
Association to do all in their power to pro
mote the interest and advance the cause
of Hibernianism in their respective local.
itics.
Resolved further, That the State officer,
are more particularly e%njoined TO further
the interest of this organization and exert
every effort in their power to establish AS
sociations in every locality throughout the
State where material exists.
Resolved, That we feel a deep and abid.
ing interest in the effort of Representative
of ireland in the British Parliament to.
wards the achievement of their legislative
national independence.
The following was adopted as an amend
ment to the Constitution: Amend bv strik
ing out sections land of Art and insert in
lieu thereof the following, to-wit: Sec. l
: There shall be an Executive Board appoint.
ed at the Annual Meeting of the Association
composed of two delegates from each Sub
+ ordinate Association. The President shall
a be er oficio President ofsaid Board. Sec.2
! Except President. there shall beNIce-Pres,
dent, Secretary and Treasurer elected Al
the time of their appointment. Amend.
by erasing after the word association" il
, tho last line Of the 1st section of the Gil
=. article.
The following resolution was adopted:
Whereas, inconvenience sometimes arise
and unnecessary expenses are generally in
CURED, either by the delegates themselves
or the State organization, in conveying
r those delegates from the various subotdi'
nate association to the Annual State Con
ventions on account OF the uncentral loca
h tiles at which those Conventions are liable
g to be held; and,
d Whereas, the State Constitution is silent
r or at least is indefinite, upon the exact date
on which the Annual Convention shall as
semble; and as an organization of Hibern'
ians desiring, among other things, to com
memorate the the memory of members o
n our race whose record and example are
worthy of imitation;
( Therefore, Be it resolved, That that thu
e Annual Convention of the Hibernians o
: Mississippi shall be held at the city o
Jackson, on the 9TH day of August, thu
birthday of Ireland's liberator, the immor
tai O'Connell; Provided, That when thu
e 9TH of August falls upon Sunday, the Con
: ~vention of that year shall be held on thu
following Monday.
The following resolution was als'
adopted:
Whereas, 1t is one of our paramount dn
ties as an organization to encourage, in
: huence and aid immigration to the Stat
u of Mississippi; and.
: Whereas, The Irish Benevolent Union
q and Colonization Society of the United
J States, having at present its headquarters
- at aSIlnSton Nlty, anu L. y. l'oiidHu'
b its National Secretary, desire and arr
e anxious to c~olonize in any suitable ant
healthy locality where the requisite con
s ditions can be found and the regulations o
e their body complied with; and as the Stat
]? of Mississippi presents numerous attrac
: tons and soil to the immigrant;
Therefore, Be it resolved, That a Com
mittee of three be appointed to correspond
with the Irish Benevolent Union Coloni
= cation Society through its National Sec
rotary, p. Donahue, with a view Of es
g tablishing a colony in the State of Missis
+ sippi.
e Be it further resolved, That in the even
= of the success of this undertaking, the sail
l Committee are empowered to designate ant
e select the locality of such colony.
The following resolution was ais
adopted:
Whereas, The Legislature of the Stat
e of Mississippi at its regular session in A
S d. 1876, Inemorialized the Congress of tn
e United States in behalf of our fellow III
bernisn and fellow Irish-American, Ed
y ward Omeagher Condor, who is now an
e has been for nearly W years incarcerate
t in British dungeons, unjustly, In the opin