The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-15
APPEAL FOR IaRLAED.
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TheNew York papers give full aceounte
Of the great demonstration Of welcome to
the Irish sgitators. Messrs. Parnell aud
Dillon, which took place in that city on
Sunday lest The speech Of the former e
described as having been especially elo,
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On being introduced Mr. Parnell
thanked those present for their kind aud
cordial reception, apologized for his liza.
perfechous, and regretted That the great
cause Waioh he had been called upon 10
plead had not i,een entrusted to better
and abler hands. "But, ladies and cen.
tlemen," said he, "I fear not for ahis,
cause, imperfect and Inadequate 80
may be the way in which NO ahalI
place II. before you. feel confident that
for Its greatness and iustness it needs no
great effort on my part to set it before
you In such way as to have the hearth
est sympathy of this great and ffee ma
ton. The American people occupy to.
pay o proud position in respect to the
question: position of which as one
Who boasts of some American blood Zap.
plause] feel justly proud, and am glad
when 1 feel that / may have had some
small share in directing the attention OF
this country to our cause. The Amesi-
can nation has by common consent been
made the arbitrator in this great struggle
for the land Of Ireland. Within the last
few days most extraordinary occurrence
has taken place. The landlords of Ire
land for tho first time in history have
recognized their true position as cuIprits.
and have come before the bar of Ameri-
can public opinion TO plead their cause
as best they may. [Applause.l Ireioice
that the pages Of tho New York Herald
lGroans and hisses] there is no necessi-
ty to hiss the New York Herald, it has
really been indirectly of the greatest
possible service 10 CUR aati5e, and 7 re-
joice that its pages have been opened TO
the landlord side of the question. II re.
joice that man of the great ability OF
MIR. Kavanaugh has come forward to
make the best defense that be can for
the accursed system that prevails in Ire
land. The thinking people in this
country will now feel an interest in the
question which they conld no. have
felt before, and 10 fitting that the people
of America should know the very best
that car. be said for the landlords. Now
wish TO explain very s,,rrtly my OBJ.
Jectg in Visiting this country, and 1 may
say that the intention we originally have
had has been considerably modified by
circumstances. Originally we proposed
only to address you on behalf of our po-
litical organization, but, because events
10 Ireland have eliminated so rapidly,
the terrible fear of widespread famine is
30 imminent that we feel constrained to
abandon our original intention, and leave
ourselves open TO receive from the people
OF America money for purposes of poiit-
ical organization, and also. money for
the relief of the present distress in Ire
land. We propose then, to form two
funds, one for the relief of distress and
the other for purely political purposes OF
forwarding our organization. Zap
planse. These funds will be kept en-
tirely distinct, SO that the donors will be
attnrded an opportunity of doing as they
please in the matter. It has been su9-
gested by o very influential paper in this
city that we ought to devote our attention
only to the relief of the distress, and that
we should join the committee which has
been proposed by the New York Herald
lgroans ard hfsses] for the relief OF the
distress of the Irish landlords and British
government in general. But if We &c.
cept the very good advice that has been
SO charitably extended to us in Che shape
of words during the last few days, / am
afraid that we should merit the fmputa-
ton of putting the cert before the hone.
The cause of the present. distress is the
unequal and artificial system of land
tenure which prevails in! Ireland. The
effect of that cause is of course distress,
and while we take care to do the
best we can-and. the best we eau
do viii be but little to relieve the
distress-we must also take care that
we take advantage of the uneAanipied
opportunity which is now presented
to US for the purpose of sweeping away
the bad system. In 1S47 and subseduent
years, when the great Irish famine took
place, America came forward the first
amongst nations with ung gsxamp:ed l:her-
ality. But did that liberaBty prevent
the famine? Did it prevent millions
from dying Of starvation or pestile1ce
which followed2 2 Did it preyentth BAN
ishment of many more millions Did i!
prevent scenes in Ireland in those years
scenes on board emigfant ships?s No
No charity that can be given by America
9ill avail to prevent Irish distress. That
+ must be the duty of the British Govern.
nlenb, and we must see that we shame
that Government, into sense Of its OBJ.
ligations. Are We &c be compelled con.
tinnously, every ten or twelve years, to
appear Ss Ilentiicants before the world
Then I say to the people of this country
If you wish TO rescue us from that posi-.
ton, help us in Destroying the systen
which brings it OF. America subscribed
literally in those years. People of Ire.
land living in shis country have been
subscribing ever since. Every cent oi
el.ess hard earned money sent SS5F tfi5T5 ti
with such true devotion TO their fellow.
conntrymeh has gone IN payment OF ex.
eessive rente and ia boIsteFing nm thit
terrible systens. Isaid lust now that ne
must shame the British government into
d sense Of It's obligation 60 ireland il
this matter. What was the chief aecreta.
ry's reply TO those who waited npon him
to establish fuel depots throughout The
west of Ireland 2---for I must explain ID
those who arc not acquainted With Irish
mattefs that almost the entire Of ireland
is dependent for its fuel upon the tur1
t.:s. I. se:..s u. sle i...Sss, g. f.el
to excessive rains throughout the whole
summer, is in d etate of mud, it is en-.
tirely unfit TO bp,r. and in addition tc
tho pressure Of hunger are here added the
pressure Of cold. Well blr. LoWtfier
[hisses when he was asked to establish
fuel depots--and only mention this 81
an example Of the manner In which oni
officials over there treat this question
aaid O(1hY thew hhya Ft,aI e,,nr.e,l,t e.