Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-12-26
The SDoecHeS.
NIB, DILLON O'BR1EN's REMARKS.


At o'clock the meeting was called to order
by Mr. Dillon O'Brien. He followed in q few
remarks expressive of his sympathy for Ire
lands wrongs. and his accord in this move
ment for her relief. His remarks were inter.
rupted by applause and at the conclusion the
approval was prolonged for several minutes.
At this junoture Mr.. G. M. MacCsrthy was
elected secretary of the meeting.
BON. WIN. DAwsoN's ADDRESS.
The Hon. William Dawson, presiding officer
was then introduced, and spoke substantially
as follows:
am entitled to this honor on account of thu
honor have received before from my fellow
| able to present this situation in the manner it,
Importance demands. The situation of Ireland
cannot be viewed properly without taking into
| consideration the government of England.
admire the good in that government, but alb
hor its evils. I do not think the landlord
Of Ireland are any worse thar
any other class of men.
! There are good landlords as we'll as bad; thu
! evil consists in the abuse of the privilege
Ireland has had three famines, viz: 1922 1876
] and the one under which she is now suffering
and it may safely be said that with her fertility
| Of soil and natural resources, nothing but
| pernicious system of government could pro
duoe famine. (Applause): The speaker herr
adverted to the system of slavery as formerly
! applied to the English colonies, and to the sys
tenn of emancipation going forward in tht
| West Indies. Isympathize with the Irish PEG
| pie from my heart. 1t is natural that should
| do so.
sympathize with their sorrows and rejoict
at their prosperity, and feel justly proud Al
whatever they have done. (Applause.)
Rev. FATHER sHANLEY's ADDRESS.
Next in order Father Stanley was introduced
He was greeted with great applause. Father
Stanley had regrets and pleasure to express ir
| appearing before the meeting. He was Bishot
| 1reland's substitute, and he regretted that thu
meeting was deprived of the privilege of list
ening to Bishop Ireland. Yet, withal, the
speaker felt happy to 10 able to express hi.
own views. (Applause.)
The speaker then took up the land question
and reviewed it at length, giving salient points
Of history relative to its imposition.
! Before the tenth century the Irish enjoyed
their own laws, etc. All thi, order of things
had been upset. 1t was partially due to the
! simplicity of the people, and largely due t.
| the craft and svarice of the invaders. The
speaker then related how the land of Ireland
under Henry II, had been divided into two
actions, and one apportioned to come lord
| Against this the people protested. Then Ire
! land was castillated, yet the people fought
| against the Ubiquitous land system. The annals
| of Munster give such picture Of annihilation
| as history fails to record of any other nation.
Fraude, historian, even gives graphic picture
of the cruelty. The duke of Alva had been
| cruel. but he spared children. But Sir Philir
Oarew had not spared even 1.-The cules.'' as he
styled the children, so that the nation might be
| swept from the face of the earth.
| The Crom weiliau periou was also alluded to-
and the cruelty which banished three provinces
6(N nj f3a tn in oko ~
with fiery eloquenoe. Famine then laid her
CHASTITY hands upon Ireland, and from that
time until to-day starvation had pinched
| the features and griped the vitals of
the Irish peasantry. This would
hold good so long as the present inquitous
system obtained. The Irish only asked that
they be given chance to live, and did not ask
that the inheritors should give up their land,
but to make the rent such that labor would re-
suit in life.
Starvation would be banished from the land
Justice and equity were melted out. Father
Stanley here related a joke exemplary of the
condition to which the Irish had been reduced
An lfishman entered a junk shop. "Do you
buy bones and old rags said he. II do was
the reply. Then put me on the scales and
weigh me-" CLaughter.)
Yes, this Irishman was only q personal ex-
! ample of what England had done for the Irish,
All asked was a chance to live, and that rents
should be reduced or the people liberated from
q system which sapped their life and made Ia
DOE actually unremunerative. In this connec-
ton Father Stanley contrasted Belgium and
Ireland, the former was nothing in resources
| az compare ed with Ireland, yet begsar was
| unknown in Belgium. It was all told in the
simple story, that the tillers of
the soil in Belgium hold and
! own their lands. In conclusion
Father Stanley declared himself an Irishman
to the backbone, and he was in full sympathy
with old Ireland in her hour Of great suffer-
ing.
At the conclusion of his remarks Father
Stanley was enthusiastically applauded.