The daily gazette., 1880-01-07
Hid for Erin.

THUsIAsM.
The City Hall was crowded last night
with persons who had assembled to at
tend the meeting called for the purpose
of extending aid to the suffering people
in Ireland, and long before the meeting
was a large and expectant audience.
The room was devoid of decoration,
with the exception Of two flags, one of
which hung from either side of the
speakers platform, and which represent
ed the nations Of America and Ireland.
Owing to- delay on the part of the May
or, who could not be present on time, e.
s. Flanagan called the meeting to order
and ammo ouhced the following Vice Pres
idents:
G.. G. Adams, John McCrea, John
Doyle, M. Danahee, VIM. McShea,
George ii. jackson, Matthew Taylor,
Charles Cannon, Dennis Quills, J. K.
Fisher, Samuel Hawkins, L. Ii. Barr,R
q. Frainl, VIM. III. Quinn.
g. q. Adams arose TO explain that the
| Mayor would soon arrive and make q
speech. He first moved that Mr.. Flana-
gan act as chairman until the Mayor
would come In. The obj ct of the meet
ing, he explained, was not to collect
money, but it would be collected at a
subsequent meeting, which Mr.. Parnell
would attend. The doctor then went
on to state how he had spent $40 out of
his own pocket to bear the litter of invi-
tation TO Mr.. Parnell, and was willing TO
spend $50 more, and lid not want any
credit. He hoped that all societies
would bd present at the meetings that
would bG continued at Senger Hall, and
hat all blckering would cease. One
Thing of which he was certain was that
| Mr.. ParIell did not want any aid for
imself; all he wanted was help for his
suffering people. After going ON at some
length the speaker concluded with an
eulogy upon Mr., Parnell.
Mr.. Flanagan now proce eeded TO read
he letter of invitation to Mr.. Parnell
and the answer which had been receiv-
ed. While be was thus engaged Mayor
Almond entered the room amid ap-
plause ahd mounted the platform.
AS soon as silence could be restored
| The May Dr addressed the meeting. He
said that when he had been solicited to
act as chairman OF the meeting he was
tod that it vas for charitable purposes,
and no abuse Of otner nations. Charity,
he hoped, would be the main purpose,
tnd, in charity, he was heart and hand
With al. those present. He would, how
ever, have no abuse of any nation, in
nis capacity of Mayor Of the city.
The Mayor was then elected chair
man Of the meeting by unanimous
vote.
The following let er of regret
was read from His Excele ncy John W.
Hall, Governor:
FREDERICK, Jan. 5, 1880.
Barney Rosenbidtt, Esq, Chairman Of
the Committee on Spedkers:-
My DEAR SIR-Your kind favor duly
| received, writing me % be present at the
mass injecting to be held in the city Hall,
Wilmirg gton, on the 9th instant, to ex-
press sympathy for the sufferers from
famine and disease in Ireland. l very
much regret that l cannot be present,
on account of The sickness of two grand
children, who came to spend the holi-
days with us. When | first saw that
there was series of meetings being
held III your city in relation thereto i
felt tina you were engaged in great
| and good work that were in your city
| would be right among you to mingle
my voice with yours-my sympathies
with yours, and the substantial aid,
which they so much need and desire.
Believe me to be Very truly yours,
JOHN w. HALL.
A letter was read from w. S. McNair
regretting that he could not be present
and address the meeting.
| George w. Roberts was then intro
iuced and made an ab lie and carefully
prepared address. He painted in elo-
| quent terms the condition of any nation
| during a famine or pestilence, and
drew agrapbic picture of the state of
affairs in Ireland, where men, women
and ch lldren were starving in the midst
Of plenty. He would say to those needy
people, eat, drink and live.
The land, in which they live, possess
es an abundance, ,and that land.has been
taken from them by subjugation and
confiscation; therefore they would be
pardonable If they stole. But there is
plenty raised in Ireland. The state
ment that crops are short there Is not
necessarily followed by famine, for more
may be raised one year than IS consumed
and supply the deficiency of another
year. The cause is not scarcity of pro-
duction, but the greed and exaction of
| English landlords. One one occasion
we find 10000 food cattle taken out of
Ireland on account of this; and 1900, 900
pounds sterling worth OF butter every
year.
At great length Mr.. Roberts proceeded
| to describe the confisc ,tion of properly
and land by the English, and cited some
| startling facts and figures to show that
the Irish people had been deprived of
their r ght TO the soil through subjuga-
| tion.
lreland was a great nation-a land
that has produced some of the bravest
of the brave, and whose poets have sung
the sweetest songs in the English Ian
| guage. Ireland's necessities call on us
lo- i'm mediate aid, and we of Delaware
viii. give it to her The speaker called
attention in eloquent terms to the late
Thomas A. Smyth, who was an Irish ex-
| lie, and who died for this country. "Such
being the case" said he, "does 1t moi
foIlov that we should aid Ireland now?"
John McClea addressed the meeting
briefly, saying he would make known to
ali that the purpose Of the meeting was
charity, to aid the suffering people o.
the la nd that gave him birth. He hoped
all would JOIN in the cause and lend it
aid.
| VIM. II. Quinn moved that a commit
tee of one from each ward in the city be
| appointed to act as an Executive Com
| mittea and to solicit subscriptions