Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-12-10
THE IRISH AMERICANS.
The Great Meeting in Chicago-A Stirring Ad-
dress-Large Contributions.

The Great Meeting in Chicago-A Stirring Ad-
dress-Large Contributions.
The Irish National convention in Chicago last
week was grand affair. The attendance was
very large and the discussions eloquent On
the last day the sentiment was crystalized into
platform as follows:
Resolved, That as, in the words Of the Amer
loan declaration of independence, the consent
of the governed is the only power from which
government justly derives it's authority, and
as, in the words Of one of her British majesty's
present cabinet members, Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain, after 700 years of English rule in Ire
land, English rule there can only be main
tanned by So, 900 bayonets This convention
declares English rule in Ireland is without le-
ga or moral sanction, and demands the estab-
lshment in Ireland Of national government
based upon the will of the Irish people.
Resolved, That the English government has
avowed q resolve to subjugate the Irish nation
by wholesale eviction, by the arrest of every
friend of the people, the suspension of every
populartright and theterrorism of military force;
and as the Irish people have shown equal de-
termination to meet these, and by passive re-
sistance defeat this attack on their liberties,
this convention, representing the Irish Ameri-
can race, pledge the people Of Irish birth and
Irish descent in this country to stand by the
people at home in this momentuous struggle to
the full extent Of their power and resources.
Resolved, That this convention thoroughly
endorses the policy Of the Irish leaders at home
in the present crisis: that we have entire con-
fdence in their patriotism and craftsmanship
and that we tender to them and the Irish peo-
pie at large an expression of our sympathy and
an assurance that in every struggle against
British rule they will be fully 81 stained by
their kindred in America
Resolved, That we heartily endorse the ssno
rent" manifesto OF tho home executive of the
Irish National Land lea ue, at once as the best
available course to strike their landlord jailors
as swift and shifting instrument to abolish ut
terly bad and hateful system, and as q fitting
answer Of the Irish people to the attempt of the
coercion ministry to force the execution of de-
fective Legislation at the point Of the bayenet
Resolved, That with view of giving prac-
teal effectto the foregoing address and resolu-
tons, this convention recommends q special
levy of - from the organization here repre-
sented and all other organizations friendly to the
Irish cause and from all other friends Of such
ment before the LIST day of February, 1882, to
the central treasury OF the Irish National Land
League
AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS
followed the resolutions. It sketched the
struggles of Ireland, especially those of late
date; declares that Irishmen have kept within
the constitutional laws Of Great Britain, but
have nevertheless been dealt with by the British
as revolutionists. Deprived at the last vestige
the military occupation of their soil, outraged
in their honest feelings by the treacherous ar
rest Of their tried and trusted friends
handed over as far as . foreign government
could hand them to the vengeance Of an infuri-
ated land-ocracy, the Irish people, faithful to
the doctrine of passive resistance have as an
overwhelming majority stood by the manifesto
OF mo rent, issued by their imprisoned lead
ers, and in so doing they exposed themselves
to all the penalties that the British government
could impose upon them Asws cannot in
person share whatever danger the people in
ungenerous to urge them to acts beyond their
power; but having assumed the attitude of
passive resistance to landlord robbery as en-.
bodied in the address to the irish
government OF the people, lodged in Kill
m maj an 5all, We cannot do
that moral and material aid which they 80 ur-
gently require. We have but one opinion re-
garding the Irish landlord question, and that is
that 1t is too Infamous to have an existence in
any country that pretends to be civilized. It
has been established by the sword of conquest,
famous by the plumber and wholesale starva-
ton Of our people 1t was ana is the natural
result of British rule in Ireland. In whatever
efforts the Irish people may now or in the fu-
ture make to rid themselves of alien domino
ton and to regain the highest privileges that
people can enjoy, that OF self-government,
we pledge ourselves to be their faithful allies,
subject to their calls upon us for aid 80 far as
our power and resources may permit, but die
tating to them no policy, and demanding from
them no conditions. We believe that Ireland
cannot be happy, prosperous or contented under
the rule Of an alien parlimsnt; and furthermore
we have no sympathy with any government
in any country that has motifs own foundation
in the love Of the. people governed Weap-
plaud with most heartfelt pride the indomit-
able spirit Of the Irish at home, who have
never acquiesea in the fraudulent destruction
Of their anatomy, and we hope with them to SEE
Ireland restored to her ,ightful position among
self governing nations.
Subscriptions were then received and in two
hours $27 400 were registered in sums vary
ing from $50 to $1,000. The chairman OF
the convention was made chairman of . COM
mittee to solicit such aid and take some action
to liberate American citizens from British pris-
ons. After several votes Of thanks the conven.
ton, which has been unusually successful in
it's results, adjourned sine die.