The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-23
~. ,,o.srva denend tbe future Of the

in great measure depend the future otthe
Irish cause,
fought the battle up to the present Time
and II they have the courage TO 90 on az
thsy have done for the past twelve months,
the days Of lHndlordism in Ireland are
numbered and the greatest evil that ever
cursed nation will go down before the
united might Of the people. But II they
adopt q different policy now, II they stop
short in their onward course, accept, Of
any hallway measures, through dread Of
q few months in prison, and 20 back to
the old begging policy that brought them
nothing but the contempt Of their enemies,
then the world will say that they deserved
nothing better than their present Condi'
ton, It may be said las It 10y that the
cause which we are at present advocating
will amount TO nothing, Well, that may
be so, but you must remember, fellow
citizens, that we are aiding and assisting
our friends and your friends, who are now
brayely fighting for their homes and fire.
sides, and to save their children from dis
grace and the pangs OF hunger,
Amid all the theories Of land reform
you must not forget the principles upon
which the Land League was started, name
~, that the land was made for the use and
benefit Of all Gods people. Yes, the land
was made for all the people, and the child
born in cabin has as much right to the
land as the landlord who spends his stolen
money in the purliCus Of crime and intamy
through Europe. 800,
The land for all the children Of God is
our motto, and not for the few idle dro1es
who acquired absolute ownership oil j. by
fraud, contisCallon and brute force. This
Ia the cause that Irishmen OF all Creeds,
Protestant Oangemen, PIesbyteTians,
Methodists and all others, as well as
Catholics, are lighting side by side Tor TO;
day in Ireland, These are the men and
this Ia the cause we are advocating and lor
which we ask your aid and sympRthies,
fellow citizens oil all nationalltles, pOllllcal
parties, CTeeds and colors'
Fellow citizens OF American and Irish
birth, for 1t Is to you ! appeal In partlcu'
lar, is not the memory Of EnRland's crimes
and treacheIy Egainst Ireland aud Amer
lea fresh in your minds to-day? Is 1t
necessary for me 10 remind you Of these
crimes in order 10 get your aid aud SYM
patty for the struggling Irish people, or to
ask you by the memory ottheir snttsrings,
by The tears OF The wretChed mothers aud
the cries Of the starving child, by every
leyeled homestead and by every desolate
hearth, by village and city wantonly
burned and by oceans Of innocent
blood shed to prop up and perpetuate
their deyilish and tottering government,
to enroll yourselves members Of the Land
League In this city and assist fnanCiallyand
by your sympathies the Irish people now
struggling for their God.given rights
Native American citizens, do ! ask you to
do more for the Irish people to-day than
they did for you In your most trying times
since 1776 to the present day.
Who were they, when In the depths Of
winter, the tracks OF your barelooted SOL
diers could be traced In the frozen snow
ut Valley Forge, sympathiZed with and
contributed most literally money to pur'
chase shoes, clothing and other neCessa'
rles for our soldiers then fighting to free
America from the yoke Of the same foreign
tyrant that to-day oppresses Ireland2 His.
tory answers-"Nine Irish merchants Of
the city OF Philadelphia" Has not their
blood been shed on all youE battle fields,
anu maven tuelI uOuoo Whltohoh wv Htlp
and vallies OF your country from the Poto'
mac to the Rio Grande, yes even to the
City OF Mexico? History says yes. Then
do not ask you for anything unjust. l
know that you are q liberty.loying people
and that your sympathies are with the
oppressed OF all nations and that you have
nobly responded To the calls made upon
you by the Irish people at all times. And
now that the English Government has
thrown down The gauntlet 10 the Irish
people by aiding the landlords to collect
rent from the people for land they do not
own, you will not hesitate, | hope, to give
your aid and sympathy to the Irish people
struggling 10 free themselves from the yoke
OF q tyraniCal government. Again, fellow
citizens, invite all to come and join the
League and help the noble few who consti.
tute the branch in this city, to make 1t
what 1t ought to be, an honor TO the city Of
Wheeling and financial success for the
Irish cause.
A MEMBER OF THE LAND LEAGUE.