, 1880-01-07

by intlorsEng everything tho 1t,ncs says
agatust tho Irish, and the 14'ncS
copying md inttnrstng everything tho |
Hcrald snys rs rcl!cctlng tho sentiments
Of the American people! I1ad tho ctlsor Of |
tho IY,ncs hccn present al the immense 1'ar-
nell meetlng held III New York MI Suntlny
night, and heard tic prolonged groa,,s, MD
hissps, AMI oven curses, which wore intlnlgetl
III by tho TIN Thousand people present every |
time the Hc1et|tl was mentioned he might |
have changed his opinion rs to tic manner
In whicl, so>,lc of the A,nericat, people at
ieast regard the utteranccs 0f tint piper Of,
tho present system of persecution and cruelty
whlcl, English landlords havo fnssenel upon
The Irish tenants. lie would hnve discovered
thu reat regnrtl in which people In tl'is coll1l-
try hold tho Hcruit,'y course, which thus
turns upon the very people ont Of whose
pockets It's owner lIas built UP his paper and
| 1lado Ills fortune.
! III tie course Of lis speccl, tn New York,
Mr.. par>oll gave utteranee to nlany senti-
mcnts TINT will at once commend themselves
| to NIL classes Of tie American people, nome
| more 80 than tho following:
"1n 1917 md subsequent ycars, when tho gront
Irish fanne took plRce, Arnorlca cn1np forwnrd
first nlnnnyst tho nations with tIncxn,nplcd ill.,
crllIty; but lid TINT llbesal!ty prevent fatHnr7
| Did It prevent millions from dying Of starvation
| or tho pcstflonco which fullowcd7 Dbl It
| prevent tho banishncnt Of many morp millions?
did It prcvont distressing scenes In 1ro-
| land in those yonrst md OIL honrd nn-
g11,,t stlrs7 Not Tho charlty that can DO given
| By America will mot nvnll to prevent Irish
4 tlIs.ress That must be tho duty Ut tho british
Government, and We must ace that VIC shnno
TINT Government Into a scnao Of Its obligations.
Itro we to bu compelled continually every ten
or twelve yctlra, to appear n8 1nondlcants boforG
thu world? Then Hny to tho people uf t1sts
| country: II you wish IN rescue us from that
pcsltlosl, help us In destroying tho syston which
| brtngs It on. AmGrlcn subscribed, Ind SUBJ
scrlhed ilbcr,sly, in those years; people Of irr-
lnnd living in this country hnva hccn subscrib~
Ing over since. Every cent of their hnrt -cart,ct
money sent ovor theEo with such trio devotion
to thoir fellow -cotntryMen llns gone in rnyment
Of excessive rents and III bolsterlng up this tor
rble syHtetn."
II the London Times could 1nnhc can-
yass Of tic American people II would find
that they indorse this sentiment almost
unanimously. Thoy know tint tho millions
Of money collected from tho people Of this
country to relieve the wrctc1!ed, poverty
stricken people Of Irelnnl hnve not goMo
Into their pockets but Into tho pockets Of the
nbsenteo landlords, and that tie more pro-
fusely this money has been poured into Ire
land tho moro rapidly 1t has found Its way to
tho landlords In the sl,upe Of Increased rents,
thus compelling tho tenants to soil nil they
produce to meet their charges, and leas'ng
t3loin nothing to live upon. This drain upon
the working people Of America to relieve
the distress Of tho Irish tenants has bean 60
Ing on for many years, but still the poverty
aI1l distress incrensc. English landlords
llaye enriched themselves upon these SYM
} pathetic American contributions, aud still
rents remain unpaid, tenants nro eyfcted,
their personal property IS sot, and every
time crop turns out poorly lamino stares
them In the fnce This tax has ut
Inst become so heavy burden upon tho
American people that they are now begin
ming to seriously consider whether they
should pay 1t my longer, mud whether the
English Government llus Tho moral right to
enforce lnws Of n nature that require tho
lovying Of such contributions upon the people
> Of tl,ts country. They perfectly agreo With
: Mr.. parnoll that thoy do not longer want to
, ehtcrtaah Appeals Iha' onlS fesal1 Ill Satisfy
ing tue raptci's u i1'a''oses' no' " tcl'csinR
n tho alstreSs th"t Cries 70 .aeAl los nelp. lucy
!, nave aFsiSea ~ ulat po'!'t ol "'ssatls'aet'on'
:, II not VI lhafehat'of' ""oro tnoy pe'lo'e Tue
u English Government has no right to require
tl,e,n tn nav tl,e rt,1,ts of Irish tennnta Thc
r ,od - .,,,,, t,,,,,r,,, mi. ,.ot ,,,,, 1,ro,t
!, e'-e" ~ ''''es' ~ ~ ~ '' ~'
" upOn tho Irish, hut indirectly uNOn them
II -, ~,
t w Vs. ', -.
~ | n1lll VttS tho American people to understand