The Portland daily press., 1880-12-08
Disastrous Fire in Omaha
EUROPE.
ParnelPs and Dillon's Speeches at
the Waterford Banquet.
BOLD DEFIANCE OF THE ENGLISH
GOVERNMENT.
REASONABLE Utterances Thinly Disguised

REASONABLE Utterances Thinly Disguised.
DUBLIN, Dec. 7.-At the banquet at Water
ford, Mr. Parnell made the following speech:
In responding to a toast in his own honor,
he said the English government had great re-
sources, but he did not believe her resources
were adequate to perpetuate her government
in Ireland. II do not believe" he continued,
"that any amount of money or strength and
power of even the greatest nation in the
world can work impossibilities and it is
abundantly proved that governing Ireland out
side OF Ireland, by power and people who do
not live in the country, is impossible.
We have gigantic forces arrayed against US,
but we have more powerful forces on our side,
namely. the forces of nature, the forces of
nationality, the forces OF patriotism and true
devotion. These are sufficient to break the
yoke of English misgovernment and chase
from the country that usurpation which has
long had its heel upon our neck. Look at
what we have done to this pitifnl government.
In twelve months we have obliged them to
reverse every principle, every law, every
tradition on which they built their position.
We have made them eat their speeches, even
Gladstone. l don't believe Gladstone can set
tie the Irish question without breaking up
his cabinet. He could not even pass his
miserable little compensation bill last year. If
had not been confident that the Lords would
reject it would have had the Irish party re-
Ject 1t, but preferred to let the Lords do my
dirty work. When John Bull finds that he
will have to pay e150, 100000 in the next four
or five years to govern this country he will
think the English mode of governing Ireland
very expensive. | may be told that concession
would be better, but when concession perpe-
tuates an evil, it is better to reject it.
Now few words on the national question.
do not believe we can settle the national
question till we settle the land question. We
have 10000 landlords with 500 600 dependen-
cles arrayed against Ireland's Self-government
Ii the remaining 100000 souls combine moth
ing can resist them. The British government
may pass coercion act, though don't saw I
would let them, but if they lid they would not
be advanced one step: l tell them that all their
acts and statutes are 50 much waste paper.
that it is impossible in these days to continue
governing this country against the will of the
majority OF the people. No nation in history
was ever able to do this, and of all nations
that ever tried it England has made the worst
mess of it. We stand to-day in the same posi-
tion that our ancestors stood. We declare
that 1t is the duty OF every Irishmen to free
his country If he can. We refuse to inflict
work by constitutional means SO long as it
suits us to do so. We refuse to plunge this
country into horrors of civil war when she has
not chance. But 1 ask any man at this
board, ask any true Irishman, be he priest
or layman, whether he would not consider it
the first duty of an Irishman to do what he
could to enable his country to take her place
among the nations of the world. (Deafening
cheers) If it could be proved to you that
there is fair prospect that success would
you whether it would not be your
highest duty to give your lives for your
country that gave you birth? call for 10 use
less sacrifice. don't wish to be msunder-
stood. Our present path is within the limits
OF the constitution. England has given us
that constitution for her purposes. We will
use it for ours. If 1 ever call upon the people
to go beyond the constitution, we shall do SO
openly and above board. We shall not ask the
people to take risk we are not willing to
share, but for the present we will remain with
in the constitution, relying on Parliamentary
action in England and upon organized nation
al action at home. L believe we have in these
power to achieve our ends. We call upon you,
If you believe in its use and in our honesty, to
help us with the ability and the genius God
has given you, confident in the future of our
common country" Great cheering)
Speech by Mr.. Dillon.
Mr.. Dillon spoke at a land meeting at Feth-
ard, Tipperary, Archdeaken Kane presiding
Mr.. Dillon said that within the last few
months the league movement has. made an i'm
mense advance: Its position in Ireland today
was such that their governors had only two al
ternatives. Either they must yield to the de-
mands formulated by the Land League which
spoke on behalf the people, or they must re-
sort to brute force to coerce the vast majority
OF the Irish people. Was the British govern
ment once more going to resort to blood and
brute force TO compel the Irish people to obey
laws whit!, -rere detestable to them? The
Brltis &. sefnnent was, of course, a great
force, and could imprison all VINO were engag-
ed in the Land League movement. A voice
They wont get room for the whole of them"
Cheers
But II this movement were repressed by
force it would be we'll for the govern nent to
know that such a course would leave in the
minds Of the Irish people such hatred of the
laws OF England that nothing but an enormous
military force could compel the people to obey
them Ii the government attempted to have
recourse to coercion that would render the
connection between the two countries impos-
slble in the future. If this movement was re-
pressed. such repression would excite so much
absolute and bitter hatred of the people that
the house Of every landlord in Ireland would
be built over a volcano They would not be
able to tell the hour when it would blow up
and sweep them and all belonging to them to
a worse fate than that which the Land League
intended for them. "a voice. "To Hell.")
He should say that all the Irish race all over
the world was thoroughly aroused to the great
patriotic and national character of this move
ment. In Canada, America and Australia,
the Irish people were in sympathy with them
Money would pour in to help them, but they
must remember that the amount of help they
would get from these countries was in propor-
ton to the amount of work they did for them
selves. He advised them to stand firm and
show that they were able to help themselves.
Ii they did so then their friends in America
would be at their backs, and if they did not
help themselves they would not get help from
abroad. Each man should work as if the wei
fare OF the cause depended upon him alone.
Ii they acted in that spirit neither the consti-
tuition nor the government could put them
down.
Mr.. Gladstone to Enter the House Of
Lords.
New YORK, Dec. IA London special saws
Mr.. Gladstone's withdrawal from the House
OF Commons is demanded by his physician,
who says that the Premiers he ,Ith cannot
stand such an arduous parliamentary session
as the forthcoming one promises to be. 1t is
currently reported that after the budget is
made known Mr.. Gladstone will accept a
peerage and retire to the upper House.
Foreign Notes.
Several thousand pilgrims from Mecca are
detained at Bagdad, owing to the Kurds hav-
ing attacked the last three caravans and killed
and wounded over 800 pilgrims.
AS the first fruits of the change in Russian
Finance Ministry, the Official Messenger
publishes an imperial ukase abolishiny the
duty on salt, which will greatly benefit the
poorer classes.
The crown Jewels which the French govern
ment proposes to the Deputies to sell are those
which have no artistic historical value.
SOUTH AMERICA.