The anti-monopolist., 1877-11-15
ruE HOME RULE DELUSlON.

ax+arior is telling them that tney llaNo
,n;rht ..to life. liberty, and the pure {
",,;t :" Of happiness in the lana o1 I
ahl; ann;. h;rth He is telling them tnat
= = > mortal sin to submit TO plniluel
!. d - siaverv = He has got SO far as TO ]
alv' ..Resistance to tyrants IS oDe-
,1;ence dae TO God" Hark There comes
:, Great noise Of trumpets ana Sympols
and All brass instruments. On noIoo
h.ck and in chariots come on gleao
cavalcade grotesquely atelreo, va, ,rhe re
flags. and shouting glDDerisn. .aat m
meeting at the lower end OF the solooo
breaks up. and comes rusnlng W ooe
+ha hediZened mounte banks anu "a0oi,
tho;r performances. 1t Is sIallu
ouccess for the mOunte DahhS' 10y
hraak m the down street ineeCils,
TIE actors are 50 big, 50 various ailu
1f snch name and of such note. Inc
hrazan trumpets and tinseled costumes
90 lond and so bright and SO grottSque
.,v;+bal that the crowd is carried away
and loses sight for the moment Oh .he
man in his ragged coat and his soDel
uneech about life, liberty, ana the
rnrsnit of happiness" Such IS Ire
1and Snch are Home Rule exlllDl-
Two qreat spectacles have peen
ho1d N Rnhlin. Another greater still
= ~ he held. Who shall, ana VINO
shall not, be admitted as ac'olS ~ ~
takes up Il debate OF twenty colulino n;ilo
in the Dublin Freeman. OH I'M
this. Mr.. Butt proposed the lollomils
receptions to the great approaching
conference: .o1;c,;ons
lst-Clergymen of every religious
persuasion.
2d-Magistrates. ..
3d-Members OF Corporations
4th-Town or Munlclpai Ooiiii'ii'
sioners.
5th-Poor Law Guardians.
8th-Persons who have been at any
time members of the original home
Rule Association, or or the hoille
The nroclivities of Mr.. Butt are
here well defined. With hst ike
thai he would overwhelm the Blggar
and Parnell men clean out or sisht,
10 meet the danger itfwas proposed
nv the Ferguson. Biggar, ana Iarheil
section to admit the officers or al
Home Rule clubs wherever they mlgh'
turn up-in England, Ireland, OF
Scotland. The Rev. Mr.. OShea.
forty years agitator, backed up MT
Rutt. and talked pounds sterling II
1--WE want to confine this Conferenc
to the men of the League VINO pa
their ponnd, who represent the Int
loot the worth, and the courage Q
the country.
The Rev. Mr.. Murphy SAID
..There are Irishmen as true,as aDit
as brave, as determined rs any ,h'
here. and vet we could not aunll
them They would not come, indeed
as they have come ito the concluslo
that Parliamentary policy ana Gomez
iation are vain and useless. NJ
O,Connor Power: "And no wonder.
Hear. hear. Perhaps the time ma
come when some of us will arrive
tho same conclusion. But we mus
uive and the Irish people will demal
that proper opportunity is gwen
the Home Rule party. Loud a
nlausel And | hold that that part
TO get fair trial, must be unoef u
leadership of lsaaciButt. Applause
And this was applauded, thous
there had been Il trial, ana Butt Y
leader. and four years alreauy loS'
a dead loss to the people or lreiail
The Conference was finally hNed
the 9th of January. Then came
afterhght whether Mr.. Butt would
wouldn t descend to take the 'seco
chair" Mr.. Sullivan thought
should. Mr.. Downing Thought
shouldn't. Mr.. Sullivan: Il pr
nv motion to division Mr.. Dov
ing: "And l press mine. Eve
body" says the reporter. "on
legs shouting and gesticulating.
The chairman, Mr., Shaw, lgot
Of the chair and put Mr.. Q Shea i
il. greatly to the disgust OF Mr..
liyan. who said he wanted to 6
Mr.. Butt some sign or token OF hal
reconciliation that would give h
and heart to the country. We W
deprived of that opportunity to-ne
and there we leave it, And so
meeting broke up" \ foreshadowl
we trust. of the final break up OF
great Obstructing Home Rule pa
That done we'll have chance TO
hack upon the homely meeting at
foot of the street. and here once n
about life. liberty. and the pur
of happiness. with all the iah'
Ireland for hunting ground,
Aware that it meant.or could m
nothing substantial. how was IL
we looked with absorbed lnte
through this proceeding OF tw
columns The ready power Oh uea
the ability. repartee. attack. de1e
flashes of eloquence-these were
things that lured us on. And we
down that paper with paus
almost sorrow. Sorrow to see all
living, indignant, educated man
wasting its glorious powers IN a
suit 81 vain. so futile, so hopeless
impossible Coax justice out OF
imperial six hundreds OF the +
sentative Irishmen who took int
or part in this long debate IS
one man who believes it can be q