The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-15

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mates of ths work house which they mus
enter are coneiGued 20 what is FOR many
of them but living death. isAii 70 iii,
enter here abaudoa hopep might be ep
! appropriately written on, The portals Of ey,
cry w0rkko.tse in ireland. Now. if III
1856, before the Irish famine had COM
neneed, the question could have beer
breaght before the American people as |,
is being brought to-day. whether by one
side or the other, or by both, that famine
would have been impossible, for tho gov.
ernmont would have been shamed intc
stopping it.. But what happened? Ido
not wish to excite your passions by refer.
iencas 70 the pact; you know the past
perfectly well. The history os the pas,
is written In lettefs that will never be eras.
ed nom the Irish mind. But We have suf.
ficient evidence ia the preaent for our pur.
pose. IL Is now admitted on all hands
that the distress Is Imminent, and the
discussion of The question will undoubied.
ly force the British Government TO take
suitable action. Vhilo tho charitable
Americans will come forward as they
have aiways come forward, and be thu
first to help our people, ably and gen3r-
ously, they must not forget the great ve:ue
and benefit that Is to be derived from
open discussion In the face of the nations
of the world.
But II, as we have been so FREQUENTLY
advised, we had allowed tho present mo.
ment TO go by without any attempt at or
ganization, we should have had a repeti.
tion Of 1847 and Its terrible scenes. Gov.
ernment neglect would have been the
same rs ever; the heart of our people
would have been broken by physical suf.
fering and distress they would have be-
como disorgani2ed and exasperated
evictions III multitudes would have taken
place; ,retaliatory action would have
been adopted by the exasperated masses
we should have had another Intellectual
rebellion, aud tho wild Justice Of revenge
would have been invoked AGAINST che
Irish landlords.
But what 0 contrast is there Instead
oSF chaos and disorganization, the Irish
people now present d remarkable spec.
tacle. Firm, confident and self.reliant.
with death, literally staring them in the
face, they stand within the limit OF the
law and constitution, and tho first to set
them the example OF breaking that Law
ana outstepping the constitution he's been
the very Government Of the country.
right. ts a5fS =, =
Tho attention of the whole civilized
world is centred upon Ireland, and very
shortly the merits of our question viii
be known in all parts of the world. We
have saved the lives of the landlords and
we have saved the lives Of the peopIe.
now, \ do not wish--in iact It would be
Impossible for rae in the presence of this
smmense multitude de--to 20 Into many de-
tails. ] can only speak very generally In
reference to many branches Of this great
question, but ] may state generally, II
asked what do you propose % I NAV
state generally that ne propose TO make
occnpisrs of the soil owners. We wish
to do this with eg little injury to what
may be considered to be vested interests
rs possible. No physical violence. no
unconstitutional action is contemplated.
orin my judgment necessary, as / have
repeatedly said. American pnblic opin.
ion is one of our greatest weapons. end
the landlords Themselves, by Invoking
that public opinion; Maye shown the yery
high value they place uponit / feel
that this is very great compliment Ia
you that the proud British aristocracy
should humble itself and appear as SUP
plants before this great Democracy. -
Ihe rest of Mr. Parnell's address waa
devoted TO refutation of the argunlentg
advanced by Mr. Ksvanaugh. ~,
In conclusion Mr.. Pefnell said: ttI
confidently look forward TO tha lime
when tho iller Of the soil In Ireland NAV.
as In other free countries, reap the bene.
tits OF his exertions, and hand the result
t0wn to his children. Then I behave
that one great step towards the freedom
Of Ireland will have been made; that we
shall have put ANAL in the coffin of the
system of English misrule, [applause 4
removed one OF the greatest impedimenis
to the union of all CLASSES and all rnli.
gions there, [great cheers,] ond that we
shall hayo the wish Of every Irish patriot
Ia all ages realized, that the orange and
the green may be united, [cheers,1 the
Protestant and Catholic ennbief, to work
together for the good of their country,
ifapplanse, and that no CAUSE may exist
to prevent any class of cur coGatryinen
from doing their duty by the land which
has given them birth. fClfeat applanse.1 ]
Mr. Dillon was then introduced, and
said tbs reception accorded tsio eriyoys
of the Irish nation would invoke in tie
hearts of the people at- home far deeper
! gratitude than any collection of money.
he seid the Land League had remitted
by its efforts rents tossthe extent of .e100,-
600, bnt that this spring there wonld be
260, 600 people in Ireland Without food.
America ccnld not feed them for more
thsl few ~s4slss. Asit by cutting off the
landlords supplies the pressure they, as
vel; s sss ourselves, will bear on the gov
ernment viii bring relief.
A series of resolutions expressive oi
tho Eense OF the meeting was then adop.
ted. The receipts at the box Office
amounted to moro than $4,000.
The Moaitear Beige publishes tho fol,
| lowing estimate of the harvest in various
Icnnntriha. Ralrinm viaid hnln,v fhn n,,.