The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-12-24

sIoss tyranny should not prosper, ana the law
allowing u or making u possible and those
Importing auoh law should DO suppressed.
swept away - IN encumbranoe on the face Of
stated that an resvioted tenant had appesl-
Cd to hia landlord, but he WAS OBJ
darate until . hoe-handle was applied
to his Uranium, and just here he wanted to
hear moro OF this hoe-handle business. ZAP
plause and laughter.)
pathized with the Irish in all their suffering,
and abhorred the laws which permitted Of
wrong. This sympathy, he thought, should be
evinced by giving Of the bounteous substance
which We Of the Northwest enjoyed. Cloud
applause.)
Following this speech. Secretary MacOarthy
read the following
which were adopted amid much enthusiasm,
which also greeted their reading, especially
when Charles Stewart Parnells name wan mem
toned. The resolutions were a. follows:
WHEREAS. 1t is the province of : free people
to sympathize with the oppressed OF all na.
tions, and cheer them on in their struggle for
the holy battle Of right against might; there
FORE a. FREQ citizens of free republic, we do
most earnestly sympathize with the Irish peo.
pie who struggle to-day for the fields they have
made rich with the sweat of their brows, for
the soil God has given them for an Inheritance,
yea, for very existence in the land of their
birth. We know full we'll the fearful disad.
vantsges under which they labor-a disarmed
and impoverished people with just cause,
having arrayed against them q landed aristoc-
racy, with all the machinery of unjust laws
and resources of great power at their com
mand. Therefore we recognize and admire the
heroic determination of people who boldly
oIol xho; ,~so III L.
circumstances the most trying.
WHEREAS, In accordance with her oft asserted
right of nations, the British government, in
the interests of the Turk and Mussulman, has
demanded reforms in Turkey and other cOun-
tries of the east, therefore, in the interest of
Christian civilization it is the right and priv
lege of the American republic to call for re.
laws which make few hundred aliens and
non-residents the absolute arbiters of the lives,
liberties and happiness of five millions of PEG.
pie; therefore, be it
!, Resolve1, That we urge upon Congress the
passage of the resolutions introduced in the
House calling the attention of the British gov.
eminent to the wisdom and necessity of estab.
lishing peasant proprietary in Ireland.
Resotved, That we approve of the policy OF
the Irish National Land League in keeping the
people on the land by passive resistance to
rack rents and caprioious evictions, the newt
able causes of famine and wholesale pauper
immigratiOn; and that we congratulate the
Irish people in having at the present crisis q
gifted, gallant and true leader, az wise in coun.
sci as he is brave in action-Charles Stewart
Parnell.
Reso1ved, That we denounce and condemn
as tyrannical the late arrests in Ireland for the
crime of free speech, and that We accept the
policy as an evidence of the injustice of q
cause that seeks by such means to conceal it.
infamy.
Resolved, That a special standing committee
be appointed by this meeting for the purpose
Of collecting funds to be transmitted to the
National Land League of Ireland
Resolued, That copies of these resolutions b<
forwarded to the President of the United
States, our Senators and Representatives in
Congress, and to the press of America and Ire
land for publication.