, 1877-08-26

Agaiu, lrishmen were national. wherever thu
might be found. Everywhere they were sem
ing un an universal tor TIE dawn 9t th
s0 SraTe vbetpes aRea"Se Il las Their lr5n omn "et
their adopted country under the gallant Ph
, Sheridan. Applause, aud, at the suggestion {
the speaker, three cheers for the brave Phil
They were lovers of liberty. Frederick pous
lass attributed the gaining OF his liberty to tw
lrishn,en who heard his sorrowful story, an
i, | we're the first to advise him to run away. far
p1ause1 And to this day he regarded the Iris
as the friends Of his race. Renewed applause,
/ Again, the irish were eloquent, their eountr
having produced a Burke, an TConhe1l, u
Emmet. another Of their Characteristics va
that Of being witty and humorous, some in
instances OF which statement the speaker pro
| cccded to give out OF the vast fund Of anecdot,
in this connection at his disposal.
But OF what had the Irish been complaining
As the Jews desired that the name OF Hama1
| should perish forever, SO did the hearts Of al
tAue lrishmen desire to obliterate the name O
Oliver Cromwell [Applause.] They nat
! cause to complain Of the tyranny Of the op
I pressive English landlords. Their record q
cruelty vas burned into the Irish heart, ant
the speaker 81 d be had registered vow to Ia
bor, while this oppression listed, with every
| drop Of blood that warmed his heart for the
| destruction Of this great evil and the abolish
| mcut OF the British Government forever
| tGreat ,app1ause.1 Birds might forret tbcil
|
but never until the day Of Judgment, never un.
I'll Emmet's cpttaph was written, would Irish.
men forget the name OF Robert Emmett "a D.
plause. And the day Was coming when ireland
should be great, glorious, and free. [Reaewet1
applause. The signs Of the time were prophet
ic of the day when ireland should eaiu her ill.,
dependence, England to-day was eaten up by
rats, her reputation destroyed, ner glory de-
parted forever, [AppIause.] The great DR..
johnson. in the last toast he ever gave, foresaw
this day land had only one wish to e1press-that
! it might be his good fortune to fire the first
| saot against the tyrauts Of Old England. fire
| acndous applause.
At the eonclusion Of the address, the Chair
| man called upon Mr., Dunn, Secretary Of the
| Executive Committee, to read
| THE DEcLARATloN or PRINCIPLES
adopted by the Committee. That gentleman
then proceeded to read the following document,
! which: at the conclusion Of the reading, was
i adopted with great applause:
The Irish American citizens Of the City OF Cn-
cogo III ulass-meeting assembled on Aug %. 1S77
submit to their fellow citizens the following de-
clavation OF the causcs which prompt their gather
ing in tho free land of their adoption ID express
sympathy for the land Of heir fathers mud to pro-
clsin t!e principles which moye them ut once Ia
firm their unyieldns determination to mid, 20 fur
as they can. the establishment Of Irish Govern
The Government Of Ireland by England IL tyran.
nlcal, rnnatural, unjust, and unholy, ana de-
serves only iat:cnt tolcrat1on by the Irish neopc
If.
tunitv..
The crimes which Eng1anb has committed
against God: ara'nst humanity, and against ma
tare- arc self descsibr hy the laws wn:eh she has
made, from Lime to time, for Ireland. 10 hasten
our utter Eubiucatton. and break the spirit Of our
manhood, she invaded cur homes, polluted our
tEesdcs, and sough: to destroy the domestic virtue
OF our faM5liSs. She offered reward for the M
chastity Of the wife, dislnhcrited fl1aI love and
lar'shcd her stolen favoFs npon the migrate who
expelled from hs own roof OLD age oya! to county
nS mil. fAa+I
W compelling our fathers 10 choose between con-
dscatlon Of tisciE lands aud treason to their !
are pivud to-das u that @ Choice @ sian!b aithsa.h
1t has scattered them ai,road. hewcrs Ut |
wood and drawers OF water. to procure for tbeir
children in forcieu lands the educational aud social
advantages Of which they were roaiA:d Ut home.
Size closed our schuols. bptel against us o1l own
nni'ersit'cs made the teaching Of oar natire
language CRIME, suppressed ous literature |
stransied ous aspirations, and tra,nplcd US, hy s
norance thus enforced, By poverty tians Inflicted,
INTO state of social and 'tt'lectas degradation,
aud when this was done she reproachcd ol:r ispo-
rance, calumniated uur poverty, and tanutcd us
for our debasenere She enacted commercial
=eas, exacting 80 excessive tribute t!,at our
ships passed into the haus OF gtranyess or ro:tsl
inactive upon our shores. Every lnslnstry and
as it enriched English eap;tal. and !
rushed out OF existence the 1nusaent It became /
ource CT Irish prosperity.
