Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-08

favor to commit pillage and murder, but to the
people who live upon the soil, and are engaged
In its cultivation and improvement. That the
right to subsistence is right far more sacred
than that of absolute ownership in land. That
self preservation is a law Of more imperative
obligation than loyalty to mn alien and hostile
government. That the people who, by the de-
crees of providence, have been born in GER
tain country, possess an undeniable right to
live therein, and to maintain their existence
by the fruits of the earth, unhampered by arb-
trary legal restrictions which substitute the
dominion of avarice, monopoly and despotism
for the beneficient rule of nature
and of natures God. The policy of
Irish repatriation sneeringly and brutally
proposed by the minions of British power,
springs from the worst impulses of human
nature, is a libel on humanity and an insult to
the Creator The true owners of Ireland are
the Irish people. 1t is an incOntestable fact
that Irshmen possess the same natural and
inherent rights which belong to the English
man or the American, and the denial of those
rights by England constitutes one OF the most
fragrant examples of oppression recorded in
history. We declare that when government
fails to subserve the ends for which it was
created, its DEGREES should be resisted, its Off
GERS defied and its power forever abolished. Be
it further rC
Resolved, That the agitation now progress
ing in Ireland has an object eminently just,
and leaders whose ability, good judgment and
high character mark them as worthy of the
great cause which they represent. We assure
the Irish people of our sympathy
in their Affections, our cordial appreciation of
their efforts to secure reform, and our cOnyic-
ton of their ultimate success. r.
We also heartily commend as worthy of the
greatest admiration and regard, Charles Stew
art Parnell, the recognized leader of the Irish
National Land league, man whose unques-
toned ability, noble spirit of self-sacritice and
undaunted courage, combined with enthusi-
astic devotion to truth and justice, stamp him
with the character of a true hero and model
statesman. Be it further
Resolved, That the severe coercive meas
ures suggested in the late royal speech
at the opening of the English parlia-
ment are repugnant to the moral
sense of mankind, since they propose to aggra-
vate existing evils by the calamity of civil war
instead of relieving the distress of the people;
and to silence complaint against injustice by
the employment of brute force. 40
We further declare that the governmental
edicts, lately issued, prohibiting peaceful as
semblies of the Irish people, and the dispersion
of such assemblies by force of arms, are Tin
constitutional, subversiye of the right of petit
ton, guaranteed to every British subject by the
Bill of Rights, and can meet with no approval
save in the minds of grasping landlords and
merciless tyrants.
We denounce the prosecutions instituted
against Parnell and other prominent members
of the land league.as Ubiquitous attempts on
the part of the English government to sup
press proper and legitimate agitation; and we
cherish the hope and belief that the jury of
Irish freemen who are to decide the questions
presented by these prosecutions will vindicate
the rights of their country by returning YER
dict of acquittal.
Following the reading of the resolutions
Mr.. Willis made fervent and glowing ad-
dress, which proved one of the most accept
able speeches, judging of the applause, of the
evening.
A leaugue song entitled ''Griffith's Valua-
tion," composed by T. d. Sullivan, NJ. p,
was sung by Mr.. j. J. Dickinson, whose
rendition of the popular lines met with ire
mendous applause. He responded to an en-
core by singing in a spirited manner, 'The
Wearing of the Green" -s
REV. JOHN STANLEY.
The Rev. John Stanley was then introduced
in Il most elegant speech by the chairman,
who as representative of the priesthood, the
great counselors of Ireland in their poverty
and exile, paid him a most eloquent COM
pliment.
In commencing HIS duurcSS tnt speaker AZ
firmed his allegiance to whatever involved the
true interests of Ireland. He then made a
characteristic speech, brilliant for its wealth
of metaphor and sound sense. He declared
himself as thorough a Land Lacquer as there
was in the city of st. Paul; dwelt with touch
ing pathos on the miseries of Ireland, excori-
ated her oppressors and expressed in powerful
language his hate of the tyranny which had
been practiced with such unblushing effront-
cry. The story of Irelands woes, and the
course of the English nation in tOlerating the
oppression, was retold in feryent language,
and the memory of the Patriot Emmct was
recalled to witness that the time had come
when tyranny must he suppressed,
when Ireland must take her place among the
nations, and in SO doing fulfill the prediction
of the martyr in at least writing his epitaph,
in the face of free country and liberated peo-
pie. The reverend speaker paid high tribute
to the good work accomplished by the Land
League of st. Paul and earnestly eXhorted his
hearers to give the organization a just and
liberal support.
The exercises closed with song and chorus
entitled alag of Green" Miss Grace Hagger-
ty, sooist, and the Misses Mealey, King, Man
ner, Haggerty, Gooden and Mrs. Demeules and
Messrs. Donahue, Dickinson, Booke, Foster,
White and Gehan, Mr.. Vim. +. Markoe acting
as director and accompanist. The song was
well rendered and productive of applause.