Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-05

60 by without any attcn1pI at organization, W.
should have a repetition of 1847 and its terrible
scenes. The government neglect would have
been the same as ever. The heart of our peO
pie would have been broken by physical suit
tering and distress. They would have become
disorganized and exaspcrated. EvictiOns In
multitude would have taken place. Retalia
+ tory action would have been adopted by the
other Intellectual rebellion, ard the wild justice
of revenge would have been invoked against
Irish landlords.
But what a contrast is there; instead of the
chaos of disorganization the Irish people now
present a remarkable spectacle, firm, confident
and self-reliant. With death literally staring
them in the face they stand within the limits
of the law and constitution, and the first to SET
them the example of breaking that law and
overstepping the constitution, has been the
very government of the country which has
sworn to do only that which is right.
The attention Of the whole civilized world is
centered upon Ireland, and shortly the merits
of our question will be known in all parts. We
have saved the lives of the landlord, and we
have saved the lives of the people.
No, l do not wish, in fact it would be i'm
possible for me, in the presence of this i'm
menso multitude, to go into details. 1 can
only speak generally in reference to many
branches of this great question, but l may
state, generally, if asked what do you propose,
that we propose to make the occupiers of the
soil, the owners. We wish to do this with as
little injury to what may be considered to be
vested interests rs possible. No
physical violence, no demonstrations
al act is contemplated, or in
my Judgment necessary. As have repeatedly
our greatest weapons, and the landlords them
selves, by invoking that public opinion, have
shown the very high value that they place
upon it. l feel that this is a very great COM
pliment to you, that the proud British aristo-
Cracy should humble itself and appear as sup
plicants before this great democracy, and they
have put forward gentleman MIR. Kavanaugh,
of Wicklow, man of signal ability. to plead
their cause and will do him the justice to
say that he has been the very best advocate
that circumstances admit. c"Crjes of what
about his arms and legs"
Never mind his arms or legs, he has got q
very good head and this gentleman has
advanced a variety of objections to our plan.
He has told us that the system of owner
ship will entail ub-division and subletting,
and he has pointed to the old history of Ire
land, before the famine, when subdivision
and subletting. did undoubtedly proceed to a
very great and evil extent, proof of the
business of his assertion. But the condition
of affairs that he seeks to establish is very
different from that which obtained
before the famine. Before the famine
the system of renting land
was in force, and that system of renting neces-
STATED subdivision and subletting, but we at
tempted to replace that system by one of sole
ownership. We desire to make the land free,
so that every body who has money to buy it
may buy as much as he needs of it. Under our
system of renting it is impossible to sell. The
difficulty of proving title is SO great under
the present law that in case of small
holdings the cost of proving title exceeds
very frequently the purchase value of
the holding itself Then now laws
of entail and settlement were in full force. We
desire to abolish laws of entail and settlement
which prevent the crumbling away of proper
| ties. In order to prevent property from pass
ing into few hands, local registration of land
titles, such as you have in this country, should
also follow, as to make it easy to sell
bit of land as it is to sell haystack or bale of
cotton. Then, as regards subdivision. Subdi-
vision is also produced by asystcm of letting.
l contend that no I'M urious subdivision would
| take place if we had a free system of sale of
land existing in Ireland. l believe that under
such 4 system the size of farms would be regu-
lated by natural causes.
We are also told by Mr.. Kavanaugh of the
example of a proprietor who leased in perpe-
tuity farms to fifty tenants, with the result
that they have passed into the hands of middle.
| men. The same reason that l have Just ex
planned induced that action also, and if you
select an estate in Ireland and sell farms to
tenants tomorrow, if you leave the laws of en-
! tail and settlement as they now are if YOU
render it impossible for nan to sell small bits
of land at cost that exceeds the purchase
price of it, then in the course of generation
or two you would undoubtedly have these
farms back in the hands Of middlemeu or
landholders.
We, on the contrary, deserve to arrange con-
ditions so that they shall be suited to the great
change that we contemplate. Well. this gen.
tleman proceeds to make certain statements of
a rather barefaced character Now, it is a
common saying in legal circles over in Ireland,
it you have a bad case abuse the plaintiff 8
attorney, and so it is with MIR. Kavanaugh.
The best thing he can do is to abuse us,
since he knows his case is hopeless Now,
We do not intend to follow his bad ex-
ample in that respect, we intend to treat
him with proper courtesy and consideration.
He tells us that we propose to apply the money
raised in America to buy out the landholders.
He need not be in the slightest degree uneasy
for not one cent Of your money will ever go
into his pockets, and then he goes on to say
that none of it will 60 to the relief Of distress
ana that we propose to organize an armed re.
bellion. (Applause.)
Well, l have no doubt that many of my fell
low countrymen in this country would like to
organize armed rebellion, but regret to
have to disappoint them also, because | m est
| in truth and honesty tell you, however I'M
|
cent of the money contributed and handed to
us will go to organize any armed rebellion in
Ireland.
Mr. Parnell then referred to the increase of
rents paid the past fifty years and said
all this added to the value property has been
the work of tenants and no. by land owners,
and concluded as follows: I can only, in
conclusion, express my conviction that the
time has come when victory is about to crown
the exertions of the Irish people in their lands.
The handwriting is the wall, though vain
efforts may be made from time to
time to misjirect public opinion, to bolster the
expiring system. l confidently look forward
to the time when the tiller of the soil in Ire
land may as in other free countries, reap the
benefit of his exertions and hand the result
down to his children. Then believe that one
great step towards the freedom of Ire
land will have been made; that
we shall have put the nail in the coffin
of the system of England's misrule, (applause)
removed one of the greatest Impedlmeuts to
union of all classes and religion there, (great
cheers and that we shall have the wish of
every Irish patriot in all ages realized that the
orange and green may be united, (cheers);
Protestant and Catholic enabled to work to-
gether for the good of their country (applause),
and that no cause may exist to prevent any
class of our countrymen from doing their duty
by the land which has given them birth.
| Great applause.)
The band then played the Rocky Road to
Dublin" to which the audience kept time with
their feet and then Judge Gildersleeve intro
duced John 3. Dillon, who spoke in a happy
manner, his remarks being received with great
favor.
At the conclusion of Mr.. billions remarks
the following resolutions were presented and
adopted:
Resolved, That SMr. Charles Stewart Par
nell and John Dillon are deserving of our
earnest gratitude and most unqualified conf
dence; that the sacrifices they have made and
the perils they have encountered in coming to
this prosperous land to plead the cause of a
suffering nation are entitled to generous and
! nractical recnonition and resnonse and that