The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-16
THE DAILY STAR
BROOKLYN LETTER.


Parts Taken by Beecher and Tai.
mage : crave Robbers After the
Head of Count Joannes.
epecial Correspondence of the Star.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Jan. II.
Mr.. Charles Stewart Parnell, the Irish
agitator, Il use the term in no sense of
reproach) is swinging around the circle,
and will in few days be setting his face
westward. As his mission is to all the
leading cities OF the United States, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, Cincinnati
will undoubtedly soon have an opportu-
nifty of extending her hospitality to him
and his travelling companion, Mr.. Dillon.
The purpose of his mission in this coun-
try is by this time 80 well understood in
every community where newspaper is
printed, that there is no need of my say
ing anything on this score, except that
be proposes to do two things; To bring
70 bear upon the British Government a
pressure from this country in the form Of
public sentiment against the present
crushing and demoralizing system OF
land tenure in Ireland, and to raise
funds to continue political agitation in
Parliament in favor Of the oppressed
Irishman, and to succor thousands whom
famine with its attendant horrors of star
vation stares in the face. His mission
Is a cpmmendable one. especially as he
sets his face resolutely against such har-
,nm-scurum Fenianism as we had sam
pie of within the memory of the present
generation in the Campo-Ballo fasco in
this country. .fH.. .'
New York having the week previous
given her welcome and cooperation to the
sgitator, on Friday evening of last week
Brooklyn followed suit in a demonstra
tive reception at the Academy of Music
Now do not propose to enter into the
details of the meeting; the telegraph
should have given you all that long Ions
ago. But am going to give you littl'
gossip concerning it.
No one can doubt the political powel
and influence of the Irishman-the Irish
American cltizen-and to this influence
am inclined to attribute the interest &.
good many politicians took in this Par
nell demonstration. Perhaps my news
paper reference has made me little Gym
ical as well as skeptical, and perhaps
also, I am doing somebody an injustice
but, well words are cheap, and when i
costs only from fifty cents to a dollar
perhaps nothing, if one gets compli
mentary ticket to be patriot. it. is yer,
easy with an hours perusal of Irish his
tory, to get up great deal of fervor
But whether these gentlemen were al
sincere or not, one thing is certain, ther
was not an Irishman in the city who wa
not sincere, while the proportion of tn,
community not of Celtic lineage, wh'
took deep interest in the reception, wa
large. .... t.- -. 'aa
:. What the real feeling was could not
however, be determined by the size. o.
the meeting, since the admission fee kept
many away who would doubtless have
been only too glad to have testified b,
their presence their love for the Emeral,
Isle. Hundreds who could not pay 81
cents or III for the pleasure of hearing
the speeches will give their quarters t,
the relief fund that has been, started; 81
the end is accomplished all the same.
was good deal amused at the pre-
Iiminary meeting for organization Sc
the. tall, angular form of Rev. DIR. T. D
Witt Talmage stalk into the room. o
course he was called upon for speech
and the ringing cheers and applause wit
which he was received showed that tn
filings and fulminations of fellow clergy
men have strengthened rather than i'm
paired his popularity. Well, Talmage i
one of these enthusiastic. kind-hearte'
fellows, and he met the compliment NOR
than halfway by making generous az
peal for Ireland, and by offering in even
of the Academy of Music having bee
previously engaged, to give the Commit
tee the Tabernacle (his church) for tn
reception, free of charge. Though FIR
day night would be prayer-meeting nigh
he even offeHd to waive devotions i
favor Of assisting so worthy a cause as til
relief of down-trodden Ireland.
If the Doctor were a political plac'
seeker, which, Of course, he is not,
should say that it was a splendid hit.
have no doubt some few politicians Ell
We'd him in having Tabernacle at h
disposal. 7'a ta.
Well. it was found feasible to hire tn
Academy of Music, and very wisely
was argued that to meet in churc
would impose restraint uponthe audienc
30 the Committe with many thanks, d,
cIined the offer of the Tabernacle and i
big organ. But what strikes me as curior
is that after the interest displayed b
DR.. Talmage at this meeting and subs
quent committee meetings, he shoul
not according to the newspaper lists
notables, have been present at the Acad
my of Music demonstration, which W,
the elimination of all that had gone b
fore. The only theory I,have to al
vance is that he.was detained by h
prayer meeting. This was adisappoin