Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-12-26

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tunity where he might speak in Opposition to
tho wrong, and in favor of tho riaht.
- on tho present occasion. (Applause.
The man who lived in America and did not
sympAthize with the wrong done suffering Ire.
land might be law-sbiding Citizen, but he
lacked the kindlier elements of humanity.
The speaker also believed that man who did
not sympathize with the wrongs of oppression
and tyranny could not be q good Christian
(Applause.) The persons who bad responded
to the call had not come as Irishmen nor
Americana, but as one man sythpathizing with
his afflicted brother in oppression, The speaker
here adverted to Magma Oharta and tho cauaea
which had induced Englishmen to throw of the
yoke of oppression 800 years ago.
Mhen the cry is raised for Ireland, England
ought to remember the gallantry of the Irish.
who had sopften responded to her defense in
times of trouble. The speaker here spoke of
the Irish agitator, Mr.. Parnell, whose name
was greeted with prolonged applause. An out
line of the English land system was given. and
the speaker referred at length to its pernioious
working, calling attention to its iniquitous
system.
The speaker quoted from newspaper articles
and a number of pamphlets, which embodied
the utteranoes of prominent economists on the
question of Irish tenantry, the reading of
which was frequently interrupted by ap-
plause.
Attention was called to man whose ances-
tors had improved piece of ground for three
generations, paying rent regularly, all for the
accommodation of tho landlord.
The BONDAGE of the Irish tenantry was COM
pared to the Israelites of old, and the Irish
poor house was described as the chief product
of the land system. The speaker read from q
pamphlet which spoke In strong terms of the
extravagant management Of the poor houses
one-third of the revenue of which was eaten
up by the salaries of officials.
In continuing his address. the speaker said
he had been astOnisEed at the calmness and dig
nifty which had thus far characterized the
movement, and he would net be surprised to
sec little ruction about this time. (Ap-'
plause.)
America had once had occasion to have
trouble with England for less reason than
that which is now agitating the tenant masses
of Ireland. prolonged applause.) The means
! of relief were mentioned, which the speaker
thought should not consist il the substantials
alone.
America would contribute her means and
contribute literally, but when she sent her
offerings it would be with the request that Ire
land should not have occasion to call for relief
in like manner. (ApT1ause.)
Mr. Breeds speech was approved Of with in
terruotinns of great applause. and was I'M
doubleday one of the eloquent events of the
| evening.
MR. ALBERT soHEFFER
was introduced, and began by saying he had
an apology to make. When he was invited to
speak, he had expected to say few words, but
when announced for IAN address, and sand
wiohed in between eloquent orators
be confessed to great hesitanoy.
However, he said man must be made
of different stuffs if he could not and did not
sympathlze with the sufferera of Ireland. ZAP
plause.) Mr.. Soheffer called to mind two
! cablegrams he had recently seen and read.
One was where family had been evicted, and
the people had been commanded not to give
gross tyranny should not prosper. and the law
allowing it or making it possible and those
supporting suoh Inv should be suppressed,
swept away as an encumbrance on the face of
the earth. (Applause:) Another telegram
stated that an evicted tenant had appeal
! ed to his landlord, but he was OBJ
darate until hoe-Saudle was applied
to his Uranium, and just here he wanted to
hear more of this hoe-handle business. ZAP
plause and laughter.)
So far as he was concerned, the speaker SYM
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 MacCarthy
read the following
! RESOLUTIONS.
which were adopted amid much enthusiasm,
which also greeted their reading, especially
when Charles Stewart Parnells name was men.
toned. The resolutions were as follows:
WHEREAS, 1t is the province of q free people
to sympathize with the oppressed of all ma
tions, and cheer them on in their struggle fol
liberty, thereby giving voice to freedom in
the holy battle of right against might; there.
fore, as free citizens of free republic, We dc
| most earnestly sy mpathize with the Irish PEG.
| pie who struggle to-day for the fields they have
made rich with the sweat of their brows, fo'
the soil God has given them for an inheritance
yea, for very existence in the land of theil
| birth. We know full we'll the fearful disad
vantages under which they lsbor-a disarmed
and impoverished people with just cause
| having arrayed against them a 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 a people who boldly
make known their rights and demands unde,
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.
forms in Ireland, and especially in the land
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
| Resot0ed. That we urge upon Congress the
passage of the resolutions introduced in the
! kho of Df <bo d.:
eminent to the wisdom and necessity of estab-
fishing peasant proprietary in Ireland.
| ResolUed, 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 capricious evictions, the newt.
able causes of famine and Wholesale paupe1
immigration; and that we congratulate the
Irish people in having at the present crisis a
gifted, gallant and true leader, as wise in coun-
sel as he is brave in aotion-Chsrles Stewart
Parnell.
| RESOLVED, That We denounce and condemn
as tyrannicsl the late arrests in Ireland for the
crime of free speech, and that We accept the
policy as an evidence of the injustice of a
cause that seeks by such means to conceal it's
TexSived, That special standing COMMITTEES
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 be
| forwarded to the President of the United
States, QUE Senators and Representatives. in
Congress, and to the press of America aud Ire
| land for publication.
Miscellaneous Remarks.
! Following the resolutions, the Rev. DR..
Wechsler addressed the meeting briefly, and to
the extent of creating much applause.
Hon. W. P. Murray was next in order. lie
addressed himself to urging liberal contribu-
tions for Ireland's relief, and exhorted the