Sue thrust upon xis an n1len creed and p1ncrd |
,scf our starving people who dctcsied taer leach.
ngt, prelates VINO fattcnca into enormous wealth
1pon the blood Of our peasautry who, falling TO
,ay tht ttthes. were annually caTt ont Of 1Icir
,ou>cs to perish, By thousands. on the soadsides !
Having glsen Ireland, for English convenience
lie Irish people absolutely from civil rights and
q the Par!ianent thus constituted, SO soon as it
Manifested scns'hiay to the Interests Of the Irish
eUrle, she denied the night to meet except npon
er summons, or the privilege OF even discussing,
lueh less cnacting, laws except thuse which her
,9 ~ orassea rn =, discussed M and snasee She denied
monR Us for massaere, injnstice. robbery. ana | t
po.es= on She employed religious preiudicc to
1acr class discussions. ,
She msae existence 20 intolcsaole that we haye :
cen distributed over the entire globe, permitted
enhance Inc prosperity. adorn the p ofcssons, | +
nstcr the Government defend tic institutions | :
I'd make the laws Of every land but our own | E
we cal: the attention OF Americans this factin
I'd too often forgotten.tbat never. In a single ip
ance, has England made concession to Ireland, n
scel.t when It was wrung from her By the #
numerical restrictions were removed III I773 :.
Aen ~ coo armed volunteers u.ade the demand u
he independence OF the Irish ParIjamcnt yns | L
eIded in I7s3.. WHEN the volunteers augmented it
Go ooo. made the demand The volunteers hay Il
9 becn dis'aEdcd, she placed, in 1900, LEO, 900 u
~ she reluctantly yielded Cathol,c Enfanc1oa- r.
N, when the de:nand, thandered by o'conreI, ~ ~
IS iln minated BY nashcs iron. bvouac fires on =,
cry Mountsin- top In Ireland. y
Covering. in the face Of the Fenian movement | f
d frightened uy her massacre Of the Nanchcster III
lrtyrs, shc discstabIishrd her alien Church in bt
:land In 1S90. when .hc had good reason 10 m
lr that the uugry determination Of native cour- Of
E wontu be reinforced NJ the thousands pf ! II
sh- American soldiers who had acquired in the Il
ar o! the Rebellion The ssil anu experience ] - 80
ich orsan1ze victory. For 7u0 years England ~ y"
Gown her Irish laws in dragons teeth, ana :"
cuevee they have sprung up III armed men she | 50
: riGlGcd. | 1y
Ffereit-e, VIC mAsnt3fr that The Irish bcope | Of
~ not expect as They have never received, from tn
English Government hoilorat1c considers. pr
u save that which lr,eh aeGrcesive organization Il
ob!nin when prepared to enforce its demants- ~
maintain that the Irish people have the God n M
IN r'snt TO govern their own land fr4me its ~ ~
tester Its commerce. aud direct Its Internal NC
itasc and lts external relations with the civilized IN
rlu, through such form OF government Us they mi
Dos. to xdopt- TN;
the :or1aation OF such Government the peop]e do
1feanu are entitled to the sympathy Of the ln,J an
y-aovihs Woru and 10 assistance against the III -,
sention u Great Britain Of any other foreien w
xer. '-'En
n the presence Of Almighty God, and bv the az ~
REQ memory q our country who died in the ~
II OF Independence and III the struggle to make !n
men Tree and equal in this Republic, we do ne
eby afnrm our devotion to American ina,in1ious dr.
We Go declare TINT, in priority to ali ethrr | pa
les, we viii defend, il neci be- with our llyes I'll,
Constitution Of the United States ond fhe I +ht
ieral Union OF the Republic ~, W,
view Of tue pti!ni past Of our native conntrr ~
III gratitude for the blessings we hare ennTtxi NJ
he tepuoilc which Our own G1attan described |
= infancy ns the refuge OF the libertfes ~ clio
nkino we maintain that It IS the duty Of Irish CA1
cslcahs 70 oppose class ies'slatton to resjst Ina
sdics ENC land gr1uts az caIcu1atcd to crcuta OF
Hun tyrnnuicur ,i,r1nwaI