Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-27

will not be cowed or put down, and who now
feel their strength, and who are deter
mined to pursue the policy which wo have
pointed QUITO them, until it is crowned with
victory. (Applause.) p.
Now, there are few other things, but I am
afraid l should detain you at too great length,
to speak of them at this time. A voice, "Oh,
no; 60 ahead."I l have one other thing to say
before sitting down, and that is this: 1 know
perfectly we'll when we can succeed in cOnvino-
ing the Irish people of the sympathy of Amer
lea, that We have hit upon plan which gives a
fair prospect of sweeping away the last of the
Irish landlords and their system, and
We can get allthe aid we want.
All we have got to do is to
convince them that we have good and practi-
cal cause, and question of great interest is,
what do we propose to do, and what are our
plans? will try to point them out. You
see We have got to deal with
enormous difficulties, and contend
against enormous odds, because the govern
ment is against us, and the landlords have at
their command any quantity of military force.
They have got 5000 men in Ireland. ready to
back them with bayonets and artillery. We
saw at the commencement that we could not
promise the people that we could save them
from eviction in any event of the case; we al
ways told the people that; We could not meet
the landlords in the field and we did not choose
to do 80. although the landlords might like it
very much. They would remain in the rear of
the army and they would allow the military
and police to deal with us. daughter
and applause.) Now, we don't
want to give them that opportunity.
The course We mean to pursue is this. 1 tell
you that it the Irish people have, what be-
lieve they have, the courage and the manliness
to carry it out, the landlords will have to give
in. First of all the rents must be reduced to q
fair valuation. Secondly, in districts where
the people are STRIVING, no rent shall be paid.
That seems to be very moderate thing, for
how can man pay rent when he is starving?
Now the landlords say, the rent we must have
or your farms. So then the battle commences.
Our plan of warfare is this: We organize the
people in such a way that at any given point
at any day we like, We can collect about ten
thousand men, organized in line of4attle.
Cheers We do not mean to have battle
although we have the material for very good
troops there, if We had them
pretty we'll armed. daughter and applause. J
We collect our men when eviction is threaten
ed, and we there hold meeting and we con-
denim that eviction as a thing hateful to hui
man nature and brutal outrage upon the peo-
pie; and We say to our people, you have got
but one alternative to accept. This farm must
not be tenanted by another family until the
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arrangement let us see who will take his place
and pay the landlord any more rent. OF course
the landlord may accept that challenge. He
may get some Scotchman who will come over
and take the place. Bot then what will hap
pen? Why, he will have to keep thirty police
men stationed on his farm night and day.
daughter and applause.) Then the situation
we present them is this: Every man shuts his
door against the new conner, and the farmer
finds that he has not got friend in
the whole country. And the result
will be that he will very soon quit the farm.
daughter and applause) When this state of
things goes on for some time have every hope
that the landlords will begin to be reasonable.
They have NOT been reasonable up to the pres
ent, ano we and the tenantry of Ireland are
most willing to be reasonable. if they give us
the chance; and l believe if our people are in
position to continue this policy resoluteiy
that you will see the landlord get down from
his high horse and speak to free men as a free.
man, and not lords to serfs, as they have
always done heretofore. (Applause.)
Now in conclusion, all have got to say is
this: We arc driven to ask the people Of Amer
lea to i've as much as they can to save the
lives of our people. OF course if a man dies
of starvation he can't go on with the fight.
(Laughter.) Another thing. do not think
need ask the people of st. Paul, but there are
other parts of the country where it is necessary
to speak of this fact: do not allow yourselves
to send the charity you do make up your minds
to give, through the hands of theslandiords.
The landlords, of course, are exceedingly
anxious that you should do so, because it
will reduce the people to such a position of
dependence as to break down the movement
and they are crying out now all over Ireland
and through their organs in America, Don't
mix up charity with politics; let's have pure
charity" OF course, they like pure charity,
because they don't like to have the horrible
system exposed which brought our people to
depend on charity.
The waters of Irish politics are very muddy,
but know who made them muddy. and will
take good care to keep them 80 until this evil
is abolished.
ST. PAUL FIRST AS USUAL.
MIR. Dillon here in u conversational way pic
tured the scene attending the receipt of the
$1,000 subscription raised by st. Paul, which
was the first money received for the relief of
the Irish sufferers. The money was received
in county Mayo on Christmas Eve, at time
when the residence of Bishop Mccormack was
besieged by several hundred destitute tenants,
imploripg for aid. The st. Paul subscription
together with some money sent by the Land
League relief fund, was distributed to the
famished populace, who were enabled thereby
to enj " their Christmas dinner. In letter
to the Land League, subsequently written by
Bishop Mccormack, he dwells with particular
interest on the circumstance that the first
tangible relief offered tie Irish sufferers, came
from the distant city of st. Paul.