Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-19
The Speeches..
MIR. DILLON O'BRIENS REMARKS

were received with outbursts of applause,
which they so deserveuy meri;ed.
The Speeches.
MR.. DILLON o BRIEN's REMARKS.
At o'clock the meeting was called to order
by MIR. Dillon o. Brien. He followed in 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 juncture Mr.. G. M. MacCarthy was
elected secretary of the meeting.
HON. WIN. DAwsoN's ADDRESS,
The Hon. William Dawson. presiding officer,
was then introduced, and spoke substantially
as follows:
l am entitled to this honor on account of the
honor l have received before from my fellow
citizens of St. Paul. l am sorry that am not
able to present this situation in the manner its
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. do not think the landlords
any other class of men, men,.
There are good landlords as we'll as bad; the
evil consists in the abuse of the privilege.
Ireland has had three famines, viz: 1879, 1876,
aul Gut Olle uuueT winch Sne IL no" SuNerlng,
and it r,ay safely be said that with her fertility
Of soil and natural resources, nothing but a
perniclous system Of government could pro-
duce famine. (Applause). The speaker here
adverted to the system of slavery as formerly
applied to the English colonies, and to the sys-
tenn tt, of emancipation going forward in the
West Indies. lsympathize with the Irish peo-
pie from my heart. 1t is natural that should
do so.
sym path!ze with their sorrows and rejoice
at their prosperity, and feel Justly proud at
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 in
appearing before the meeting. He was Bishop
lrelnnd's substitute, and he regretted that the
meeting was deprived of the privilege of list
ening to Bishop Ireland Yet, withui,7the
speaker felt happy to @ able to express his
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 this order of things
had been upset. 1t was partially due to the
simplicity of the people, and largely due to
speaker then related how the land of Ireland,
under Henry Ii, had been divided into two
sections, and one app0rtioned to some lord.
Against this the people protested. Then Ire
land was castillated, yet the people fought
against tho iniquitous land system. The annals
of Munster give such picture of humiliation
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 Philip
Garew had not spared even 1.-THE onles,' as he
styied the children, so that the nation might be
swept from tho face OF the earth.
The Cromwellian period vas also alluded to-,
and the cruelty which banisLed three provinces
to the cliffs to linger in starvation, was told
with fiery cloquence. Famine then laid her
CHASTITY hands upon Ireland, and from that
time until to-day starvation had pinched
the features and griped the yitals of
the Irish peasantry. This would
hold good SO long as the present inquitous
system obtained. The Irish only asked that
they BIO given chance to live, and did not ask
that the iphertors 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
II justice and equity were meted out. Father
Stanley here related u joke exemplary of the
condition to which the Irish had been reduced
An lrishnian entered junk shop. do you
puy bones and old rags said he. Il d." was
sl!e reply. "Theu put me on the scales and
weigh me- QIaughtcr.)
yes tniS freshman was only personal eX-
ample of what England had done for the Irish
All asked was chance to live and that rents
shonld be reduced or the people libera tcd from
system which Slapped their life aad made la
Dor actually unremunerative. In this connec-
ton Father Stanley Contrasted Belgium and
Ireland, the former was nothing in resources
az compared with Ireland, yet beg ar was
simple story. that the tillers of
the soil in Belgium hold and
own their lands In conclusion
Father Stanley declared himself an lrshman
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.
Uaputhctic Letters.
Secretary MacCarthy read the following let
GlSuot GRACES LETTER.
ST. PAUL, 18th December, 1879.
DEAR SIR; l have the pleasure to acknowl-
edge the receipt Of your kind invitation to be
present at the meeting Of the citizens of st.
Paul, to be Eeld this evening. While pleading
in excuse my inability to be present, it is hard.
ly necessary should ask You to assure the
meeting that the object for which it has as
sembled has my deepest sympathy. Perhaps
people of Ireland is Intended, under the provi-
dence of God, to bring Into prominence anew,
under more suspicious circumstances than
heretofore, the questions which lie at the root
of all the ills of Ireland and its people. The
conviction is forcing itself upon all thoughtful
minds that the system of land tenure in Ire
land, or the Irish land laws, enacted and en-
forced by the English government, are of their
very nature baneful to the people and adverse
to n prosperous condition of things IN that
country: or, in other words, that the poverty
end WrotcLedness in Ireland aud the deep dis
content of the people are the Inevitable conse-
quences of those laws, and the only remedy lies
in a radical change in the laws or their entire
government so sagacious as that of England
will much longer persist in a system of land
tenure which is SO contrary to the spirit of the
age, and which. in its constantly recurring dis
astrOus effects in Ireland, has stirred the sym-
thies and called forth the indignant rebuke
of all civilized nations.
With regard to the relief to be provided fol-
the sufferers from the impending famine, you
gill please be assured of my active concur
renee in any measures that may be adopted by
the meeting.
Believe me, dear sir, very respectfully and
sincerely yours, THOMAS l.. GRACE,
Bishop of St: Paul.
GEN. f. H. sIBLEY's LETTER.
ST.. PAUL, Dec. Is, 1879.
Messrs. Dillon O. Brion and NJ. J. O'Connor;
GENrLEMEN-Mr. Kittson and myself have
the honor to acknowledge the receipt Of your
kind invitation to act as vice presidents at the
meeting to be held in this city on the 18th
inst. for the purpose of sympathizing with