Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1881-01-31
SECOND EDITION.


Ne reias me Philadelphia cnaho.
ne CInb Assas the Land syss>m
nj adslphia Times al to-day. I
'sNo admission OF q natural legal
right was ever obtained from EnglAad,
unless II was taken from her by the
poxer Of ia Asd man or wrsrchsd
from her by the ears" applause.
Ths sttsxsnee wAs by John 0'Byrue,
ths former vell-knoun member Of the
PhilsdstphiA bar, now Of the bar OF
New York, in . isctuTe before the Cath
ellie Cab On the 'iIriah Land Laws, A.
their roens, on Broad street below
walnut, Last night. Every seat in the
hrisllAnily lighted .oom was occupied
and people stood in the doorway and
back against the wall, holding their
positions throughout the entire lectars.
A number of ladies' we're in the audi
@nce. The lecture began n eight
o'clock and lasted two hours. Mr..
0'Bryne vent back to the days when
Ireland belonged to the Irish people,
and starting here came down through
the ages, tracing and describing the
successive events and acts OF tyranny
and injustice which had transferred
the soil from the rightful owners to the
usnrpers. The title TO almost every
acre Of land in Ireland rested upoa the
basis Of eoaiscatiOn. TIE Coofseatious
Of King William added to those Of
Cromwell and the irst James amounted
70 over ii, COS, 600 aerss. Two points
particularly the lecturer dEsls up N
and Impressed foreihly on his hearers
thu Wholesale coniscAtion Of The Land
and the unjust discrimination By the
English Government against Ireland
through the tormsr obnoxious rAviga
ton laws. People exclaimed assiLs;
the Irish ofssntinss a. q shittless IN
lesssred class Of Lssple.
Who was to blame for III The first
manufacture which the Irish people
showed any aptitude for vas forbidden.
By On act Of parliament in ouee1
Arna's time the manufAeturs Of Eocleus
was PROHIBITED in Ireland. They Werr
afraid the Irish people Eoul1
compete With the man ufAct1riss Of Ian
eaahire, Dsvsnskirs and Yorkshire. Ia
make the discrimination more effective
the navigation laws we're passed, which
prevented the importation OF pound
Of sugar or cofse unless il vas drst 60
tsred in the custom house OF England
Net . yard Of linen could BE- exported
without being entered in the cust0T
house Of England. The speaker Ties
came To the penal laws, waIaa made
il an ef=use, Punishable under he AS
far any Que 70 teach An Irish chld Z
read or write. That lay vas IN tors'
for shrse-quart4rs Of century. L nai
besn highlands policy FROM the drst =
discriminate against Ireland. EagLtst
greed has been the b&na Of Irish LAta1
try"
The spsaksr tolIogsi up the s7eSt
Of Irish history and showed hos wh-E
grievances beesme unbearable the I ?
risinx of the Irish people sa mass
always brought Aoazt a m0ti4.sslon o.
a Total repeal Of the Obi=csola1.'
StAtx.ss. fhus we're th- uA7lga-oE
Laws done away with, thus va Ia
tiths act adjusted; thus we're tns 90
uoxiaus penal laws IL reference :,
prohibttiuR the education Of sEl-ar--
done sway with; thus Eeslt the pre-
sns land grievances couPe. a Means G
redress. tApFl2uss
The speaker quoted france a. -
weAIthisst nation to-day on the .ass D
; the earth. The sboliilD o. .a- ;s1tA
sys.sn And the disrrib1:i0n % me -aac
among the people, be said SLs -
sanss Of tEiz. Prussia, aft-r --r over
wh.lminK mis- fortunes 4: tE+ hands o
N4uslseo, had arisen II ~ psT-r IL.
wealth again through the sal7 nl-
ner.
Tins and saus al0cs Z1-r ----a-t
rise. There are millions a. IL L
Ireland demanding t1-r r-E-s g.
preparing % take t1=c .z 80 i-a- %
at their times: LL4rs 49, L--.-s y
this free esautr7 Of Ana a. 81
viIts Of Australia, n 10 = 81 a. 81
South Anerica-ZA..-s 80 IL
their eyes dxei % 49, s-E-t= =
krothsrs IN ths O1 W1r-L. Al E--s'
voices rise load il ~ 11.T--sA. PRO
tsss asaiusssnsH 1il,-- - ;I--1-7
and ths izdmid1sA pa D --<-4-.. A.
when Lel2nd's peoP r-s- i2=t
might and demand t-=Lr r-g--5 49,
wiz receive them.
! Pie Lecture Vas Ha1F r. u -
ruots.f Win spula4--, ilf F--n .
was flashed the Les barr 20 -T-I l..
an aurn asiassic dem o. .-4i.t- IL. 81
seII gistis short Of Art 1~t'.1H.