, 1880-07-11
The Terrible Struggle for Life
Injustice Of the Land
Laws,
Changes and Reforms Demanded
Protests Against Evic-
tons.
The lbsentte Alien Landlord Seizes Ill. and Lets
Tic crltiyators Of the Soil
Stare.

To-day all extremely large and yer
harmonious meeting was held i'm this tow.
to give expression to the popular feeling O.
the land. The platform was erected at til
Market Square, and, notwithstanding tia
rain began to fall heaNily just before l
O'clock, and continued intermittent
throughout the meeting, the attendance wa
very large, and when the chair was takel
there We're at least ! 800 persons present
: The music of two capital bands varied tn
nionotoiiy Of waiting for the proceedings t,
commence, and banners and banneret
the former bearing upon the centre
pole red eap-enliyened the other
wise somewhat depressed look O.
the assemblage- About forty con Stables o.
the l. l. C., with a Sub-Inspector, stood OF
the footpath facing the platform, and eyinceG
The iiyellest interest in the speeches. 4
copstabu1ary detective note-taker Selected
1or himself prominent place on the plat
TORN, and was apparently about setting him.
sell TO take preliminary notes when his
presence among them was objected to by the
members OF the press aud other gentlemen.
Mr.. n. P Boyton, the Secretary to the
meeting, asked the person did he come to
take notes for the Government. The reply
given, after some hesitation, was III the
affirmative, and the individual was politely,
but firmly, requested to retire, which he did,
looking particularly crestfallen and aston
1slietl He took his notes in the crowd near
the platform. The chair was occupied by
Mr. Boyton said that in the absence of
those who: were invariably regarded rs the
leaders and guides Of the Irish people, the
1ie:st best thlng they could have was their SEN
tlnents. he held in his hand letters or tele-
-,
throughout Ireland containing words Of en-
cotlragesnent and hope {cileers). From the
1<eF. Father Corbett, r P, Claremorris, be
lad telegram in which he said: :. Practical
MGrx @ 3nst no% to Sa{e ths present crop from
system which has proved the curse of our
country" The Rev. Father John RYAN, P. T.,
New Inn, teleEraphed expressing. his belief
that the Land League established by Parnell
Was the only means Of securing Justice to the
way L. T., Screen, telegraphetl: s. am with
you heart am! souls may the blessing Of God
attend the policy of the Land League" Father
EnSsns S;leshy. kilmallock, telegraphed:
H''sSl5le; 1 am with sou in spirit today
the Land League should be planted eyerv-
where Father Joyce, P. r, Louisburg,
Galway, was also amongst those who ex-
pressed sympathy with the meeting Mr.,
Richard Lalor, II. r, wrote saying: It is
my opinion there should be a Land League
III every parish in Ireland; the people need
hot expect much from the Government, and
there is no way Of getting anything from the
must come from the people outside as well AS
the representatives inside'' Mr.. ". II. Sui
livan, n; r. and alr. John Ferguson ex-
pressed their regret at unavoidable absence
Dir: Hoyfon said he wished to mention that
an invitation, courteous and to the point, vas
sent to the senior and junior members f0rthe
County Kildare, and no reply had been
(groans, and voice *'Down
Air John Moore, Of Tully, tenant farmer,
moved:
Whereas, the social condition OF the Irish
PEOPLE having heerredueed through their SUD-
ject1on to England and its coercive legislation
the world, and whereas the nouthpiece OF En-
Mzllsh M public opiaion- when speaking Of the con-
stitndon:i mtsgovernment III late Years, haying
aeciAred that !" Government should be for the
good Of the governed. and that whatever rules |
wilifuy and persistently postpone. the good Of |
o II tRe naf Of
have thereby forfeited all claim, to allie |
t:iance,,.: be it therefore resolved that |
DO hs4esy indaqse 5"asy tbe In
furegoing, declarations as cmbodying the posi- I
eon and wrongs OF our misgoycrned and I'M /
IS justification for recording our unceasfng /
to resort to every lawful means ]
;onrso'e e,,v VIII an entsaged eivzsd people
social, can be rcgainet1 from their enemies
Mr.. Denis Conlall, Of Lacky, tenant farmer,
seconded the proposition, which was carried.
Nr- Patrick Meehan proposed:
. Inat I as Tue land OF Ireland like that Of every
ther country, was intended by a just and all
,roEldinE God Tor the use and sustepance Of
hose of His people to whom He gave inclination
nd energies to cultivate and improve It, any |
ysteIn which sanctions its monopoly by a priv
legged and non-operative class, or assigns it's
"ueFship and control to a landlord caste to be |
"a 5T1E$
demands from every aggrievcd
rishman an undying hostility, being tagrnntly
self preservation.
Mr. John Hetfernan, Kildare, seconded the
esolnti01l, which was carried
Mr. Kelly (Monastereyan) moved: Il
That having heard the principles and objects |
the Irish National Land League this day set
'rt and affirmed by the duly accredited repre-
:ntatives Of that organization, we approve of !
le same: and, recognizing the truly patriotic |
ld bensticent efforts being made to aEe1iprate
'e condition Of our oppressed agricultural in
'Strial classes. we heartily pledge ourselves to
'Sfst by every means III Our power in extending |
Is Is. haga asures .. o1 educauon eombinauon, and
:ague-.
Nr. T. Brennan, Chairman of the Mary
'r"ugh branch of the Land League, sec
lded the resolution. ]
Mr.. John Redding3on supported the resolu- /
Dill He said in part: Let the people save
einSelveS. for most assuretly the Govern 9
ent would not save them. Every trade had | q
) combination, why siA,uld not the tenant
rnlers ?-and unless they Joined together
brothers, one after another, they would | =
. SO to speak, Gevoured. fChecrs.l Let
enl then join the Land League. It had
" been long established in the Queens
'uufy, but as proof Of what it had done I
ID could do he would state that widow :,
It far from where he lived was about to be- =
ncted by the landlord, "a landlord welding =
ell more power than the MARQUIS OF Dr0g2 :
Tia did at 1lonasterevan, woman e
IS about to be put out, the Land League II
terfered, and on the Friday the landlord I
id "he did not intend to perseyere'' Y
MIR. Boyton, in supporting the resolution, | =
id: A hundred men owned absolutely ali | t:
pasture and 1illage land in the County Of !,
ldare, alld they had thrown the gage III ! ri
tace OF these men. Two hundred thou :,
nd pounds was what the Government val ! III
Il tll,3 property Of the landlords Of Kildare =.
and the latter made the tenant occupiers di
! 4sss00. coo year rent II purchased by Ct
Government tomorrow the land owners
'perty in Kildare would be E4,000, GOO at | e.
enfy years, purchase. Some OF them | az
,l1d not be disposed TO take twenty: years. pt
-cliase- e--perllaps in FIVE years from now s1
y would wish they had taken ten years, NJ
MEETING AT KEADUE. Ii
ge -subjoin q condensation Of the report 3ee
nished by the Freeman Of June 2G: 1T